Fantastic Fiction At Kgb

The following audio and video was recorded live on June 17, 2020 with guests N.K. Jemisin and Kenneth Schneyer and broadcast on YouTube.

Our 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 […]

Due 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 […]

Due 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 […]

The 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 […]

The 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, […]

Here’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 […]

The 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 […]

The 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 […]

The 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 […]

The 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 […]

The 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 […]

The 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 […]

The 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 […]

The 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 […]

The 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, […]

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 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 […]

The 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 […]

The 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 […]