Future Tense Books

What a magical time in Philly this past weekend! Thanks to all who came out and packed the basement at Lot 49 for our once in a lifetime reading with Evan Nicholls, Shane Kowalski, and Kevin Sampsell, with editor/host Emma Alden. Evan and Shane read from their recent Future Tense books and Kevin read from his forthcoming novel, Baby in the Night (out 3/17 from Impeller Press).

Garielle Lutz, author of Partial List of People to Bleach and several other celebrated and influential books.
Pittsburgh, PA
February 25th, 2026
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Philadelphia! February 28th! Join us for a celebratory night of Future Tense authors reading together. Shane Kowalski and Even Nicholls will be there with their mighty books, and Future Tense publisher Kevin Sampsell does his first oreading from his upcoming novel, Baby in the Night. This is before the official pub date but we’re expecting to have early copies of the book on hand. Thanks to Lot 49, FT co-captain Emma Alden, Fiona Kobasz, , and at Impeller Press. 🪐☄️✨🌖

COVER REVEAL!
The new Shane Kowalski book of short fictions, Are People Out there, is coming out 10/31/25. 🦉
A very graceful cover design by 🫡
Pre-order page goes live next week. 🫣