Why We Published…Susan Forest’s Immunity to Strange Tales

From the Desk of Robert Runte I try to keep on top of developments in the Canadian SF community, and had noticed that Susan Forest was being published in the major short story markets: Analog, Tesseracts, AE Science Fiction Review and so on. Then she won first place in The Galaxy Project a major contest judged by Robert Silverberg, David Drake and Barry Malzberg. That certainly got my attention. Even though I hadn’t had a…

Susan Forest reading at Fish Creek Library

Susan Forest Susan Forest, author of the speculative fiction collection, Immunity to Strange Tales, will be reading selections at the Fish Creek Library, Calgary, Alberta, on Friday, September 28, 2012. Details as follows:   An Evening of Wine and Cheese Date: Friday, September 28, 2012 Time: 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Location: Fish Creek Library   Awaken your senses while you sip Canadian wine, nibble artisan cheese, listen to author readings and view works by local artists….

4 1/2 stars for Immunity to Strange Tales

Susan Forest’s short speculative fiction collection, Immunity to Strange Tales, recently received this 4 1/2 star review on LibraryThing. Available from Amazon This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. Immunity to Strange Tales is a collection of twelve short stories, most of which could be considered Sci-Fi, most of which I enjoyed greatly. Outstanding were the stories Back (about a Time Machine), The Right Chemistry (about Atoms), Tomorrow and Tomorrow (about what one is…

Google+ Hangout with Susan Forest

Seven lucky people will have an opportunity to chat with Susan Forest in a Google+ Hangout that will stream to Five Rivers’ YouTube channel, on Friday, July 6, 2012, 1:30 PM ET. How to participate? If you don’t already have a Google+ account, sign up. Add Lorina Stephens to your circle of friends and then send me message. The first seven people will be added to the Hangout with Susan Forest Circle and be invited…