Programming – 2 for 1 Night – and ASFacts: ♣ New Mexico author & Bubonicon friend Betsy James returns to talk about her new novel – Practicing To Be Lightning. ♥ Plus we’ll have our club officer elections for moderator, alternator and executive secretary for 2027, delayed from last month as Craig C. was in the hospital… First up, Betsy James talks on Practicing To Be Lightning:  “For Ben, reality is crumbling…  Pursued by a whistling killer through flash flood, rockfall, and storm, under a sky where even the stars have gone mad, skeptical scientist Ben and intuitive Zuni artist...

Practical Magic – the 1998 witch film based on Alice Hoffman’s novel – at the Guild Cinema!  Friday, November 13 – 10:30 pm only! Directed by Griffin Dunne – 1998 – 106m – $13 in advance / $15 at the door – Not Valid for Punch Cards. GET TICKETS Join New Mexico Entertainment for our special screening of Practical Magic.  Early-bird pre-sale tickets have the chance to win door prizes from local businesses and organizations around town, including Bubonicon, and guaranteed seating. Practice Magic is the story of a pair of orphaned sisters raised in a magical family struggle to...

Meeting Date / Location: Monday, November 16, at 7:30 pm. Location is the 66 Diner at 1405 Central Ave NE (between I-25 and University Blvd). For November 2026, we will discuss Accelerated Growth Environment by Lauren C. Teffeau (2026 trade paperback from Shiraki Press). While places at which we’ve met stay open a bit later, we’d still like to finish by 8:55 pm – so we try to keep our individual reviews short and to the point, and thus have some time for debate and discussion. WE ARE OPEN to new people!  Come join us in a book discussion. Chosen...

Programming: Holiday Party — Our 22nd Annual Holiday Potluck  +  Short Holiday-Oriented Silly SF Films. + This Year, we’re having a “normal” potluck – and encouraging everyone to bring something to share with 8-16 people.  At the moment, we don’t know what dishes are showing up — Info to come – sign up at the November ASFS meeting… You Must Label your dish with its title, your name and any allergy notices!   Please remember that we need to let attendees know of ingredients in the major food allergy groups – peanuts, wheat and other glutens, milk, soy, egg, corn, sugar, onions,...

Meeting Date / Location: Monday, December 21, at 7:30 pm. Location is the 66 Diner at 1405 Central Ave NE (between I-25 and University Blvd). For December 2026, we will discuss Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders (2026 trade paperback from Tor). While places at which we’ve met stay open a bit later, we’d still like to finish by 8:55 pm – so we try to keep our individual reviews short and to the point, and thus have some time for debate and discussion. WE ARE OPEN to new people!  Come join us in a book discussion....