May is kicking off a busy season of book events, cons and activities in Southern California. Attending the Los Angeles Times Book Festival last month was just the start. Speaking of, it was a traffic-filled drive up from San Diego to LA on little sleep, but worth it to attend the largest book festival in the country and sell copies of my supernatural debut MELINDA WEST: MONSTER GUNSLINGER (Brigids Gate Press). Tents stretched as far as the eye could see on an extraordinarily hot day full of speakers, vendors and of course, books of every stripe. Check out my photos/video of the LATFOB over on my Facebook page or TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kcgrifant. Thank you to everyone who stopped by!
May is stacked with lots of bookish events in Southern California. One major event is the Nebula Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers (SFWA) conference in Anaheim. I will be signing books, moderating panels and diving into all things SFF.
Book Events and Appearances
MAY 2023
Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Nebula Conference, Anaheim - May 12-14
-Panels Friday, Sat, Sun
-MELINDA WEST: MONSTER GUNSLINGER book signing and a chance to score in-person-only chapbooks featuring short speculative horror stories, 5-5:30 pm
Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore - Sat May 20, 3 pm
MELINDA WEST: MONSTER GUNSLINGER Book signing and discussion with fellow author Dennis Crosby.
Warwick’s Books - Sun May 21, 12 pm
MELINDA WEST: MONSTER GUNSLINGER book signing.
Mission Valley Public Library - Sat May 27, 1:30-3:30 pm
Short story reading for the San Diego Writers & Editors Guild anthology launch.
Looking ahead…
Save the date for these future events.
JUNE 2023
Once Upon a Book Fair - Sat June 3, 10 am–4pm
Book table, signing, giveaways at the Escondido Center for the Arts with 70+ author tables.
Verbatim Books - Sat June 10th, 7pm
Horror authors panel, discussion and book signing with my fellow HWA members.
VIRTUAL: Space Cowboy Books - June 13, 6pm PT
Book reading and interview. Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/547947083477
La Jolla Library - Sat June 24, 3-4pm
Horror panel and book signing with my fellow HWA members.
Stokercon, Pittsburg - June 16-18
Signing and panel schedule TBD.
For details on any of these appearances, please visit https://scifiwri.com/appearances/.
Since you made it this far…
Here’s links to two recent short stories, free to read. Both are “bite-sized” monster horror stories, able to be read in a short sitting.
Read about zombies at Two Thousand Word Terrors ("Just Another Apocalypse") and make sure to check out the other fantastic creepy stories: https://roosterrepublicpress.com/just-another-apocalypse-by-kc-grifant/
Read about Big Foot at Stupefying Stories ("The Sighting") along with other sci-fi tales: https://stupefyingstories.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-sighting-by-kc-grifant.html
Happy reading!