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The Science Fiction & Fantasy Factory Matthew Kressel Seeds Sci-Fi Optimism in The RainseekersIn this episode of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Factory, host Mookie Spitz sits down with the prolific and acclaimed science fiction author Matthew Kressel to dissect his new novella Rainseekers, a deeply human, quietly radical novella about hope, grief, and collective endurance on a terraformed Mars.Matthew talks candidly about writing against the scifi default dystopia. Set centuries in the future, Rainseekers follows forty-six flawed, damaged, searching people trekking across Mars to witness the first rainfall on the planet in millions of years. Their odyssey forgoes triumphalist sci-fi spectacle for a very human and deeply personal mosaic...

2026-01-211h 23

The Functional Nerds Podcast Episode 668-With Matthew KresselThis week on the podcast, Patrick and Tracy welcome Matthew Kressel, author of SPACE TRUCKER JESS. About SPACE TRUCKER JESS: Jessian Urania Darger is a kick-ass take-no-shit foul-mouthed too-smart-for-her-own-good sixteen-year-old girl with a chip on her shoulder. She and her daddy have been grifting their way across the verse for years. But when her daddy gets arrested for running crypto-credit scams, Jess is forced to get a job on Chadeisson Station as a roachrunner, fixing starships to survive. She dreams of a better life, away from her corrupt daddy, so she’s been saving up to...

2025-07-0151 min

Interviews with Gryftkin Author interview with Matthew Kressel: Who let the demon dogs out?Matt Kressel swings by to discus demon dogs, no-things, and MOKSHA https://www.matthewkressel.net – Matt Kressel https://gryftkin.com - Edward Myers Matt's books: https://amzn.to/3Rz8JKC (affiliate link) Bookstores mentioned. https://www.wordbookstores.com - Wordbooks (Brooklyn, NY) https://www.bookwormomaha.com - The Bookworm (Omaha, NE) https://www.inquiringbooks.com – Inquiring Minds (New Paltz, NY) Other products/books mentioned. https://www.tor.com/2021/07/07/now-we-paint-worlds-matthew-kressel/ - Check out Now We Paint Worlds for free on Tor.com. https://amzn.to/4...

2024-11-171h 02

StarShipSofa StarShipSofa No 741 Matthew KresselMain fiction: "Movie Night" by Matthew KresselMatthew Kressel's many works of short fiction have or will soon appear in Asimov's, Analog, Lightspeed, Clarkesworld, Tor.com/Reactor, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and in many other publications and Year's Best anthologies. His far-future novel Space Trucker Jess (Fairwood Press) is scheduled for late 2025. And his Mars-based science fiction novella The Rainseekers (Tordotcom) will appear in early 2026. Alongside Ellen Datlow, he runs the Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series in Manhattan. And he is the creator of the Moksha submissions system, used by many of the largest fiction publishers today...

2024-09-1842 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from November 8th, with Cadwell Turnbull & Victor ManiboThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on November 8th, 2023, with guests Cadwell Turnbull & Victor Manibo. Hosted by Matthew Kressel and Mercurio D. Rivera, who was subbing for Ellen Datlow. We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here! Cadwell Turnbull Cadwell Turnbull is the award-winning author of The Lesson and No Gods, No Monsters. His short fiction has appeared in The Verge, Lightspeed, Nightmare, Asimov’s Science Fiction and several anthologies, including The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 and The Year’s Best...

2023-11-2149 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Oct 11th, with David D. Levine & Matthew KresselHere’s the audio from the October 11th, 2023 Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading, with guests David D. Levine & Matthew Kressel. We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here! David D. Levine David D. Levine is the author of Andre Norton Nebula Award winning novel Arabella of Mars, sequels Arabella and the Battle of Venus and Arabella the Traitor of Mars, and over fifty SF and fantasy stories, some collected in the award-winning Space Magic. His story “Tk’Tk’Tk” won the Hugo, and he has been shortliste...

2023-10-2444 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Sept 13th, with Benjamin Percy & Josh RountreeThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on September 13, 2023, with guests Benjamin Percy & Josh Rountree. Hosted by Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel. We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here! Benjamin Percy Benjamin Percy is the author of seven novels — including The Sky Vault, published this fall by William Morrow — three story collections, and a book of essays. He writes Wolverine, X-Force, and Ghost Rider for Marvel Comics. He is a member of the WGA and has scripts in development at So...

2023-09-2453 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from April 12th, with Peng Shepherd & Paul ParkHere’s the audio from this month’s Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading with guests Peng Shepherd & Paul Park. Rajan Khanna guest co-hosted for Matt Kressel, who was traveling. Peng Shepherd Peng Shepherd is the nationally bestselling, award-winning author of The Book of M and The Cartographers. Her novels have been named Best Book of 2022 by The Washington Post, Amazon, Elle, and The Verge, Best Book of the Summer by the Today Show and NPR, and Pick of the Month by Good Morning America, as well as optioned for television. She was born an...

2023-04-1945 min

SFF Addicts Ep. 6: Climate Change & Cli-Fi (with Sam J. Miller, Claire North, Matthew Kressel & Premee Mohamed)Join host Adrian M. Gibson and authors Sam J. Miller, Claire North, Matthew Kressel and Premee Mohamed as they discuss climate change and climate fiction. During the panel they explore using climate change in fictional worldbuilding, channeling anxiety through optimism, challenges related with climate change and much more. ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Sam J. Miller is the award winning author of Blackfish City, The Blade Between and numerous short stories. Find Sam on Twitter, Amazon and his personal website. Claire North is the award winning author o...

2021-10-191h 50

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio and Video from Sept 15th, with Ellen Klages and Mari NessHere’s the audio and video from the September 15th, 2021 livestream with guests Ellen Klages and Mari Ness. Rajan Khanna guest hosted for Matthew Kressel.

2021-10-041h 55

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio and Video from May 19th, with Rebecca Roanhorse & Angela SlatterHere’s the audio and video from this month’s Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading, with Rebecca Roanhorse & Angela Slatter.

2021-05-211h 36

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio and Video from April 21st, with Nalo Hopkinson & Bruce McAllisterHere’s the audio and video from the Fantastic Fiction at KGB April 21, 2021 livestream, with guests Nalo Hopkinson & Bruce McAllister.

2021-04-221h 56

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio and Video from March 17th, with Jeffrey Ford & Kaaron WarrenHere’s the audio and video from this month’s Fantastic Fiction at KGB readings and Q&A with Jeffrey Ford & Kaaron Warren.

2021-03-252h 04

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio and Video from Feb 17th, with Kathleen Jennings & Shveta ThakrarHere’s the audio and video from last month’s Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading with Kathleen Jennings and Shveta Thakrar.

