The best part of @4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social is the long weekend full of insightful panels, fresh sparks of inspiration, far too many (/pos) media recommendations, & so much time with good friends The worst part of @4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social is realizing it’s Monday & next is a full year away

Heading home from another awesome @4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social ! Old friends were hugged! New friends were made! Smart things were said! Questionable liquors were consumed! This little convention is summer camp with my writer buds and I look forward to the next one.

@4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social was wonderful, and I cannot tell you how proud I am of every one of the people that worked or attended. This thing has grown into something marvelous and strange, and thank you so much.

I thought it was "We are all decaying."

4th Street Fantasy@4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social · last mo.

ps: for anyone keeping track, this year’s secret phrase was “reader contract”

As always @4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social was wonderful and thought-provoking, and I only got to talk (beyond a quick wave, brief hello, or very short conversation) with 35% of the people I wanted to talk to. And just in case it wasn’t clear: do NOT read Gramsci’s Fall

That’s a wrap for 2026! Thank you so much to all of our members and volunteers who made this year happen!

declaring my intention to panel at @4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social next year (threateningly)

Embroidery progress post- @4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social! I’ve done over 1000 stitches these past few days.

"I have been designated panel goblin, which is really something given Reuben is somewhere in the audience." "This is: 'You Can't Keep Getting Away With This: How & When the Bill Comes Due.'" Oh yeah it's gonna be a good final panel. The desc includes "The house always wins," because of course.

Had an awesome time at @4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social this year. Great to hang out with everyone!!

While moderating a panel at @4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social yesterday I made the audience groan with one (1) good cannibalism joke. (“It’s an acquired taste.”) It is in this way that we carry @wiswell.bsky.social in our hearts.

Gorgeous day at @4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social! Living my best life, sharing cheese curds with friends.

Hey there @4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social here's where the pies are from: www.dunnlakemarket.com/history

You will be happy @cemurphy.bsky.social that @bethcato.bsky.social name checked the Walker Papers books on a @4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social panel on reading

@erikgrove.com excited to listen to your podcast, Connect The Plots, now that I have heard about it when you mentioned it at @4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social

"Body is a form of politics" -- @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social at @4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social

Inspired by a comment from @mediapathic.bsky.social at @4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social , @hutchinsondave.bsky.social Fractured Europe novels are like a hell version of @older.bsky.social Infomocracy books

Societies bring back the apocalyptic when their frame stories no longer carry them through the world. -; adapted from a comment by @byzantienne.bsky.social at @4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social Uncertainty is uncomfortable. Dystopian certainty is comfortable -- adapted from @johnchu.bsky.social

I think I might have overprepared my talking points for the @4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social panel on body horror I’m going to be on today 🤓🤡

I'm making a list, and checking it twice! People to look for at 4th Street Fantasy.

the things you find when you grab a random old notebook for @4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social

Heading to @4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social today! Come say hi if you're going too!!

We wanted to give you an update on our safety policies. We are keeping a close eye on the ICE presence in Minneapolis and are committed to prioritizing the safety of all our attendees. 4th Street is also implementing a new policy in the event that immigration enforcement agents come to the hotel.

This is what truly inclusive and responsible event management looks like!

4th Street Fantasy@4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Friends! 4th Street starts FRIDAY! As a reminder we do have a masking policy, and require all attendees to provide a same-day negative COVID-19 test when you pick up your badge. Read up on the full policy here: 4thstreetfantasy.com/covid-safety...

This weekend, I'll be back in Minneapolis for @4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social! This thing is a blast every year and filled with wonderful nerdy people. If you're able to make it there, PLEASE DO! Registration is still open. 4thstreetfantasy.com

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And here's my schedule for @4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social! First panel is on Saturday, June 20th. Full panel listing here: 4thstreetfantasy.com/2026-program...

Friends! 4th Street starts FRIDAY! As a reminder we do have a masking policy, and require all attendees to provide a same-day negative COVID-19 test when you pick up your badge. Read up on the full policy here: 4thstreetfantasy.com/covid-safety...

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For the safety and protection of our attendees, 4th Street has a pre-convention testing requirement and a mask policy. We may update or modify these policies at any point until the commencement of …

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Friday night at @4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social is a great time, but don't sleep in Saturday or you will miss the Marissa Lingen Rock Block! (No one else calls it that. YET.) That's right, at 9:30 I'm doing "Get Your Original Sin Outta My 'Cursed' Artifact: Sources of Power in the Fantastic"! And...

I will be at @4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social too, this weekend, on the Sunday panel "And All the Pieces Matter"

Queen of Swords Press@qospress.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#Booksky Look for Catherine Lundoff on “Don’t Feign the Reaper” at @4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social this weekend! The Twin Cities’ premier literary sf and f con kicks off on Friday at the Doubletree Park Place (masking and test results required) in #Minneapolis - 4thstreetfantasy.com

Going to be at @4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social this weekend! Will be on the second panel of the con—“Lords of Misrule (UNMASK! UNMASK!): Masquerades, Carnivals, and Masking”—in which I hope to talk about both Bakhtin and Kamen Rider, hopefully in the same sentence.