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

	Kit Reed‘s recent novels include Enclave, The Baby Merchant and Thinner than Thou, which won an ALA Alex Award.  Her new short story collection, What Wolves Know,  coming out this month from PS Publishing, includes stories that originally appeared in Asimov’s SF, the Datlow/Mamatas anthology, Haunted Legends, the Yale Review and the Kenyon Review, and other venues.
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	Kris Saknussemm is the author of the novels Zanesville, Private Midnight, and now Enigmatic Pilot.  Sinister Miniatures, a short story collection and The Colors of Compulsion, a portfolio book of his paintings are also out now, with three more books scheduled for 2012.

Wednesday April 20th, 7pm at

KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street (just off 2nd Ave, upstairs.)

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Genevieve Valentine & Carolyn Turgeon

Genevieve Valentine and Carolyn Turgeon wowed the packed house with stories of mermaids and circuses (circii?). Ellen’s pics can be seen here.

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

	Carolyn Turgeon is the author of three novels: Rain Village, Godmother: The Secret Cinderella Story, and Mermaid, a retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid. Her first children’s book, The Next Full Moon, about the daughter of a swan maiden, will come out in June.
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	Genevieve Valentine, whose fiction has been published on the web in Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, Fantasy, and Subterranean, and in the anthologies Teeth, The Living Dead 2, and Running with the Pack. She co-wrote the pop-culture book Geek Wisdom and her first novel, Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti, is coming in May.

Wednesday March 16th, 7pm at

KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street (just off 2nd Ave, upstairs.)

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Laird Barron & Nicholas Kaufmann

Another great night with readers Laird Barron & Nicholas Kaufmann. The house was packed, the crowd was eager, and the readers were fab. Ellen’s pics can be seen here.

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

	Laird Barron is the author of The Imago Sequence, and Occultation two horror collections published by Night Shade Books. The Imago Sequence won The Shirley Jackson Award. His work has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies.
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	Nicholas Kaufmann is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of General Slocum’s Gold, Walk In Shadows, Hunt at World’s End, and Chasing the Dragon, as well as monthly columns on the horror genre that appeared in Fear Zone and the Internet Review of Science Fiction. His story “Under the Skin” will be reprinted later this year in All American Horror Stories of the 21st Century: The Best of the First Decade.

Wednesday February 16th, 7pm at

KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street (just off 2nd Ave, upstairs.)

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Linda D. Addison & Gregory Frost

A great first reading of 2011 with Gregory Frost and Linda D. Addison.  Both enthralled the very full house with words and magic.  Ellen’s photos here.

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

	Gregory Frost’s Shadowbridge duology (Shadowbridge and Lord Tophet) was named one of the top four fantasy novels by the American Library Association in 2009 and was a finalist for the James Tiptree Award.  He’s currently at work on two other novel-length projects. He recently recorded his story “The Seals of New R’lyeh” for the StarShipSofa podcast site, and a series of “Darger & Surplus” podcasts with and for Michael Swanwick.
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	Linda D. Addison, award-winning author of Being Full of Light, Insubstantial is the first African-American to receive the HWA’s Bram Stoker Award. Her latest work can be found in Genesis: An Anthology of Black Science Fiction, Dark Faith, and New Blood anthologies.

Wednesday January 19th, 7pm at

KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street (just off 2nd Ave, upstairs.)

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Beth Bernobich	Jon Armstrong

My fault for posting these late, but better late than never! Ellen’s photos from December’s reading with Beth Bernobich & Jon Armstrong can be found here.

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

	Jon Armstrong’s Grey was short-listed for the Philip K Dick, and that year Jon was also nominated for the Campbell for Best New SF Writer. The sequel, Yarn, which will be out December 2010, received a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly. Jon is the host of an author interview podcast called If You’re Just Joining Us.
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	Beth Bernobich is the author of Passion Play, the first volume in a fantasy series appearing from Tor Books, and the collection, A Handful of Pearls & Other Stories. Her short story “River of Souls” appeared recently on Tor.com, and her YA novel, Fox and Phoenix, is forthcoming from Viking next year.

Wednesday December 15th, 7pm at

KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street (just off 2nd Ave, upstairs.)

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Kathe Koja	Ben H. Winters

Another fab night at KGB.  Kathe Koja read sections from Under the Poppy.  And Ben H. Winters read portions of Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, as well as Android Karenina. Even my pop attended, who some mistook for a senator. 

Ellen’s photos can be seen here.