Peter Straub	Daryl Gregory

An all around horrifically wonderful night with Peter Straub & Daryl Gregory.  The house was packed, I tell you.  But those who attended got a great show.  Daryl read from The Devil’s Alphabet and Peter read from A Darker Matter.  Both excerpts were haunting and excellent.

Ellen’s photos of the evening can be found here.

David Anthony Durham	Lev Grossman

This month’s reading was a double-whammy of fun.  David Anthony Durham read two poignant excerpts from his Acacia trilogy, and Lev Grossman read an engrossing piece from the Magicians universe.  Tiaras were worn.

Ellen’s photos of the evening can be seen here.

Christopher Rowe	Andy Duncan

Ellen has posted her photos from the December 16th reading with Christopher Rowe and Andy Duncan.

Sarah Micklem	Alisa Kwitney

Ellen has posted her photos from the November 18th reading with Sarah Micklem and Alisa Kwitney.

Michael Cisco	John Langan

Last night both Michael Cisco’s and John Langan’s stories creeped us out in an especially pleasing way. John read a selection from his forthcoming novel, House of Windows, and Michael read an excerpt from his story in Ellen Datlow’s Lovecraft Unbound.

You can see Ellen’s photos from the night here.

Chris Genoa and Andrew Fox

Chris Genoa told an amusing story about a strung up turkey, and Andrew Fox told a tale of Elvis-like inebriation at Disneyland.  Ellen’s photos of the night can be seen here.

Robert Freeman Wexler

Kaaron Warren

On this balmy evening of August 19th, we were entertained by Robert Freeman Wexler, who read selections from his The Painting and the City, and Karron Warren, who read her creepy short story called “The Drawback.”  Ellen’s photos of the evening can be viewed here.

Kris Dikeman & Cat Rambo	Jack Womack	Samuel R. Delany

Another fab night at KGB in celebration of Clarion West and the Amazon Challenge Grant.  Rajan Khanna guest hosted the evening, reading testimonials of former Clarion students between readings by Kris Dikeman, Cat Rambo, Jack Womack and Samuel R. Delany. The bar was filled to the brim.  People were sitting on the stairs outside the hallway, eager to hear.  The energy was palpable in the air.  An electric night, by far.

Here’s Ellen’s pics.

And here’s a link to mine.

Mary Robinette Kowal & lonely dinosaur

Brian Francis Slattery & his folk band

It was a truly unique night at KGB on Wednesday.* With a full house, Mary Robinette Kowal began with a puppet show tribute to Ray Harryhausen about a mournful latex dinosaur who has fallen into desuetude. (Though the dinosaur was more than happy to pose for the camera a la Kermit.) Then Mary read a section from her forthcoming novel, SHADES OF MILK AND HONEY. Brian Francis Slattery, accompanied by a violinist, bassist, and his own slick banjo playing sung selections from his novel LIBERATION in folksy, Appalachian style. (Yes, you read that right: “sung.”) Everyone was enthralled with the night, including myself.  I caught a brief video of each reader.  The lighting is bad, but you can get a taste of what the night was like.

Photos & videos of the evening can be seen here.

*Ellen could not attend, but we missed her!

F. Brett Cox

Naomi Novik

An all around fab time with readers F. Brett Cox and Naomi Novik.  Brett revealed what would happen if Flannery O’Connor and Sinead O’Connor merged into one being.  While Naomi read a hilarious story of a snarky unicorn.

Ellen’s photos of the night can be found here.