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Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front @irrealist.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

TODAY, all loyal partisans of the IILF are called to assemble at Liquid State for our latest reading.

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 18/03/2026

For the Ithaca-proximate, this is now TOMORROW (and the day after)

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New Flesh 🇵🇸 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @esedia.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

If you’re near Ithaca, definitely worth a trip! @vajra.me is wonderful and his books are just remarkable.

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Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front @irrealist.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

IN ONE WEEK: join us at Liquid State Brewing in Ithaca for a reading and discussion featuring @vajra.me and @debbieurbanski.bsky.social!

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 13/02/2026

I’m doing two in-person events in Ithaca, NY in March: I'll be at Cornell talking about speculative fiction on Mar 19 and I'm joining Debbie Urbanski to read for the Ithaca Irrealist Readings (@irrealist.bsky.social) on Mar 20. Come say hi if you are Ithaca-adjacent! vajra.me/2026/02/13/s...

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Spring in Ithaca

Come see me at Cornell and/or the Ithaca Irrealist Readings in March!

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Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front @irrealist.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

The Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front reemerges from a period underground to resume its revolutionary literary activities with a reading at Liquid State Brewing on March 20th, featuring @vajra.me and @debbieurbanski.bsky.social! Join us!

Ithaca Irrealist Readings

A boozy reading series featuring authors of the
fantastic, the surreal, the absurd, the
speculative, and the odd.

Vajra Chandrasekera
Writer from Colombo, Sri Lanka, whose novels The Saint of Bright
Doors and Rakesfall have won the Le Guin Prize for Fiction,
Nebula, Ignyte, Locus, Crawford, and Otherwise Awards, and been
selected as New York Times Notable Books of 2023 and 2024. A
2025-2026 Fellow of the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for
Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library.

Debbie Urbanski
Author of the novel After World-named a best book of the year by
the San Francisco Chronicle, Engadget, the Los Angeles Times
tech, Booklist, and Strange Horizons-and the story collection
Portalmania. Published in The Best American Science Fiction and
Fantasy, The Best American Experimental Writing, The Sun,
Fantasy & Science Fiction, Granta, and Conjunctions.

Liquid State Brewing
Friday, March 20 - 6 PM
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Edward Ashton @edashtonwriting.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Just a reminder that I'll be at Lock City Books in Lockport today (10/4) from 11 - 2. If you're in the area, please stop by and say hello!

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D.A. Xiaolin Spires @spires.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Reread as text Don Pizarro's @donfoolery.com stories that he read in person at Ithaca Irrealist Readings. @irrealist.bsky.social Really enjoyed the escalation and competition in “Show and Tell”—as well as the Filipino cultural backdrop that comes to life: anting anting, religion and family.

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Parker M. O'Neill @parkeriswriting.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

You can’t tell, but as this photo was taken I was repeating the Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front manifesto in my head

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D.P. Lovecraft @donfoolery.com · 23/09/2025

Isang bagsak! Thanks for having me @irrealist.bsky.social. It was a blast reading with @parkeriswriting.bsky.social! (There... if I wasn't on a watchlist before being Brown while working for an Ivy and living in a Sanctuary City, I sure am now!)

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D.A. Xiaolin Spires @spires.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

This was a great event! I really enjoyed the readings. Dark moments, bright moments, powerful stories! Filipino cultural heritage, Catholicism, D&D, mirrors, strange eeriness... an arresting array of narratives! @willmcmahon36.bsky.social @donfoolery.com @parkeriswriting.bsky.social

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Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front @irrealist.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Fists up for the IILF! Big thanks to @donfoolery.com, @parkeriswriting.bsky.social, and everyone who came out for our September reading!

Don Pizarro and Parker M. O’Neill standing on stage under purple lighting with their fists up.

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D.A. Xiaolin Spires @spires.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Enjoyed “Our Continuity, Each of Us Raindrops” by @parkeriswriting.bsky.social Upstate NY, the waters, cataloging of species & cyborg. Gorgeous language & an interesting take on rainmaker! Loved the etymology & provenance of cultural institutions like sports. grist.org/climate-fict... @grist.org

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Our Continuity, Each of Us Raindrops

Climate fiction: Two brothers embark on a perilous journey to document endangered species, and instead find a different way to change the world.