2021-03-011h 43

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio and Video from Jan 20th, with Lauren Beukes & Usman T. MalikHere’s the audio and video of the Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading and Q&A, with Lauren Beukes & Usman T. Malik, broadcast live on YouTube on Jan 20, 2021.

2021-02-011h 52

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio and Video from Dec 16th, with Priya Sharma & Justin C. KeyHere’s the audio and video from the December 16th, 2020 YouTube livestream with guests Priya Sharma & Justin C. Key.

2020-12-221h 53

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio and Video from Nov 18th, with William Gibson & Cat RamboHere’s the audio and video from the November 18th Fantastic Fiction at KGB YouTube livestream with William Gibson and Cat Rambo.

2020-12-021h 41

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio and Video from Oct 21st with Joe Hill & Laird BarronHere’s the audio and video from the October 21st, 2020 Fantastic Fiction reading with Joe Hill & Laird Barron, streamed live on YouTube.

2020-10-301h 56

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio and Video from Sept 16th, with Livia Llewellyn & Craig Laurance GidneyHere’s the audio and video from the September 16th, 2020 Fantastic Fiction reading with Livia Llewellyn and Craig Laurance Gidney, streamed live on YouTube.

2020-09-231h 51

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio and Video from Aug 19th, with Elizabeth Hand & Michael LiblingThe following audio and video was recorded live on August 19, 2020 with guests Elizabeth Hand and Michael Libling and broadcast on YouTube.

2020-09-062h 05

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio and Video from July 15th, with Benjamin Rosenbaum & Mike AllenThe following audio and video was recorded live on July 15, 2020 with guests Benjamin Rosenbaum and Mike Allen and broadcast on YouTube.

2020-07-302h 08

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio and Video from June 17th, with N.K. Jemisin & Kenneth SchneyerThe following audio and video was recorded live on June 17, 2020 with guests N.K. Jemisin and Kenneth Schneyer and broadcast on YouTube.

2020-06-232h 12

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio and Video from May 20th, with Leanna Renee Hieber & Ilana C. MyerOur third ever livestream on YouTube of our Fantastic Fiction readings went off without a hitch last night with two great readings from Leanna Renee Hieber & Ilana C. Myer. You can watch the full video below or listen to the mp3 audio-only version. If you wish to support the KGB Bar during this time of closure, you can do so here.

2020-05-211h 53

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio and Video from April 15th, with Michael Cisco & Clay McLeod ChapmanDue to the COVID-19 virus quarantine shutting down NYC, we again held the Fantastic Fiction reading on April 15, 2020 live over YouTube instead of at the KGB Bar. This month’s guests were Michael Cisco & Clay McLeod Chapman. You can watch the YouTube livestream of their readings below. There is also an audio only version attached here or available via your favorite podcast app. If you wish to support the KGB Bar during this time of closure, you can do so here.

2020-04-231h 43

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio and Video from March 18th, with Daniel Braum & Robert LevyDue to the COVID-19 virus quarantine shutting down most of NYC, we held the Fantastic Fiction reading on March 18, 2020 live over YouTube instead of at the KGB Bar, with guests Daniel Braum & Robert Levy. You can watch the YouTube livestream below. There is also an audio only version below this video or available via your favorite podcast application. If you wish to support the KGB Bar during this time of closure, you can do so here.

2020-03-311h 52

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Jan 15th, with Richard Kadrey & Cassandra KhawThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on January 15th, 2020, with guests Richard Kadrey & Cassandra Khaw. Richard Kadrey Richard Kadrey is the New York Times bestselling author of the Sandman Slim dark urban fantasy series. Sandman Slim was included in Amazon’s “100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime,” and is in production as a feature film. Some of Kadrey’s other books include The Grand Dark, The Everything Box, Hollywood Dead, and Butcher Bird. In comics, he’s written for Heavy Metal, Lucifer, and Hellblazer. He’s currently par...

2020-01-301h 13

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Dec 18th, with Paul Tremblay & Nathan BallingrudThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on Dec 18, 2019, with guests Paul Tremblay and Nathan Ballingrud. Only Paul’s audio is included in this recording. Paul Tremblay Paul Tremblay has won the Bram Stoker, British Fantasy, and Massachusetts Book awards and is the author of The Cabin at the End of the World, A Head Full of Ghosts, and most recently the short story collection Growing Things and Other Stories. His essays and short fiction have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Entertainment Weekly online, and numerous year’s-best anthologies. &

2020-01-0328 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Nov 20th with David Mack & Max GladstoneHere’s the audio from November 20th, recorded live at the KGB Bar, with guests David Mack & Max Gladstone. David Mack David Mack is a New York Times bestselling author of over thirty novels of science fiction, fantasy, and adventure. His most recent works are The Midnight Front and The Iron Codex, parts one and two of his Dark Arts trilogy from Tor Books. He currently works as a creative consultant on two upcoming Star Trek television series. & Max Gladstone Max Gladstone is the author of Empress of Forever, th...

2019-12-0151 min

Clarkesworld Magazine Your Future is Pending by Matthew Kressel (audio)This episode features "Your Future is Pending" written by Matthew Kressel. Published in the November 2019 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kressel_11_19 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/join/clarkesworld?

2019-11-0140 min

Clarkesworld Magazine Your Future is Pending by Matthew Kressel (audio)This episode features "Your Future is Pending" written by Matthew Kressel. Published in the November 2019 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kressel_11_19 Support us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/clarkesworld

2019-11-0140 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Oct 16th, with Barbara Krasnoff & Nicole Kornher-StaceThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on October 16, 2019, with guests Barbara Krasnoff & Nicole Kornher-Stace. Barbara Krasnoff Barbara Krasnoff is the author of over 35 short stories, including “Sabbath Wine,” which was a finalist for the Nebula Award, and recently published a mosaic novel titled The History of Soul 2065. She’s also responsible for a series of captioned photos that can be found under the hashtag #TheirBackstories. & Nicole Kornher-Stace Nicole Kornher-Stace is the author of the Norton Award finalist Archivist Wasp and its sequel, Latchkey. Her next novel, F...

2019-10-2245 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Sept 18th, with Sarah Beth Durst & Sarah PinskerThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on September 18, 2019, with guests Sara Beth Durst and Sarah Pinsker. Sarah Beth Durst Sarah Beth Durst is the author of nineteen fantasy books for adults, teens, and kids, including The Queens of Renthia series, Drink Slay Love, and The Girl Who Could Not Dream. She won an ALA Alex Award and a Mythopoeic Fantasy Award and has been a finalist for SFWA’s Andre Norton Award three times. She hopes to one day have her own telepathic dragon. & Sarah Pinsk...

