Here’s my schedule of public appearances at this week’s Chicon 7, the 70th World Science Fiction Convention, also known as Worldcon.
Friday, August 31st, 1:30-3:00 pm, Haymarket. John Joseph Adams reading. JJA is the editor of many anthologies, and of Lightspeed magazine. This reading will consist of various folks reading stories from his publications. I’m subbing in for the sadly absent Genevieve Valentine, reading her fantastic story “Good Fences,” from the new horror magazine, Nightmare.
Saturday, September 1st, 12:00-1:00 pm, Tachyon table in the Dealers Room. Signing. Along with other contributors to Tachyon anthologies, I’ll be signing Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology, edited by James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel.
Sunday, September 2nd, 10:30 am-12:00 pm, Wrigley. Short Stories to Order. I’ll be sitting on this panel with Pat Cadigan, Robert Reed, E. Lily Yu, and esteemed moderator Ellen Datlow.
Sunday, September 2nd, 12:00-12:30 pm, Dusable. Reading. I’ll be reading “The Contrary Gardener,” a sort of companion piece to “The Voluntary State.” It’s scheduled to appear in an upcoming Nightshade Books project edited by Jonathan Strahan.