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FANTASTIC FICTION at KGB reading series, hosts

Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel

present:

Brian Keene is the author of over thirty novels, most recently Entombed and An Occurrence In Crazy Bear Valley. He also writes comic books for DC and Marvel, and continues work on his ongoing comic book series The Last Zombie.
Several of his novels and stories have been developed for film including Ghoul, Dark Hollow, The Ties That Bind, and Fast Zombies Suck.

and


Nick Mamatas is the author of several novels, including The Damned Highway co-authored with Brian Keene, and several dozen short stories. He also co-edited the anthologies The Future is Japanese with Masumi Washington and Haunted Legends with Ellen Datlow. His noir novel, Love is The Law, will be released in 2013.
Wednesday January 16, 7pm at
KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street (just off 2nd Ave, upstairs.)
New York, NY

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Sponsored in part by Cemetery Dance Publications

After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse & Dystopia -LAUNCH event October 11th

Books of Wonder presents a reading, discussion, and signing of
After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse & Dystopia edited by Ellen Datlow
and Terri Windling (Hyperion)
hosted by:
ELLEN DATLOW (co-editor)

with contributors:
RICHARD BOWES
CECIL CASTELLUCCI
MATTHEW KRESSEL
GREGORY MAGUIRE
SUSAN BETH PFEFFER
BETH REVIS
GENEVIEVE VALENTINE
N.K. JEMISIN

Where: Books of Wonder
18 West 18th Street
New York, NY 10011
(212) 989-3270


When: Thursday, October 11, 6-8pm

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

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Readings from Supernatural Noir at KGB Bar Friday July 22nd

--this is not a fantastic fiction reading--

Hosted by editor Ellen Datlow and with the following contributors

reading from their stories:

Paul G. Tremblay

Paul Tremblay is the author of the novels The Little Sleep and No Sleep Till Wonderland, and his short fiction has been collected in In the Mean Time and Compositions for the Young and Old.

Jeffrey Ford

Jeffrey Ford is the author of the novels The Physiognomy, Memoranda, The Beyond, The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque, The Girl in the Glass, and The Shadow Year. His short fiction has been published in three collections. His fiction has won The World Fantasy Award, The Nebula Award, The Edgar Allan Poe Award, and Gran Prix de l’Imaginaire.

Richard Bowes

Richard Bowes has written five novels, two short fiction collections and fifty short stories. He has won two World Fantasy Awards and the Lambda, International Horror Guild, and Million Writers Awards. His novel-in-progress is Dust Devil: My Life in Speculative Fiction





Gregory Frost

Gregory Frost latest work is the fantasy duology, Shadowbridge and Lord Tophet His earlier novels include Fitcher’s Brides, a World Fantasy Award and International Horror Guild Award finalist for Best Novel; Tain, Lyrec, and Nebula-nominated sf work The Pure Cold Light. His short story collection, Attack of the Jazz Giants & Other Stories was called by Publishers Weekly “one of the best fantasy collections of the year.”


John Langan

John Langan is the author of the novel House of Windows and the collection of stories Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters. His stories have appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and Poe: 19 New Tales Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe.
Books will be for sale by Bluestockings

Friday July 22 7-9pm

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

I hope I'm not being too much of a pain about this but one more reminder:

Saturday June 11th a reading/signing of Terri Windling and my young adult anthology, Teeth, will be taking place at the Jefferson Market Library in Greenwich Village, NYC. 3-5pm.

***Update on book availability: they won't be sold at the library but Books of Wonder at 18 W 18th street has copies and they're only a few blocks from the library.***

425 Avenue of the Americas (at 10th St.)

Participating are myself, plus contributors:
Steve Berman
Jeffrey Ford
Delia Sherman
Holly Black
Ellen Kushner
Genevieve Valentine

The reading will be taking place in the Children's Room (parts of the library are being repaired)

Saturday June 11th a reading/signing of Terri Windling and my young adult anthology, Teeth, will be taking place at the Jefferson Market Library in Greenwich Village, NYC. 3-5pm. Books probably won't be sold there but hopefully B&N down the block will have copies.

425 Avenue of the Americas (at 10th St.)

Participating are myself, plus contributors:
Steve Berman
Jeffrey Ford
Delia Sherman
Holly Black
Ellen Kushner
Genevieve Valentine

Hope to see you all there.

I haven't posted since December 31st because I've been working on the Best Horror #3, which is due this week. I still have too much to read, re-read, skim. I've made some choices and have more to make. Once I do, I'll be posting the TOC here.

In the meantime, a mind-meld about books people are looking forward to in 2011 can be found here . As you can see, many are hoping to catch up with 2010 or older titles. For me this isn't an option. I've got to start reading for 2011 as soon as I finish up 2010.


I'm pleased to say that Terri and my anthology Teeth has sold to a few foreign publishers (can't say more until the deals are done) and that has sold to Mondadori in Italy.

Tags: best horror of the year #3, foreign sales, reading

We arrived at his room on the 3rd floor and he wasn't there--which was pretty scary, until we found out that he's been moved down to orthopedics, which means he's no longer being monitored specially for his heart.

He was sleeping when we arrived on the second floor and was told he hadn't eaten breakfast. He slept a lot today but I think that's a good thing, considering how active and relatively incoherent he was yesterday. When he was awake he spoke more clearly. He doesn't have the heard leads on his chest any more so we got him untied from the bed, which means he could drink  by himself, wipe his own face with a wet washcloth, and fold his arms across his stomach which is how he prefers to nap.  He had Occuptational therapy once and Physical therapy twice. He sat up on his bed and was able to keep upright by himself. Progress indeed.

Not as grumpy, although he was frustrated when we didn't comprehend his questions...we think he was asking about the mechanic for the second car (the battery died last week and had to be repaired. I'm sure he knows exactly what he's trying to make sure of but we can only get the bits and pieces of what he wants to check on.

He didn't eat much today and we had to leave before his dinner arrived because it was already dark (6:15) and my mom doesn't like driving in the dark. Hopefully he ate more at that meal.

I asked my mom if she was ok with me leaving Wednesday and she says she is. We were hoping to meet with caseworker today to discuss rehab options (we don't know how long my dad will remain in the hospital) but she didn't show up. We'll make sure we get hold of her tomorrow.

In other news (I've  been able to read on and off all day, every day and at night am reading too). I finished going over the galleys of both Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror and Tails of Wonder and Imagination. And continue to read and reread for The Best Horror of the Year, volume two. I've read two anthologies on my e-reader and I believe I can read some more tomorrow although the battery is low and will likely run down in the middle of the day. (good to learn how long it actually lasts without recharging--my playstation charger didn't arrive before I left for Florida).