2019-09-261h 03

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Aug 21st, with Paul Witcover & Lara Elena DonnellyThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar with guest readers Paul Witcover & Lara Elena Donnelly. Subbing for Ellen and Matt, who were traveling, were Chandler Klang Smith and Mercurio D. Rivera. Thanks as always to Gordon Linzner for providing the raw audio recording. Paul Witcover Paul Witcover is the author of five novels, most recently The Watchman of Eternity. He has been a finalist for the Nebula, World Fantasy, and Shirley Jackson awards. He hopes one day to win something! & Lara Elena Donnelly Lara Ele...

2019-09-0341 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Jul 17th, with Theodora Goss & Cadwell TurnbullThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on July 17, 2019, with guests Theodora Goss & Cadwell Turnbull. Theodora Goss Theodora Goss is the World Fantasy and Locus Award-winning author of novels, short stories, essays, and poetry. Her most recent collection, Snow White Learns Witchcraft, retells and recasts fairy tales and her forthcoming novel, The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl, will be published in October. She has been a finalist for the Nebula, Crawford, Seiun, and Mythopoeic Awards, as well as on the Tiptree Award Honor List, and her work has been translated into twelve...

2019-07-2250 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from June 19th, with Chuck Wendig & Keith R.A. DeCandidoThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar with guests Chuck Wendig & Keith R.A. DeCandido. Chuck Wendig Chuck Wendig is the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Aftermath, as well as the Miriam Black thrillers, the Atlanta Burns books, Zer0es/Invasive, and Wanderers coming in July 2019. He’s also written comics, games, film, and more. He was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, an alum of the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, and served as the cowriter of the Emmy-nominated digital narrative Collapsus. He is als...

2019-07-0155 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from May 15, with Simon Strantzas and Kai Ashante WilsonThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on May 15, 2019, with readers Simon Strantzas and Kai Ashante Wilson. Simon Strantzas Simon Strantzas is the author of five collections of short fiction, including Nothing is Everything (Undertow Publications, 2018), and is editor of the award-winning Aickman’s Heirs and Year’s Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 3. His fiction has appeared in numerous annual best-of anthologies, in venues such as Nightmare, Postscripts, and Cemetery Dance, and has been nominated for both the British Fantasy and Shirley Jackson awards. He lives with his wife in Toronto, Canada.

2019-05-2243 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from April 17th, with Dale Bailey & Arkady MartineThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on April 17, 2019, with readers Dale Bailey & Arkady Martine. Dale Bailey Dale Bailey is the author of eight books, including In the Night Wood, The End of the End of Everything, and The Subterranean Season. His story “Death and Suffrage” was adapted for Showtime’s Masters of Horror television series. His short fiction has won the Shirley Jackson Award and the International Horror Guild Award and has been nominated for the Nebula and Bram Stoker awards. & Arkady Martine Ar...

2019-04-2556 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from March 20, with Molly Tanzer & Carrie LabenThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on March 20, 2019, with guest readers Molly Tanzer & Carrie Laben. Carrie Laben Carrie Laben is the author of A Hawk in the Woods, coming from Word Horde in March 2019. Her work has appeared in such venues as Apex, The Dark, Indiana Review, Okey-Panky, and Outlook Springs. In 2017 she won the Shirley Jackson Award in Short Fiction for her story “Postcards from Natalie” and Duke University’s Documentary Essay Prize for the essay “The Wrong Place”. In 2015 she was selected for the Anne LaBastille Memorial Writer’s Residency and...

2019-03-2728 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from from Feb 20th, with F. Brett Cox & Peng ShepherdThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB on February 20th, with guests F. Brett Cox & Peng Shepherd. Mercurio D. River subbed for Matt Kressel, who was traveling. F. Brett Cox F. Brett Cox’s debut collection, The End of All Our Exploring: Stories, was published by Fairwood Press in 2018. His fiction, poetry, plays, articles, and reviews have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. With Andy Duncan, he co-edited the anthology Crossroads: Tales of the Southern Literary Fantastic. He is a co-founder of the Shirley Jackson Awards and currently serves as Vice-President of the SJA Bo...

2019-03-0449 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Jan 16th, with Victor LaValle & Julie C. Day The following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on January 16, 2019, with guests Victor LaValle & Julie C. Day. Victor LaValle Victor LaValle is the author of seven works of fiction and one graphic novel. His most recent novel, The Changeling won the World Fantasy Award and the British Fantasy Award for Best Novel and the Dragon Award for Best Horror Novel. His novella, The Ballad of Black Tom, won the Shirley Jackson Award, the British Fantasy Award, the This is Horror Award for Novella of the Year, and was a finalist for the Hugo, N...

2019-02-0845 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Dec 19, with Maria Dahvana Headley & Richard BowesThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on December 19th, with guests Maria Dahvana Headley & Richard Bowes. (Nicole Kornher-Stace could not attend due to an illness). Only Maria’s audio is included in this podcast. Maria Dahvana Headley Maria Dahvana Headley is a New York Times-bestselling author of seven books, most recently The Mere Wife, a contemporary retelling of Beowulf for the McD imprint at Farrar, Straus & Giroux, which will be followed in 2019 by a new translation of Beowulf, for the same publisher. She’s also the author of the young adult...

2019-01-0728 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Nov 21st with Leanna Renee Hieber & Cat RamboThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on November 21, 2018 with guests Leanna Renee Hieber and Cat Rambo. Leanna Renee Hieber Leanna Renee Hieber is an award-winning author, actress and playwright who has written twelve Gothic, ghostly Gaslamp Fantasy novels for Tor and Kensington Books such as the Strangely Beautiful series, The Eterna Files, the Magic Most Foul trilogy and The Spectral City series. Her work has been featured in many notable anthologies and translated into many languages. A veteran of stage and screen, Leanna works as a Manhattan ghost tour guide for Bor...

2018-12-061h 20

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Oct 17th With Lawrence M. Schoen & Tim PrattThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on October 17, 2018, with guests Lawrence M. Schoen & Tim Pratt. Thanks as always to Gordon Linzner for providing the audio. Tim Pratt Tim Pratt has won a Hugo Award for short fiction, and was a finalist for Nebula, World Fantasy, and Philip K. Dick Awards, among others. He is the author of 25 novels and four story collections, and works as a senior editor at Locus magazine. His latest project is the Axiom space opera series, begun with The Wrong Stars in 2017 and continuing this yea...

