NESFA Press
Dubious Pleasures
by Greg Cox
Silverlock
by John Myers Myers
Wolf's Perils
by Kelley Armstrong
Living in the Future
by Robert Silverberg
A Lit Fuse
by Nat Segaloff
Believing
by Zenna Henderson
Call Me Joe
by Poul Anderson
Upcoming Events
Saturday
We will be watching Hugo Finalist Nominees. Please contact info nesta org for more information. (Due to MPLC rules we are NOT allowed to publicly state what we are showing.) At the clubhouse.
Sunday
Tuesday
Weekly blues dance. Lessons from 7:30 to 8:30, dance from 8:30 to 10:30. At the clubhouse.
Wednesday
On Wednesdays, the NESFA Clubhouse and Library are open from Noon to 9PM (or later; call first). The Library is open to all and for members* to borrow (or return) books, magazines, audio books, and DVDs. Drop by and browse through our 20,000+ item collection. Feel free to read one or just chat with others. Some work on the Library may also be taking place. After 5 PM, more members start showing up to chat, work on NESFA Business, or, occasionally, play a pickup board game. * Membership is $24 per year and open to all. At the clubhouse.
Thursday
This is a chance for people to learn and practice Scottish Country Dancing together using entirely gender-neutral language.
7:30 - Advanced dance for people who already know SCD
8:00 - Lesson and practice for ALL
8:30 - Social dance, cued to the floor level
9:30ish - We're done! Go home, or maybe we grab snacks somewhere down the road?
Cost is pay-what-you-can, $5 - $20 is the recommended donation. This week will be recorded music, but hopefully in the future we will be able to pay live musicians a fair wage to play for us! MCing and teaching will be provided by Kat Dutton! The floor is linoleum, so bring clothing and shoes that you are comfortable dancing in.
COVID PROTOCOLS: If wastewater data is showing levels above 500 copies/mL, we will be MASK REQUIRED for this dance. If so, please wear a well-fitting high-filtration mask over your nose and mouth. Masking is recommended in any case. Please check back closer to the event for final decision on this.
At the clubhouse.
Saturday
Anime social and viewing. Social discussion begins at 6, screening starts at 6:30. At the clubhouse.
Saturday
Starting at noon on Saturdays, the NESFA Clubhouse and Library are open to all and for members* to borrow (or return) books, magazines, audio books, and DVDs. Drop by and browse through our 20,000+ item collection. Feel free to read one or just chat with others. Some work on the Library may also be taking place. On some Saturday evenings we host a video night at the clubhouse. Please see separate entries. * Membership is $24 per year and open to all. At the clubhouse.
Sunday
Monday
Please join us for a Bonus Holiday Game Day playing Board, Card, & Role Playing Games at the NESFA Clubhouse! Bring your own games or play from our collection. We will happily teach games! Recent popular games include Century Spice Road, Carcassonne, Azul, and of course Train games. This is a Masking Optional event. At the clubhouse.
Tuesday
Weekly blues dance. Lessons from 7:30 to 8:30, dance from 8:30 to 10:30. At the clubhouse.
Wednesday
On Wednesdays, the NESFA Clubhouse and Library are open from Noon to 9PM (or later; call first). The Library is open to all and for members* to borrow (or return) books, magazines, audio books, and DVDs. Drop by and browse through our 20,000+ item collection. Feel free to read one or just chat with others. Some work on the Library may also be taking place. After 5 PM, more members start showing up to chat, work on NESFA Business, or, occasionally, play a pickup board game. * Membership is $24 per year and open to all. At the clubhouse.
Saturday
Starting at noon on Saturdays, the NESFA Clubhouse and Library are open to all and for members* to borrow (or return) books, magazines, audio books, and DVDs. Drop by and browse through our 20,000+ item collection. Feel free to read one or just chat with others. Some work on the Library may also be taking place. On some Saturday evenings we host a video night at the clubhouse. Please see separate entries. * Membership is $24 per year and open to all. At the clubhouse.
Sunday
Tuesday
Weekly blues dance. Lessons from 7:30 to 8:30, dance from 8:30 to 10:30. At the clubhouse.
Wednesday
On Wednesdays, the NESFA Clubhouse and Library are open from Noon to 9PM (or later; call first). The Library is open to all and for members* to borrow (or return) books, magazines, audio books, and DVDs. Drop by and browse through our 20,000+ item collection. Feel free to read one or just chat with others. Some work on the Library may also be taking place. After 5 PM, more members start showing up to chat, work on NESFA Business, or, occasionally, play a pickup board game. * Membership is $24 per year and open to all. At the clubhouse.
Thursday
This is a chance for people to learn and practice Scottish Country Dancing together using entirely gender-neutral language.
7:30 - Advanced dance for people who already know SCD
8:00 - Lesson and practice for ALL
8:30 - Social dance, cued to the floor level
9:30ish - We're done! Go home, or maybe we grab snacks somewhere down the road?
Cost is pay-what-you-can, $5 - $20 is the recommended donation. This week will be recorded music, but hopefully in the future we will be able to pay live musicians a fair wage to play for us! MCing and teaching will be provided by Kat Dutton! The floor is linoleum, so bring clothing and shoes that you are comfortable dancing in.
