Marguerite Sheffer

In honor of spooky month, come enjoy the spooky writing workshop! This is the first of the final cycle of Page to Stage events for the year, so don't miss it!

Y’all come through next month at the NOLA Words and Music Festival, and watch me, Bryan Camp, Desiree S. Evans, and Marguerite Sheffer discuss magical realism and speculative fiction!

The panel will take place on 11/21/25 @ 2 PM!

We hope to see you there :)

Forgot to tag them!

@mlensheffer.bsky.social
@literarydesiree.bsky.social
@bryancamp.bsky.social

Poster for the Words and Music Festival 2025 pane (see info in post) showing photos of the 4 authors: Marguerite Sheffer, Danny Cherry Jr, Bryan Camp, and Desiree S. Evans.

Excited to be joining the Words and Music Festival this year:

"Suspend All Disbelief: Magical Realism and Speculative Fiction"

www.eventbrite.com/e/suspend-al...

With amazing authors @literarydesiree.bsky.social @bryancamp.bsky.social & @deecherrywriter.bsky.social

2 pm, Nov 21

LMNL reading series Readers are: Tad Bartlett Danny Cherry jr. Christine Kwon KR Segriff 6 PM October 16th 12 Mile Limit (500 S Telemachus) (Community//creating)

EVENT NEXT MONTH:

Folks, I'll be performing a reading on October 16th at 6 PM at 12 Mile Limit for the LMNL reading series!

If you're in town, come and check me and the readers out :)

First event of the month will be our 5 Hour Writing Marathon, this Saturday at 12 Mile Limit!

We'll be there from to 12 to 5 PM!

Our October event calendar is out!

We hope to see y'all at one of our events! :)

Last September event!!

We will be at Miel Brewery on 09/29 @ 6 to 8 PM!

See you there :)

The turnout the other night was incredible! So were all of the performances!

Thank you to all who came. Now, photo dump time!

Ted Chiang:
"The task that generative A.I. has been most successful at is lowering our expectations, both of the things we read and of ourselves when we write [...]. It is a fundamentally dehumanizing technology because it treats us as less than what we are: creators and apprehenders of meaning."

I’ll be moderating the “Magical Realism and Speculative Fiction” panel at the NOLA Words & Music Festival this year!

It’ll be Friday Nov. 21, at 3:15 pm at the Andre Callioux Center for Performing Arts and Cultural Justice!

Panelists are @mlensheffer.bsky.social & @literarydesiree.bsky.social 😬

Introducing the readers for the Fantasy & Fairy Tale Fiction Session! Come listen to these fabulous writers this Sunday at Big Couch at 7 PM!

The Fantasy & Fairy Tale readings for the next Fiction Sessions coming soon! '

We have some great readers, so stay tuned for the announcement!

Can't wait to get started ❤️

Next Wednesday, (September 24th) will be the official Charras Book Launch for New Orleans at dba (pubbed by UNO Press and a reading of Charras by me. Music to follow by the amazing Los Guiros. Please come out and support live local readings!

#Readings
#Translation
#NewOrleans
#Unions
#Activism

Last night's Literary Agent 101 presentation (led by @lizified.bsky.social ) was dope as hell!

This is just one example of the programming that TLL offers at NO COST to attendees!

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Karen Attiah, a black woman, got fired for
A: accurately quoting what Charlie Kirk said about Black women
B: Accurately observing that most white Americans seem permissive of white violence.

It's bullshit, but almost expected in this white supremacist country.

Former Washington Post opinion columnist Karen Attiah this morning on Bluesky: “I’ve been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.” (She made the mistake of quoting his own words.) [kottke.org]

YouTube video by Story Hour September 10, 2025 Story Hour: Jennifer Brozek and Marguerite Sheffer

Story Hour kicks off the spooky season a little early with stories from Marguerite Sheffer and Jennifer Brozek! So turn the lights off—or turn them up. Watch however suits you best! @jenniferbrozek.bsky.social @mlensheffer.bsky.social youtu.be/o2h8Sy-1kXk

this is status quo now. Teen Vogue is a serious news org committed to democracy and truth. NYT, WSJ are...not.

Last night was awesome!

Thanks to everyone who could make it! :)

I don't know about you, but when the news is particularly fraught, I like horror fiction's ability to match my emotional state and then actually resolve (or at least end). It's weirdly calming. And we're in luck, because guess who's reading on Story Hour tonight!

Small Wonders will be open to original flash fiction submissions this Friday, September 12th. We'll be open through October 31st!

We'll also be closing to reprint flash fiction on Friday, September 12th.

Send us your weird, wild, wonderful little stories with big emotions!

Color photo of author Jennifer Brozek, a fair-skinned woman wearing her straight hair half dyed blue and in a chin-length bob. She wears dangly silver filigree earrings and a black V-neck top with either a lacy camisole or an elaborate tattoo under it. She sits in a high-backed office chair and holds a pair of glasses in one hand, as if she’s just removed them. She smiles warmly at the camera.

Color photo portrait of author Marguerite Sheffer, a fair-skinned woman with arched eyebrows and gray (can they really be gray?) eyes. Her dark ash-blonde hair is either cut short or pulled back; in either case, it has heavy bangs. She wears dark blue jeans, a charcoal-colored long-sleeved waffle thermal top, and gold hoop earrings. She sits on a wooden chair against a plain, dark backdrop, resting her forearms on her legs, and looks straight into the camera with a Mona Lisa smile.

It’s rare to have two Story Hour debuts on one night, but then, it feels silly to call either of these authors “debuts.” Join us for stories from Jennifer Brozek and Marguerite Sheffer! Wednesday, September 10 at 7:00 PDT! @jenniferbrozek.bsky.social @mlensheffer.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com

Poster for Story Hour: Livestream Speculative Readings, Hosted by Daniel Marcus and Laura Blackwell: Sept 10, 7:00 PM PDT. Shows pictures of the 2 authors: Jennifer Brozek and Marguerite Sheffer. Link to http://www.storyhour2020.com

(Reposting because I messed up.) Wednesday: I'm reading a couple of horror flash and then a visceral piece of horror on @storyhour.bsky.social

9 pm CST / 7 pm PST - Free! www.storyhour2020.com

Hosts @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social @danmarcus.bsky.social , and and co-reader @mlensheffer.bsky.social

Grandparents for Vaccines launches to share stories of life before immunizations New volunteer group aims to educate parents about vaccine importance by sharing personal experiences with preventable diseases.

“A new volunteer-led organization called Grandparents for Vaccines launched Sunday on National Grandparents Day with a mission to share firsthand experiences of life before vaccines were widely available.” [kgw.com]

Poster for Story Hour: Livestream Speculative Readings, Hosted by Daniel Marcus and Laura Blackwell: Sept 10, 7:00 PM PDT. Shows pictures of the 2 authors: Jennifer Brozek and Marguerite Sheffer. Link to http://www.storyhour2020.com

Weds 9/10 pm: I will be reading a werid horror story from THE MAN IN THE BANANA TREES on @storyhour.bsky.social

9 pm CST / 7 pm Pacific - Free!

www.storyhour2020.com

With hosts @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social @danmarcus.bsky.social and co-reader @jenniferbrozek.bsky.social !

🦞

Uncanny Magazine closes to short story submissions TODAY! When September 8 is finished everywhere on the planet, the submission portal will be closed!

What To Do About Crime's Persistent Perception Problem? A new-ish poll and some ideas for the future.

New this week: I wrote about how people seem to always perceive that crime is rising -- a problem that goes back at least a century -- and what I'm hoping to do about it. Check it out!

jasher.substack.com/p/what-to-do...