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Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front @irrealist.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Irrealists: join us TONIGHT at Liquid State Brewing in downtown Ithaca for readings by @donfoolery.com and @parkeriswriting.bsky.social! Onward!

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D.P. Lovecraft @donfoolery.com · 22/09/2025

Granted, "the 22nd night of September" doesn't have the same ring to it as the Earth, Wind & Fire line, but I'm sure @parkeriswriting.bsky.social and I will make it one to remember! If you're around the 607, come by Liquid State at 7 pm!

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Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front @irrealist.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

August Reader Spotlight: Edmundo Paz-Soldán read his moving short story “Artificial” from the anthology LATINX RISING (Ohio State University Press, 2020).

Edmundo Paz-Soldán sitting on a stage under purple lighting reading from a packet of papers.

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Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front @irrealist.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

August Reader Spotlight: @lilianacolanzi.bsky.social captivated the audience with two stories from her collection YOU GLOW IN THE DARK (tr. Chris Andrews for New Directions, 2024), “The Cave” and “The Greenest Eyes.”

Liliana Colanzi seated on stage under purple lighting, reading from her collection YOU GLOW IN THE DARK.

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Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front @irrealist.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Irrealists: Our next reading will be on Monday, September 22nd from 7-9pm at Liquid State, featuring @donfoolery.com and @parkeriswriting.bsky.social! Join us for good fiction, good beer, and good company.

Ithaca Irrealist Readings

A boozy reading series featuring authors of the fantastic, the surreal, the absurd, the speculative, and the odd.

Don Pizarro
Writer whose work has appeared in McSweeney's
Internet Tendency, Crossed Genres, Lakeside
Circus, and other places online and in print. He is
a graduate of the 2016 Viable Paradise Writing
Workshop and can be found at donfoolery.com.

Parker M. O'Neill
Writer of fiction appearing or forthcoming in Apex
Magazine, Flash Fiction Online, Radon Journal,
and elsewhere. He is a recent winner of the
Elegant Literature Award for New Writers and can
be found at linktr.ee/parkermoneill.

Liquid State Brewing
Monday, September 22nd 7-9 PM
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Parker M. O'Neill @parkeriswriting.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Rochester area writing buddies, come listen to me yap! Non Rochester area writing buddies, now might be a great time for a road trip

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D.P. Lovecraft @donfoolery.com · 14/09/2025

Chances are, I wrote what I'll be reading while drinking. If you want to come hear some on Sept. 22nd, you'll have the option of drinking, too!

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Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front @irrealist.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

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Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front @irrealist.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

August reader spotlight: @spires.bsky.social (and her young assistant) gave the crowd an excerpt of her upcoming novella ELLIPSES, forthcoming from Infinivox, about a field biologist discovering life on an alien planet.

D.A. Xiaolin spires sitting on a stage, with her young daughter standing beside her, under purple lighting.

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Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front @irrealist.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

The Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front has already stated our revolutionary position on the literary/genre discourse of the day.

Is this series for literary fiction or genre fiction?
“Literary” is an adjective describing a relation to literature—the written word. “Genre” is Old French for “gender” and can, eccentrically, refer to which shelf a book is set down on for sale. We insist that any such inquiries be translated, e.g. “What is the gender of this book?”
Those abusing these words will face the revolutionary justice of the IILF.

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D.A. Xiaolin Spires @spires.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Such a great time reading! Great atmosphere, lovely fiction and fun people. Thank you @irrealist.bsky.social for organizing, as well as fellow writers @lilianacolanzi.bsky.social and Edmundo Paz-Soldán! Thank you Liquid State Brewery for hosting. Looking forward to more readers at the brewery!

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Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front @irrealist.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

We had a great reading this week, featuring @spires.bsky.social, @lilianacolanzi.bsky.social, and Edmundo Paz-Soldán! Look forward to reader spotlights in the coming days. The IILF marches on!

Three people standing together and smiling on a stage under purple lighting: Edmundo Paz-Soldán, D.A. Xiaolin Spires, and Liliana Colanzi.

Around thirty people watching the reading in rows of picnic style tables inside a brewery barrel room.

