Oz Fontecchio writes to remind us that tonight (Friday 24 October)’s Philadelphia Fantastic Authors and Editors Series reading will be a double, with authors Greg Frost and Judy Moffett reading from their latest releases at 7:30PM. As always, the place is Robins Bookstore, 108 S. 13th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (at the corner of 13th and Sansom Streets). And as usual, the store will webcast the event on their web site, with signings of both novels immediately following the readings.
Gregory Frost will be reading from his latest release, Lord Tophet, the continuation of the story begun in Shadowbridge. He has been writing stories of fantasy, horror, and science fiction for twenty-five years. His story, “How Meersh the Bedeviler Lost His Toes”, was a finalist for the 1998 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for Best Short Science Fiction. His books include The Pure Cold Light, a 1994 Nebula Award Semi-Finalist, and Fitcher’s Brides, a 2003 International Horror Guild Award Finalist. His shorter work has appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Whispers, Realms of Fantasy, and in anthologies such as Snow White, Blood Red and Black Swan, White Raven, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling and Intersections: The Sycamore Hill Anthology, edited by John Kessel & Richard Butner.
Judith Moffett is an American science fiction writer, poet and, academic who will be reading from her latest novel, The Bird Shaman. She first wrote poetry and works about poets, like her 1984 book about James Merrill. She still writes for organizations like the Academy of American Poets. She did not write science fiction until 1986, but gained almost immediate attention by winning the first Theodore Sturgeon Award in 1987. Her first novel, Pennterra (1987), further enhanced her reputation. It is noted both for its treatment of alien sexuality and as an example of Quakers in science fiction. In the following year, she won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Science Fiction Writer. In 1989, her novella “Tiny Tango” was nominated for both the Nebula and the Hugo Awards, and her novelette “The Hob” was a finalist for the Nebula Award. Her 1992 novel, Time, Like an Ever-Rolling Stream was a New York Times Notable Book and was shortlisted for the James Tiptree Jr. Award.
Upcoming readers include Kyle Cassidy (5 December) and Mark Wolverton (January 2009).
And, with a little more lead time, Ellen Datlow reminds us of the next Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading, on 19 November. Caitlín R. Kiernan and Benjamin Parzybok will be reading.
Kiernan is the author of seven novels, and her short fiction has been collected in Tales of Pain and Wonder, From Weird and Distant Shores, Alabaster, To Charles Fort, With Love, and the forthcoming A is for Alien. Her most recent novel is Daughter of Hounds.
Parzybok’s debut novel, Couch, was recently published. His short stories have been published in Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet and Eleven Eleven. He created a journal published through gumball machines (Gumball Poetry) and a city-wide mystery/treasure hunt (Black Magic Insurance Agency).
These readings start at 7PM at KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street (just off 2nd Ave, upstairs) in Manhattan, New York. For more information, see kgbfantasticfiction.org.
Datlow has also posted pictures of the last reading, celebrating Weird Tales‘s 85th anniversary, here.