COVID PROTOCOLS: If wastewater data is showing levels above 500 copies/mL, we will be MASK REQUIRED for this dance. If so, please wear a well-fitting high-filtration mask over your nose and mouth. Masking is recommended in any case. Please check back closer to the event for final decision on this.
At the clubhouse.
Friday
Book: Orbital by Samantha Harvey
This meeting will be held online.
Email reading-group-at-nesfa.org for more details and/or Zoom link.
Saturday
Starting at noon on Saturdays, the NESFA Clubhouse and Library are open to all and for members* to borrow (or return) books, magazines, audio books, and DVDs. Drop by and browse through our 20,000+ item collection. Feel free to read one or just chat with others. Some work on the Library may also be taking place. On some Saturday evenings we host a video night at the clubhouse. Please see separate entries. * Membership is $24 per year and open to all. At the clubhouse.
Saturday
We will be watching Hugo Finalist Nominees. Please contact info nesta org for more information. (Due to MPLC rules we are NOT allowed to publicly state what we are showing.) At the clubhouse.
Sunday
Tuesday
Weekly blues dance. Lessons from 7:30 to 8:30, dance from 8:30 to 10:30. At the clubhouse.
Sunday
The first Boskone Meeting for Boskone 64. On Zoom using the usual NESFA Zoom Link.
Sunday
June NESFA Business Meeting. On Zoom using the usual NESFA Zoom Link.
Sunday
Send email to info@nesfa.org for details.
Latest News
Welcome to the NESFA website!
Our website is comprehensive, covering a wide variety of activities, information, and services that NESFA provides to the speculative community and to our members. If you are looking for information that you don't see listed here, please contact us at info[at]nesfa.org. For questions or problems with the website, contact us at web[at]nesfa.org. You can also send news item suggestions to newsworthy[at]nesfa.org, and for events and activities to calendar[at]nesfa.org.
New eBooks!
The ebooks of the new editions of Dreamweaver's Dilemma (with updated awards and bibliography as well as an update from Lois), From These Ashes (with a previously uncollected story), and Martians and Madness as well as the ebook of this year's Boskone Book, Dubious Pleasures are now all available for purchase on our website www.nesfapress.org .
Dubious Pleasures, by Greg Cox
Publishing physical books has become considerably more expensive over the years.
So, we are here seeking your support for our next project, Dubious Pleasures, the NESFA Press Boskone Book for Boskone 63. This book is a group of previously published short stories by Greg Cox, our Guest of Honor at Boskone 63, February 13-15, 2026. The cover art is by Charles Urbach, our Official Artist.
Visit tinyurl.nesfa.org/CoxKickstarter and support this project.
Third Edition of Dreamweaver's Dilemma by Lois McMaster Bujold
Dreamweaver's Dilemma contains two novellas which had never been published before—the title story "Dreamweaver's Dilemma" and "The Adventure of the Lady on the Embankment"—plus the first appearance of "Mountains of Mourning," three of Lois's previously uncollected short stories, and four essays. The book also includes an interview with Lois, a timeline of the Vorkosigan stories, genealogical notes, and a pronunciation guide by the book's editor, Suford Lewis. It was produced as a limited hardcover edition as the Boskone 33 book (1996) when Lois was Guest of Honor.
The second edition (first paperback edition) was produced shortly thereafter in 1997 and reprinted numerous times.
This third edition (second paperback edition) is enhanced by bringing informational chapters up to date and including a new preface by Lois and a short Codicil to the Biolog: Thirty Years After. This edition is also available in ebook format.
Boskone Book: Wolf's Perils by Kelley Armstrong
For Boskone 62 in February 2025, we were pleased to produce the Boskone Book: Wolf's Perils by Kelley Armstrong - one story in two novels from the Otherworld Series together for the first time: Wolf’s Bane and Wolf’s Curse. This is a signed limited edition of 750 copies. This may be purchased at https://tinyurl.com/NESFAWolfsPerils.
LAcon V & Geri Sullivan
Fellow of NESFA Geri Sullivan is a Guest of Honor at LAcon V, the 2026 World Science Fiction Convention in Anaheim, CA. Other NESFAns are helping run the convention, from Hospitality Division Manager Gay Ellen Dennett to Sharon Sbarsky, one of the Hugo Award Finalist Liaisons.
Boskone committee members and regular volunteers David D’Antonio, Anna Bradley, Gail Terman, and Terry Neill are also contributing their expertise. There are sure to be more NESFAns and Boskone regulars helping out by the time fans gather in Anaheim in August. One of Geri’s favorite things about Worldcons is that there are literally hundreds of ways to get involved that fit your interests and availability – before the convention and at it! Every little bit helps, and the big bits help, too. Find out more at https://www.lacon.org/ or by talking with fans at the NESFA Clubhouse on Wednesday nights.