2018-10-2843 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Sep 19th, with Patrick McGrath & Siobhan CarrollThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on September 19, 2018, with guests Patrick McGrath and Siobhan Carroll. Patrick McGrath Patrick McGrath is the author of nine novels, including Asylum, an international bestseller, and Spider, which David Cronenberg filmed from McGrath’s script. He has also published three collections of short fiction, including most recently Writing Madness. He teaches a writing workshop at The New School and is currently at work on a novel about the Spanish Civil War. His most recent novel is The Wardrobe Mistress. & Siobh...

2018-10-0159 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from August 15th, with Michael Swanwick & Jeffrey FordThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on August 15th. Only Jeffrey Ford’s reading is included in this podcast. Michael Swanwick Michael Swanwick has received the Nebula, Theodore Sturgeon, World Fantasy and Hugo Awards, and has the pleasant distinction of having been nominated for and lost more of these same awards than any other writer. He has written ten novels, over a hundred and fifty short stories, and countless works of flash fiction. His latest novel The Iron Dragon’s Mother, will be published by Tor Books in 2019. ...

2018-08-2925 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from July 18th, with Brooke Bolander & Angus McIntyreThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on July 18th, 2018 with guests Brooke Bolander and Angus McIntyre. Brooke Bolander Brooke Bolander writes weird things of indeterminate genre, most of them leaning rather heavily towards fantasy or general all-around weirdness. She attended the University of Leicester studying History and Archaeology and is an alum of the 2011 Clarion Writers’ Workshop at UCSD. Her stories have been featured in Lightspeed, Tor.com, Strange Horizons, Uncanny, and various other fine purveyors of the fantastic. She has been a repeat finalist for the Nebula, the Hugo, the...

2018-07-241h 09

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from June 20th, with Mary Robinette Kowal & Lawrence C. ConnollyThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on June 20, 2018, with guests Mary Robinette Kowal and Lawrence C. Connolly. Mary Robinette Kowal Mary Robinette Kowal is the author of historical fantasy novels: Ghost Talkers, and The Glamourist Histories series and the forthcoming Lady Astronaut duology. She is also a three time Hugo Award winner and a cast member of the podcast Writing Excuses. Her short fiction appears in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Tor.com, and Asimov’s. Mary, a professional puppeteer, lives in Chicago. Visit her online at maryrobinette...

2018-07-0153 min

Eating the Fantastic Episode 70: Matthew KresselShare BBQ brisket with Matthew Kressel as we discuss the story of his accepted by an editor within an hour and then praised by Joyce Carol Oates, the ways in which famed editor Alice Turner was the catalyst which helped turn him into a writer, why after publishing only short stories for 10 years he eventually published a novel, how comments from his Altered Fluid writing workshop helped make his Nebula-nominated "The Sounds of Old Earth" a better story, why a writing self-help book made him swear off those kinds of self-help books, the secrets to having a happy, heathy...

2018-06-291h 19

Tales to Terrify Tales to Terrify 334 T. R. North Matthew KresselComing UpGood Evening: 00:42T. R. North's Real People (Tales To Terrify original) as read by Joe Sammarco: 03:36Matthew Kressel's The Words That Maketh Murder (Tales To Terrify original) as read by Maurine McLean: 15:15Pleasant Dreams: 49:17Pertinent LinksThe District of Wonders Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/districtofwondersGhost Island @ Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ghostislandcomic/ghost-island-1-3-a-supernatural-horror-series-0T. R. North: https://northonthegulf.wordpress.com/T. R. North @ Twitter: https://twitter.com/northonthegulfMatthew Kressel: https...

2018-06-2251 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from May 16th, with Caroline M. Yoachim & Tina ConnollyHere’s the audio from the May 16th Fantastic Fiction at KGB, with guests Caroline M. Yoachim & Tina Connolly. Tina’s reading is not included in this podcast. Tina Connolly Tina Connolly’s books include the Ironskin trilogy (Tor), the Seriously Wicked series (Tor Teen), and the collection On the Eyeball Floor and Other Stories (Fairwood Press). Her books have been finalists for the Nebula, Norton, and World Fantasy awards. She is one of the co-hosts of Escape Pod, and runs the flash fiction podcast Toasted Cake. Find her at tinaconnolly.com. ...

2018-05-2527 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from April 18th, with Livia Llewellyn & Jon PadgettThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on April 18, 2018, with readers Livia Llewellyn & Jon Padgett. Jon’s reading of “The Yellow House” that evening is not included in this podcast. Livia Llewellyn Livia Llewellyn is a writer of dark fantasy, horror, and erotica, whose short fiction has appeared in over forty anthologies and magazines and has been reprinted in multiple best-of anthologies and two Shirley Jackson Award-nominated collections, Engines of Desire and Furnace. You can find her online at liviallewellyn.com, and on Instagram and Twitter. & ...

2018-05-0838 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from March 21st, with Kelly Robson & Chandler Klang SmithThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on March 21st, 2018, with guests Kelly Robson & Chandler Klang Smith. Kelly Robson Kelly Robson is the author of Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach. Last year, she was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Her novella Waters of Versailles won the 2016 Aurora Award and was a finalist for both the Nebula and World Fantasy Awards. She has also been a finalist for the Theodore Sturgeon Award and the Sunburst Award. Her fiction appears at Tor.c...

2018-04-021h 01

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Feb 21st, with Cassandra Khaw & Peternelle van ArsdaleThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on February 21, 2018, with guests Cassandra Khaw and Peternelle van Arsdale. Mercurio D. Rivera subbed for Matt, who was traveling. Peternelle’s reading is not included in this podcast. Cassandra Khaw Cassandra Khaw is the author of the Persons Non Grata series, the Rupert Wong books, and spends a lot of time worrying about those who buy her backlist because they enjoyed Bearly a Lady, her frothy paranormal rom-com. She writes video games for a living, and won an award for doing so. H...

2018-02-2824 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Jan 17th, with Myke Cole & Joseph HelmreichThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on January 17, 2018, with guests Myke Cole and Joseph Helmreich. Myke read from The Armored Saint and Joseph read from The Return. Myke Cole Myke Cole is the author of the military fantasy Shadow Ops series and its prequel trilogy, the Reawakening series, both from Ace/Roc. His Sacred Throne series is forthcoming from Tor.com in February. His first nonfiction (military history) book, will be out from Osprey in the fall. Myke appeared on CBS’ hit TV show Hunted, as part of a team of el...

2018-01-3048 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from December 20th, with N.K. Jemisin & Christopher BrownThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on December 20th, 2017, with guests Christopher Brown and N.K. Jemisin. Only Christopher’s audio is included in this podcast. N.K. Jemisin N(ora). K. Jemisin is the author of the Broken Earth Trilogy, the Inheritance Trilogy, and the Dreamblood Duology. Her work has been nominated for the Nebula and World Fantasy Award; shortlisted for the Crawford, the Gemmell Morningstar, and the Tiptree; and she won a Locus Award for Best First Novel. In 2016, she became the first black person to win the Best Nov...

