Socialist Nerd Night, with three local genre writers:
Nick Mamatas is the author of several novels, including the San Francisco zombie novel The Last Weekend, the Lovecraftian murder mystery I Am Providence, and the forthcoming Hexen Sabbath. His short fiction has appeared in Best American Mystery Stories, Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, and many other venues. Nick is also an award-winning anthologist; his latest is Mixed Up, a hybrid cocktail recipe/flash fiction book co-edited with Molly Tanzer.
Meg Elison is a Bay Area author and essayist. Her debut novel, The Book of the Unnamed Midwife won the 2014 Philip K. Dick Award and was listed as a Tiptree Committee recommendation. Her second novel, The Book of Etta, was published in 2017 by 47North. She writes like she's running out of time and lives in Oakland.
Tim Pratt is the author of over 20 novels, most recently Philip K. Dick Award finalist The Wrong Stars and upcoming sequel The Dreaming Stars. As T.A. Pratt he wrote ten novels in the Marla Mason urban fantasy series. His short fiction has appeared in The Best American Short Stories, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, and other nice places. He's a Hugo Award winner for short fiction, and has been a finalist for World Fantasy, Sturgeon, Stoker, Mythopoeic, and Nebula Awards, among others. He is a senior editor at Locus magazine, and lives in Berkeley CA with his family.
7pm to 9pm, Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley
Join The Craig & MacGregor Band for an evening of "Not Just Jazz," cheap drinks, good friends, and complimentary food from Bacheesos on Telegraph. Bar opens at 6:30pm | Music
7pm to 11pm, The Marsh Cabaret, 2120 Allston Way, Berkeley