About us
The Philadelphia Science Fiction Society is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization whose purpose is to promote, discuss, celebrate and educate people about science fiction, fantasy and speculative fiction in all of their forms.
PSFS meets monthly, usually on the second Friday of the month. Since Covid, our meetings have been a combination of remote (via Zoom) and in-person. Locations for in-person meetings are either at St. Mary’s Church at Penn, 3916 Locust Walk, Philadelphia PA 19104, or the Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia PA 19104.
Meetings usually feature a guest speaker from some area of the SF or fantasy field. Past guests have included Carmen Maria Machado, Josiah Bancroft, Tom Purdom, Jon McGoran, Madeleine Miller, Fonda Lee, Jeanne Cavelos, Jonathan Lethem, Vandana Singh, PJ Manney, Jason Sanford, John Wiswell, A. T. Greenblatt, Cat Rambo, Jo Walton, Stephanie Feldman, Ray Nayler, Premee Mohamed, Randee Dawn, Ellen Datlow, Walter Hunt, and Gregory Frost. Although our primary focus is on literary forms of SF and Fantasy, we also present guests who are involved in science, art, movies, comics, and gaming.
PSFS was founded by a group of teenage SF fans in 1935 and is the oldest continually active science fiction club in the United States. In addition to our regular monthly meetings, we have a book discussion group, a writer's workshop, (several of our members are successful published authors) and many special events such as parties, picnics, and trips to movies and museums. If you enjoy the wide and varied worlds of science Fiction and fantasy, you will find a home at PSFS!
For more information about the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, see our website at www.PSFS.org.
Philcon, our annual three day science fiction convention, takes place every November. It features speakers, panel discussions, performances, exhibits, an art show, costume show and much more. For more information about Philcon, go to www.philcon.org.
We hope to see you at our next meeting!
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PSFS June 2026 Meeting (in person) - Guest speaker Ray van Horn, Jr.
Saint Mary's Church at University of Pennsylvania, 3916 Locust Walk Philadelphia, PA 19104, Philadelphia, PA, USThe June 2026 meeting of PSFS will be held in person at Saint Mary's Church, located on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania (Hamilton Village) in Philadelphia. Street and garage parking are nearby, and the location is near SEPTA transit stops. PSFS meetings begin with club business, followed by the author or artist guest talk and Q&A.
The guest speaker for the June 2026 meeting will be Ray van Horn, Jr.
Ray Van Horn, Jr. is an affiliate member of the Horror Writers Association and the author of October Rust, Bringing in the Creeps, Behind the Shadows, Coming of Rage and Revolution Calling. He is a contributing writer for The Metal Hall of Fame and 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. Ray was an NHL game analyst for The Hockey Nut, and was a runner-up finalist in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine's "Mysterious Photograph" contest.
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!
You can follow Ray's work in various online forums below:
Substack: @rayvanhornjr
Instagram: @rayvanhornjr
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ray.j.vanhorn
TikTok: @rvanhornjr
BlueSky: @RayVanHornJr
Twitter/X: @rvanhornjrInformation about PSFS can be found on the Society's website here:
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