Speculative fiction is not quite science fiction and not quite fantasy. So what is it? Join us for a discussion about this broad genre with authors Tara Campbell, Andrea Hairston, and SL Huang.

Tara Campbell is a writer, teacher, Kimbilio Fellow, and fiction editor at Barrelhouse. She received her MFA from American University in 2019. Previous publication credits include SmokeLong Quarterly, Masters Review, Booth, CRAFT Literary, Strange Horizons, and Escape Pod/Artemis Rising. She's the author of a novel, TreeVolution, and two collections, Circe's Bicycle and Midnight at the Organporium. Her newest book,Political AF: A Rage Collection, was released by Unlikely Books in August 2020. Visit her website: www.taracampbell.com

Andrea Hairston is the author of Master of Poisons. Her other novels include Will Do Magic for Small Change, a finalist for the Mythopoeic, Lamda, and Tiptree awards, and a New York Times Editors’ Pick; Redwood and Wildfire, Tiptree and Carl Brandon Award winner; and Mindscape, winner of the Carl Brandon Award. She has published essays, plays, and short fiction and received grants from the NEA, Rockefeller, and Ford Foundation. She is the L. Wolff Kahn 1931 Professor of Theatre and Africana Studies at Smith College. Visit her website: andreahairston.com/

SL Huang is a Hugo-winning and Amazon-bestselling author who justifies an MIT degree by using it to write eccentric mathematical superhero fiction. The author of the Cas Russell novels from Tor Books as well as the new fantasy Burning Roses, Huang is also a short fiction writer, with stories in Analog, F&SF, Nature, and numerous best-of anthologies. When not writing, Huang is a Hollywood stunt performer and firearms expert. Follow SL Huang online at www.slhuang.com or @sl_huang.

Asking 'What If?': Writing Speculative Fiction