KGB 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. Admission is always free.

Some of our past readers:
Joyce Carol Oates, Lucius Shepard, Jeffrey Ford, Scott Westerfeld, Kelly Link, China Miéville, Nancy Kress, Jack McDevitt, Stewart O.Nan, James Patrick Kelly, Barry N. Marlzberg, Samuel (Chip) Delaney, Holly Black, Michael Swanwick, Kit Reed, Peter Straub, Andy Duncan, Richard Bowes, Catherynne Valente, Ellen Kushner, Jeff VanderMeer, Naomi Novik, Elizabeth Bear and a smorgasbord of other talented authors. read more »

FANTASTIC FICTION at KGB reading series, hosts Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel present:

The Baum Plan For Financial Independence and Other Stories John Kessel, whose most recent books are the anthology Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology, edited with James Patrick Kelly, and the collection The Baum Plan For Financial Independence and Other Stories, published by Small Beer Press in April.
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Book Cover JoSelle Vanderhooft, the author of several poetry collections including The Minotaur’s Last Letter to His Mother and the Stoker-nominated Ossuary. Her newest collection The Handless Maiden and Other Twice-Told Tales will be out this July from Sam’s Dot Publishing.

* Mobile Libris will be there selling books

Wednesday July 16th, 7pm at
KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street (just off 2nd Ave, upstairs.)
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Here’s a link to Ellen’s photos from the June 18th reading.

While the turnout was less than usual, we were thoroughly enthralled by Terri Windling’s combo of non-fiction and fantasy, the latter of which read by the very excellent actor/writer/director Howard Gayton.


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The Wood WifeFANTASTIC FICTION at KGB reading series, hosts Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel present:

Terri Windling has written and edited over forty books, winning eight World Fantasy Awards, and the Mythopoeic Award for her novel The Wood Wife. Her most recent book is the The Coyote Road, co-edited with Ellen Datlow. Two novels, The Moon Wife and Little Owl, are forthcoming from Tor and Viking.

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Howard Gayton is a writer, performer, and director of The Ophaboom Theatre Company in London.

* Mobile Libris will be selling books

Wednesday June 18th , 7pm at
KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street (just off 2nd Ave, upstairs.)
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Jack OConnellPictures from the May 21st reading with Jack O’Connell and Ekaterina Sedia, taken by Ellen.

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FANTASTIC FICTION at KGB reading series, hosts Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel present:

Jack O’Connell, author of The Resurrectionist, just published by Algonquin, and four previous novels set in the fictional city of Quinsigamond, including Box 9, Wireless, The Skin Palace and Word Made Flesh

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Ekaterina Sedia, author of The Secret History of Moscow, published by Prime Books this past November. Her next, The Alchemy of Stone, will be out this July. She is also the editor of Paper Cities, An Anthology of Urban Fantasy. Her short stories have been published in a variety of magazines and anthologies.

* Mobile Libris will be selling books

Wednesday May 21st , 7pm at
KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street (just off 2nd Ave, upstairs.)
http://www.kgbfantasticfiction.com/

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Readings are free

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