Join SF in SF Sunday, April 13th at The Lost Church in San Francisco!
SF in SF – Science Fiction in San Francisco, a perfect fit since 2004!
DARYL GREGORY AND NGHI VO
TICKETS NOW ON SALE! Visit The Lost Church online to purchase
Join SF in SF Sunday, September 15th at our brand-new venue, The Lost Church in San Francisco!
Each author will read a selection from their work, followed by Q&A with the audience; book signing and schmoozing follows.
Event is moderated by author Kimberly Ungar
Doors open at 4:00PM – event starts at 4:30PM —- ALL AGES WELCOME
$15 per person via Lost Church, and at the door
PLEASE NOTE – Secure a guaranteed seat by purchasing tickets ahead of time!
Proceeds benefit The Lost Church, a 501(C)(3) nonprofit arts organization that serves the community by creating, sustaining, and defending spaces for live performance.
THERE’S A BAR! Beer, wine, and soft drinks are available during the evening, located on the main floor of The Lost Church
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. If you cannot attend, but would like a signed book mailed to you, please contact flybynightbooks@gmail.com. They’ll be happy to help!
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
DARYL GREGORY, the multiple award-winning author of critical darling SFF novel Spoonbenders, has a new book out! It’s called When We Were Real (Saga Press, April 1, 2025), set in America seven years after we all learn we are living in a simulation. It’s a madcap adventure following two friends on a cross-country bus tour through the mind-boggling glitches in their simulated world as they grapple with love, family, secrets, and a recent cancer diagnosis. When We Were Real is a tour-de-force and exploration of what really matters, even in an artificial world, which has received fantastic praise from numerous leading SFF authors, including Lev Grossman, Kim Stanley Robinson, Nancy Kress, Ben H. Winters, and more.
Daryl writes novels and short stories in a variety of genres, but has also written comics and video games. He teaches every year at the Viable Paradise Writing Workshop (apply!), as well as doing some programming on the side. He grew up in Chicago, and has lived in a few states along I-80 — Pennsylvania, Iowa, Oakland — and now splits his time between Seattle, WA (which means he spends a lot of time in coffee shops. A lot), and State College, PA. His latest novel is When We Were Real (Saga Press, 2025), and before that was the Appalachian horror novel, Revelator (Knopf), a 2022 Dragon Award and Locus Award finalist, and Washington Post book of the year. His SF murder mystery novella The Album of Dr. Moreau was an Edgar award finalist. The novel Spoonbenders was a Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy Award finalist. His novella, We Are All Completely Fine (Tachyon Publications) won the World Fantasy and the Shirley Jackson awards, and was a finalist for the Nebula, Sturgeon, and Locus awards. Learn more at https://darylgregory.com/
NGHI VO is an American author of short stories, novellas, and novels, who identifies as queer. Born in 1981 in Peoria, Illinois, where she lived until attending college at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, she moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin on the shores of Lake Michigan in 2007. Her first published short story was “Gift of Flight” in 2007, followed by a number of published short stories in various media. Vo’s fantasy novella The Empress of Salt and Fortune, the first title that launched her Singing Hills Cycle, was published in 2020. It received considerable acclaim and won the Hugo Award for Best Novella, and the International Association of the Fantastic in the Arts Crawford Award. The book was also a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, the Nebula Award, the Locus and the Ignyte Award. The next book in the cycle was When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (2020), followed by Into the Riverlands (2022), Mammoths at the Gates (2023), and The Brides of High Hill (2024). The novellas can be read in any order.
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SF in SF new home for events is THE LOST CHURCH! We are so excited to share this amazing performance space with you! All ages are welcome!!
The Lost Church is located at 988 Columbus Avenue (at Chestnut), North Beach, San Francisco. Bimbo’s 365 Club is across the street. The Lost Church is a nonprofit arts organization that serves the community by creating, sustaining, and defending spaces for live performances. The venue is ADA compliant: if you’d like to take the elevator down one floor to the performance space, please state that at the door before entering.
Yes, we know….North Beach and parking are not always compatible! BUT – here is a link to parking garages in the area, more info on parking in the area. MOST street parking is free on Sundays, but always check the signs and meter for days/hours. There are many easy ways to reach the venue by MUNI, or a combination of BART and MUNI! For MUNI options, please visit https://www.sfmta.com/muni-transit to plan your trip. For BART options, please visit https://www.bart.gov/planner. Make it a grand evening out, and visit here to find some excellent restaurants for dinner in the neighborhood!
For more information, The Lost Church can be reached at HQ@THELOSTCHURCH.ORG; for a recorded message with general information, call 415-320-1408
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SAVE THE DATES – COMING UP NEXT WITH SF IN SF!
Join SF in SF for these next authors on our calendar!
Sunday, May 4th – PAT MURPHY and KAREN JOY FOWLER
Sunday, June 8th – EVAN LEIKAM and KHAN WONG
Sunday, July 20th – JULIA VEE and KEN BEBELLE
and more to come!
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We still have a few slots left authors for 2025! If you are an author with a science fiction, fantasy, or horror book coming out this year, and would like to appear, please contact Rina Weisman at sfinsfevents@gmail.com. Let’s talk!