Fantastic Fiction at KGB

Mar 22 2025 131 ep. 60 mins 137

Podcast recordings from the Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, hosted by Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel, and held on the third Wednesday of every month. Some of our past readers include Joyce Carol Oates, Lucius Shepard, Jeffrey Ford, Scott Westerfeld, Kelly Link, China Miéville, Nancy Kress, Jack McDevitt, Stewart O.Nan, James Patrick Kelly, Barry N. Marlzberg, Samuel (Chip) Delany, Holly Black, Michael Swanwick, Kit Reed, Peter Straub, Andy Duncan, Richard Bowes, Catherynne Valente, Ellen Kushner, Jeff VanderMeer, Naomi Novik, Elizabeth Bear and many other talented authors.

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Audio from March 12, with Jedediah Berry & Victoria Dalpe

Mar 22 2025 43 mins

The following audio was recorded on March 12th, 2025, with guests Jedediah Berry & Victoria Dalpe. We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here! Jedediah Berry Jedediah Berry’s latest novel, The Naming Song, was described in a starred Library Journal review as “a wonderfully odd ode to language, stor

Audio from Feb 12th with Clay McLeod Chapman & Rebecca Fraimow

Mar 01 2025 45 mins

Here’s the audio from the Feb 12, 2025 Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading with guests Clay McLeod Chapman & Rebecca Fraimow. Both authors read from their forthcoming novels to an enthusiastic crowd.* * The audio is slightly overmodulated at the beginning. We aim to improve this next time. We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here!�

Audio from Jan 8th with Jacob Weisman & Ben Berman Ghan

Jan 26 2025 57 mins

Here’s the audio from this month’s Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series with Jacob Weisman & Ben Berman Ghan, January 8th, 2025. Both authors read from their work to a good crowd despite the freezing weather outside. We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here! Jacob Weisman Jacob Weisman is the

Audio from Dec 11th, with Sarah Pinsker & Yume Kitasei

Dec 18 2024 42 mins

Here’s the audio from this month’s Fantastic Fiction at KGB, with guests Sarah Pinsker & Yume Kitasei. Both authors read from their work to a good crowd, despite the pouring rain! We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here! Sarah Pinsker A starred Booklist review called Sarah Pinsker’s lates

Audio from Nov 13th, with James Patrick Kelly & Teel James Glenn

Nov 25 2024 51 mins

Here’s the audio from the November 13t, 2024 Fantastic Fiction at KGB readings with James Patrick Kelly & Teel James Glenn. James Patrick Kelly read from his forthcoming novella which will be in the Jan/Feb Asimov’s and Teel James Glenn read from his just published novel Not Born of Woman to a full, enthusiastic house. We need your help to stay funded! Support the readi

Audio from Oct 9th, with Sarah Langan & David Leo Rice

Oct 16 2024 58 mins

Here;s the audio from the Oct 9th, 2024 Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading with guests Sarah Langan and David Leo Rice. We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here! Sarah Langan Sarah Langan’s most recent novels are A Better World, which the Los Angeles Times calls: “A high-water mark in the career of a no

Audio from Sept 11th, with Alaya Dawn Johnson & Sarah Beth Durst

Oct 01 2024 50 mins

Here is the audio from September’s Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, recorded live at the KGB Bar on Sept 11th, 2024, with guests Alaya Dawn Johnson & Sarah Beth Durst. We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here! Alaya Dawn Johnson Alaya Dawn Johnson is the author of Trouble the Saints, winner of t

Audio from Aug 14th, with Christopher Rowe & James Chambers

Aug 20 2024 55 mins

Here’s the audio from the August 14, 2024 Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, with guests Christopher Rowe & James Chambers and guest co-host Mercurio D. Rivera. We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here! Christopher Rowe Christopher Rowe was born in Kentucky and lives there still. Neither of these fac

Audio from July 10th, with Nat Cassidy & A.T. Sayre

Jul 25 2024 48 mins

Here’s the audio from the July 10, 2024 Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, with guests Nat Cassidy & A.T. Sayre. Hot night, hot crowd, hot readings! We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here! Nat Cassidy Nat Cassidy’s horror novels Mary and Nestlings were featured on best-of lists from Esquire, Harp

Audio from June 12th, with Grady Hendrix & Bracken MacLeod

Jun 24 2024 51 mins

The following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on June 12, 2024, with guests Grady Hendrix & Bracken MacLeod. We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here! Grady Hendrix Grady Hendrix is the New York Times-bestselling author of How To Sell a Haunted House, The Final Girl Support Group, My Best FriendR