2018-01-0221 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from the Mad Hatters and March Hares reading at KGBMad Hatters and March Hares, edited by Ellen Datlow The following audio was recorded live on December 18, 2017 at the KGB Bar as part of the Mad Hatters and March Hares reading*, with guests Richard Bowes, Kris Dikeman, Matthew Kressel, Genevieve Valentine, Ysabeau Wilce, and Katherine Vaz. About the anthology Master anthologist Ellen Datlow presents: Mad Hatters and March Hares: All-New Stories from the World of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland an all-original of weird tales inspired by the strangeness of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Loo...

2017-12-1956 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Nov 15 with Grady Hendrix & David Leo RiceThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on November 15, 2017, with guests Grady Hendrix & David Leo Rice. Rajank Khanna subbed for Ellen Datlow. Grady Hendrix Grady Hendrix has written about the confederate flag for Playboy magazine, covered machine gun collector conventions, written award shows for Chinese television, and answered the phone for a parapsychological research organization. His novel, Horrorstör, about a haunted IKEA, has been translated into 14 languages and he’s also the author of My Best Friend’s Exorcism, now out in paperback. He recently wrote Mohawk, a horror movie about the Wa...

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Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Oct 18th with James Patrick Kelly & Jennifer Marie BrissettThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB bar on October 18, 2017, with guests James Patrick Kelly & Jennifer Marie Brissett. Thanks as always to Gordon Linzner for providing the audio recording. James Patrick Kelly James Patrick Kelly has won the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards. His most recent publications are the novel Mother Go, an audiobook original from Audible and the career retrospective Masters of Science Fiction: James Patrick Kelly from Centipede Press. Forthcoming in November are the premier of his stage play Grouped, at the Paragon Science Fiction Play Festival in Chicago an...

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Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Sept 20th with Katherine Vaz & Chris SharpThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on September 20, 2017, with readers Katherine Vaz & Chris Sharp. Mercurio D. Rivera subbed for Matt Kressel. Katherine Vaz Katherine Vaz is best known for her fictional chronicling of the stories of the Portuguese in America, often with a magical-realism twist. Her novels include Saudade, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, and Mariana, selected by the Library of Congress as one of the Top Thirty International Books of 1998. Her collections Fado & Other Stories and Our Lady of the Artichokes & Other Portuguese-American Stories have won, respectively, a...

2017-10-0253 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Aug 16th with Gregory Frost & Rajan KhannaThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on August 16th, 2017 with guests Gregory Frost & Rajan Khanna. Gregory Frost Gregory Frost is the author of Shadowbridge, Lord Tophet, Fitcher’s Brides, and The Pure Cold Light and a whole mess of short stories of the fantastic. His collaboration with Michael Swanwick, “Lock Up Your Chickens and Daughters, H’ard and Andy Are Come to Town” won an Asimov’s Readers’ Award for 2015. That worked out so well that he and M. Swanwick are currently engaged in writing another collaboration. Greg is the Fiction Workshop Dire...

2017-09-0554 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from July 19th, with Karen Heuler & Genevieve ValentineThe following audio was recorded live on July 19th, 2017, with guests Karen Heuler and Genevieve Valentine. In this audio we also thank our Gold Supporters from our recent Kickstarter. Karen Heuler Karen Heuler’s stories have appeared in over 100 literary and speculative magazines and anthologies, from Conjunctions to Clarkesworld to Weird Tales, as well as a number of Best Of anthologies. She has received an O. Henry award, been a finalist for the Iowa short fiction award, the Bellwether award, the Shirley Jackson award for short fiction (twice), and a bunch of other near...

2017-07-2657 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from June 21st with Catherynne M. Valente & Sunny MoraineThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on June 21, 2017, with guests Catherynne M. Valente and Sunny Moraine. Catherynne M. Valente Catherynne M. Valente is the New York Times bestselling author of over 30 books of fiction and poetry, including Palimpsest, the Orphan’s Tales series, Deathless, Radiance, The Refrigerator Monologues, and the crowdfunded phenomenon The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Own Making (and the four books that followed it). She is the winner of the Andre Norton, Tiptree, Prix Imaginales, Eugie Foster Memorial, Mythopoeic, Rhysling, Lambda, Locus, Romantic Times and...

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Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from May 17th, with E.C. Myers & Sam J. MillerThe following audio was recorded live on May 17, 2017 with guests E.C. Myers & Sam J. Miller. E.C. Myers E.C. Myers was assembled in the U.S. from Korean and German parts and raised by a single mother and a public library in Yonkers, New York. He has published four novels, and short stories in various magazines and anthologies, including Space & Time Magazine, Hidden Youth: Speculative Stories of Marginalized Children, and Kaleidoscope: Diverse YA Science Fiction and Fantasy. His first novel, Fair Coin, won the 2012 Andre Norton Award for Young Adult SF and Fantasy, a...

2017-05-2649 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from April 19th with Laura Anne Gilman & Seth DickinsonThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on April 19th, 2017 with guests Laura Anne Gilman & Seth Dickinson. Laura’s audio is not included in this podcast. Laura Anne Gilman Laura Anne Gilman is the author of the best-selling Devil’s West novels (Silver on the Road and The Cold Eye) which NPR described as “a true American myth being found,” the Nebula-nominated Vineart War trilogy, and the story collection Darkly Human. Her writing past encompasses a ten-book urban fantasy series, a quartet of cozy mysteries, three paranormal romances, and a middle-grade Arthurian adventur...

2017-05-0327 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from March 15, with Nova Ren Suma & Kiini Ibura SalaamThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar with guests Nova Ren Suma & Kiini Ibura Salaam. Nova Ren Suma Nova Ren Suma is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Walls Around Us, which was a finalist for an Edgar Award and was named a Best Book of 2015 by The Boston Globe, NPR, School Library Journal, and The Horn Book. She also wrote the surreal and strange YA novels Imaginary Girls and 17 & Gone. Her short story “The Birds of Azalea Street” was reprinted in The Year’s Best YA Science Fiction and Fantasy...

2017-03-2151 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Feb 15th with Michael Cisco & Nicholas KaufmannThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on February 15, 2017 with guests Michael Cisco & Nicholas Kaufmann. Michael Cisco Michael Cisco is the author of several novels, including The Divinity Student, The Narrator, The Great Lover, Animal Money, The Wretch of the Sun, and a short story collection, Secret Hours. His fiction has appeared in The Weird, Lovecraft Unbound, and Black Wings (among others). His scholarly work has appeared in Lovecraft Studies, The Weird Fiction Review, Iranian Studies, and Lovecraft and Influence. He lives and teaches in New York City. & Nicholas Kauf...

