Birkensnake reading tonight at Inner Chapters

The delightfully odd-leaning literary magazine, Birkensnake, celebrates the publication of its second issue with a reading 7:30 p.m., Mon., Oct. 26 at Inner Chapters Bookstore & Cafe, 419 Fairview Ave. N., Seattle (South Lake Union neighborhood) with readings by Matt Briggs, Caren Gussoff, Evelyn Hampton, and Tina Connolly.

Or, read the stories in Birkensnake, and connect with some of the authors' other projects, online:

"Knot" by Matt Briggs, who writes for Reading Local Seattle and the column, "Rediscovered Reading" for Fictionaut Blog;

"Correspondence" by Caren Gussoff, co-editor of Brain Harvest: an Almanac of Bad Ass Speculative Fiction;

"Sag: A Saga" by Evelyn Hampton, editor of Dewclaw, a magazine of prose, poetry, and illustration; and

"A Day Out, With Stereoscopes" by Tina Connolly, who contributes stories to, Escape Pod, the science fiction podcast magazine, and PodCastle, the fantasy fiction podcast.