The Cambridge/Somerville Speculative Fiction Writers Group (or CamberSpec for short) is for everyone writing speculative fiction: fantasy, science fiction, steampunk, alternate history, magical realism, horror ... any sort of fiction that takes the 'real' world and adds a little twist. We welcome novelists, short story writers, and writers of novellas. We are united by our love of this genre, not by the length of the work we produce. CamberSpec is open to writers at every stage of their careers, …

… Past meetups have particularly encouraged  children and teen fiction. However, we now want to generally broaden the scope. Any works of fiction are encouraged, including novels, flash fiction, and even comics. Other creative writing would be considered. Our main interest is fiction, but, we fudge on that quite a bit. Many of our members express interest in writing books. We generally exclude poetry, technical writing, songwriting etc. Some people may have examples of mixed genres, so in that way …