Hey, looking for a break from sitting in the middle of all those sheets of paper with story ideas that you can't quite put your finger on that you're throwing on the floor that's piling up all around you? Or maybe you're just looking to satisfy that love of literature and a cold beer along with it sounds like a great idea? Well here are couple of readings you may want to put on your calendar for the week of December 11th.

P. Fanatics Reading Series

December 11th P. Fanatics (Facebook invite - "Like" them) is having it's monthly reading series at Cole's Bar on 2338 N. Milwaukee Ave. in the Logan Square community, but this time with a different theme than normal. Instead of having one reader at a time P. Fanatics decided to ask the fortunate readers this month to pair up to make it twice as fun.

Time: 7:30pm - 10:30pm

Readers for the night will be:


Daniel Shapiro with Mason Johnson

Russ Woods with Christopher Kelly

Ian Belknap with Samantha Irby

Jill Summers with Susie Kirkwood

and

Tim Stafford with Robbie Q. Telfer

Now that sounds like it's going to be loads of fun.

Untoward Magazine

On December 14th not only will there be readings but Untoward Magazine (Facebook invite - "Like' them too) is celebrating turning a year old (CONGRATS GUYS!) and they want you to come celebrate with them. Join them for a night filled with readings that shall feature as they say "things that are untoward". The celebration will be at the Beauty Bar on 1444 W. Chicago Ave. in the West Town Noble Square area.

Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Readers for the night:

A D Jameson
Russ Woods
Meghan Lamb
James Tadd Adcox
Dan Shapiro
John Thurgood
Ben Tanzer
Samantha Irby
Lindsay Hunter
Chris Bower &
Joshua Young

The nights MC's will be Mason Johnson, Jon Mau (probably) & Matt Rowan

Now if this doesn't satisfy that literary itch...wait, who are we kidding how can it not?

Come on out and join these awesome authors here in Chicago who are sharing their love of literature, with you, one story at a time :)