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.

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

	Kathe Koja‘s Under the Poppy, her first historical novel, has just been published by Small Beer Press, and has been adapted for an immersive stage production slated for 2011 at the Detroit Opera House.
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	Ben H. Winters is the author of two “mash-up” novels, Android Karenina and the New York Times bestselling Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, plus the just-published novel for young readers, The Secret Life of Ms. Finkleman.  Ben’s plays and musicals, including Uncle Pirate, The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, and Breaking Up is Hard To Do, have been produced Off Broadway and around the country.

Wednesday November 17th, 7pm at

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

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KGB FANTASTIC FICTION RAFFLE IS HUGE SUCCESS

Press Release
For Immediate Release

The KGB Fantastic Fiction Raffle went swimmingly, generating enough money to keep the series viable for two years.

New York, NY (November 2010) – The KGB Fantastic Fiction Raffle was a huge success.  Seventy nine highly-coveted prizes were awarded to individuals from all over the world, including winners in Spain, Belgium and Australia.  The raffle has generated enough money to keep the series viable for two years.

The hosts, Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel, wish to thank everyone for their generous support.

The full list of winners is online here:
http://bit.ly/dqUL9g

Contacts:
Ellen Datlow, KGB co-host, datlow [at] datlow [dot] com
Matthew Kressel, KGB co-host, matt [at] sensesfive [dot] com

The following are the winners for the 2010 KGB Raffle.  Thank you to all who participated and congratulations to all winners!  We appreciate your support very much and with the funds generated we can keep the series going for at least another two years.

A huge thank you to Kris Dikeman for all her behind-the-scenes support.

The donors will contact the winners via the email address you provided.

Signed Books and ARCs from Cemetery Dance Publications (CDP-BOOKS)
Winner 1 of 1
Matt Schwartz of Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Order ID: 136

Rare Signed Copy of Glen Hirshberg’s THE SNOWMAN’S CHILDREN (HIRSHBERG-SNOWMAN)
Winner 1 of 1
Bruce Chrumka of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Order ID: 118

Collectors Ed. of THE AUTOPSY AND OTHER TALES by Michael Shea (SHEA-AUTOPSY)
Winner 1 of 1
David Roberts of Los Altos, California, United States
Order ID: 103

Tuckerization by Richard Bowes (BOWES-TUCKER)
Winner 1 of 1
Mary Robinette Kowal of Portland, Oregon, United States
Order ID: 147

Tuckerization by Lucius Shepard – and a signed copy of the book (SHEPARD-TUCKER)
Winner 1 of 1
Chris McLaren of Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Order ID: 76

China Mieville Original Drawing from UN LUN DUN (MIEVILLE-DRAWING)
Winner 1 of 1
Christina Hughes of New York, New York, United States
Order ID: 69

Massage from Peter Straub’s masseur, Bret Bailey (MASSAGE BY BRET BAILEY)
Winner 1 of 1
Paul Berger of New York, New York, United States
Order ID: 195

Tuckerization by Carol Emshwiller (EMSHWILLER-TUCKER)
Winner 1 of 1
Rock Savage of New York, New York, United States
Order ID: 164

Subscription to THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION (GVG-FSF)
Winner 1 of 1
David J. Batista of Bronx, New York, United States
Order ID: 25

Tuckerization by Laird Barron (BARRON-TUCKER)
Winner 1 of 1
WILLIAM LINDBLAD of Plano, Texas, United States
Order ID: 206

Signed ARC and Book: Illyria by Elizabeth Hand (HAND-ILLYRIA)
Winner 1 of 1
WILLIAM LINDBLAD of Plano, Texas, United States
Order ID: 206

John Crowley Annotated Art by Peter Milton (DRUMMOND-PRINTS)
Winner 1 of 1
Anne Sydenham of Northcote, Victoria, Australia
Order ID: 33

Story or novel opening critique by Nancy Kress (KRESS-CRIT)
Winner 1 of 1
Rajan Khanna of Brooklyn, New York, United States
Order ID: 133

Signed DEATHLESS Galley & necklace made by Catherynne M. Valente (VALENTE-DEATHLESS)
Winner 1 of 1
Alison Campbell-Wise of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, United States
Order ID: 95

Session with Ellen Datlow’s reflexologist, Ellen Sterman (SHERMAN-REFLEX)
Winner 1 of 1
Risa Karaviotis of Brooklyn, New York, United States
Order ID: 189

Signed Galleys of OLD FLAMES and RIGHT TO LIFE by Jack Ketchum (KETCHUM-GALLEYS)
Winner 1 of 1
WILLIAM LINDBLAD of Plano, Texas, United States
Order ID: 206

