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Ysabeau Wilce and Leah Bobet to read at KGB July 18th

FANTASTIC FICTION at KGB reading series, hosts

Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel

present:

Ysabeau Wilce’s most recent book, Flora’s Fury, is the final volume in the Flora Fyrdraaca trilogy. She has won an Andre Norton Award, been nominated for the World Fantasy Award, been on the James Tiptree short-list, and appeared in various anthologies, most recently Steampunk! edited by Kelly Link & Gavin Grant.


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Leah Bobet is the author of Above, a modern fantasy novel available from Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic. She lives in Toronto, Ontario, where she works as an editor, bookseller, and urban agriculture/public space activist. She is currently working on a literary dustbowl fantasy novel, tentatively titled On Roadstead Farm, and a book of poetry.


Wednesday July 18th, 7pm at
KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street (just off 2nd Ave, upstairs.)
www.kgbfantasticfiction.org
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Readings are free
Forward to friends at your own discretion.

Books will be available for purchase from Word Bookstore

Sponsored in part by Cemetery Dance Publications

Photos from Copenhagen

I was GOH at Fantasticon in Copenhagen, along with Alastair Reynolds. I had a very nice time and was taken to two museums by Lars Ahn Pedersen, walked up and down the streets, saw a LOT of contstruction (as can be seen), visited Tivoli and saw a vain peacock in full display, and visited the zoo. A full, satisfying trip.


http://tinyurl.com/ctkh2bj

My schedule at Fantasticon in Copenhagen June 1-3rd

For anyone near Copenhagen next weekend I'm a Guest of Honor with Alistair Reynolds at the Danish annual convention Fantasticon. For anyone in the vicinity, here's a link to the website and my schedule: (I'm not sure what a few of the panels will entail but am assured I will be told :-) )

http://fantasticon.dk/fantasticon2012/

Friday 17:00-17:20, Kultursalen
Opening ceremony
Everybody

Friday 17:30-19:00, Cafeen
Videnskabcafeen: The dead, the undead and the vampire romance
Ellen Datlow, Stig W. Jørgensen, Steen Langstrup, Gert Balling (m)

Saturday 12:00-12:50, Kultursalen
Stories we haven’t seen: The good short story
Ellen Datlow, Knud Larn, Henrik Harksen, H.H. Løyche, Ralan Conley (m)

Saturday 2:00 p.m. to 2:50 p.m., Heerupsalen
interview Ellen Datlow
Ellen Datlow, Ahn Lars Pedersen (i)
Saturday 15:00-15:50, Kultursalen
Genres – Necessary distinction or annoying restriction?
Ellen Datlow, Alastair Reynolds, Anne-Marie Vedsø Olesen, Stig W. Jørgensen (m)

Saturday 20:15-??, Festsalen
The banquet

Sunday 13:00-13:50, Heerupsalen
The fairy tale in modern fiction
Ellen Datlow, Nicolas Barbano, Lars Ahn Pedersen (m)

Sunday 17:00-17:50, Heerupsalen
The last panel – final remarks before the convention (end the world?) ends.
Ellen Datlow, Alastair Reynolds, Klaus Æ. Mogensen (m)

Get Roswell's DNA in your house!

Originally posted by kylecassidy at Get Roswell's DNA in your house!Here's your chance to have some of Roswell's DNA in your house (without me mailing you a hairball).

Meet Cat Murdock, the kitten without fear, who was rescued by yagathai during a terrible thunderstorm.

Cat Murdock comes from the same feral cat colony as Roswell and although Roswell's been spayed, her sires were ... prolific ... which is bad for the mouse population of West Philadelphia but good for you if you're looking for a well dressed companion who will wake you up nearly every morning for the next decade. She's spayed, FIV/FLV negative & gets along well with other cats.




Clickenzee to Embiggen!!!

Cat Murdoch is friendly & fearless and currently in Philadelphia. She'll love you and climb everything in your house. We'll probably do the adoption through City Kitties though they don't know it yet, so people who are interested can email or post in the comments.




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Photos from May 16, 2012 KGB reading

Here's the proof of another great reading at KGB Bar.
http://tinyurl.com/6pyrzlk

Jack O'Connell & E.C. Myers read at KGB June 20

FANTASTIC FICTION at KGB reading series, hosts

Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel

present:

Jack O’Connell’s first novel, Box Nine, won the Mysterious Press Discovery Award. His second novel, Wireless, was chosen by the Los Angeles Times as one of the top ten crime novels of 1993. O’Connell is also the author of The Skin Palace and Word Made Flesh. His latest novel, The Resurrectionist, was chosen by Amazon.com as one of the top-10 SF novels of 2008. The winner of Le prix Mystère de la critique and Le Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire in France, the novel was also nominated for the Shirley Jackson Award..