2017-02-2451 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Jan 18th with Holly Black & Fran WildeThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on January 18, 2017 with guests Holly Black & Fran Wilde. Holly Black Holly Black is a writer of bestselling contemporary dark fantasy. Some of her titles include The Spiderwick Chronicles (with Tony DiTerlizzi), The Modern Faerie Tale series, the Curse Workers series, Doll Bones, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, the Magisterium series (with Cassandra Clare) and The Darkest Part of the Forest. She has been a a finalist for an Eisner Award, and the recipient of the Andre Norton Award, the Mythopoeic Award and a Newbery Honor.

2017-01-2745 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Dec 21st with Livia Llewellyn & Sarah PinskerThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on December 21st, 2016, with guests Livia Llewellyn & Sarah Pinsker. Livia Llewellyn Livia Llewellyn is a writer of dark fantasy, horror, and erotica, whose short fiction has appeared in over forty anthologies and magazines and has been reprinted in multiple best-of anthologies, including The Best Horror of the Year series, Years Best Weird Fiction, and The Mammoth Book of Best Erotica. Her first collection, Engines of Desire: Tales of Love & Other Horrors received two Shirley Jackson Award nominations, for Best Collection, and for Best Novelette (for “Omph...

2017-01-0454 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Nov 16th, with John Langan & Matthew KresselThe following audio was recorded on November 16, 2016 at the KGB Bar with guests John Langan & Matthew Kressel. Matthew Kressel’s audio is not included in this podcast. John Langan John Langan is author of two novels, The Fisherman and House of Windows. He’s also published two collections, The Wide Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies and Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters. With Paul Tremblay, he co-edited Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters. He is one of the founders of the Shirley Jackson Awards and he currently reviews horror and dark fantasy for Locus magazine. Ne...

2016-12-0122 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Oct 19th with Jack Ketchum & Caitlín R. KiernanThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on October 19, 2016 with guests Jack Ketchum & Caitlín R. Kiernan. Only Jack Ketchum’s audio is included in this podcast. Jack Ketchum Jack Ketchum is the author of thirty books — novels, novellas, collections, nonfiction and poetry — his most recent being the novel The Secret Life of Souls, written with director Lucky McKee, and the collection Gorilla in My Room, both due out this winter. Five of his novels have been filmed: The Lost, Red, The Girl Next Door, Offspring, and The Woman, the latter al...

2016-10-2452 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Sept 1st with Laird Barron & Alyssa WongThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on September 21st, 2016 with guests Laird Barron and Alyssa Wong. Alyssa’s audio is not included on this podcast. Laird Barron Laird Barron spent his early years in Alaska, where he raced the Iditarod three times during the early 1990s and worked in the fishing and construction industries. He is the author of several books, including X’s for Eyes, The Imago Sequence, The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All, and the forthcoming Swift to Chase. His work has also appeared in many magazines and antho...

2016-09-2835 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from August 17th, with Leanna Renee Hieber & Theodora GossThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on August 17, 2016, with guests Leanna Renee Hieber and Theodora Goss. Only Leanna’s audio is included with this podcast. Leanna Renee Hieber Leanna Renee Hieber, a classically trained actress, has written nine Gothic Victorian Historical Fantasy novels for adults and teens. Her Strangely Beautiful saga hit Barnes & Noble and Borders Bestseller lists, won genre awards, and has been recently reissued in a new, revised edition from Tor. Her Gaslamp Fantasy series The Eterna Files and it’s sequel, Eterna & Omega is now available. She has been...

2016-09-0232 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from July 20th with David Levine & Helen MarshallThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on July 20th, 2016, with guests David Levine and Helen Marshall. Only David’s reading is included in this podcast. David Levine David D. Levine is the author of the novel Arabella of Mars and over fifty SF and fantasy stories. His story “Tk’Tk’Tk” won the Hugo, and he has been shortlisted for awards including the Hugo, Nebula, Campbell, and Sturgeon. His stories have appeared in Asimov’s, Analog, F&SF, Tor.com, numerous Year’s Best anthologies, and his award-winning collection Space Magic. & ...

2016-07-2722 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from June 15th with Marc Laidlaw & Daniel BraumThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar with guests Marc Laidlaw and Daniel Braum on June 15, 2016. Marc Laidlaw Marc Laidlaw is the author of five novels, including Dad’s Nuke and The 37th Mandala, the latter of which won the International Horror Guild Award. He has been publishing short stories since 1977, appearing in most major genre venues, including Omni and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. From 1997 to 2016, he was a lead writer at Valve Software, where he helped create the blockbuster videogame series Half-Life and Dota 2. His latest book is a nov...

2016-06-2354 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from May 18th with Victor LaValle & Damien Angelica WaltersThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar with guest authors Victor LaValle and Damien Angelica Walters on May 18th, 2016. Victor LaValle Victor LaValle is the author of three novels, a collection of stories and two novellas. His most recent novella The Ballad of Black Tom was recently published by Tor. He has won the Shirley Jackson Award and an American Book Award among other awards for his novel Big Machine. He teaches at Columbia University. & Damien Angelica Walters Damien Angelica Walters is the author of Paper Tigers, r...

2016-05-2546 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from April 20th with Elizabeth Bear & Scott LynchThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on April 20, 2016, with guests Elizabeth Bear & Scott Lynch. Scott Lynch’s reading is not included in this recording. Elizabeth Bear Elizabeth Bear was born on the same day as Frodo and Bilbo Baggins, but in a different year. She is the Hugo, Sturgeon, Locus, and Campbell Award winning author of 27 novels (The most recent is Karen Memory, a Weird West adventure from Tor) and over a hundred short stories. & Scott Lynch Scott Lynch was born in Minnesota in 1978. He has bee...

2016-04-2623 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from March 16th with Rio Youers & David NickleThe following audio was recorded live on March 16, 2016 at the KGB Bar with guest readers Rio Youers and David Nickle. Mercurio D. Rivera subbed for Ellen Datlow. Rio Youers Rio Youers is the British Fantasy Award–nominated author of End Times and Point Hollow. His short fiction has been published in many notable anthologies, and his novel, Westlake Soul, was nominated for Canada’s prestigious Sunburst Award. His latest novel, Remember Me, will be released by MacMillan/Thomas Dunne Books in early 2017. Rio lives in southwestern Ontario with his wife, Emily, and their children, Lily and...

