Anthology Reading: Clocks

BOLD is thrilled to host an anthology reading for Clocks with editor Elizabeth Mitchell and authors Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq, Erin Hall, Rose Wilde-Hall, and Sarah Walker.

Join us as local authors read from their speculative and dark fiction stories in Clocks, the latest Little Key Press anthology.

Clocks

Seventeen emerging and established authors from around the world reimagined clocks and wove them into beautiful speculative and dark stories.

As you move from one narrative to the next, you'll find yourself lost in fog, grasping at a young love, risking it all to save a dying world. Pages will swallow you whole as you slip through time, challenge what it means to live, and create an automaton. With poignant representations of queerness, disability and mental health issues, grief, love, and acceptance, Clocks is an anthology as lush and emotional as it is unique.

Stories by: Chantell Saunders, Charlotte Van Ryswyk, Courtney Raines, Elizabeth Jaffari, Erin Hall, J.S. Mercer, James Carraghan, Katherine Quevedo, Katrina Jax, Madi Haab, Mia Dalia, Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq, Raymond Brunell, Reign Reeves Pearson, Rose Wilde Hall, Sarah Walker, and Susan E. Rogers / Front cover and interior illustrations by: Elizabeth Jaffari / Back cover illustrations by: Chantell Saunders / Edited by: Elizabeth Mitchell

Elizabeth Mitchell is a Disabled author, multidisciplinary artist, and publisher who's lived many lives. Her work challenges, blends genres, explores haunted bodies, and delves into the human psyche. As a woman with several invisible illnesses, she enjoys living a semi-horizontal life with her husband and spoiled furbutts in the PNW.

Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq writes middle grade and adult fantasy and horror, with an emphasis on Muslim American and multicultural characters. Her novella “The Veil” debuts September 2026, and she has published several short stories. She was selected as 2026 We Need Diverse Books Mentee for her middle grade fantasy manuscript “Under.”

Erin Hall is the author of Dear Sylvia, Love Jane, a queer noir historical mystery. A recently rediscovered middle school report card said Erin was “a joy to have in class” but that she “was not working to her potential.” To that she says, “Two things can be true.”

Rose Wilde Hall is a queer and disabled working artist, professional costumer, and fashion historian living in Portland, Oregon. She has two kittens and entirely too many ideas rattling around in her head. This is her first non-academic published work.

Sarah Walker is a writer, artist, and anthropologist in the Pacific Northwest, published by Audient Void, Lovecraft Ezine Press, and others. By day, she teaches Anthropology and Biology, raising awareness of the MMIW crisis. She's co-authored a book on Gemma Files and co-owns Weird Fiction Quarterly, with a chapbook and novel forthcoming.

Arrive at 6:30 p.m. to grab a snack or drink. The event will start at 7:00 p.m.

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Event cohosted by BOLD Coffee & Books and Indigo: Editing, Design, and More.