Events
Readings, performances, panels, conversations, and other opportunities to gather around strange fiction.
Join Scott Lambridis for the launch of St. Ulphia’s Dead, writing craft discussions and multi-author conversations about absurdity and dark humor, and live editions of Action Fiction!, where actors bring short fiction off the page and into the room.
Upcoming Events
FRI · JUNE 26 · 11:15 AM
The Serious Business of Being Silly
Chuckanut Writers Conference · Bellingham, Washington
A writing craft discussion on how absurdity, humor, and tonal dissonance can make dark fiction hit harder.
SAT · JUNE 27 · 1:30 PM
Action Fiction!
Chuckanut Writers Conference · Bellingham, Washington
Local actors bring short fiction by local writers off the page and into the room in this special conference edition of Action Fiction! Part literary reading, part theater, and less predictable than either.
TUE · JULY 7 · 7:00-9:00 PM
🚀 Action Fiction! — Special Book Launch Edition
New Prospect Theatre · 207 Prospect Street · Bellingham, Washington
Tickets: $15
Celebrate the official release of St. Ulphia’s Dead with performed short fiction, surprising voices, an excerpt from the novel, conversation, audience questions, and a book signing.
Part performance, part book launch, part community celebration.
TUE · JULY 14 · 7:00 PM
The Serious Business of Being Silly
Elliott Bay Book Company · Seattle, Washington
A multi-author panel on the strange alliance between humor and seriousness in fiction.
Scott Lambridis, David Beaumier, and Brittany Micka-Foos will discuss how writers use absurdity, awkwardness, underreaction, and play to approach difficult material, create tonal pressure, and make darkness hit harder. Moderated by Rochelle Robinson.
The event will also include short readings from each author, audience Q&A, and a book signing.
SAT · JULY 25 · 4:00 PM
The Serious Business of Being Silly
Village Books · Bellingham, Washington
A multi-author panel on the strange alliance between humor and seriousness in fiction.
Scott Lambridis, David Beaumier, and Brittany Micka-Foos will discuss how writers use absurdity, awkwardness, underreaction, and play to approach difficult material, create tonal pressure, and make darkness hit harder. Moderated by Rochelle Robinson.
The event will also include short readings from each author, audience Q&A, and a book signing.
More Events Coming Soon
Additional readings, conversations, and bookstore appearances are being planned in Bellingham, Seattle, the Bay Area, and beyond.
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Invite Scott
Scott is available for bookstore events, festivals, conferences, classroom visits, book-club conversations, craft talks, panels, and virtual appearances.
For invitations or inquiries, email:
Scott is based in Bellingham, Washington, and is available to travel.
Possible event topics include:
Absurdity and humor in dark fiction
Belief, perception, and consciousness
Neuroscience as a source for fiction
Genre-crossing and writing between traditions
Action Fiction! and bringing short stories to the stage
Reading around the world and literature in translation