Fantastic Fiction at KGB

Here’s the audio from the June 10th, 2026 Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading with guests Nicholas Kaufmann & A.C. Wise, recorded live at the KGB Bar. Support the Fantastic Fiction at KGB series by clicking here!​ ​​​​​​​​​​​ ​   Nicholas Kaufmann Nicholas Kaufmann has been a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, the Thriller Award, and the Dragon Award. Two of...

Here’s the audio from the May 13th, 2026 Fantastic Fiction at KGB, with guests Siobhan Carroll & Micaiah Johnson, who read live at the KGB Bar. Support the Fantastic Fiction at KGB series by clicking here!​ ​​​​​​​​​​​ ​   Siobhan Carroll Siobhan Carroll is a Philadelphia-based writer of fantasy, science fiction, and horror. Her award-winning short stories are defined by rich histor...

Here’s the audio from the April 8, 2026 Fantastic Fiction at KGB, with guests Michael Swanwick & Mike Allen. Both read from their works to wow the audience. Support the Fantastic Fiction at KGB series by clicking here!​ ​​​​​​​​​​​ ​   Michael Swanwick Michael Swanwick has been writing fantasy and science fiction at every length from flash fiction to novel trilogy for over forty yea...

Here’s the audio from the March 11th, 2026 Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading with guests C. S. E. Cooney & Kristina Ten. Support the Fantastic Fiction at KGB series by clicking here!​ ​​​​​​​​​​​ ​   C. S. E. Cooney C. S. E. Cooney is a two-time World Fantasy Award-winning author: for her novel  Saint Death’s Daughter , and her collection  Bone Swans, Stories . Other work includes  S...

The following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on Jan 14th, with guests Rachel Harrison & Robert P. Ottone. Support the Fantastic Fiction at KGB series by clicking here!​ ​​​​​​​​​​​ ​   Rachel Harrison Rachel Harrison is the New York Times bestselling author of seven horror novels, most recently Play Nice and the forthcoming Kiss Slay Replay . Her short fiction has appeared in nume...

Here’s the audio from the Dec 10th Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading, with guests Daniel Braum & Martin Cahill. Both read from their work on a rainy evening to a packed enthusiastic house. Support the Fantastic Fiction at KGB series by clicking here!​ ​​​​​​​​​​​ ​   Daniel Braum Daniel Braum writes short stories that explore the tension between the supernatural and the psychological...

Here’s the audio from the Nov 12th Fantastic Fiction at KGB, with guests Lara Elena Donnelly & Sam. J. Miller, Nov 12th, 7pm ET (Note: we continue to troubleshoot an audio issue that caused the author intros to be overmodulated; please pardon our mistake as we work to isolate the issue.) Support the Fantastic Fiction at KGB series by clicking here!​ ​​​​​​​​​​​   Lara Elena Donnelly...

Here’s the audio from the October 8th, 2025 Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading with guests Leanna Renee Hieber & Shveta Thakrar. (Due to a technical glitch, the audio in this recording is overmodulated in some spots; we apologize for this and we’ll make sure it doesn’t happen next time!) We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here!​ ​​​​​​​​​​​...

Here’s the audio from the September 10th, 2025 Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series with guests Fran Wilde & Shiva Kumar. Both read from their work to a full house. We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here!​ ​​​​​​​​​​​   Fran Wilde Fran Wilde is a two-time Nebula Award-winner, a Best of NPR author, and finalist for multiple Nebula, Hugo, Worl...

Here’s the audio from the August 13th reading with guests Cassandra Khaw & Debra K. Every, recorded live at the KGB Bar, guest hosted by Amy Goldschlager & Mercurio D. Rivera. We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here!​ ​​​​​​ ​​​​​   Cassandra Khaw Cassandra Khaw is the USA Today bestselling and Bram Stoker Award-winning author of  The Librar...

Here’s the audio from the Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading, with John Kessel & Caitlin Rozakis, recorded on July 9th, 2025, live at the KGB Bar. We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here!​ ​​​​​​ ​​​​   John Kessel John Kessel’s most recent books are the collection The Presidential Papers , in PM Press’s Outspoken Authors series, and t...

Here’s the audio from the June 11th, 2025 Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading with guests Christopher Barzak & David Surface. Both read from their work to a full house.  We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here!​ ​​​​​​ ​​​ Christopher Barzak Christopher Barzak’s most recent book is the novella,  A Voice Calling . He is the author of the Crawford F...

Here’s the audio from the May 14th reading with Daryl Gregory & Carol Gyzander, recorded live at the KGB Bar on May 14th, 2025, 7pm ET. We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here!​ ​​​​​​ ​   Daryl Gregory Daryl Gregory is a Seattle writer whose latest novel is  When We Were Real , which Kirkus in a starred review called “a marvel.” His...

The following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on April 9th, 2025, with guests Andrea Hairston & Ursula Whitcher. We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here!​ ​​​​​​ ​​   Andrea Hairston Novelist, Andrea Hairston ran away from the physics lab to the theatre as a young thing and has been a scientist, artiste, and hoodoo conjurer ever since. Novels:...

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, story, and family.” His first book, The Manual...

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!​ ​​​​​​ ​   Clay M...

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 publisher at Tachyon Publications,...

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 latest, Haunt Sweet Home , “Fun, ee...

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 reading series by click...

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 novelist who’s already won three Br...

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 the World Fantasy Award; Reconstru...

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 facts are likely to change. He has...

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, Harper’s Bazaar, NPR , the NY...

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 Friend’s Exorcism , and many more. Hi...

The following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on May 8, 2024, with guests John Wiswell & Anya Johanna DeNiro. We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here!​ ​​​ ​​   John Wiswell John Wiswell’s novel  Someone You Can Build A Nest In was published by DAW Books in April and received starred reviews in Library Journal and BookPage , and was named one o...