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Electric Sheep Reading Series – SpecPo Hugo Edition!

November 12
8 pm (US Eastern)

Guest Host: Holly Lyn Walrath
Guest of Honor: Marie Brennan, 2025 Hugo Winner for Best Poem

Readers:
Brian U. Garrison
Ai Jiang
Oliver K. Langmead
Angela Liu
Mari Ness
Brandon O’Brien, Poet Laureate 2025 WorldCon
Did you know WorldCon had its first-ever poet laureate this year? Now you know -- it's Brandon O'Brien and you can hear him read his work at our event Wednesday night! Register now!
@therisingtithes.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Mari Ness will be reading with us! Mari's poem, “Ever Noir,” was a nominee for the 2025 Hugo award. Originally published in the fantastic Haven Spec Magazine!

Hope to see you at the reading! Registration link is below!

@mariness.bsky.social @havenspec.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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What an amazing lineup! This is going to be incredible!
Electric Sheep Reading Series – SpecPo Hugo Edition!

November 12
8 pm (US Eastern)

Guest Host: Holly Lyn Walrath
Guest of Honor: Marie Brennan, 2025 Hugo Winner for Best Poem

Readers:
Brian U. Garrison
Ai Jiang
Oliver K. Langmead
Angela Liu
Mari Ness
Brandon O’Brien, Poet Laureate 2025 WorldCon
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Electric Sheep Reading Series – SpecPo Hugo Edition!

November 12
8 pm (US Eastern)

Guest Host: Holly Lyn Walrath
Guest of Honor: Marie Brennan, 2025 Hugo Winner for Best Poem

Readers:
Brian U. Garrison
Ai Jiang
Oliver K. Langmead
Angela Liu
Mari Ness
Brandon O’Brien, Poet Laureate 2025 WorldCon
November 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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I'm told there is still space. Register today!
Electric Sheep Reading Series – SpecPo Hugo Edition!

November 12
8 pm (US Eastern)

Guest Host: Holly Lyn Walrath
Guest of Honor: Marie Brennan, 2025 Hugo Winner for Best Poem

Readers:
Brian U. Garrison
Ai Jiang
Oliver K. Langmead
Angela Liu
Mari Ness
Brandon O’Brien, Poet Laureate 2025 WorldCon
November 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Of COURSE you want to hear Oliver read!!!
Oliver K. Langmead's verse-novel, Calypso, was shortlisted for the poetry Hugo & a British Science Fiction Association Award, and named one of the best Science Fiction books of 2024 by the Guardian and Esquire magazine.

Wanna hear Oliver read? Register now!
@oliverklangmead.bsky.social
The event is free to all but space is limited!
November 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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I was fortunate enough to get to hear Angela read this at Worldcon.

Really looking forward to getting to hear her read this again.
Angela Liu's Hugo-finalist poem, “there are no taxis for the dead," Uncanny Magazine. Come hear Angela read!

@angelaliu.bsky.social @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
The event is free to all but space is limited!
November 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Oliver K. Langmead's verse-novel, Calypso, was shortlisted for the poetry Hugo & a British Science Fiction Association Award, and named one of the best Science Fiction books of 2024 by the Guardian and Esquire magazine.

Wanna hear Oliver read? Register now!
@oliverklangmead.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Have you registered? This speculative poetry reading is going to be amazing! Come hear the Hugo finalists & SpecPo champions!
Electric Sheep Reading Series – SpecPo Hugo Edition!

November 12
8 pm (US Eastern)

Guest Host: Holly Lyn Walrath
Guest of Honor: Marie Brennan, 2025 Hugo Winner for Best Poem

Readers:
Brian U. Garrison
Ai Jiang
Oliver K. Langmead
Angela Liu
Mari Ness
Brandon O’Brien, Poet Laureate 2025 WorldCon
November 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Ai Jiang was one of our early discussion group guests & we're thrilled to welcome her back for the SpecPo reading!

Join us to hear Ai read “We Drink Lava,” a Hugo finalist originally published in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social !

@aijiang.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 4:09 AM
ICYMI!
Excited to feature Brian U. Garrison at our upcoming poetry reading! Brian is President of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association and one of the masterminds behind the Speculative Poetry Initiative!

Can't wait to hear the reading! bugthewriter.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Excited to feature Brian U. Garrison at our upcoming poetry reading! Brian is President of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association and one of the masterminds behind the Speculative Poetry Initiative!

