November is near. First Friday will be this Friday, Nov 1, in Virginia. We will have a reading from new author Tom Crepeau. We will also discuss Capclave. The committee to discuss SF will talk about the Sept/Oct issue of Fantasy and Science Fiction. This is their 70th-anniversary issue and it is crammed with lots […]

At WSFA’s First Friday meeting on April 6th, Diana Peterfreund will be reading from her June book “For Darkness Shows the Stars.” Due to Passover, this meeting will be held at our Maryland location (Madigans).

New Zealand speculative fiction author Philippa Ballantine is visiting the Baltimore area and will be reading from her popular fantasy novel Geist at the Baltimore Science Fiction Society on January 8, 2011 at 8:00pm. She will also share news about her upcoming steampunk novel Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences and her multiple podcasting projects. Come celebrate […]

For 1st Friday in April, we had Tom Doyle, winner of the 2008 WSFA Small Press Award, read his short story, “Consensus Building”. The story was originally published in Futurismic in 2005. The reading took place after the business meeting and many of the members stayed for the reading. Tom is a great reader and […]

Tom Doyle, winner of the second WSFA Small Press Award, will be doing a reading at 10 PM April 2, 2010. This will follow the First Friday meeting at Sam and Judy’s. He is reading “Consensus Building”. This story is from 2005. There will be a Q&A after the reading.