Beyond the Tropes is returning this spring with The Center for Fiction for the newest session: Speculative Characters. We will be reading and discussing characters from popular IP starting with Aliens: Vasquez an original story by V. Castro about the origins and rise of the tough Latina Colonial Marine from the Aliens film. Next upContinue reading “Beyond the Tropes Returns for the Spring with Speculative Characters & Graphic Novels”
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Beyond the Tropes Returns this Fall with Latinx Terror
Beyond The Tropes returns for the fall with Latinx Terror starting September 18th. We explore the writings of four authors who will take us on a terrifying journey with a mix of ancient evils, urban legends and stories steeped in noir. We will be reading the following works: Queen of the Cicadas by V. Castro TheContinue reading “Beyond the Tropes Returns this Fall with Latinx Terror”
Beyond The Tropes returns with The Vampire Evolution in March
My Beyond the Tropes workshop series with the Center for Fiction returns March 27th and it’s going to have a lot of bite; The Vampire Evolution workshop. For more information and to register for this session click here. In this session, we will read four vampire novels beginning with Bram Stoker’s classic Dracula. We willContinue reading “Beyond The Tropes returns with The Vampire Evolution in March”
Marc L Abbott returns to the Center for Fiction this fall with Beyond the Tropes: Family Secrets and Burdens Registration now open.
Every family has secrets and the burdens they carry can be intolerable. In the realm of speculative fiction, they can be down right scary. Find out for yourself as the Beyond the Tropes series returns to the Center for Fiction for its next set of sessions this fall. Marc L Abbott delves into the worksContinue reading “Marc L Abbott returns to the Center for Fiction this fall with Beyond the Tropes: Family Secrets and Burdens Registration now open.”
Beyond the Tropes Series with Marc L Abbott returns to the Center for Fiction. Now open for registration.
The Beyond the Tropes series returns to the Center for Fiction for a new series for the summer. Beyond the Tropes II: African American voices in Speculative Short Story Form begins June 13th and will cover selections from Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora and Dark Matter: Reading the Bones.Continue reading “Beyond the Tropes Series with Marc L Abbott returns to the Center for Fiction. Now open for registration.”