PARSEC

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(Did you mean the Albany State Science Fiction Society clubzine?)


PARSEC is a Pittsburgh-area club which is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization promoting SF, fantasy and horror in literature, media and music. It puts on Confluence and publishes the SIGMA e-newsletter.

PARSEC used to be an initialism for "Pittsburgh Area Realtime Scientifiction Enthusiasts Club" -- but wisely gave that up.... The founders included Ann Cecil, Barbara Carlson and Kevin Riley and the club was founded in the mid-1990s.

Parsec Ink is its publishing arm and publishes themed anthologies annually

In September 1988, the Pittsburgh Press published an article about the "First" Pittsburgh ScienceFiction Conference.

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