Topics For Discussion?

Philcon will be held from November 20 - 22, 2026 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Online registration is open! This year's Guests of Honor include... Principle Speaker: Charlie Jane Anders

Artist Guest: Donato Giancola

Musical Guest: Sarah Pinsker And now announcing:

The 1632 MiniCon brings together fans of Eric Flint’s expansive 1632verse—the hugely popular time-travel/alternate history series—for a kind of con-within-a-con. It features authors who’ve written 1632-based novels and short fiction sharing their thoughts and inside knowledge through programming within our existing literary track and other events.

The 1632 MiniCon grew out of a small gathering in Mannington, WV, the town on which the fictional Grantville of 1632 was based. Since then, MiniCon have been held in connection with larger conventions including Albacon, Chicon, Balticon and others. In 2025, the first full MiniCon since the passing of Eric Flint was held at FenCon.

In 2026, it'll be at Philcon!

* Philcon is the Philadelphia area's longest-running science fiction conference. Its programming staff is dedicated to finding interesting, fun, and educational things in different aspects of the speculative fiction genres to talk about each year. What might 2025 have in store? Stay tuned to find out! In the meantime, we'll be reblogging things that might be of interest to you, if you're a fellow fan of science, science fiction, fantasy, and horror.

Beyond Pomegranate & Thorns, A Collection of Stories, Poems, and Art by Anne E.G. Nydam

Everyone’s heard of fairy tale endings, but these are stories with fairy tale beginnings…  In 19 short stories, more than 21 poems, and scores of relief block prints, this collection reimagines and riffs on traditional fairy tales, classical myths, and other legends and folklore, to glean unexpected sparks of wonder and spin gold from the magical tales we think we know.

Find out more at http://nydamprints.com/beyond-pomegranate--thorns.html

The 1632 MiniCon brings together fans of Eric Flint’s expansive 1632verse—the hugely popular time-travel/alternate history series—for a kind of con-within-a-con. It features authors who’ve written 1632-based novels and short fiction sharing their thoughts and inside knowledge through programming within our existing literary track and other events.

The 1632 MiniCon grew out of a small gathering in Mannington, WV, the town on which the fictional Grantville of 1632 was based. Since then, MiniCon have been held in connection with larger conventions including Albacon, Chicon, Balticon and others. In 2025, the first full MiniCon since the passing of Eric Flint was held at FenCon.

Nebula and Hugo Award finalist Marie Vibbert has over 100 short stories in top magazines like Analog, F&SF, Clarkesworld, and Nature- and a new book coming out on May 12, 2026: Multitude