Join award-winning writers Carlos Hernandez and C. S. E. Cooney, for a Q&A about their lives as game designers and Science Fiction and Fantasy writers, then stay for a fun, low-stakes workshop.
Participants draw spooky card prompts from the “Deck of Destiny,” the oracle deck featured in Cooney and Hernandez’s table-top roleplaying game Negocios Infernales, and then write something (or draw! Or compose!) inspired by the cards during a timed writing sprint. Then anyone who's comfortable with it shares their first drafts! A delightful, salon-like experience for all!
New York Times Bestseller Carlos Hernandez (he/him) is the author of the critically-acclaimed short story collection The Assimilated Cuban’s Guide to Quantum Santeria (Rosarium, 2016), the novel Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (Disney Hyperion, 2019), which won the 2019 Pura Belpré Award from the American Library Association, and its sequel, Sal and Gabi Fix the Universe (2020). He’s also written dozens of short stories, poems, and works of drama, usually in the SFF mode, which have found homes in magazines such as Uncanny, Lightspeed, Strange Horizons, and many others. Recently, he’s written several one-shots for Marvel Comics, both in-print and in digital formats, including a three-story arc for them for the Strange Academy line.
C. S. E. Cooney (she/her) is a two-time World Fantasy Award-winning author: for novel Saint Death’s Daughter, and collection Bone Swans, Stories. Other work includes Saint Death’s Herald, The Twice-Drowned Saint, Dark Breakers, and Desdemona and the Deep. As a SAG-AFTRA voice actor, Cooney has narrated over 130 audiobooks, as well as short fiction for podcasts like Uncanny Magazine, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Tales to Terrify, and Podcastle. She collaborated with her husband, writer and game-designer Carlos Hernandez to create the GM-less TTRPG Negocios Infernales, out in 2025 from Outland Entertainment. Find her website at csecooney.com and Substack newsletter at https://substack.com/@csecooney, or try “csecooney” on various social media platforms.
AGE GROUP: | Young Adults (12-18) | Adults (18+) |
EVENT TYPE: | Books/Literature/Writing | Arts & Leisure |
TAGS: | Foundation Literary Arts | Foundation Arts | EVPL Oaklyn |
Opened in the spring of 2003, EVPL Oaklyn is located on the corner of Oak Hill and Lynch Roads at 3001 Oaklyn Drive. Featuring a green roof that helps regulate the temperature of the building and provides a valuable space for a meadow, the building itself has received national attention and won multiple design awards. EVPL Oaklyn boasts open spaces, study rooms, public access computers, and a popular meeting room.