#readercon2019

Rounded out Day #2 at ReaderCon with a far-ranging discussion of “Other (American) Regional Horrors” which barely scratched the surface! #moreplease L to R: John Langan, Ian Muneshwar, Jess Nevins & Nicole D. Sconiers. #ReaderCon2019 #regionalhorror #horrorgenre #speculativefiction #literaryhistory #books #bookstagram (at Boston Marriott Quincy) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz4etE8ACJr/?igshid=p2eg9879uwz

A rousing panel on “The Future (If Any) of the Talking Animal Fantasy.” L to R: John Crowley (yay!), Vinnie Tesla, Gregory Feeley, Sherwood Smith & Jim Freund. A fascinating examination of a lingering trope in fantastic fiction!#ReaderCon2019 #anthropomorphic #animals #talkinganimals #speculativefiction #fantasticlit #literaryhistory #books #bookstagram (at Boston Marriott Quincy) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz4df1BA1Ze/?igshid=1bb1na814yg81

Terrific interview of Guest of Honor Tananarive Due by Kate Maruyama this evening at ReaderCon. #ReaderCon2019 #tananarivedue #horrorlit #books #bookstagram (at Boston Marriott Quincy) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz4cvTggQYA/?igshid=r4hzchy6ixeo

Great start to the day at ReaderCon— first Liz Hand on artist Henry Darger, then the highly entertaining Austin Grossman giving us his “Impossible, Inadequate 40-Minute History of How Fiction Got Its Genres.” #ReaderCon2019 #andrewgrossman #genres #speculativefiction #literaryhistory #books #bookstagram (at Boston Marriott Quincy) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz4cRS1AciP/?igshid=1loejdk3xha2o

More from my first day back at ReaderCon! Karen Heuler read from her Tartarus Press collection “The Clockworm” and we were left utterly tantalized!!! #readercon2019 #karenheuler #fantasticlit #bookstagram (at Boston Marriott Quincy) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz117uKgEav/?igshid=y093emfvyl7o

Another panel from my first day back at ReaderCon! “The Works of Tananarive Due” discussed by authors Terence Taylor, L.Penelope and John Langan. #readercon2019 #guestofhonor #tananarivedue #horrorlit #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz11RW0gQL5/?igshid=zl6as8d8jo8w

One of the panels of my first day back at ReaderCon! A stellar author lineup discusses “The Horrors of Being Female”: Gemma Files, Arkady Martine, Gillian Daniels, Gwynne Garfinkle, Nicole Sconiers, and Kate Maruyama. #readercon2019 #gemmafiles #horrorauthors #horrorlit #femaleauthors #bookstagram (at Boston Marriott Quincy) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz104M3AUIR/?igshid=1xwftjpqz3v3g

Heck of a first day back at ReaderCon! Liz Hand tead from her upcoming “Curious Toys” and we all want to read it now. #readercon2019 #elizabethhand #henrydarger #bookstagram (at Boston Marriott Quincy) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz1zkEeApp7/?igshid=1wy81xcfngpgi