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Welcome to the website for PSFS, the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society!
We are a membership-based organization of science fiction and fantasy fans based in Philadelphia, PA. PSFS had its first meeting in 1936, making us one of the oldest science fiction groups in the world. We are open to anyone interested in science fiction, fantasy, or horror, in all media from the written word to movies, TV, comics, games and gaming, and visual art.
We’d love to hear from you! To ask a question and tell us more about your interests, email info@psfs.org.
Our next meeting features horror author Ray Van Horn, Jr. on Friday, June 19 at 8 pm, This is an in-person event, held at St. Mary’s at Penn, 3916 Locust Walk, in the Parish Building behind the Sanctuary.
Ray Van Horn, Jr. is the author of October Rust, Bringing in the Creeps, Behind the Shadows, Coming of Rage and Revolution Calling. Ray is a contributing writer for The Metal Hall of Fame and he has covered music and film for outlets such as Blabbermouth, AMP, Pit, Dee Snider’s House of Hair, Music Dish, DVD Review, Horror News Net, Fangoria Musick, Hails & Horns, Metal Maniacs, Noisecreep, and many others. His work has appeared in Rue Morgue, Books and Pieces, Eternal Haunted Summer, Punk Noir, Atomic Flyswatter, Horror Tree, Cyber Age Adventures, Flash in a Flash and The Rubbertop Review, plus the anthologies Dread Mondays, Horror A-Z: X, and Living Adjacent: That Wasn’t in the Movies!
Upcoming meeting schedule:
Friday July 31 7:30 pm Annual Hugo Review Panel on Zoom
August No meeting
Friday Sept. 18 8 pm In person, Guest Speaker John Ashmead