2016-03-251h 07

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Feb 17th with Gemma Files & Carola DibbellThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on February 17th, 2016 with guests Gemma Files and Carola Dibbell. Gemma Files Born in England and raised in Toronto, Canada, Gemma Files has been a film critic, teacher, and screenwriter. Probably best known for her weird Western Hexslinger series (A Book of Tongues, A Rope of Thorns, and A Tree of Bones), she has also published two short fiction collections, two speculative poetry chapbooks and a story-cycle (We Will All Go Down Together: Stories of the Five-Family Coven). Five of her stories were adapted as...

2016-02-2554 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Jan 20th with Delia Sherman & Ilana C. MyerThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on January 20th, 2016, with guests Delia Sherman and Ilana C. Myer. Delia Sherman Delia Sherman’s writing habit has been the cause of numerous short stories and novels, the most recent of which is the Norton Award-winning The Freedom Maze. Her next middle grade novel, The Evil Wizard Smallbone, will be published by Candlewick Press in November 2016. Her novella “The Great Detective” will be coming out from Tor.com early next year. She is also working on the Serial Box serial Fierce Artifice about the women of the...

2016-01-2745 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Dec 16th with Sarah McCarry & C.S.E. CooneyThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar with guests Sarah McCarry & C.S.E. Cooney on December 16, 2015. Due to a technical glitch, C.S.E. Cooney’s intro and the first minute of her reading were lost. We are sorry for this! Sarah McCarry Sarah McCarry is the author of the novels All Our Pretty Songs, Dirty Wings, and About A Girl, and the editor and publisher of the chapbook series Guillotine. Her work has been nominated for the Norton Award and shortlisted for the Tiptree award, and she is the recipient of a...

2016-01-0145 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Nov 18th with Kathe Koja & Robert LevyThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on November 18th, 2015 with guests Kathe Koja & Robert Levy Kathe Koja Kathe Koja’s 16 books include the Under the Poppy trilogy – Under the Poppy, The Mercury Waltz, and The Bastards’ Paradise – as well as The Cipher, Skin, and Kink; her young adult books include Buddha Boy, Talk, and Going Under. Her work has won multiple awards, and has been optioned for film and performance. She creates immersive performance events with her ensemble, nerve; Dracula is upcoming in January 2016. & Robert Levy Robert Le...

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Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Oct 21 with Nathan Ballingrud & Fran WildeThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on October 21, 2015 with guests Nathan Ballingrud & Fran Wilde. Nathan Ballingrud Nathan Ballingrud is a two-time winner of the Shirley Jackson Award, most recently for his short story collection North American Lake Monsters. The collection was also shortlisted for the World Fantasy, British Fantasy, and Bram Stoker Awards. His stories have appeared in multiple year’s best volumes, including the current editions of The Best Horror of the Year, Best New Horror,Year’s Best Weird Fiction, and the inaugural Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy of t...

2015-10-2751 min

Far Fetched Fables Far Fetched Fables No. 77 Matthew KresselThis month’s cover art is Plains of a Different World by Leon Tukker. For more of his work, visit www.artstation.com/artist/leontukker or tryingtofly.deviantart.com/ Novel excerpt: “King of Shards” by Matthew Kressel The demon had saved Daniel, but the fool didn’t know it yet. They fell. They fell. No matter existed in this place before places, not a single atom in this void of voids. If he had a mouth to scream, t...

2015-10-1300 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Sept 16th with Tom Monteleone & Lawrence C. ConnollyThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on September 16, 2015, with guests Tom Monteleone & Lawrence C. Connolly. Tom Monteleone Tom Monteleone sold his first short story in 1972. Since then, there have been more than a hundred others in magazines and anthologies. He’s written 30 novels including the NY Times bestseller The Blood of the Lamb; edited the award-winning Borderlands anthology series; won the Bram Stoker Award 4 times in 4 different categories; founded and helms the Borderlands Press Writers Boot Camp; loves to read his work to people like you. Despite being dragged kicking and sc...

2015-09-221h 04

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Aug 19th with N.K. Jemisin & A.C. WiseThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on August 19, 2015 with guests N.K. Jemisin and A.C. Wise, with guest host Mercurio D. Rivera subbing for Matt Kressel. N.K. Jemisin N. K. Jemisin is a Brooklyn author whose short fiction and novels have been multiply nominated for the Hugo and Nebula awards, shortlisted for the Crawford and the Tiptree. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms won the Locus Award for Best First Novel. Her speculative works range from fantasy to science fiction to the undefinable; her themes include resistance to oppression, the inseverability o...

2015-08-271h 03

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from July 15, with Jeffrey Ford & David EdisonThe following audio was recorded live, July 15, 2015 at the KGB Bar with guests Jeffrey Ford and David Edison. Jeffrey Ford’s reading is not included in this podcast. FANTASTIC FICTION at KGB reading series, hosts Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel present: 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, The Shadow Year, and The Cosmology of the Wider World. His story collections are The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant, The Empire of Ice Cream, The Drowned Life, and Crackpot Palace...

2015-07-2325 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from June 17th with Dale Bailey & Simon StrantzasThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on June 17th, 2015 with guests Dale Bailey & Simon Strantzas. Matthew Kressel was traveling, so Kristine Dikeman co-hosted in his place. Dale Bailey Dale Bailey’s new collection, The End of the End of Everything, came out in the spring. A novel, The Subterranean Season, will follow this fall. He has published three previous novels, The Fallen, House of Bones, and Sleeping Policemen (with Jack Slay, Jr.), and one previous collection of short fiction, The Resurrection Man’s Legacy and Other Stories. His work has been a final...

2015-06-2352 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from May 20th with Wesley Chu & Nicole Kornher-StaceThe following audio was recorded live on May 20, 2015 at the KGB Bar with guests Wesley Chu & Nicole Kornher-Stace. Thanks as always to Gordon Linzner for the audio recording and Rajan Khanna for the introductions. Wesley Chu Wesley Chu is the author of five novels and a 2015 nominee for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His debut, The Lives of Tao, won the Young Adult Library Services Alex Award and was a finalist for the Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Science Fiction. His next series, Time Salvager, published by Tor books, is scheduled...

2015-05-2354 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from April 15th, with James Morrow & Ken LiuThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on April 15, 2015, with guests James Morrow and Ken Liu. As always, thanks to Gordon Linzner and Rajan Khanna for the production of this recording. James Morrow James Morrow, who according to the New York Times, is “a wildly imaginative and generous novelist who plays hilarious games with grand ideas.” His latest effort, Galápagos Regained, follows in this brainteasing tradition, as did its predecessors, The Last Witchfinder and The Philosopher’s Apprentice. A two-time recipient of both the World Fantasy and Nebula awards, Morrow is presentl...