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D.P. Lovecraft @donfoolery.com · 18/08/2025

The revolution will be read aloud!

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Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front @irrealist.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

TONIGHT! Join us for an Ithaca Irrealist Reading featuring @spires.bsky.social @lilianacolanzi.bsky.social and Edmundo Paz-Soldán!

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D.A. Xiaolin Spires @spires.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

This speculative reading is happening TOMORROW, Monday, August 18, 7-9pm at Liquid State Brewery in Ithaca, NY! I'll be reading from my SF novella Ellipses, forthcoming from @infinivoxsf.bsky.social--alongside @lilianacolanzi.bsky.social and Edmundo Paz-Soldán! Please come by & enjoy the readings!

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D.A. Xiaolin Spires @spires.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

The Kickstarter for my sci-fi novella, ELLIPSES, is live! Launched by my publisher @infinivoxsf.bsky.social. Check it out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

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Ellipses-An Original Science Fiction Novella

This is the inaugural volume in a new original hard science fiction novella series called Supernovellas.

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Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front @irrealist.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

A beacon of speculative literary salon culture, KGB Fantastic Fiction was one of the inspirations for Ithaca Irrealist Readings—if you find yourself able to help them out, and especially to attend if you’re ever in NYC at the right time, you should!

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Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front @irrealist.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

June reader spotlight: @mstevensonbooks.bsky.social read from her captivating story “To Make Her Eat” in Artifice & Access, an anthology of disability in fantasy.

M. Stevenson under purple light on a stage, holding a mic and a copy of the anthology Artifice & Access while addressing the audience.

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Jennifer Hudak @jenniferhudak.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

It's my birthday! 🎉Please celebrate by: -eating something delicious and not feeling guilty about it. -visiting/supporting your local library -telling a creator how much you like their work -reading this story about my hometown which means a lot to me: www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/written-on...

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Written on the Subway Walls

For February, The Sunday Morning Transport brings you stories by Jennifer Hudak, John Chu, Carrie Vaughn, and Marie Brennan.

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D.P. Lovecraft @donfoolery.com · 05/08/2025

Isang bagsak!

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Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front @irrealist.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

June reader spotlight: @risawolf.bsky.social entertained with two stories featuring characters in unusual packages, with “Build Your Own Heart” (Translunar Travelers Lounge, February 2025) and “Respect the Hustle” (Plott Hound, Spring 2025).

Risa Wolf holding a mic during an animated reading on stage.

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Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front @irrealist.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

¡Adelante! IILF partisans rally for the next Ithaca Irrealist Reading at Liquid State Brewing on Monday, August 18th from 7–9PM. Featuring Liliana Colanzi, Edmundo Paz-Soldán, and @spires.bsky.social! Join us for good fiction, good beer, and good company.

Ithaca Irrealist Readings
A boozy reading series featuring authors of the fantastic, the surreal, the absurd, the speculative, and the odd.

Liliana Colanzi
Writer and Professor of Latin American Literature at Cornell. Winner of the Zinklar Prize and Ribera del Duero Prize, and shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Association Award. Author of three short fiction collections, including You Glow in the Dark.

Edmundo Paz-Soldán
Writer and Professor of Latin American Literature at Cornell. Winner of the Bolivian National Book Award and the Juan Rulfo Short Story Award. Author of fourteen novels and six books of short stories, with work translated into twelve languages.

D.A. Xiaolin Spires
Writer of speculative fiction and poetry, appearing in Clarkesworld, Analog, Strange Horizons, Nature, and others. Her poetry has been nominated for the Dwarf Star, Rhysling, Best of the Net, and Pushcart Awards. Author of the forthcoming novella Ellipses.

Liquid State Brewing
Monday, August 18th - 7 PM to 9 PM
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Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front @irrealist.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

June reader spotlight: @swpisciotta.bsky.social came all the way from Colorado to dazzle us with two short stories, “Transubstantiation” (Flash Fiction Online, May 2025) and “Rocket Boy” (Utopia Science Fiction, December 2024). Both were big hits!

Sam smiling and holding a mic on stage under purple lighting.