Leatherbound, Signed CAUSTIC COMEDIES by Robert Shearman (SHEARMAN-CAUSTIC)
Winner 1 of 1
Joel Zakem of Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Order ID: 84

Your Very Own Wormhole by Physicist Michio Kaku (KAKU-WORMHOLE)
Winner 1 of 8
Oliver Irlam of Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Order ID: 196

Your Very Own Wormhole by Physicist Michio Kaku (KAKU-WORMHOLE)
Winner 2 of 8
Carrie Wright of Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, United States
Order ID: 172

Your Very Own Wormhole by Physicist Michio Kaku (KAKU-WORMHOLE)
Winner 3 of 8
Cecil Castellucci of Los Angeles, California, United States
Order ID: 135

Your Very Own Wormhole by Physicist Michio Kaku (KAKU-WORMHOLE)
Winner 4 of 8
Sarah Deckard of Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
Order ID: 134

Your Very Own Wormhole by Physicist Michio Kaku (KAKU-WORMHOLE)
Winner 5 of 8
Brett Kuehner of Old Tappan, New Jersey, United States
Order ID: 129

Your Very Own Wormhole by Physicist Michio Kaku (KAKU-WORMHOLE)
Winner 6 of 8
Gavin Grant of Brighton, Massachusetts, United States
Order ID: 150

Your Very Own Wormhole by Physicist Michio Kaku (KAKU-WORMHOLE)
Winner 7 of 8
Marc Jacobs of Redwood City, California, United States
Order ID: 161

Your Very Own Wormhole by Physicist Michio Kaku (KAKU-WORMHOLE)
Winner 8 of 8
Christina Yi of Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Order ID: 222

Novel query critque by Barry Goldblatt (GOLDBLATT-CRIT)
Winner 1 of 1
Ed Webb of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States
Order ID: 187

Story critique by Shawna McCarthy (MCCARTHY-CRIT)
Winner 1 of 1
David Mercurio Rivera of Bronx, New York, United States
Order ID: 92

Name that Alien by Cecil Castelucci (CASTELUCCI-ALIEN)
Winner 1 of 1
Karlos Laws of Brooklyn, New York, United States
Order ID: 97

THE SKELETON IN THE CLOSET, edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz (SIGNED-BLOCH)
Winner 1 of 1
Karen Ellery of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Order ID: 4

Signed copy of HAUNTED LEGENDS plus an ARC (DATLOW-LEGENDS)
Winner 1 of 1
Monica ORourke of Astoria, New York, United States
Order ID: 16

Story Critique by Cat Rambo (RAMBO-CRIT)
Winner 1 of 1
Stacey Friedberg of Short Hills, New Jersey, United States
Order ID: 29

Short story critique by Mary Robinette Kowal (KOWAL-CRIT)
Winner 1 of 1
Shane Alonso of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Order ID: 70

THE KOSHER GUIDE TO IMAGINARY ANIMALS by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer (VANDERMEER-KOSHER)
Winner 1 of 1
Heidi C Vlach of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Order ID: 6

Bead Creature by Vonda Mcintyre (BEAD-CREATURE)
Winner 1 of 1
Krista Leahy of Brooklyn, New York, United States
Order ID: 75

Neil Gaiman’s Used Keyboard (GAIMAN-KEYBOARD)
Winner 1 of 1
Emily Hayes of Decatur, Georgia, United States
Order ID: 182

FIREBIRD Trilogy, edited by Sharyn November (NOVEMBER-FIREBIRD)
Winner 1 of 1
Robert Brouhard of Salem, Oregon, United States
Order ID: 30

Story critique by the Altered Fluid Writing Group (ALTEREDFLUID-CRIT)
Winner 1 of 1
David J. Batista of Bronx, New York, United States
Order ID: 25

A six-pack from Nightshade Books (NIGHTSHADE-6PACK)
Winner 1 of 1
WILLIAM LINDBLAD of Plano, Texas, United States
Order ID: 206

Three Unpublished Short Stories by Michael Swanwick (SWANWICK-STORIES)
Winner 1 of 1
Jacob Weisman of San Francisco, California, United States
Order ID: 108

Signed ARC: THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS by N.K. Jemisin (JEMISIN-KINGDOMS)
Winner 1 of 1
WILLIAM LINDBLAD of Plano, Texas, United States
Order ID: 206

Signed ARC: FOR THE WIN by Cory Doctorow (DOCTOROW-FTW)
Winner 1 of 1
David J. Batista of Bronx, New York, United States
Order ID: 25

SHIMMER #12, plus electronic editions of all 12 issues. (SHIMMER-BUNDLE)
Winner 1 of 1
Mary Kay Kare of Seattle, Washington, United States
Order ID: 117

