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Come hear rising authors speak their truths at Baltimore's premier reading series in speculative fiction! Always free, and everyone is welcome.
Jeff's novel SHADOW OF A DOUBT is the first Mirabelle Sinclair mystery.
Jeff is the creator of the Speculative Fiction Magazine Subscription database and a co-editor of Trollbreath Magazine. You can learn more about him and his work at www.trollbreath.com
September 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Jeff is a writer from the foggy coast of Maine, which only vaguely resembles Stephen King’s nightmares. His work has appeared in Clarkesworld, Escape Pod, and Analog magazines, among others.
September 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
completed the UCLA School of Theater, Film & Televisin's Professional Program in Screenwriting. She lives in Washington, D.C. Find her on the web at marygthompson.com.
September 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Mary G. Thompson is the author of the sci-fi novella ONE LEVEL DOWN (Tachyon, 2025). She also writes YA and children's sci-fi/fantasy, YA contemporary thrillers, and short fiction. Mary holds an MFA in Writing for Children and (cont'd)
September 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
As an editor and publisher, Mike has been nominated twice for the World Fantasy Award. He’s a three-time winner of the Rhysling Award for poetry.
With his wife Anita, he runs Mythic Delirium Books, based in Roanoke, Virginia.

Come out and hear him read at The Ivy, this Saturday night!
September 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Unseaming and Aftermath of an Industrial Accident, his first two volumes of horror tales, were both finalists for the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Story Collection, and his dark fable “The Button Bin” was a nominee for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story.
September 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
An author, editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy and horror, Mike has written, edited, or co-edited thirty-nine books, among them his forthcoming dark fantasy Trail of Shadows, his sequence The Black Fire Concerto, and The Ghoulmaker’s Aria, and his newest horror collection, Slow Burn.
September 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM