Late August, 2026 – Virtual launch of Inlandia Journal’s special speculative issue – TBD
August 27-31, 2026 – WorldCon, Los Angeles (LA Con V) – Final program pending, but currently slated to moderate one panel and sit on three other panels. Possible reading at a Stonecoast Open Mic event – TBD.
Past Events
February 2, 2026 – NoHoLitMic – Reading at the North Hollywood monthly literary Open Mic event.
August 15, 2025 – WorldCon, Seattle (Panelist). Science Fiction Out Loud: Some people say listening to fiction via audio “isn’t really reading a book.” Yet audio—from mid-20th century radio to cassettes and CDs and today’s streaming digital—is how many of us consume science fiction. It started with War of the Worlds, Buck Rogers, Dimension X (with its theremin), and Exploring Tomorrow. Now it’s the Discworld and Game of Thrones series. How has audio advanced the genre, and what audio classics should we be listening to? [Rebecca H. Lee (M), James Patrick Kelly, RM Ambrose, Sam Stark, Stefan Rudnicki]
August 14, 2025 – WorldCon, Seattle (Academic Paper Presentation). We Are All Warmongers; We Are All Pacifists: Violence in fiction does not lead to violent behavior. However, myths about violence have led to harmful policy decisions. Belief in such myths also supports colonial and anti-democratic movements and erodes the most effective strategies to counter them. A number of tropes or themes can be used to evaluate or critique literature and media with regard to how well they represent both violence and nonviolence. This session will provide examples and techniques from science fiction and fantasy literature that writers can use to represent violence and nonviolence in a way that supports pragmatic pacifism.
August 14, 2025 – WorldCon, Seattle (Panel Moderator). Too Close to Home: Writing the Near-Future: Let’s tackle the big, near-future scenarios in science fiction: climate change, automation, internet privacy. How do we write speculative stories that are relevant to our current reality while still engaging readers? How can fiction help us address new, alarming technologies such as cryptocurrency and AI? [RM Ambrose (M), David Snyder, P.E., Michael Nayak, Misha Grifka Wander, Silvia Park]
July 28, 2025 – NoHoLitMic – Reading at the North Hollywood monthly literary Open Mic event.
January 27, 2025 – NoHoLitMic – Reading at the North Hollywood monthly literary Open Mic event.
October 19, 2024 – Inlandia at the Maloof Artist Series Presents VITAL – Free live event at the Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts with live readings by Tananarive Due, Justin C. Key, Eric Schwitzgebel, and RM Ambrose, followed by interview of Tananarive Due with Justin C. Key.
October 9-12, 2024 – Virtual International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts (VICFA) – Presentation of academic paper, “We are all Warmongers, We are all Pacifists: A Pragmatic Framework for Evaluating Representations of Violence and Nonviolence in Fiction”.
June 8, 2024 9:00AM to 10:00AM – Nebula Conference (Panel) “Rethinking Conflict in Gaming Narratives” – Pasadena, CA
[Video available to conference attendees with login]
March 27, 2022 – Vital: The Future of Healthcare (Virtual Book Launch) – Watch Video