Can't wait to hear the reading! bugthewriter.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Our Guest of Honor is Hugo-Winner Marie Brennan!

Marie’s poem, “A War of Words” won the 2025 Hugo Award for Best Poem.

Originally published in @strangehorizons.bsky.social!

Hope to see you at the reading!

@swantower.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This is heartbreaking news. Celeste was one of our favorite guests - we LOVED "Glass Bottle Dancer" and soon loved her, too, when she joined us for a short time. Her voice was electric. This is a big loss for the community. 💔

Sending our condolences to her family.
So sorry to hear that we've lost Celeste Rita Baker. I only got to publish her once, with "Glass Bottle Dancer" in LIGHTSPEED (which was selected for inclusion in Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy). www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/glas.... RIP.
November 6, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Details in thread -- come hear me read "A War of Words," and a bunch of other great work from my fellow guests!
Electric Sheep Reading Series – SpecPo Hugo Edition!

November 12
8 pm (US Eastern)

Guest Host: Holly Lyn Walrath
Guest of Honor: Marie Brennan, 2025 Hugo Winner for Best Poem

Readers:
Brian U. Garrison
Ai Jiang
Oliver K. Langmead
Angela Liu
Mari Ness
Brandon O’Brien, Poet Laureate 2025 WorldCon
November 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Our guest host for the reading is HOLLY LYN WALRATH! (How cool is that?!)

Holly is the managing editor of Interstellar Flight Press and a published speculative poet with three books of poetry including NUMINOUS STONES.

@hollylynwalrath.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Ahh, so psyched for this! Come hang out with us for a free reading of all the 2025 Hugo-nominated poems and more fantastic spec poetry! Huge thanks to @electricsheepsf.bsky.social for organizing this event!
November 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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See you on Nov 12! So excited to read with this all star lineup!
Electric Sheep Reading Series – SpecPo Hugo Edition!

November 12
8 pm (US Eastern)

Guest Host: Holly Lyn Walrath
Guest of Honor: Marie Brennan, 2025 Hugo Winner for Best Poem

Readers:
Brian U. Garrison
Ai Jiang
Oliver K. Langmead
Angela Liu
Mari Ness
Brandon O’Brien, Poet Laureate 2025 WorldCon
November 4, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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The event we didn't get to do at Worldcon this year - which means that everyone gets to come to it online THIS MONTH!
Electric Sheep Reading Series – SpecPo Hugo Edition!

November 12
8 pm (US Eastern)

Guest Host: Holly Lyn Walrath
Guest of Honor: Marie Brennan, 2025 Hugo Winner for Best Poem

Readers:
Brian U. Garrison
Ai Jiang
Oliver K. Langmead
Angela Liu
Mari Ness
Brandon O’Brien, Poet Laureate 2025 WorldCon
November 4, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Woah, what a great lineup!!!
Electric Sheep Reading Series – SpecPo Hugo Edition!

November 12
8 pm (US Eastern)

Guest Host: Holly Lyn Walrath
Guest of Honor: Marie Brennan, 2025 Hugo Winner for Best Poem

Readers:
Brian U. Garrison
Ai Jiang
Oliver K. Langmead
Angela Liu
Mari Ness
Brandon O’Brien, Poet Laureate 2025 WorldCon
November 4, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Electric Sheep Reading Series – SpecPo Hugo Edition!

November 12
8 pm (US Eastern)

Guest Host: Holly Lyn Walrath
Guest of Honor: Marie Brennan, 2025 Hugo Winner for Best Poem

Readers:
Brian U. Garrison
Ai Jiang
Oliver K. Langmead
Angela Liu
Mari Ness
Brandon O’Brien, Poet Laureate 2025 WorldCon
November 4, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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in my talk today with @electricsheepsf.bsky.social, i shared a bit about the poetry exercise that this story came from.

afterward, i decided to write it up. deceptively simple, it can deepen your use of language and turn up some gems.
clclarkwrites.com/a-writing-ex...
October 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Mmm, what a beautiful piece of food fiction! Utterly delicious prose.
October 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
“With my eyes closed, I see: constellations of my future—the hero, the lover, the companions, the enemies to slay.”

Love the expertise on display in this story! @clclark.bsky.social in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social !
You Perfect, Broken Thing - Uncanny Magazine
When I leave the kill floor, my legs are wasted. I shuffle to the women’s locker room. I can’t stand anymore, but I know if I sit, I’ll never get back up. At least, not for another hour. I prop myself...
www.uncannymagazine.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM