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Parsec: www.parsec-sff.org
Confluence speculative fiction conference: www.confluence-sff.org
Parsec Ink Triangulation spec fid anthology series. Est 2003: www.parsecink.com
WorD: Writing and Critique group. www.word-pgh.com
Calling all Parsec members, fans and friends of Parsec!
Please help us revamp our monthly events by filling out our 2025 Event Survey by Sept 20 (Takes only 3–5 min).
Your voice = better events in 2026 and forward!
parsec-sff.org/parsec-event...
September 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Select Start will be performing on Saturday at 7pm during Confluence 2025!
No additional cost for this special performance, with your paid Confluence membership.
@selectstartimprov.bsky.social
confluence-sff.org/confluence-2...
July 15, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Confluence 2025 will be taking place July 25-27, 2025 with GOH @catrambo.bsky.social and Featured Music Guest Clearly Guilty! Register: www.confluence-sff.org.
Discounted registration closes July 11.
Don't forget to pre-order your 2025 Confluence t-shirt!
confluence-sff.org/t-shirt
June 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
2025 Parsec Ink: Triangulation, Dark Hearts is open for short story and poetry submissions about women anti-heroes!
Submissions close Jan 31, 2025.
Get the full scoop on the website!
parsec-sff.org/parsec-ink/
December 23, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Triangulation: Dark Hearts is open for short story and poetry submissions about women anti-heroes.
We’ve received a number of fantasy and horror pieces. We want science fiction, too. We love anything speculative, but right now sci-fi is a less competitive genre.
parsec-sff.org/2024-nov-par...
November 11, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Parsec monthly meeting! Sat 10/19/24 via ZOOM and IN PERSON at the Carnegie Library – Squirrel Hill. Time1pm 3:30pm.
Register parsec-sff.org or bit.ly/NewParsec Open to the public & free to attend.
In October, our guest will be Day Al-Mohamed, author, filmmaker, and disability policy advisor.
October 17, 2024 at 12:13 PM
July 14, 2024 at 9:25 AM
The Kickstarter Campaign for Triangulation: Hospitium has launched!
Get early bird pricing on this anthology only until midnight EDT 5/24.

Travel the solar system in a spaceship that doubles as a cat café. Read “A Fully Stocked Bar of Cats” by @jamielackey.bsky.social

@gregclumpner.bsky.social
May 24, 2024 at 8:19 PM
ATTENTION! Parsec's May 18th Meeting. Due to a glitch with our ZOOM account, once the regular meeting starts at 1:00 pm, we will ask participants to switch to a new ZOOM link.  That link is: bit.ly/NewParsec 
If you're joining after 1:10 pm or so, just use the new link to start: bit.ly/NewParsec
May 18, 2024 at 4:05 PM
📣Last call for Sigma content. I need everything by Sat April 6th.  Send your reviews, updates and announcements to newsletter@parsec-sff.org
Thank you!
#newsletter #News
April 4, 2024 at 11:52 AM
The Confluence writing workshops are now open for registration! No foolin'!
Workshops are limited to 15 participants each. Get registered before they fill!
Find all the information on the website:
confluence-sff.org/writing-work...
April 1, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Our 2024 Confluence t-shirt is available for pre-order!
Our featured artist, @buglady.bsky.social has created an amazing piece for us!
Shirts are not guaranteed unless you pre-order.
confluence-sff.org/t-shirt
March 19, 2024 at 11:20 AM
This Saturday, January 20th, 1:00 pm is the Parsec Monthly Meeting at @mtlebanonlibrary Mt.Lebanon Public Library, meeting room A - lower level.
This is an in-person meeting with a Zoom option available.
For more info or to register for the Zoom meeting, visit: parsec-sff.org
January 17, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Long-time Confluence panelist and science fiction author John Alfred Taylor passed away on October 7, 2023.
He was 92.
You will be missed, JAT!
www.piattandbarnhillfh.com/obituary/joh...
January 2, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Happy Holidays to all, from Parsec Inc., Confluence, Parsec Ink and WorD.
December 25, 2023 at 12:15 PM
Join Parsec this Sat, Nov 18 as we welcome E.E. King @eeking.bsky.social as our guest speaker!
Meetings are free to attend and open to the public! Visit: www.parsec-sff.org for more info.
November 17, 2023 at 11:23 AM
CONFLUENCE EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! GET IN ON EARLY BIRD PRICING BEFORE IT'S GONE.
confluence-sff.org/registration...
Our GOH this year is Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social
Our Featured Artist is Christine @buglady.bsky.social Hutson.
The Confused Greenies will return in 2024.
November 6, 2023 at 1:05 PM
If you're going to be around the South Side tonight, there's a great Halloween Reading event by Write or Die at Velum Fermentation. Start time is 7pm!
www.velumfermentation.com
October 24, 2023 at 11:46 AM
Parsec has a new committee to welcome into the Parsec family organization. WorD, Write or Die writing and critique group has filled the Parsec "Workshop" committee opening.
So many changes yet to update. Check out WorD here: www.word-pgh.com
September 26, 2023 at 1:22 PM