Semper Paratus! NYRSF Readings’ U.S. Coast Guard Special Mission
Two Coast Guardsmen and another fantasy writer walk into a digital art gallery...
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Author Archives: Mark Blackman
Kelly Night at the KGB Bar
Missing men and exported ghosts feature in an evening of readings by James Patrick Kelly and Kelly Link...
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Subversive Reading
Authority—many different types of authority—are subverted in this hit-and-miss anthology of mostly short stories...
Read more [...] NYRSF Readings Promote Subversion
Subversion and reversing it was the theme of the night as Barbara Krasnoff, Kay T. Holt, and Daniel José Older read from anthology Subversion: Science Fiction & Fantasy Tales of Challenging the Norm...
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NYRSF Readings’ Family Night again features Ellen Kushner & Delia Sherman
The fourth installment of the NYRSF Readings Series' Family Night once again featured a family and Yuletide tales...
Read more [...] Not First Contact: At NYRSF Readings, a Tribute to Murray Leinster
Michael Swanwick, Marianne Porter, David G. Hartwell, and Billee Stallings entertained and enlightened a full house audience on the life and works of Murray Leinster...
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NYRSF Pre-Halloween Readings Feature Vampire Empire’s Griffiths
An evening of vampire readings includes a discussion of the evolution of vampires, along with nearly obligatory New York bloodsucker jokes...
Read more [...] NYRSF Reading Series Opens New Season Featuring Uncanny Authors Chris Claremont and Louise Simonson
Comics legends Chris Claremont and Louise Simonson shared pieces of their new novels, and discussed the industry and their places within it...
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Fan/writer/magazine creator Bill Kunkel dies
Bill Kunkel (1950-2011) was a writer, co-founder of Electronic Games, a game designer, comic-book writer, and cartoonist...
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NYRSF Readings Close Out Second 20th Season with Gilman & DeCandido
Two wonderful readings and an unexpected, unscripted stand-up routine by Laura Anne Gilman and Keith R.A. DeCandido ring down the curtain on the second 20th anniversary of the NYRSF Readings Series...
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Packing Heat: Supernatural Noir Tales at KGB Bar
A non-standard fantastical reading at KGB Bar features four contributors to Ellen Datlow's newest anthology, Supernatural Noir, reading their dark fiction...
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Better Here Than Philadelphia: NYRSF Readings Present Philly Authors Swanwick and Frost
Gregory Frost and Michael Swanwick read individually, and shared a story, to an over-capacity audience...
Read more [...] More Than Sturgeon: At NYRSF Readings, a Tribute to Theodore Sturgeon
An evening celebrating Theodore Sturgeon brought out his daughter, Samuel R. Delany, and N.K. Jemisin, to read and discuss his works and impact...
Read more [...] At NYRSF Readings, a 90th Birthday Celebration for Carol Emshwiller
The NYRSF Readings Series celebrated the 90th birthday of Carol Emshwiller with a reading, interview, memories, and cakes...
Read more [...] NYRSF Readings Feature Brooklyn Authors
Brooklyn fantasists (and tech writers) Lev Grossman and Barbara Krasnoff offered entertaining and at times disturbing readings...
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