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Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front @irrealist.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Irrealists! After a hiatus in July, we are marching into August with another reading on Monday, August 18! Watch for the lineup announcement early next week. But first, we’ll be using the coming days to spotlight the readers from our last event.

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Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front @irrealist.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Thank you to our three Ithaca Irrealist Readers for June 2025—fists up for the IILF! @swpisciotta.bsky.social @risawolf.bsky.social & @mstevensonbooks.bsky.social dazzled the crowd with their imaginative fiction. Look out for coming reader spotlights, so you too can enjoy their great work!

Sam Pisciotta, Risa Wolf, and M. Stevenson standing on a violet-lit stage with their fists up for the IILF.

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Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front @irrealist.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Ithaca Irrealists, join us for our June reading TONIGHT at Liquid State Brewing from 7-9pm!

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Risa Wolf / Killerpuppytails @risawolf.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

TONIGHT! @irrealist.bsky.social reading at Liquid State in Ithaca, NY - see me, @swpisciotta.bsky.social & @mstevensonbooks.bsky.social read from our work.

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Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front @irrealist.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Ithaca Irrealists, join us for our June reading TONIGHT at Liquid State Brewing from 7-9pm!

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Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front @irrealist.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Ithaca—join us tomorrow for the second monthly installment of Ithaca Irrealist Readings! Liquid State Brewing from 7-9pm.

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Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front @irrealist.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Book shops, coffee shops, wine shops, ice cream shops, community notice boards, derelict buildings—the IILF Propaganda Committee leaves no avenue unexploited to mobilize the people of Ithaca to our cause! Join us for the next Ithaca Irrealist Reading on Tuesday, June 24th from 7-9pm at Liquid State.

Photo of the Ithaca Irrealist Reading June 2025 poster (see prior posts) on a wooden board in a book store.

Photo of the Ithaca Irrealist Reading June 2025 poster (see prior posts) on a pin board.

Photo of the Ithaca Irrealist Reading June 2025 poster (see prior posts) on a cork board in an ice cream shop.

Photo of the Ithaca Irrealist Reading June 2025 poster (see prior posts) on a glass window outside a coffee shop.

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Risa Wolf / Killerpuppytails @risawolf.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

I'm really looking forward to this reading, at Liquid State, 620 W Green in Ithaca NY!

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Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front @irrealist.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

IILF partisans, to arms! Our next Ithaca Irrealist Reading will be Tuesday, June 24th from 7-9pm at Liquid State Brewing! Join @swpisciotta.bsky.social, @risawolf.bsky.social, and @mstevensonbooks.bsky.social for good fiction, good beer, and good company!

Ithaca Irrealist Readings

A boozy reading series featuring authors of the fantastic, the surreal, the absurd, the speculative, and the odd.

Sam Pisciotta
Sam W. Pisciotta is an intrepid storyteller hurtling through spacetime on the power of morning coffee and late-night tea. Find his stories in Asimov’s, Analog, F&SF, Nightmare Magazine, Lightspeed (forthcoming), and other fine publications.

Risa Wolf
Risa Wolf is a multi-gendered water elemental disguised as an ink-stained lycanthrope. (Don't tell their spouse or dogs; the disguise is working.) They mostly publish speculative short stories in magazines like Clarkesworld.

M. Stevenson
M. Stevenson is the author of Behooved, a romantasy novel published by Bramble in May 2025. An avid swing dancer and amateur naturalist, she’s often found dancing Lindy Hop or wandering the woods talking to birds and plants.

Liquid State Brewing
Tuesday, June 24th - 7 PM to 9 PM
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Will McMahon @willmcmahon36.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

The collective answer, if anyone was wondering, turns out to be “anything by Italo Calvino” but particularly Invisible Cities. A long shadow cast by our favorite anti-fascist partisan (who also happened to write fiction).

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Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front @irrealist.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

May Reader Spotlight: @edashtonwriting.bsky.social closed us out with big laughs, reading a clone-filled excerpt of his novel MICKEY7, plus his short story “The Butterfly Effect” (Andromeda Spaceways #73), about ill-conceived tampering with the timeline. (Links below.)

Edward Ashton sitting on a high chair on a stage under blue light. He is holding a microphone and his cell phone is in his hand to read, but he’s looking up at the audience while speaking with a good-humored expression.

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