ArmadilloCon: Austin's convention for SFFH readers & writers!
@armadillocon.bsky.social
Austin's Annual SFF Community convention for readers & writers! More info here: www.armadillocon.org
Sponsored by a nonprofit fan group (http://fact.org).
Sponsored by a nonprofit fan group (http://fact.org).
A huge THANK YOU to all the amazing artists who participated in this year's ArmadilloCon Art Show! Our Art Show Director put checks in the mail to you at 10PM last night.
If you have any questions, please reach out to our Art Show Director at artshow@armadillocon.org or info@armadillocon.org
If you have any questions, please reach out to our Art Show Director at artshow@armadillocon.org or info@armadillocon.org
September 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
A huge THANK YOU to all the amazing artists who participated in this year's ArmadilloCon Art Show! Our Art Show Director put checks in the mail to you at 10PM last night.
If you have any questions, please reach out to our Art Show Director at artshow@armadillocon.org or info@armadillocon.org
If you have any questions, please reach out to our Art Show Director at artshow@armadillocon.org or info@armadillocon.org
Thanks for helping get the word out! We can offer you this. :-)
September 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Thanks for helping get the word out! We can offer you this. :-)
Really, who doesn't want get up on a sunny Saturday morning to come talk about vampires and robots and books and movies and games? ArmadilloCon is going to be so much fun!
Check out the awesome schedule: panels.armadillocon.org/ko/
Register: armadillocon.org/d47/register/
Check out the awesome schedule: panels.armadillocon.org/ko/
Register: armadillocon.org/d47/register/
September 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Really, who doesn't want get up on a sunny Saturday morning to come talk about vampires and robots and books and movies and games? ArmadilloCon is going to be so much fun!
Check out the awesome schedule: panels.armadillocon.org/ko/
Register: armadillocon.org/d47/register/
Check out the awesome schedule: panels.armadillocon.org/ko/
Register: armadillocon.org/d47/register/
We are so excited that @juliavee.bsky.social ("writes about monsters and dumplings") is coming to ArmadilloCon!
September 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
We are so excited that @juliavee.bsky.social ("writes about monsters and dumplings") is coming to ArmadilloCon!
We are taking a vote. The colors in our 2025 schedule look like:
A) Sour Patch Kids
B) Skittles
C) Froot Loops
(We're not hungry. You're hungry.)
Check the ArmadilloCon schedule carefully before you decide: panels.armadillocon.org/ko/
A) Sour Patch Kids
B) Skittles
C) Froot Loops
(We're not hungry. You're hungry.)
Check the ArmadilloCon schedule carefully before you decide: panels.armadillocon.org/ko/
September 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
We are taking a vote. The colors in our 2025 schedule look like:
A) Sour Patch Kids
B) Skittles
C) Froot Loops
(We're not hungry. You're hungry.)
Check the ArmadilloCon schedule carefully before you decide: panels.armadillocon.org/ko/
A) Sour Patch Kids
B) Skittles
C) Froot Loops
(We're not hungry. You're hungry.)
Check the ArmadilloCon schedule carefully before you decide: panels.armadillocon.org/ko/
Thinking about coming to ArmadilloCon? We hope so!
The deadline to reserve a room in our convention block is now Friday, Sept 5!
armadillocon.org/d47/hotel/
The deadline to reserve a room in our convention block is now Friday, Sept 5!
armadillocon.org/d47/hotel/
September 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Thinking about coming to ArmadilloCon? We hope so!
The deadline to reserve a room in our convention block is now Friday, Sept 5!
armadillocon.org/d47/hotel/
The deadline to reserve a room in our convention block is now Friday, Sept 5!
armadillocon.org/d47/hotel/
Will you be joining us at ArmadilloCon? If yes, consider coming early for the Screen Writing Workshop! It;'s Friuday Sept 12, starting at 10AM.
Workshop Info: armadillocon.org/d47/screenwr...
It's all part of AmradilloCon 2025: armadillocon.org/d47/
Workshop Info: armadillocon.org/d47/screenwr...
