Fantastic Fiction at KGB

Here’s the audio from the October 14th Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, with guests John Langan & Carrie-Edmund Laben. Both read from their work to a large, enthusiastic crowd. Support the Fantastic Fiction at KGB series by clicking here!​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​ John Langan John Langan is the author of two novels, House of Windows and The Fisherman, and six collections of stories, the most recent of which is Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions. For his work, he has received the Bram Stoker and This Is Horror Awards. He is one of the Founders of the Shirley Jackson Award, for which he served as a juror during its first three years. He continues to serve on its Board of Advisors. Recent work includes “This Fleshy Side of the Bone,” published in Reactor, and “The Auld Woman with the Broom,” published in Ellen Datlow’s All Hallows Eve anthology. He lives in New York’s Mid-Hudson Valley with his wife, younger son, and Bean the rescue cat, who as it turns out is actually pretty tough. & Carrie-Edmund Laben Carrie-Edmund Laben is the Shirley Jackson Award-winning author of the novels A Hawk in the Woods and Smoke Season, as well as short work in venues like The Dark, Electric Literature, and Typebar. They have been supported by MacDowell, the Anne LaBastille Memorial Residency, and Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts. They hold an MFA from the University of Montana and live in Queens with a gang of rats.

Here’s the audio from the Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading, with guests Jeffrey Ford & John C. Foster, recorded live at the KGB Bar on September 9th, 2026. Support the Fantastic Fiction at KGB series by clicking here!​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​ Jeffrey Ford Jeffrey Ford is the author of five novels The Physiognomy, The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque, The Girl in the Glass, The Shadow Year, and Ahab’s Return. His short stories are collected in eight books, the most recent being Big Dark Hole and The Pandemonium Waltz. Ford’s fiction has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies from Reactor.com to McSweeney’s to The Oxford Book of American Short Stories and been widely translated. It has garnered World Fantasy, Nebula, Edgar Allan Poe, Shirley Jackson, Hayakawa, and Grand Prix de L’Imaginaire awards. & John C. Foster John C. Foster is a writer of horror and crime fiction in Brooklyn, New York and has been afraid of the dark for as long as he can remember. He is the author of ten novels, including Final Boys, Hate House, and Leech. His short stories have appeared in magazines and anthologies including Dark Moon Digest, Strange Aeons and Lost Films, among others. Find him on most social media platforms at johnfosterfic for updates on writing and his pitbull Coraline.

The following audio was recorded live at the KGB Bar on August 12th, 2026, with guests Suzanne Palmer & Kailee Pedersen Support the Fantastic Fiction at KGB series by clicking here!​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​ Suzanne Palmer Suzanne Palmer has won Hugo Awards for her novelettes, “The Secret Life of Bots” and “Bots of the Lost Ark”, and the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for her novella Waterlines. Her latest novel, Ode to the Half-Broken, is a standalone SF tale about a retired old war mech living in the old Botanical Garden in the ruins of New York City. She also completed her four-book series, The Finder Chronicles, about an interstellar repo man. She is currently working on new things, both short and long, as one does. & Kailee Pedersen Kailee Pedersen is the author of queer poetry chapbook Pastorale and the Midwestern Gothic novel Sacrificial Animals, which was named one of the New York Public Library’s Best Books of 2024 and a finalist for Best Horror at the 2025 Libby Book Awards. Adopted from Nanning, China, she works as a software engineer and opera singer in New York City. The Minimalist is her second novel.

Here’s the audio from the July 8th, 2026 Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, with guests Sam Rebelein & Victor Manibo, recorded live at the KGB Bar. Support the Fantastic Fiction at KGB series by clicking here!​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​ Sam Rebelein Sam Rebelein writes and teaches in Poughkeepsie, NY. His fiction has appeared in PseudoPod, The Deadlands, Bourbon Penn, Press Pause Press, Ellen Datlow’s prestigious Best Horror of the Year, and elsewhere. His first three books (The Poorly Made and Other Things, Galloway’s Gospel, and the Bram Stoker award-nominated novel Edenville) are all set in the fictional world of Renfield County. His sci-fi horror chapbook Meatship is also available from Rapture Publishing. For more about Sam’s work, and pictures of his scruffy pooch Frodo, follow him on Instagram @rebelsam94. & Victor Manibo Victor Manibo is a Filipino novelist living in New York. He is the author of the science fiction novels The Sleepless and Escape Velocity, and the crime thriller Dead Note. His first horror novel, The Villa, Once Beloved, is out now from Erewhon Books. Aside from his books, he also spins fantastical tales in his career as a lawyer. Find him online at victormanibo.com and on most social media platforms @victormanibo.

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 his novels, 100 Fathoms Below (co-written with Steven L. Kent) and The Hungry Earth, were Amazon and Barnes & Noble.com bestsellers. His latest book is the collection Monuments in Darkness. He also co-hosts the strange-but-true science podcast Spooky Science Lab with author David Wellington. & A.C. Wise A.C. Wise is the author of the novels Wendy, Darling, Hooked, and her most recent, Ballad of the Bone Road, published in January 2026. She’s also the author of various novellas, collection, and short stories, and her work has won the Sunburst and been a finalist for the Nebula, Stoker, World Fantasy, Shirley Jackson, and Locus Awards, among others. Along with her fiction, she contributes regular review columns to Locus and Apex Magazine.