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This week, two favorites return to challenge and entertain us! Lauren Parker and Wole Talabi will read their own SFF stories. Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! #FantasyFiction #ScienceFiction #SFF #LaurenParker #WoleTalabi #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading https://www.storyhour2020.com/

About the art process behind my book covers…and a question...

I began abstract painting around 2015–2016 after many years of realistic pen and ink sketching connected to my architectural work. Over time, colour, geometry, and nature shifted my practice toward abstraction.

In 2022, I gave an artist talk at the Lundt‑Glover Gallery in Chatham, NJ, hosted by the Art League of the Chathams, where I discussed my work at the time, including digital developments in NFTs and my decision not to pursue that direction.

Later that year, I began the 27‑painting series that my current ecofiction trilogy covers are based on, using four panels from that show as the starting point for the newer work.

Three good things:
1. Making art.
2. Sharing art.
3. Selling art to pay for more art supplies!!!

Watch the full 38‑minute talk here: https://youtu.be/X400L4JI-LQ

The piece shown, Wellness, was part of the solo show and later became the cover for our ASEI Arts international charity anthology, Anthology House Vol. 2, created to benefit UNICEF.

A question for my art and book lover peeps here: when you think about art and the art of book covers, what lights you up, what inspires you, and what are you drawn to reach out for?

#AbstractArt #ArchitectureFiction #ArtSupplies #ArtistTalk #AuthorReading #BookArt #BookTrilogy #CliFi #ClimateFiction #DesignThinking #Ecofiction #HopePunk #MixedMediaArt #NFT #NFTArt #ReikiArt #ScribesAndMakers #SolarPunk #Sustainability #SystemsThinking #WomenInArchitecture #WomenInSTEM #WomenInSTEAM #WritersCoffeeClub @ThreeGoodThings

This Story Hour, Jo Kaplan and Angela (A.G.) Slatter walked us through some very dark forests. Both stories had color in their titles; both had a strong oral-tradition feel; both were exquisite and devastating. You can still watch! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Horror #HorrorFiction #JoKaplan #AngelaSlatter https://youtu.be/30OrCau9kBo

This week, two well-known authors make their Story Hour debuts! Jo Kaplan and Angela Slatter read us their own horror tales. Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Horror #HorrorFiction #JoKaplan #AngelaSlatter https://www.storyhour2020.com/

I just posted a new MKBC Studio video introducing my ecofiction trilogy: The Erenwine Agenda, Otter Coast, and Rail. It includes the new covers, the artwork behind each design, and short live readings from all three books. This one was fun to make and brings together architecture, landscape, memory, and environmental storytelling.

If you enjoy ecofiction, design thinking, or interdisciplinary work, you might like this look at how the trilogy came together.

Watch here: https://youtu.be/jnQ2mWvMFZM

#ArchitectureFiction #AuthorReading #BookTrilogy #ClimateFiction #DesignThinking #Ecofiction #MixedMediaArt #ScribesAndMakers #Sustainability #SystemsThinking #WomenInArchitecture #WritersCoffeeClub

We had a very companionable evening with Story Hour cohost Daniel Marcus and occasional guest host Douglas Gwilym. Their stories, now—those were melancholy, full of ghosts and time displacement. You can still watch! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #FantasyFiction #ScienceFiction #SFF #DouglasGwilym #DanielMarcus
https://youtu.be/IxZdgtVZpVc

This Story Hour, SFF is on the way! Mainstays Douglas Gwilym and Daniel Marcus will take us to some very strange places. Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #FantasyFiction #ScienceFiction #SFF #DouglasGwilym #DanielMarcus
https://www.storyhour2020.com/

This week's Story Hour guests brought us powerful tales of family and society. Tobi Ogundiran read “Lágbájá,” and Isabel J. Kim read her Hugo-nominated "Wire Mother." Pitch-perfect, harrowing, unmissable. #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading
#FantasyFiction #ScienceFiction #SFF # #IsabelJKim #TobiOgundiran
https://youtu.be/CKy-n_R31rc

This Story Hour is one for the books! Much-lauded authors Tobi Ogundiran and Isabel J. Kim return—and Isabel is even reading her Hugo-nominated “Wire Mother”! Don’t miss this one. #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #FantasyFiction #ScienceFiction #SFF # #IsabelJKim #TobiOgundiran
Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! https://www.storyhour2020.com/

This week on Story Hour, Charlotte Tierney and Jeffrey Ford read weird horror tales! These stories address relationships, self-respect, and flying heads. Heavy subjects brightened with flecks of the comic. You can still watch! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Horror #HorrorFiction #JeffreyFord #CharlotteTierney https://youtu.be/Ru2fJAI88fI

This week, two authors make their terrifying Story Hour debuts*! Join us for spooky stories from Jeffrey Ford and Charlotte Tierney!
*They’re both reading horror. We have no plans to terrify the guests.
Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! https://www.storyhour2020.com/ #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Horror #HorrorFiction #JeffreyFord #CharlotteTierney

This Story Hour, Eliane Boey and Tia Tashiro read us very human stories in all-too-believable futures. Highly recommended! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #ScienceFiction #SFF #ElianeBoey #TiaTashiro @elianeboey https://youtu.be/fxt3V6iussM

This week, fan favorite Eliane Boey returns—and Tia Tashiro makes her Story Hour debut! Tia will read her Hugo-, Locus- and Sturgeon-nominated “Missing Helen.” Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #FantasyFiction #ScienceFiction #SFF #ElianeBoey #TiaTashiro @elianeboey https://www.storyhour2020.com/