It's all part of AmradilloCon 2025: armadillocon.org/d47/
August 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Will you be joining us at ArmadilloCon? If yes, consider coming early for the Screen Writing Workshop! It;'s Friuday Sept 12, starting at 10AM.
Workshop Info: armadillocon.org/d47/screenwr...
It's all part of AmradilloCon 2025: armadillocon.org/d47/
Workshop Info: armadillocon.org/d47/screenwr...
It's all part of AmradilloCon 2025: armadillocon.org/d47/
Beginning and developing writers, mark your calendars! To participate in this years ArmadilloCon Writers' Workshop, you need to submit your manuscript by midnight on Wed Aug 6!
Reminder: we have sponsored seats for those in need!
Workshop info: armadillocon.org/d47/writers-...
Reminder: we have sponsored seats for those in need!
Workshop info: armadillocon.org/d47/writers-...
July 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Beginning and developing writers, mark your calendars! To participate in this years ArmadilloCon Writers' Workshop, you need to submit your manuscript by midnight on Wed Aug 6!
Reminder: we have sponsored seats for those in need!
Workshop info: armadillocon.org/d47/writers-...
Reminder: we have sponsored seats for those in need!
Workshop info: armadillocon.org/d47/writers-...
Oooh! Here's a new book we are excited about!
A “passionate and playful anthology of stories inspired by her work…The result is both a fitting tribute to a master and an enchanting compendium in its own right.”—Publishers Weekly
essentialdreams.press/books/storyt...
A “passionate and playful anthology of stories inspired by her work…The result is both a fitting tribute to a master and an enchanting compendium in its own right.”—Publishers Weekly
essentialdreams.press/books/storyt...
July 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Oooh! Here's a new book we are excited about!
A “passionate and playful anthology of stories inspired by her work…The result is both a fitting tribute to a master and an enchanting compendium in its own right.”—Publishers Weekly
essentialdreams.press/books/storyt...
A “passionate and playful anthology of stories inspired by her work…The result is both a fitting tribute to a master and an enchanting compendium in its own right.”—Publishers Weekly
essentialdreams.press/books/storyt...
ArmadilloCon 47 is coming up Sept 12-14, 2025. We will be convening at the Austin Southpark. If you are booking a hotel room, please support the convention by booking as part of the ArmadilloCon room block. Thanks for supporting ArmadilloCon!
armadillocon.org/d47/hotel/
armadillocon.org/d47/hotel/
July 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
ArmadilloCon 47 is coming up Sept 12-14, 2025. We will be convening at the Austin Southpark. If you are booking a hotel room, please support the convention by booking as part of the ArmadilloCon room block. Thanks for supporting ArmadilloCon!
armadillocon.org/d47/hotel/
armadillocon.org/d47/hotel/
Join us today for a popup Book Swap! We will gather near the community lounge inside Wheatsville's South Lamar store (4001 South Lamar), starting at 3:30. Get a tasty treat and chat with fellow writers and readers!
P.S. Book swapping is optional. If you can't let anything go. We understand!
P.S. Book swapping is optional. If you can't let anything go. We understand!
July 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Join us today for a popup Book Swap! We will gather near the community lounge inside Wheatsville's South Lamar store (4001 South Lamar), starting at 3:30. Get a tasty treat and chat with fellow writers and readers!
P.S. Book swapping is optional. If you can't let anything go. We understand!
P.S. Book swapping is optional. If you can't let anything go. We understand!
What are you reading this weekend?
Any recommendations?
Any recommendations?
June 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
What are you reading this weekend?
Any recommendations?
Any recommendations?
Excited! "Coming in September is a “Hansel and Gretel” picture book with prose by [Stephen] King and Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Maurice Sendak’s set and costume designs for the 1997 staging of the opera by 19th-century composer Engelbert Humperdinck."
www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
May 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Excited! "Coming in September is a “Hansel and Gretel” picture book with prose by [Stephen] King and Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Maurice Sendak’s set and costume designs for the 1997 staging of the opera by 19th-century composer Engelbert Humperdinck."
www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
This week's episode of #Murderbot is such fun. We love Murderbot so much!
