The gates are open — Writers Cantina 2026 registration is here! No increase in prices, and we’ll have pre-printed name badges for those who register ahead! PLUS! We appreciate West Valley city for hosting us at the beautiful Utah Cultural Celebration Center since our inception, and to show that appreciation, anyone who lives in …
Spotlighting new work by Writers Cantina participants: Heroes are chosen. Monsters are made. John Kincaid lived by one rule: Serve the benevolent Dragons who protect Earth from dangers beyond human imagination. Aston Spencer has a magic spark, but he needs John’s help to learn the ropes and stay alive long enough to grow into his …
Spotlighting new work by Writers Cantina participants: Step into ten stories of vibrant universes, where gleaming rays of energy shape the future and the past collides with the fantastic unknown. This collection of short stories invites you to explore a genre that is often called “Raypunk” or “Raygun Gothic,” but we call “Plasma Pulp”—because “punk” …
Read more “Alumni Alerts: Plasma Pulp: Lost Worlds, edited by LawDog”
Spotlighting new work by Writers Cantina participants: I, Magi is a gritty historical fantasy of survival, exile, and the first stirrings of a power long thought lost. When a young man’s home is destroyed by war and betrayal, he is forced to flee into a harsh and unforgiving world. With enemies behind him and uncertainty …
Spotlighting new work by Writers Cantina participants: WITHER by Matthew Bockholt WITHER is the second novel in the four-book Mythic series written by Matthew Bockholt, following BLOOM.
Spotlighting new work by Writers Cantina participants: In the shadows between law and chaos, there are always men willing to get their hands dirty… but even the roughest men have lines they won’t cross. From rain-soaked city streets to war-torn alien landscapes, from 1940s Arizona to cyberpunk futures, these stories follow enforcers, fixers, and hard …
Read more “Alumni Alerts: High Class Muscle, edited by Sam Robb”
Spotlighting new work by Writers Cantina participants: An open door is an invitation… but you may not like what waits on the other side. James O’Neil is about to learn the hard way that names have power, and his graffiti tags can open doors in the forgotten byways of Pittsburgh. After an accidental summoning of …
Spotlighting a first novel by this Writers Cantina participant: Many Are Called: The Lion of Deseret is a gripping tale of courage, faith and survival set in a brutal post-collapse America. Battle-hardened and war-weary former soldier Kyler Poe ekes out an existence in the ruins of Phoenix, a city consumed by chaos and controlled by …
Read more “Alumni Alerts: Many Are Called: The Lion of Deseret by Mike Barham”
Thanks to the generosity of Writers Cantina attendees, we have been able to replace the old Little Free Library on the grounds of the Sunset City building. The original library had been a service project by the church youth group of a congregation which has since been disbanded, leaving it with no official sponsor; it …
Spotlighting new work by Writers Cantina participants: Stuck Over Heaven (Stations of Heaven Book 1) After several years fighting as a Nameless soldier in the Over Cities, Everrune Pethatrice finally retires from the military and has started on a new path to vengeance for his murdered family. With the help of exiled goddesses and other …
Read more “Alumni Alerts: Stuck Over Heaven by Tyler Tarter”