BAY AREA KEI

August, aka bon odori season

Bay Area Kei is excited to announce our 2026 Ursa Major Guest of Honor, Lolibrary! Lolibrary was founded in June of 2010 as a lolita fashion item database with the goal of answering questions like "What size is this JSK? What's the name of this print? What brand is this? Is the lace itchy?" and the dream of being a sanctuary for the history of lolita fashion. Lolibrary believes that lolita fashion is a unique street fashion subculture which brings together a large number of p

Halfway through another year that could have been the 20XX all your sci-fi books refer to

June, otherwise known as Jelly July: The Prequel

May was a busy month for many of us, it seems! I look forward to a summer of sizzling stories (remember your electrolytes, warm-weather readers)

Listen, don't give me the meme, the theme is Sprout. Actually maybe I should have just gone with a stock photo of mung beans.

Have you got spring fever? Otherwise known as seasonal allergies. Those Santa Ana winds ain't helping.

What's your favorite choco brand? I'm a big fan of Dars (and not just cuz their anthropomorphization was really cute).

We decided against changing all instances of "January" to "Jeanuary"

This holiday season we here in California got the gift of the Pineapple Express, which is about as wintry as the weather gets for many of us.