A 90-Minute Speculative Creative Experience
What happens when queer people stop simply surviving the worlds we've been given and start inventing entirely new ones?
Join poet and Afrofuturist artist Imani Sims for an after-hours creative workshop and speculative salon at Charlie's Queer Bookstore.
Through playful, generative prompts, we'll dream up queer monsters, lovers, gods, bodies, rituals, catastrophes, and impossible futures. Imagine a world where gender literally shapeshifts, invent a ritual practiced 300 years from now, or write the origin story of a queer cyberpunk culture.
Drawing inspiration from queer and speculative art, we'll explore transformation, desire, mythology, and worldbuilding to imagine lives beyond the boundaries of the present.
Part generative workshop, part speculative salon, this experience welcomes seasoned creatives and curious genre hopping alchemists alike. No experience necessary—just a willingness to play, create something strange, and imagine queer futures together.
Come curious. Make something monstrous.
Writing Horror at the Edge of the Known
The dark is still calling. This time, you can answer whenever you're ready.
Originally offered as a live workshop, When the Dark Calls Your Name is now a self-guided writing experience exploring horror beyond monsters and jump scares.
Through literary readings, storytelling techniques, and three strange little writing prompts, you'll explore the unsettling, the unexpected, and the wonderfully impossible.
Whether you're writing poetry, prose, fragments, or something that doesn't quite have a name, this experience invites you to follow your curiosity into the dark.
What's Included:
Downloadable workshop slide deck
Curated literary readings and examples
Horror storytelling techniques
Three 15-minute generative writing prompts
Creative exercises to explore at your own pace
Format: Downloadable PDF
Duration: Approximately 60–90 minutes
Experience Level: All levels welcome
No live sessions. No deadlines. No horror-writing experience required.
Just you, the page, and permission to let your imagination misbehave.
A Four-Week Experiment in Speculative Creation
What if the impossible was only the beginning?
Step beyond the familiar and into four weeks of imagination, creative play, and unexpected possibilities.
This virtual intensive invites writers, visual artists, performers, makers, and curious minds to explore speculative worlds, mythology, magic, and impossible futures through the medium of their choosing.
Four live, two-hour virtual creative sessions
Guided prompts and dedicated creative time
Digital Field Guide with exercises and inspiration
An interdisciplinary cohort of up to 20 creatives
Supportive small-group reflection and feedback
Time to develop an original creative work or concept
Dates: January 13, 20, 27 & February 3, 2027
Time: 6–8 PM Pacific
Location: Virtual
Experience Level: All creative disciplines welcome
Capacity: 20 participants
$125 — Community Access
$195 — Supported
$275 — Standard
$325 — Pay-It-Forward
Choose the rate that works for your circumstances. All tuition levels receive the same experience.
Three fully funded seats are reserved for Black queer and trans creatives.
These fellowships cover the full cost of participation, including all sessions and $100 stipend for materials. Writers, visual artists, performers, makers, and imaginative thinkers are welcome to apply.
No formal artistic credentials or portfolio required.
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