I guess I have caught the reading bug. I recently signed up to participate in two events in June.

First, I’ll be reading part of my short story “The Trouble with Finklesteins” at the REZ Reading Series June 6th event, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm, held at Odradeks Coffee House (82-60 Austin Street by the LIRR), right in my neighborhood of Kew Gardens. The REZ Reading Series is a monthly program sponsored by Sullivan Street Press. Their June event will feature local authors from the Queens-based Newtown Literary. I wrote “The Trouble with Finklesteins” a few years back when I was in a contemporary short fiction phase. No feline shapeshifters or ancient worlds, the story focuses on the strained relationship of two thirty-something women and the terrible secret one of them is hiding.

Then, I’m back again reading from The Seventh Pleiade at an exciting, new venue with an ultra-cool name: Bureau of General Services – Queer Division, on June 9th 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm. BGSQD in SoHo (Strange Loop Gallery, 27 Orchard St., New York, NY, 10002) is “a queer bookstore and event space” that hosts regular literary happenings. Their June 9th event features seven Bold Strokes Books authors representing a wide variety of fictional work. You can check out the event below:

Both events are free. Come out and see me!!