May 24, 2025 at 3:32 AM
This week's episode of #Murderbot is such fun. We love Murderbot so much!
Throwback Thursday.
We've been thinking about the brilliance of Martha Wells' writing this week, because wow, we love Murderbot. The new Murderbot show is awesome, and we really did need a laugh this year.
Read her backlist, too:
torpublishinggroup.com/author/marth...
We've been thinking about the brilliance of Martha Wells' writing this week, because wow, we love Murderbot. The new Murderbot show is awesome, and we really did need a laugh this year.
Read her backlist, too:
torpublishinggroup.com/author/marth...
May 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Throwback Thursday.
We've been thinking about the brilliance of Martha Wells' writing this week, because wow, we love Murderbot. The new Murderbot show is awesome, and we really did need a laugh this year.
Read her backlist, too:
torpublishinggroup.com/author/marth...
We've been thinking about the brilliance of Martha Wells' writing this week, because wow, we love Murderbot. The new Murderbot show is awesome, and we really did need a laugh this year.
Read her backlist, too:
torpublishinggroup.com/author/marth...
This new collection of stories by Neal Shusterman sounds cool. It will include new stories set in the world of Arc of the Scythe.
Also, this book looks amazing and we are now obsessed by the artwork of @maxloeffler.bsky.social.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Also, this book looks amazing and we are now obsessed by the artwork of @maxloeffler.bsky.social.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
May 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This new collection of stories by Neal Shusterman sounds cool. It will include new stories set in the world of Arc of the Scythe.
Also, this book looks amazing and we are now obsessed by the artwork of @maxloeffler.bsky.social.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Also, this book looks amazing and we are now obsessed by the artwork of @maxloeffler.bsky.social.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
PREORDER TIME! On May 27, Mulholland is bringing back ZERO SAINTS, the killer first novel by @gabino.bsky.social. It's a gritty dark gem of a book. If you haven't read it, this is your chance!
#Booksky #HorrorNovel #ThrillerReads #BookCommunity
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/gabin...
#Booksky #HorrorNovel #ThrillerReads #BookCommunity
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/gabin...
May 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
PREORDER TIME! On May 27, Mulholland is bringing back ZERO SAINTS, the killer first novel by @gabino.bsky.social. It's a gritty dark gem of a book. If you haven't read it, this is your chance!
#Booksky #HorrorNovel #ThrillerReads #BookCommunity
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/gabin...
#Booksky #HorrorNovel #ThrillerReads #BookCommunity
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/gabin...
Wow! Can we quote you on that? ❤️
May 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Wow! Can we quote you on that? ❤️
Over at LitHub, they are celebrating "Short Story Month." This is a great reminder to go read this Locus and Nebula-winnning story by P. Djèlí Clark. And after that, make plans to come meet the author at ArmadilloCon!
lithub.com/one-great-sh...
#amreading #horror #awardwinning
lithub.com/one-great-sh...
#amreading #horror #awardwinning
May 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Over at LitHub, they are celebrating "Short Story Month." This is a great reminder to go read this Locus and Nebula-winnning story by P. Djèlí Clark. And after that, make plans to come meet the author at ArmadilloCon!
lithub.com/one-great-sh...
#amreading #horror #awardwinning
lithub.com/one-great-sh...
#amreading #horror #awardwinning
F.A.C.T.’s book discussion group meets online on the first and third Monday of each month at 7PM. To get the link for an upcoming meeting, send an email to reading@fact.org. Tomorrow's book: The Cautious Traveler’s Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks!
fact.org/event/readin...
fact.org/event/readin...
May 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
F.A.C.T.’s book discussion group meets online on the first and third Monday of each month at 7PM. To get the link for an upcoming meeting, send an email to reading@fact.org. Tomorrow's book: The Cautious Traveler’s Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks!
fact.org/event/readin...
fact.org/event/readin...
