SPXplosion 2010

spxplosion
Our annual pre-SPX party is September 10th, 7-9pm!

Featuring presentations and new works by:
Vanessa Davis
Sarah Glidden
Jon Lewis
Corinne Mucha
Jesse Reklaw
R. Sikoryak
Julia Wertz

The 5th Annual Nerdlinger Awards

PLUS: Brian Ralph will be signing his new toy "Green Death" and will be debuting the new Fort Thunder anthology, "Monster", with Paul Lyons!

Dean Haspiel will also be signing copies of his new book, Cuba: My Revolution.

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