Fantastic Fiction at KGB

Matthew Kressel

Fantastic Fiction at KGB is a monthly speculative fiction reading series held at the famous KGB bar in NYC, and hosted by Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel. Some of our past readers include N.K. Jemisin, Joe Hill, Jeffrey Ford, Scott Westerfeld, Kelly Link, China Miéville, Nancy Kress, Paul Tremblay, Joyce Carol Oates, Samuel R. Delany, Holly Black, Michael Swanwick, Kit Reed, Peter Straub, Catherynne M. Valente, Jeff VanderMeer, Scott Lynch, Elizabeth Bear and many other talented authors.

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Fantastic Fiction at KGB

Episodes (148)

Sep 25th Audio from Sept 9th, with Jeffrey Ford & John C. Foster
Sep 1st Audio from August 12, with guests Suzanne Palmer & Kailee Pedersen
Jul 15th Audio from July 8th, with Sam Rebelein & Victor Manibo

Fantastic Fiction at KGB

Sep 25, 2026
55¼ minutes
76 MB

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...

Fantastic Fiction at KGB

Audio from Sept 9th, with Jeffrey Ford & John C. Foster

Matthew Kressel

00:00 -55:23