2015-04-2357 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from March 18th with Caitlín R. Kiernan & Lisa MannettiThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on March 18, 2015 with guests Caitlín R. Kiernan and Lisa Mannetti. Caitlín R. Kiernan Caitlín R. Kiernan was recently described by the New York Times as “one of our essential writers of dark fiction,” and is a two-time recipient of both the World Fantasy and Bram Stoker awards. Her novels include The Red Tree and The Drowning Girl: A Memoir, and her short fiction has, to date, been collected in twelve volumes, including Tales of Pain and Wonder, The Ammonite Violin & Others, and The Ape’...

2015-03-3050 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Feb 18th, with Ben Loory & Mike AllenThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on February 18, 2015, with guests Ben Loory and Mike Allen. Ben Loory Ben is the author of the collection Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day, and a picture book for children, The Baseball Player and the Walrus His fables and tales have been heard on the radio on NPR’s This American Life and Selected Shorts, performed by WordTheatre in London and Los Angeles, and published in The New Yorker, Fairy Tale Review, Weekly Reader’s READ Magazine, and more. He lives in Los Ange...

2015-02-2656 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Jan 21st with Gregory Frost & Andy DuncanThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on January 21, 2015, with guests Gregory Frost and Andy Duncan Gregory Frost Gregory is the author of eight novels (including Shadowbridge, Lord Tophet, Fitcher’s Brides) and over fifty short stories of the fantastic. His novelette “No Others are Genuine” was a 2014 “Long Fiction” finalist for the Bram Stoker Award. His most recent stories are in Out of Tune, an anthology of ballad-stories, edited by Jonathan Maberry; and in Jet-Pack Adventures, commemorating the work of the late Dave Stevens (Rocketeer) By now he may finally have finished h...

2015-01-301h 01

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Dec 17th with Steven Gould & Rajan KhannaThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar, December 17th, 2014, with guests Steven Gould & Rajan Khanna. Steven Gould Steven is the author of 10 science fiction novels including Jumper, source material for the 2008 movie of the same name. His fiction has been a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, Compton Crook, Locus, and Prometheus awards and the recipient of the Hal Clement award for YA SF. His latest novel is Exo, fourth book in the Jumper series. & Rajan Khanna Rajan’s first novel, Falling Sky, was released in October. His sh...

2014-12-221h 02

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Nov 19th with Nancy Kress & Jack SkillingsteadThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on November 19, 2014, with guests Nancy Kress & Jack Skillingstead. Nancy Kress Nancy Kress is the author of thirty-three books, including twenty-six novels, four collections of short stories, and three books on writing. Her work has won five Nebulas, two Hugos, a Sturgeon, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. Nancy’s most recent work is Yesterday’s Kin, about genetic inheritance. In addition to writing, Kress often teaches at various venues around the country and abroad; in 2008 she was the Picador visiting lecturer at the University of L...

2014-11-3047 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Oct 15th with Genevieve Valentine & E. Lily YuThe following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar in Manhattan on October 15th, 2014, with guests Genevieve Valentine & E. Lily Yu. Due to an unfortunate technical glitch, Genevieve’s reading was not recorded. We apologize for this error. Genevieve Valentine Genevieve Valentine’s first novel, Mechanique, won the 2012 Crawford Award. Her second, The Girls at the Kingfisher Club, has recently been published. Her short fiction has been published in various magazines, webzines, and anthologies. Her nonfiction has been published at AV Club, NPR.org, and L.A. Review of Books. & E. Lily...

2014-10-2225 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from Sept 17th with Mary Robinette Kowal & Leanne Renee HieberThe following audio was recorded on September 17, 2014 with guests Mary Robinette Kowal & Leanna Renee Hieber. Mary Robinette Kowal won the Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2003 and is the author of Shades of Milk and Honey, Glamour in Glass, and Valour and Vanity. Her short fiction, for which she has won two Hugo Awards, has been published in Clarkesworld, Cosmos, Asimov’s Science Fiction, and several year’s Best anthologies, as well as in her collection Scenting the Dark and Other Stories. Mary is also a professional puppeteer and voice actor. & Leanna Renee Hieber is a professional stag...

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Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from August 20th, with Karen Heuler & Veronica SchanoesThe following audio was recorded on August 20th, 2014 at the KGB Bar in Manhattan with guests Karen Heuler and Veronica Schanoes. Mercurio D. Rivera guest hosted, subbing for Matthew Kressel. Karen Heuler’s stories and novels have won an O. Henry award, been short-listed for the Bellwether, Shirley Jackson, Iowa short fiction award, and others. Her latest novel, Glorious Plague, was published in April. & Veronica Schanoes‘s work has been finalists for the Nebula and the World Fantasy Award and she recently won the Shirley Jackson award for her novella “Burning Girls.” Her first book, an academic monograph on femin...

2014-09-1058 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from July 16th, with Victor LaValle & Sofia SamatarThe following audio was recorded on July 16th, 2014 at the KGB Bar in Manhattan with guests Victor LaValle and Sofia Samatar. Victor LaValle is the author of four books including Big Machine and The Devil in Silver. He has been a winner of a Shirley Jackson Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship among other awards. He wrote the foreword to the Penguin reissue of Shirley Jackson’s The Sundial. He lives in Washington Heights with his family. & Sofia Samatar is the author of the 2014 Crawford Award-winning novel A Stranger in Olondria, and is currently working on its sequel, The Wi...

2014-09-1048 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from June 18th, with Paul Witcover & Eileen GunnThe following audio was recorded on June 18th, 2014 at the KGB Bar in Manhattan with guests Paul Witcover and Eileen Gunn. Paul Witcover, whose fiction has been a finalist for the Nebula, World Fantasy, and Shirley Jackson Award, and short-listed for the James Tiptree award. His most recent novel is The Emperor of All Things. Forthcoming is its sequel, Eternity in Love. He lives in Brooklyn. & Eileen Gunn is a short-story writer and editor. Questionable Practices, her most recent collection, was published in March. Her fiction has received the Nebula Award in the US and the Sense of...

2014-09-1049 min

Fantastic Fiction at KGB Audio from May 15th, with Laird Barron & Paul TremblayThe following audio was recorded on May 15th, 2014 at the KGB Bar in Manhattan with guests Laird Barron and Paul Tremblay. Laird Barron is the author of several books, including The Croning, Occultation, and The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All. His work has also appeared in many magazines and anthologies, including Fearful Symmetries and Lovecraft Unbound. An expatriate Alaskan, Barron currently resides in Upstate New York & Paul Tremblay is the author of five novels including The Little Sleep, Floating Boy, and The Girl Who Couldn’t Fly (YA with Stephen Graham Jones, forthcoming October 2014), and A Head Fu...

2014-09-1050 min