This Story Hour brought us beautifully written, superbly voiced horror tales from Katherine Silva and Todd Keisling. Haunting and melancholy. You can still watch—and listen closely. @ToddKeisling #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Horror #HorrorFiction #ToddKeisling #KatherineSilva https://youtu.be/KIpIjojyQ8c

Tonight on Story Hour, Todd Keisling returns, and Katherine Silva steps up in her Story Hour debut! We’ll try to get Stephanie M. Wytovich another time, but we’re thrilled and chilled that Katherine will read for us tonight! Join us at 7:00 p.m. PDT! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Horror #HorrorFiction #ToddKeisling #KatherineSilva @ToddKeisling https://www.storyhour2020.com/

This week’s stories offer spooky chills as a reprieve from the heat. Todd Keisling returns, and Stephanie M. Wytovich makes her Story Hour debut! Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Horror #HorrorFiction #ToddKeisling #StephanieMWytovoch @ToddKeisling https://www.storyhour2020.com/

This Story Hour brought us poignant fantasy from Faye Gabriel & Kat Weaver and all-too-real science fiction from Shaenon K. Garrity. Highly enjoyable—and you can still watch! @anoteinpink @shaenongarrity #FayeGabriel #KatWeaver #ShaenonKGarrity #shortfiction #shortstories #authorreading #author #sff #sciencefiction #fantasy https://youtu.be/AElSeFUyPdE

This Story Hour brings a double debut: Faye Gabriel and Kat Weaver read a co-written story! Also, perennial favorite Shaenon K. Garrity returns to read! Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #FantasyFiction #ScienceFiction #SFF #KatWeaver #FayeGabriel #ShaenonKGarrity @shaenongarrity @anoteinpink https://www.storyhour2020.com/

Have you eaten lately? This Story Hour brought us two tales of unusual hungers. Brooklyn Ann Butler and EC Dorgan read stories with great voices. Grab a snack and watch at https://youtu.be/tKlMKCRKuew! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Horror #HorrorFiction #BrooklynAnnButler #ECDorgan @BrooklynAnn

Ready for some fictional creepy stories? Brooklyn Ann Butler and EC Dorgan have it handled. Turn on all the lights and join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! https://www.storyhour2020.com/ @BrooklynAnn #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Horror #HorrorFiction #BrooklynAnnButler #ECDorgan

The most recent Story Hour was so lovely! It's always a treat to hear Rati Mehrotra read, and when she recommended Kari Maaren, we knew we had a perfect pairing. You can still watch! @Rati_Mehrotra @angrykem #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #FantasyFiction #ScienceFiction #SFF #KariMaaren #RatiMehrotra https://youtu.be/hJF2xl9up6o

Story Hour is delighted to welcome Rati Mehrotra back, and to welcome Kari Maaren for the first time! Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #FantasyFiction #ScienceFiction #SFF #KariMaaren #RatiMehrotra @Rati_Mehrotra @angrykem https://www.storyhour2020.com/

This Story Hour, K.C. Mead-Brewer and Wendy N. Wagner read creeeeeeeepy tales of expectations. Even Wendy's cat got in on the fun! You can still watch! #Horror #HorrorFiction #KCMeadBrewer #WendyNWagner #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading @kcmeadbrewer @wendynwagner
youtu.be/n86rFuExoXw

Did you miss the spooky stories? They’re ba-ack! K.C. Mead-Brewer and Wendy N. Wagner read us their own thrilling tales! Turn up the lights and join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Horror #HorrorFiction #KCMeadBrewer #WendyNWagner https://www.storyhour2020.com/

Where can you get five stories—read by their authors, no less!—in under an hour? The latest Story Hour! Enjoy these bite-size tales from Beth Goder and Matt Tighe! #FantasyFiction #ScienceFiction #SFF #BethGoder #MattTighe #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading
https://youtu.be/TnJgjgHNkXM

It’s time for a flash fiction festival on Story Hour! Between them, Beth Goder and Matt Tighe plan to read a total of five fun-sized SFF stories. Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #FantasyFiction #ScienceFiction #SFF #BethGoder #MattTighe https://www.storyhour2020.com/

Ready to be haunted? Slip into these two tales of covetous transformation from J.A.W. McCarthy and Geneve Flynn. Beautiful, unpredictable, inevitable. You can still watch! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Horror #HorrorFiction #JAWMcCarthy #GeneveFlynn @JAWMcCarthy https://youtu.be/Oxy0MBZQVBU

In the mood for something nice and scary? You’re in luck! This week’s Story Hour guests, Geneve Flynn and J.A.W McCarthy, are both very nice—and their stories are scary! Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Horror #HorrorFiction #JAWMcCarthy #GeneveFlynn @JAWMcCarthy https://www.storyhour2020.com/

More Hugo-nominated stories on Story Hour? Yes! Samantha Mills and Thomas Ha read their 2026 nominees! Beautiful, intense, and moving. You can still watch! @samtasticbooks @ThomasHa #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #FantasyFiction #ScienceFiction #SFF #ThomasHa #SamanthaMills #Hugo https://youtu.be/UKQZbg3u_B8

Hey, would you like to hear two of this year’s Hugo-nominated stories—read by their authors? Samantha Mills and Thomas Ha are bringing us just that! Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! @samtasticbooks @ThomasHa #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #FantasyFiction #ScienceFiction #SFF #ThomasHa #SamanthaMills #Hugo https://www.storyhour2020.com/