3 Signed Titles from George R.R. Martin (MARTIN-BOOKS)
Winner 1 of 1
Arthur Corre of Dayton, Ohio, United States
Order ID: 62

3 Books from Small Beer Press (SMALL-BEER-BOOKS)
Winner 1 of 1
WILLIAM LINDBLAD of Plano, Texas, United States
Order ID: 206

Tuckerization by Joe R. Lansdale (LANSDALE-TUCKER)
Winner 1 of 1
Melody Chamlee of New York, New York, United States
Order ID: 112

Signed copy of THE HONEY MONTH by Amal El-Mohtar (PAPAVERIA-HONEY)
Winner 1 of 1
Antonia Townsend of Bristol, South Glos, United Kingdom
Order ID: 34

INTERFICTIONS 1 & 2, Signed by the Editors (IAF-INTERFICTIONS)
Winner 1 of 1
Susan Brown of Rutledge, Missouri, United States
Order ID: 192

Haikasoru Grab-Bag of Three Titles from Nick Mamatas (MAMATAS-HAIKASORU)
Winner 1 of 1
Robert Brouhard of Salem, Oregon, United States
Order ID: 30

Signed ARC: THE WAY OF THE WIZARD (ADAMS-WIZARD)
Winner 1 of 1
Adam Palermo of Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Order ID: 155

Latest Four Issues of ELECRIC VELOCIPEDE (KLIMA-EV)
Winner 1 of 1
Ray Vukcevich of Eugene, Oregon, United States
Order ID: 96

F. Paul Wilson Signed, Limited Edition SIMS Novellas (WILSON-SIMS)
Winner 1 of 1
Shane Alonso of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Order ID: 70

12 Titles by Chizine Press (CHIZINE-CATALOG)
Winner 1 of 1
William Freedman of West Hempstead, New York, United States
Order ID: 148

BRIGHTON SHOCK by PS Publishing (BRIGHTONPS)
Winner 1 of 1
WILLIAM LINDBLAD of Plano, Texas, United States
Order ID: 206

Complete First Second (:01) Graphic Novels by Gina Gagliano (GAGLIANO-FIRSTSECOND)
Winner 1 of 1
Rajan Khanna of Brooklyn, New York, United States
Order ID: 133

The Tour of Tor by Liz Gorinsky (GORINSKY-TOR)
Winner 1 of 1
Lexie Cenni of Hamilton, New Jersey, United States
Order ID: 176

Custom Terrarium from Paul Riddell and The Texas Triffid Ranch (RIDDELL-TERRARIUM)
Winner 1 of 1
Tracy Bischoff of Los Angeles, California, United States
Order ID: 193

Two Drawings by Thomas Canty (CANTY-DRAWINGS)
Winner 1 of 1
Rajan Khanna of Brooklyn, New York, United States
Order ID: 133

Prints from the Shining Tarot Deck by Rachel Pollack (POLLACK-TAROT)
Winner 1 of 1
Laurel Lyon of Sesa, Huesca, Spain
Order ID: 24

Art from ZITA THE SPACEGIRL by Ben Hatke & ARC (GAGLIANO-SPACEGIRL)
Winner 1 of 1
Tracy Bischoff of Los Angeles, California, United States
Order ID: 193

Signed drawing by Terri Windling (WINDLING-DRAWING)
Winner 1 of 1
Amal El-Mohtar of Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Order ID: 104

Partial manuscript from William Gibson (GIBSON-MANUSCRIPT)
Winner 1 of 1
Althea Morin of Staten Island, New York, United States
Order ID: 21

Typewritten Short Story by Mary Robinette Kowal (KOWAL-TYPED)
Winner 1 of 1
WILLIAM LINDBLAD of Plano, Texas, United States
Order ID: 206

Zoe Van Gelder Art on back of Ray Vukcevich Manuscript (GVG-ZOE)
Winner 1 of 1
Ray Vukcevich of Eugene, Oregon, United States
Order ID: 96

Group of seven ARCs, donated by John Crowley (CROWLEY-7ARCS)
Winner 1 of 1
James Starkey of Horn Lake, Mississippi, United States
Order ID: 94

Signed, Limited Chapbook THE MAN WITH KNIVES by Ellen Kushner (KUSHNER-KNIVES)
Winner 1 of 1
Xavier Van Aubel of Uccle, Brussels, Belgium
Order ID: 119

Signed copy of Jeffrey Ford’s first novel VANITAS (FORD-VANITAS)
Winner 1 of 1
WILLIAM LINDBLAD of Plano, Texas, United States
Order ID: 206