The ArmadilloCOn ConCom Meeting is today! If you are game, come find out where you might be interested in making ArmadilloCon happen. We're doing this on Zoom. If you aren't already on the volunteer mailing list, or if you can't find the email, drop us a line at info at armadillocon.org. Thanks!
May 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The ArmadilloCOn ConCom Meeting is today! If you are game, come find out where you might be interested in making ArmadilloCon happen. We're doing this on Zoom. If you aren't already on the volunteer mailing list, or if you can't find the email, drop us a line at info at armadillocon.org. Thanks!
"I lay awake in the dark, listening to ghosts."
Hurricane season is coming, and thast seems like a good excuse for a quick reminder that @joshrountree.bsky.social 's LEGEND OF CHARFLIE FISH is a wonderfully wierd read.
tachyonpublications.com/product/the-...
Hurricane season is coming, and thast seems like a good excuse for a quick reminder that @joshrountree.bsky.social 's LEGEND OF CHARFLIE FISH is a wonderfully wierd read.
tachyonpublications.com/product/the-...
May 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"I lay awake in the dark, listening to ghosts."
Hurricane season is coming, and thast seems like a good excuse for a quick reminder that @joshrountree.bsky.social 's LEGEND OF CHARFLIE FISH is a wonderfully wierd read.
tachyonpublications.com/product/the-...
Hurricane season is coming, and thast seems like a good excuse for a quick reminder that @joshrountree.bsky.social 's LEGEND OF CHARFLIE FISH is a wonderfully wierd read.
tachyonpublications.com/product/the-...
🎉 Reading the list of finalists for the 2025 Locus Magazine Awards is such a delight. One of the books we are thrilled to see on the list is HOUSE OF BONE AND RAIN by @gabino.bsky.social, up for Best Horror Novel!
Such an amazing year: locusmag.com/2025/05/2025...
Such an amazing year: locusmag.com/2025/05/2025...
May 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🎉 Reading the list of finalists for the 2025 Locus Magazine Awards is such a delight. One of the books we are thrilled to see on the list is HOUSE OF BONE AND RAIN by @gabino.bsky.social, up for Best Horror Novel!
Such an amazing year: locusmag.com/2025/05/2025...
Such an amazing year: locusmag.com/2025/05/2025...
We had so much fun last night at the Awards Ceremony for the 2025 F.A.C.T. Flash Fiction Contest!
One of our winners was @utarcher.bsky.social, whose story "One Pot of Tea" got an Honorable Mention award! This one got read live -- such a treat!
Complete list of winners: fact.org/2025/04/27/c...
One of our winners was @utarcher.bsky.social, whose story "One Pot of Tea" got an Honorable Mention award! This one got read live -- such a treat!
Complete list of winners: fact.org/2025/04/27/c...
April 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
We had so much fun last night at the Awards Ceremony for the 2025 F.A.C.T. Flash Fiction Contest!
One of our winners was @utarcher.bsky.social, whose story "One Pot of Tea" got an Honorable Mention award! This one got read live -- such a treat!
Complete list of winners: fact.org/2025/04/27/c...
One of our winners was @utarcher.bsky.social, whose story "One Pot of Tea" got an Honorable Mention award! This one got read live -- such a treat!
Complete list of winners: fact.org/2025/04/27/c...
We had so much fun last night at the Awards Ceremony for the 2025 F.A.C.T. Flash Fiction Contest!
One of our winners was @elizabethcobbe.bsky.social, whose story "The Report" got Honorable Mention.
Complete list of winners: fact.org/2025/04/27/c...
One of our winners was @elizabethcobbe.bsky.social, whose story "The Report" got Honorable Mention.
Complete list of winners: fact.org/2025/04/27/c...
April 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We had so much fun last night at the Awards Ceremony for the 2025 F.A.C.T. Flash Fiction Contest!
One of our winners was @elizabethcobbe.bsky.social, whose story "The Report" got Honorable Mention.
Complete list of winners: fact.org/2025/04/27/c...
One of our winners was @elizabethcobbe.bsky.social, whose story "The Report" got Honorable Mention.
Complete list of winners: fact.org/2025/04/27/c...