FANTASTIC FICTION at KGB reading series, hosts Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel present: Andy Duncan, whose new novelette “The Night Cache” will appear from PS Publishing just in time for Christmas, as befits a ghost story, while his revisionist Appalachian folktale “The Dragaman’s Bride” concludes the new Jack Dann-Gardner Dozois anthology The Dragon Book. Duncan is the winner of two World Fantasy Awards and the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for best science-fiction story of the year. & Christopher Rowe‘s short fiction has been shortlisted for the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Awards. A …
FANTASTIC FICTION at KGB reading series, hosts Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel present: Sarah Micklem, whose second novel, Wildfire, the sequel to Firethorn has recently been published by Scribner. She is working on the third book in the series. & Alisa Kwitney, whose most recent novels include, writing as Alisa Sheckley, The Better to Hold You and Moonburn, a two-part series about a young woman who contracts lycanthropy from her cheating husband. Her next project is a Vertigo graphic novel about a little old Jewish lady and the angel of death. Wednesday October 18th, …
While hanging out in the hall at WFC, I bumped into Terry Bisson and excitedly introduced myself. In a weird way, Terry is responsible for several writer-related things in my life. In early 2003 I took his class at the New School on writing science fiction, fantasy and horror after deciding I wanted to devote more of my life to writing. Terry had just taken a leave of absence and so the class was taught by editor Alice Turner. Through Alice, I was hooked up with my current writers group, …
Rose Fox and Josh Jasper have been hard at work on their website known as Genreville.com, a site under the Publishers Weekly banner about all things spec fic, told from two of the most well-read people in the field. They’ve also been hard at work interviewing the KGB guests and posting the videos online for all to see. They’ve uploaded two months of KGB guest interviews so far, and last night’s, I’m told, will be up on Monday. Do yourselves a favor and check out this really cool blog.
KGB Fantastic FictionKGB Fantastic Fiction is a monthly reading series held on the third Wednesday of every month at the famous KGB Bar in Manhattan. The reading series features luminaries and up-and-comers in speculative fiction. Click below to visit the website.
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