Tuckerization by Kit Reed (REED-TUCKER)
Winner 1 of 1
Marc Jacobs of Redwood City, California, United States
Order ID: 80

Two books by John Crowley (CROWLEY-BOOKS)
Winner 1 of 1
WILLIAM LINDBLAD of Plano, Texas, United States
Order ID: 206

Rare Signed Gregory Frost CRIMSON SPEAR THE BLOOD OF CU CHULAINN (FROST-CRIMSON)
Winner 1 of 1
Alison Campbell-Wise of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, United States
Order ID: 95

Tuckerization by Brett Alexander Savory (SAVORY-TUCKER)
Winner 1 of 1
WILLIAM LINDBLAD of Plano, Texas, United States
Order ID: 206

Signed ARC: THE GERMAN by Lee Thomas (THOMAS-GERMAN)
Winner 1 of 1
Ron Breznay of Hanover Township, Pennsylvania, United States
Order ID: 163

PHANTOM Anthology, Signed by Paul Tremblay (TREMBLAY-PHANTOM)
Winner 1 of 1
WILLIAM LINDBLAD of Plano, Texas, United States
Order ID: 206

J.K. POTTER’S EMBRACE THE MUTATION, signed by John Crowley (CROWLEY-EMBRACE)
Winner 1 of 1
Jim Rockhill of Dowagiac, Michigan, United States
Order ID: 169

Signed THE MAGICIANS and Brakebills T-shirt by Lev Grossman (GROSSMAN-MAGICIANS)
Winner 1 of 1
WILLIAM LINDBLAD of Plano, Texas, United States
Order ID: 206

Signed copy of KALIFORNIA by Marc Laidlaw (KALIFORNIA – LAIDLAW)
Winner 1 of 1
Matthew London of New York, New York, United States
Order ID: 214

Caitlín R. Kiernan signed copy of THE RED TREE (KIERNAN-REDTREE)
Winner 1 of 1
WILLIAM LINDBLAD of Plano, Texas, United States
Order ID: 206

Tuckerization by Caitlín R. Kiernan (KIERNAN-TUCKER)
Winner 1 of 1
WILLIAM LINDBLAD of Plano, Texas, United States
Order ID: 206

Signed, Limited edition of Glen Hirshberg’s AMERICAN MORONS (HIRSHBERG-MORONS)
Winner 1 of 1
David Roberts of Los Altos, California, United States
Order ID: 199

Signed copy of TOWER OF MIDNIGHT, from the WHEEL OF TIME series (GOLENBOCK-TOWERS)
Winner 1 of 1
Jade Walker of Hinsdale, New Hampshire, United States
Order ID: 126

Signed copy of THE SNOW QUEEN, by Joan Vinge (VINGE — SNOW QUEEN)
Winner 1 of 1
Gavin Grant of Brighton, Massachusetts, United States
Order ID: 150

Signed 6 CD Audio Book THE LITTLE SLEEP by Paul Tremblay (TREMBLAY-SLEEP)
Winner 1 of 1
Troy Knutson of Collierville, Tennessee, United States
Order ID: 216

Galleys of THE WORLD AND ALICE by L. Timmel Duchamp (DUCHAMP-GALLEYS)
Winner 1 of 1
WILLIAM LINDBLAD of Plano, Texas, United States
Order ID: 206

Review of John Banville’s THE SEA by John Crowley (CROWLEY-SEA)
Winner 1 of 1
Adam Palermo of Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Order ID: 155

Signed copy of NOISE by Darin Bradley (BRADLEY-NOISE)
Winner 1 of 1
Troy Knutson of Collierville, Tennessee, United States
Order ID: 216

Signed MAFIA by Thomas F. Monteleone (MONTELEONE-MAFIA)
Winner 1 of 1
WILLIAM LINDBLAD of Plano, Texas, United States
Order ID: 206

Dave Roman B&W Illustration from ASTRONAUT ACADEMY plus ARC (GAGLIANO-ASTRONAUT)
Winner 1 of 1
Eugene Myers of New York, New York, United States
Order ID: 212

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

	Paul Witcover is the author of three novels: Waking Beauty, Tumbling After, and Dracula: Asylum, and one collection, Everland. His reviews appear regularly in Locus and Realms of Fantasy magazines
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	Adam Golaski, the author of the short story collections Color Plates and Worse Than Myself. He is co-founder of Flim Forum Press, publishers of experimental contemporary poetry, and the editor of New Genre Magazine. The first part of Adam’s “Green”–his translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight–was recently published by Open Letters Monthly.

Wednesday October 20th, 7pm at

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

http://www.kgbfantasticfiction.org/

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Readings are always free.

Please forward to friends at your own discretion.