Short Story Group Discussion

I will announce the location in a couple days.

It will most likely be a coffee shop in North Austin.

Join us for a weekly meetup where we read and discuss three speculative short stories from a range of genres like sci-fi, fantasy, and horror!

Each week, we’ll dive into thought-provoking tales, share our interpretations, and choose stories for the next session.

While reading these stories will help you better participate (and avoid spoilers) no prior reading is required—just a love for storytelling!

Here is the website I am getting these stories from for free:

https://www.freesfonline.net/Search.html

This week’s stories (Free online):

Sci-fi Stories:

Division by Zero by Ted Chiang

https://fantasticmetropolis.com/i/division/

Night's Slow Poison by Ann Leckie

https://reactormag.com/nights-slow-poison-ann-leckie/

Fantasy Stories:

The Tower of the Elephant by Robert E. Howard

https://podcastle.org/2014/02/09/podcastle-297-the-tower-of-the-elephant-featuring-conan-the-barbarian/

Crystal Halloway and the Forgotten Passage by Seanan McGuire

https://www.fantasy-magazine.com/fm/fiction/crystal-halloway-and-the-forgotten-passage/

Horror Stories:

Blackwood’s Baby by Laird Barron

https://www.baen.com/Chapters/9781597804684/9781597804684___2.htm

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La Peau Verte by Caitlín R. Kiernan

https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/la-peau-verte/

For future sessions, participants can suggest stories, and we’ll vote on the selections. Once a month, we may choose a novella or short story collection for purchase, but most weeks will stick to free online stories.