The 2026 Skylark Award
The 2026 Skylark Award was given to Keith R.A. DeCandido, Boskone 63 Master of Ceremonies. Keith R.A. DeCandido has been an author, editor, teacher, martial artist, critic, Census worker, pop-culture commentator, library clerk, sportswriter, and musician over the past four decades. In addition, Keith is the percussionist for the parody band Boogie Knights and is a fourth-degree black belt in karate (he not only trains regularly, but also teaches to both kids and adults). Find out more at his mediocre web site at DeCandido.net.
Nominations for the 2026 Skylark closed on Saturday, November 1st, 2025.
The 2026 Skylark recipient was announced at the Boskone 63 awards ceremony on Friday, February 13, 2026.
Learn more here about the E. E. Smith Memorial Award.
The 2026 Gaughan Award
The recipient of the 2026 Gaughan Award was Abigail Larson.
The Jack Gaughan Award for Best Emerging Artist honors the memory of Jack Gaughan, a long-time friend of fandom and one of the finest SF artists of the 20th century. Because Jack felt it was important to encourage and recognize new blood in the field, The New England Science Fiction Association, Inc., presents the Gaughan Award annually to an emerging artist (an artist who has become a professional within the past five years) chosen by a panel of judges.
The winner of the 2026 Gaughan Award was announced in February 2026 during Boskone 63, NESFA’s annual convention.
2025–2026 Short Story Contest
The NESFA Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Story Contest for 2025-2026 is now closed, for new submissions and has moved into the judging phase. The deadline for entries was October 30th, 2025. The winners will be announced at Boskone 63, February 13–15, 2026, at the Westin Boston Seaport District hotel, with a portion of the announcement broadcast virtually. Boskone usually includes a program item where Story Contest authors read their stories. Winners are posted here.
NESFA Reading Group
The next NESFA Reading Group discussion will meet via Zoom on Friday, June 5th at 7pm to discuss
Book: Orbital by Samantha Harvey.
We may also vote on the book we plan to read for the August 2026 reading group meeting.
Come join us! To be added to the Reading Group mailing list, send an email to postmaster <at> nesfa.org.
Doctor Who Days
Besides Game and Video Days, NESFA has started having Doctor Who meetups at our Clubhouse. Calling all Whovians, join us for our social & viewings of Doctor Who! We're accessible by MBTA E Green Line Extension at Maguon Station & Buses #'s: 80, 89, and 101. See www.nesfa.org/events or Meetup for more info and future dates.
It's Not Just Science Fiction and Fantasy
Besides Science Fiction and Fantasy oriented events, NESFA hosts a couple of other community events at our clubhouse in Somerville. Blues Tuesy takes place most Tuesdays and Gender Free Scottish Country Dancing takes place on most "odd" Thursdays (1st, 3rd, and 5th) at the NESFA Clubhouse. Please see http://www.nesfa.org/events for more info and upcoming dates.
The NESFA Library
We have recently finished cataloging our library of videos, young reader fiction collection, main single-author fiction collection, anthologies, non-fiction, art books, graphic novels, Ace doubles, our other doubles, and our audiobooks. Our catalog is available at www.tinyurl.com/NESFALibraryCatalog.
"Excess" Books and DVDs too
Looking for something to read or watch? We’ve found lots of duplicate books while cataloging our library. We also received a donation of DVDs, some of which we had and others of which are out of genre. The excess books and DVDs are available for a suggested donation of $1-$5 per book or DVD. Stop by the NESFA Clubhouse when we are open which is generally Wednesdays from Noon to 9 PM, Saturdays from Noon to 6 PM, and most Sundays (but usually not the second Sunday of the month) from Noon to 9 PM. (Check the NESFA Events Page for our schedule.) The excess books and DVDs are in the area by the back door to the clubhouse in two bookcases on the left wall and in boxes on the floor. Most new books from NESFA Press (on the metal shelves to the right) are also available at 20% off the cover price for non-members and 40% off the cover price for members.
Public Transportation
Now that the weekend closures of the Medford Branch of the MBTA Green Line have ended for a while, it is worth mentioning that the NESFA Clubhouse is accessible by Green Line as well as by various bus routes.
GREEN LINE INFORMATION
The NESFA clubhouse is about 1/4 mile from the Magoun Square station on the MBTA Green Line. When exiting the station, turn left and walk north on Lowell St toward Medford St. The back door of the clubhouse is accessed via the driveway at 359 Lowell St which is on the opposite side of the street from the MBTA station. You may wish to walk around to the front of the building especially in cold weather as that driveway can get icy.
BUS INFORMATION
The NESFA clubhouse is served by MBTA bus routes 80, 89, and 101 which pass through or near Magoun Square (the intersection of Medford Street & Broadway)—just over a block from the clubhouse.
The NESFA Clubhouse & Library Open
NESFA is open. Club members are welcome again to browse the NESFA Library collection and check out books, movies, and other circulating items. Video and Game days at the Clubhouse have resumed on many Saturdays and Sundays. For now, NESFA and Boskone Business Meetings will remain via Zoom. On most Wednesdays & Saturdays, we catalog our Library. Non-NESFA members are welcome to help or just stop by to read a book. For more information, please see our calendar on the left side of this web page.
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