Join SF in SF Sunday, October 27th at THE SAN FRANCISCO COLUMBARIUM!!

SF in SF – Science Fiction in San Francisco presents a night of cemetery horror just in time for Halloween!

LOREN RHOADS  –  EMERIAN RICH  –  FRANCESCA MARIA

Each author will read a selection from their work, followed by Q&A with the audience; book signing follows.

This special event will take place at the

SAN FRANCISCO COLUMBARIUM at One Loraine Court, San Francisco, CA, 94118

Doors open at 7PM – event is $10 at the door

Event begins at 7:30PM

The authors books will be for sale courtesy of Fly By Night Books, and all attendees are welcome to bring their own books from home for signatures.

Our wonderful podcast hosts from Soma FM will be recording the evening’s talk for later broadcast – they are listener-supported, commercial-free radio broadcasting to the world!  Catch up on previous SF in SF conversations and reading at our dedicated channel, here

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

FRANCESCA MARIA writes dark fiction surrounded by cats near the Pacific Ocean. She is the award-winning, bestselling author of They Hide: Short Stories to Tell in the Dark from Brigids Gate Press, which debuted as an Amazon #1 Best Seller. She is the creator and co-publisher of the Black Cat Chronicles, a true horror comic book series narrated by a mystical black cat. Her short stories and essays can be found in various publications, including Crystal Lake Publishing’s Shallow Waters, Death’s Garden Revisited, To Hell and Back and Under the Stairs anthologies. Francesca is the co-editor and co-publisher of the upcoming Black Cat Tales anthology from Black Cat Publishing, due out in 2025. Francesca is also the co-chair of the San Francisco Bay Area’s Horror Writers Association Chapter. You can find her at francescamaria.com and on social media @writerofweird.

LOREN RHOADS is the author of 222 Cemeteries to See Before You Die and Wish You Were Here: Adventures in Cemetery Travel. She’s the editor of Death’s Garden Revisited: Personal Relationships with Cemeteries. She also writes science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror. Her short stories have appeared in Best New Horror, Strange California, and the upcoming Black Cat Tales, among others. See what she’s up to next at lorenrhoads.com.

EMERIAN RICH, author, artist, voice actress, and editor, is best known for being the Horror Hostess of HorrorAddicts.net, an internationally acclaimed podcast, now in its 19^th season. She’s worked in cemeteries and has a personal connection with one in particular, outlined in her piece in Death’s Garden Revisited.  She has a multitude of book publications in horror, romance, art, and non-fiction. Find out more at emzbox.com.

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The San Francisco Columbarium was established in 1898, and stands as one of California’s most prized architectural treasures. For over 100 years, the Columbarium has been the last remaining nondenominational place within San Francisco to memorialize loved ones.  It is located at One Lorain Court, off Anza at Stanyan.

Located at off the beaten path, at the end of a residential cul-de-sac in the Richmond District, the copper-domed, Neo-Classical columbarium is a hidden gem and an architectural wonder. The must-see structure was originally part of the Odd Fellows Cemetery and features a large rotunda, mosaic tile floors, ornate stained-glass windows and a domed skylight. A colossal 45-foot atrium is surrounded by intricate balconies, with each of the 4 floors providing a glimpse into San Francisco’s history.

The interior decoration and design of the columbarium follow the belief of the Odd Fellows, one of the world’s oldest fraternal societies, who saw death as something to approach without fear and funerals as events that should be ordinary yet dignified.

Three main halls—Hall of Olympians, Hall of Titans and Hall of Heroes—house around 8,500 niches containing cremated remains and memorabilia special to those buried here. Six of the ground-floor rooms have stained-glass windows, one of which has been attributed to both Louis Comfort Tiffany and John La Farge.

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We are beginning to book authors for 2025!  If you are an author with a science fiction, fantasy, or horror book coming out next year, and would like to appear, please contact Rina Weisman at sfinsfevents@gmail.com.  Let’s talk!