07/26/2025 - Echoes & Embers | Speculative Stories: Book Signing & Author Talk w/Pedro Iniguez

Get an inside peek at Echoes and Embers: Speculative Stories, a science fiction and fantasy short story collection from Rhysling Award finalist Pedro Iniguez (Mexicans on the Moon; Fever Dreams of a Parasite). Join us for an inspiring afternoon with author Pedro as he discusses his latest work, shares insights into his writing process, and answers audience questions. After the talk, meet Pedro during a book signing session and have your copy personally signed! This is a perfect opportunity to connect with a brilliant author and fellow book lovers in our community.

ORDER THE BOOK by July 18, at 6:00pm to secure a copy by the event! Limited copies will likely be available in store at the event; we highly recommend ordering online ahead of time to ensure you get a copy. (Book order link coming soon!)

When: Saturday, July 26, 2:00-4:00pm

Where: Black Cat Fables (415 S. Myrtle Avenue, Suite B, Monrovia, CA 91016)

About the Author: Pedro Iniguez is a horror and science-fiction writer from Los Angeles, California. He is a Rhysling Award finalist and a Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize nominee.

His fiction and poetry has appeared in Nightmare Magazine, Never Wake: An Anthology of Dream Horror, Shadows Over Main Street Volume 3, Qualia Nous Vol. 2, A Night of Screams: Latino Horror Stories, Speculative Fiction for Dreamers, Worlds of Possibility, Infinite Constellations, Tiny Nightmares, Shortwave Magazine, Star*Line, Eye to the Telescope, Space and Time Magazine, and Savage Realms Monthly, among others.

Apart from leading writing workshops and speaking at several colleges, he has also been a sensitivity reader and has ghostwritten for award-winning apps and online clients.

About Echoes & Embers: Echoes and Embers honors Pedro’s Mexican-American heritage with imaginative, dreamlike tales across the spectrum from science fiction to fantasy. From the author - "Weaving fantasy and science-fiction, Latinx themes, and traditional pulp stylings, this book collects 21 tales of outsiders, explorers, renegades, and dreamers as they navigate the mysteries and perils of the vast sandbox that is the universe."

RSVP ahead of time to let us know how many folks to expect!