SCI-FI, FANTASY, HORROR & MORE — OH MY! We’re teaming up with @nebulabookshop and @idlehandsbeer for a very special author panel as part of @maldencosplaycelebration! 📚🎭

We love speculative fiction because it lets us escape into other worlds — but what can those worlds teach us about our own? From cyberpunk heists and haunted woods to space horror and magical realism, speculative fiction can help us explore who we are, whose stories get told, and what a better future might look like.

On Saturday, October 3, join us for a conversation with four fantastic authors:

🖊️Allison King (@allisonkingwrites)
📖 The Phoenix Pencil Company

🖊️M.J. Anthony (@themjanthony)
📖 The Awakening of Lora Abernathy

🖊️Makana Yamamoto (@makana_yama)
📖 Hammajang Luck

🖊️Ryan Marie Ketterer (@ryanmarie47)
📖 Darkness Beyond the Stars: An Anthology of Space Horror

Our friends at @nebulabookshop will moderate the conversation, followed by an audience Q&A!

And stick around afterward to:
✍️ Get your books signed by the authors
📚 Shop speculative fiction, romance & bookish goodies from Nebula Books and Read My Lips Boston
🍻 Grab a beer or non-alcoholic drink from Idle Hands
🎭 Explore the rest of the Malden Cosplay Celebration!

No cosplay required — whether you arrive in full costume or just really, really love books about strange new worlds, you’re welcome here. 💫

📆 Saturday, October 3 at 1 PM