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Livestream Reading: Charles Souby: A View from the Borderline

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Annie Bloom's welcomes Hawaii-based author Charles Souby for a livestream reading from his new collection of stories, A View from the Borderline. Personalized signed copies are available to order! Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkd-yqrD0pH9LTrFXO4AdT_nXFcFS34gn_ A View from the Borderline is a collection of short fiction by Charles Souby that runs the gamut from dark and gritty satire to sweet and serious love. This volume includes a man plotting to poison a park full of pigeons to frame a bothersome old lady; a high school delinquent who falls for a dispossessed girl about to be shipped off to an asylum and a rave promoters' diabolical plot to abduct mindless teenagers for unthinkable purposes. Stories in this collection have appeared in the Saturday Evening Post Online, E-Fiction Magazine and…

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A Conversation with Alexia Arthurs

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for an intimate conversation with fiction writer Alexia Arthurs. Ms. Arthurs will join students in an informative discussion about the craft of fiction writing and the writing process. Ms. Arthurs will also discuss her short stories “Light-Skinned Girls and Kelly Rowlands” and her Paris Review Plimpton Prize-winning short story “Bad Behavior.” Be prepared to join our discussion with your questions! Alexia Arthurs was born and raised in Jamaica until age twelve, when she moved with her family to New York. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She has published fiction in Granta, The Sewanee Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Buzzfeed, Shondaland, Vice, and The Paris Review, which awarded her the Plimpton Prize in 2017. Her first book, a short story collection…

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PSG !EXTRA NIGHT TERRORS: Strange Encounters with the Other Side

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Why do the dead come back? No one is really sure, but there are clues. You are cordially to an evening of ghost stories. Hear accounts of a haunted trailer in Greshem; of a state park in Hawaii, where no one dares spend the night; and of an old boarding house on Cape Cod, where a former lodger says that he was kissed by a ghost. Join storyteller, Alton Takiyama-Chung, for these and other stories, which may give you a little shiver and shed some light on the question of what may happen to us after we shuffle off the mortal coil. Japanese-Korean storyteller Alton Takiyama-Chung, grew up with the superstitions and the magic of the Hawaiian Islands.  He tells stories of Hawaii, of the…

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$10

FALL Online: The Story is the Thing: Introduction to Short Fiction Workshop w Thea Chacamaty

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Reading a great short story can feel like travelling through time. We might meet our characters as babies in their cribs, and in the span of fifteen pages we’re sitting beside their deathbeds. In this generative workshop we will write a short story from beginning to end, masters of our own time machine. Works by Lucia Berlin, Alice Munro, Bryan Washington, Kristen Valdez Quade, and others will teach us craft elements that will guide us through our mission. We will also cover the art of revision and submitting to literary journals. NOTE: To protect everyone during the COVID-19 pandemic, we're offering our workshops via Zoom. All students must first sign up for a free Zoom account. Setting it up is easy. And we can help you with questions, if…

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$215 – $242

Stephen Graham Jones & Jeremy Robert Johnson

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Seamlessly blending classic horror and a dramatic narrative with sharp social commentary , The Only Good Indians (Gallery/Saga Press) follows four American Indian men after a disturbing event from their youth puts them in a desperate struggle for their lives. Tracked by an entity bent on revenge, these childhood friends are helpless as the culture and traditions they left behind catch up to them in a violent, vengeful way. A tale of revenge, cultural identity, and the cost of breaking from tradition, The Only Good Indians is the latest novel from the Jordan Peele of horror literature, Stephen Graham Jones. Turner Falls is a small tourist town nestled in the hills of western Oregon, the kind of town you escape to for a vacation. When…

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Writing White Fragility: An Editorial Discussion

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Brandon Taylor, author of Booker Prize finalist Real Life and senior editor of Recommended Reading, talks to Ross Feeler about “Parisian Honeymoon,” a story about a man who discovers that his new wife is a bigot. They will discuss their editing process, and how to write anti-racist stories with racist characters without being morally didactic. Q&A to follow.

$10

Alice Hoffman in Conversation With Ann Leary

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

In an unforgettable novel that traces a centuries-old curse to its source, beloved author Alice Hoffman unveils the story of Maria Owens, accused of witchcraft in Salem, and matriarch of a line of the amazing Owens women and men featured in Practical Magic and The Rules of Magic. Where does the story of the Owens bloodline begin? With Maria Owens, in the 1600s, when she’s abandoned in a snowy field in rural England as a baby. Under the care of Hannah Owens, Maria learns about the “Unnamed Arts.” Hannah recognizes that Maria has a gift and she teaches the girl all she knows. It is here that she learns her first important lesson: Always love someone who will love you back. When Maria is abandoned…

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Livestream Reading: Scott Nadelson: One of Us

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Annie Bloom's welcomes Oregon author Scott Nadelson for a livestream reading from his new story collection, One of Us. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqcOGvqTIvEtWX4PuIh8_hMFqcDFZ5rNeP Signed copies will be available! The stories in Scott Nadelson's One Of Us explore the tension between groups and individuals, the allure of tribalism, the claustrophobia of belonging, and the alienation that comes with separation. They range from autobiographical to historical and roam temporally and geographically, chronicling, among others, an encounter between the sculptor Louise Nevelson and the anti-Semitic French writer Louis-Ferdinand C line; a synagogue congregation facing ongoing public scandal; a comedy improv troupe trying to cross the threshold from amateur to professional; and a young man navigating the competing pulls of adventure and domestic bliss at the cusp of the new…

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Swords Out: A Dungeons & Dragons Murder Mystery

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

John Darnielle (Wolf in White Van, Universal Harvester, the Mountain Goats), Leah Johnson (You Should See Me in a Crown), Daniel Lavery (Something That May Shock and Discredit You, The Merry Spinster, Slate’s Dear Prudence, The Toast), Amber Sparks (And I Do Not Forgive You, The Unfinished World), and R. Eric Thomas (Here for It, Elle magazine) join Dungeon Master Matt Lubchansky to play a classic tabletop role-playing game with a literary twist. If you’ve never played D&D before, don’t worry—most of our players haven’t either.

$10

Horror Book Club (Remote)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

The Books Around the Corner Horror Book Club is led by the owner/librarian, Stephanie Rose, and meets monthly on the fourth Thursday of every month at 6PM. We would like to extend an invitation to all of our horror loving customers (RSVP is not required). Our book discussions aim to bring people together to talk about books in a safe and inviting atmosphere. Our meetings are lovely and inclusive; we invite you to attend. Come and enjoy a lively discussion about the chosen book with other readers. Our October pick is Kill Creek by Scott Thomas and we will meet on October 22nd. About the book: At the end of a dark prairie road, nearly forgotten in the Kansas countryside, is the Finch House. For…

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