John Klima is the Assistant Director at the Waukesha Public Library. He also edits the Hugo Award-winning magazine Electric Velocipede. As of 2010, the magazine has also been nominated for the World Fantasy Award four years in a row.

In 2007 Klima edited an anthology of science fiction and fantasy stories based on spelling-bee winning words called Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories. Klima edited a reprint anthology of fairy tale retellings called Happily Ever After that came out from Night Shade Books in the Summer of 2011. In 2013, ALA Editions will publish his Readers Advisory book on Steampunk.

Join Tuesday Funk on December 6th at 7:30 p.m. at Hopleaf's upstairs bar to hear John read!

For your Monday edification, we dip back to our recent November 1st event at Hopleaf. The reading shared a date with Dia de los Muertos, and author Cesar Torres shared with us the transcript of a particular video blog he ran across on YouTube. A rather morbid video blog, that is...

And if you're dying for more great readings like this one, be sure to join us on Tuesday, December 6th, when we present the stellar lineup of Jody Lynn Nye, John Klima, Hanna Martine, Patricia Ann McNair, and Emile Ferris!

Look what we got you for the holidays, Chicago! A giant gift-wrapped edition of Tuesday Funk—our 40th big episode—featuring the likes of Jody Lynn Nye, Patricia Ann McNair, Hanna Martine, Emile Ferris, and John Klima. And we'll have dozens of varieties of cold beer on hand to wish you holiday cheer.

It all comes sledding your way on Tuesday, December 6, 2011, 7:30 pm, in the upstairs lounge at Hopleaf, 5148 N. Clark St., Chicago. Arrive early, carve yourself out some space in the upper room, and grab a beer from John at the cash-only bar. We start seating at 7:00 pm and no earlier. Admission is always free, but you must be 21 or older. And come early or stay afterward for some great Belgian-style food downstairs.

Please bring plenty of friends, and become a fan of Tuesday Funk on Facebook so you never miss an invitation to our readings. Because that would be worse than getting a lump of coal in your stocking. Ho, ho, ho!

If you're like us, you've probably dreamed of running off to live in a natural history museum, like the kids in From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry has been letting one lucky person do exactly that ... but we have to confess that we're much more enamored of Kyle Thiessen's Fake Month at the Museum, and we think you will be too.

Kyle has been living at the Fake Museum for the past three weeks and posting reports about what he's learned every two or three days. Here's his latest video update:

And if you have an hour to kill, we recommend you start at the beginning and check them all out.

If you're trying to figure out what to do for lunch on this fine Friday, Tuesday Funk is here to help! This past Tuesday night, Matt Wood whetted our appetites with his instructions on how to order the corned beef at Manny's Cafeteria & Delicatessen. In case you've always wanted to but were intimidated by the mustaches, let Matt tell you how to do it:

And if you're hungry for more great readings like this one, be sure to join us on Tuesday, December 6th, when we present the stellar lineup of Jody Lynn Nye, John Klima, Hanna Martine, Patricia Ann McNair, and Emile Ferris!

Greetings from standby jury duty. Yes, your humble co-host is doing his civic duty in Rolling Meadows, but it seems unlikely he'll be empaneled owing to that felony conviction way back when that we've sort of hinted around about before. But I digress...

The reviews are in! This week's Tuesday Funk has been called "the best Funk yet," by at least one recurring audience member. Were you there? What did you think? Don't remember much of the evening? Let me refresh your memory.

Returning Funker Cesar Torres started us off with a transcription of a Dia de los Muertos vlog post from Lady Death herself, and more dark, seasonal fiction. Matt Wood brought us a timely public service announcement, in setting forth the proper method for ordering a corned beef sandwich from the men with mustaches at Manny's Deli. And to finish out the first half, Funk veteran Suzanne Clores tantalized us with a section of her memoir about young women abroad in France without much money and without a plan.

After a break for beer and a poem about dogs (or was it?), Laura Stark favored us with a funny and painful memoir about breaking up during the Thanksgiving season. And to bring a widely varied show to a moody close, Funk mainstay J.D. Adamski brought us a dark and stylish tale from the brink of Chicago noir.

But don't worry if you weren't there. We'll be posting video of everyone's performances over the coming days and weeks, so watch this space. And of course Tuesday Funk will be breaking on through again on December 6th with great work from Jody Lynn Nye, Patricia Ann McNair, Hanna Martine, Emile Ferris, and John Klima, and yet another Poem By Bill.  It's our holiday present from us to you, so mark your calendar now!

Our stellar lineup tonight includes J.D. Adamski, Suzanne Clores, Laura Stark, Cesar Torres, and Matt Wood, and we'll throw in one of our patented Poems By Bill for no extra charge. So "like" us today on Facebook, arrive early, grab a beer from the bar, and get set for a terrific and challenging evening of entertainment. And don't forget to "drive safeley"!

Hopleaf is at 5148 N. Clark St. in Chicago. The reading begins at 7:30 pm in the upstairs lounge. The lounge opens at 7:00 pm. Arrive early for a seat!

As always, the upstairs lounge at Hopleaf is cash-only and 21 and over. Remember also that no food can be brought in from the restaurant.

Cesar Torres is the author of The 12 Burning Wheels, a collection of stories of weird fiction, published in 2010. His work has appeared in The Willows and in M-Brane SF magazine. He's particularly interested in the secret lives of machines and will hardly turn down an insect as a snack.

He's currently at work on a new novel; updates can be found at his web site http://cesartorres.net.

Join Tuesday Funk on November 1^st at 7:30 p.m. to hear Cesar along with the rest of talented readers at Hopleaf's upstairs bar!

JD Adamski has had a lot of jobs in his life. From packing trucks 3^rd shift in the UPS yards with the ex-cons and tweakers to slinging stouts and rye to hawking vitamins and other panaceas at the medicine show, he's tried his hand at many things. Along the way, he got a degree in Religious Studies and a minor in English at DePaul University.

Currently, he fancies himself a writer and helps curate the infinitely nerd-centric website This May Get Awkward.

Join Tuesday Funk on November 1^st at 7:30 p.m. to hear JD along with the rest of talented readers at Hopleaf's upstairs bar!