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E.C. Myers, whose first novel, Fair Coin, was called "pure awesome crack" by io9, is also a recent contributor to the Directory of World Cinema: Japan 2, edited by John Berra and Spec-tacular: Fantasy Favorites from Raven Electrick Ink. He also blogs weekly re-watches of Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes with Torie Atkinson at theviewscreen.com. His next novel, Quantum Coin, will be published by Pyr in fall 2012.


Wednesday June 20th, 7pm at
KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street (just off 2nd Ave, upstairs.)
www.kgbfantasticfiction.org
Subscribe to our mailing list:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kgbfantasticfiction/
Readings are free
Forward to friends at your own discretion.


Books will be available for purchase from the readers

Sponsored in part by Cemetery Dance Publications

A new interview with me about editing

Anna Kashina just interviewed me a few days ago about editing. What an anthology editor does--the process of what's involved in putting together a good anthology. The timing as it happens, is perfect, because I just read an unbelievably ignorant post by a self-titled "editor" who informs us: "The work is not hard. In fact, it takes very little time although one must be an able communicator. ... I can tell you that the time it takes to work on an anthology is negligible when compared to the time it takes for writers to contribute their stories. It mostly consists of waiting for the short stories to be delivered by their due date—then reading them at night when the work for the day is done and editing where appropriate". Read more here: How editors Juggle Anthologies.

So here's what editors actually do when editing anthologies Interview with Ellen Datlow, award-winning editor of science fiction, fantasy, and horror

Pass it on.

Reading, discussion, signing of Poe with me, John Langan, & Laird Barron

Tuesday May 8 6-7:30 pm
Book Discussion: Poe, 19 New Tales
Location: Mount Vernon Public Library

Reading, book discussion,and book signing with Ellen Datlow, John Langan, and
Laird Barron about the stories in Poe: 19 New Tales


28 South First Avenue, Mount Vernon, NY (near the Mount Vernon East Metro North
Station:Bet: East 1st.Street and 2nd. Street.)

(914) 668-1840 x219 or x220

http://tinyurl.com/bvck6ll

Karen Heuler and Victor LaValle read May 16 at KGB

FANTASTIC FICTION at KGB reading series, hosts

Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel

present:

Karen Heuler’s stories have been published in over 60 literary and speculative magazines, anthologies and “Year’s Best” collections, including the forthcoming The Year’s Best SF #17. Her most recent novel is The Made-up Man, published by Livingston Press
ChiZine Publications will publish her short story collection, The Inner City, early next year.


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Victor LaValle's novel, Big Machine, won the Shirley Jackson Award, the American Book Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. His next novel, The Devil in Silver, will be published in August 2012 by Speigel & Grau.



Wednesday May 16th, 7pm at
KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street (just off 2nd Ave, upstairs.)
www.kgbfantasticfiction.org
Subscribe to our mailing list:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kgbfantasticfiction/
Readings are free
Forward to friends at your own discretion.

Books will be available for purchase from the readers

Sponsored in part by Cemetery Dance Publications

Table of Contents for Hauntings

Here is the final table of contents for Hauntings, which is coming out in March from Tachyon.

And here’s the cover

http://www.tachyonpublications.com/book/Hauntings.html?Session_ID=new



Table of Contents

Eenie, Meenie, Ipsateenie Pat Cadigan
Hunger: A Confession Dale Bailey
Cargo E. Michael Lewis
Delta Sly Honey Lucius Shepard
Nothing Will Hurt You David Morrell
The Ammonite Violin (Murder Ballad #4) Caitlín R. Kiernan
Haunted Joyce Carol Oates
The Have-Nots Elizabeth Hand
Closing Time Neil Gaiman
Anna F. Paul Wilson
Mr. Fiddlehead Jonathan Carroll
The Fooly Terry Dowling
The Toll Paul Walther
The Pennine Tower Restaurant Simon Kurt Unsworth
Distress Call Connie Willis
The Horn Stephen Gallagher
Everybody Goes Michael Marshall Smith
Transfigured Night Richard Bowes
Hula Ville James P. Blaylock
The Bedroom Light Jeffrey Ford
Spectral Evidence Gemma Files
Two Houses Kelly Link
Where Angels Come In Adam L. G. Nevill
Hunger: An Introduction by Peter Straub