WE DEMAND STORIES about Death Reimagined

Event guidelines:

• All attendees are strongly encouraged to wear a face mask at all times.
• Tickets are limited to restrict capacity.
• Copies of the panelist's books will be available for purchase at the event.
• A signing will follow the panel.
• Home address is collected for contact tracing purposes; it will not be used otherwise.
• The event will not be livestreamed, but it will be recorded.
• As a reminder: If you are not feeling well, please do not come to the event, even if you have a ticket; email us and we'll work it out.

If you have any questions regarding these guidelines or to request accessibility accommodations, please contact [email protected].

Schedule:

3:00-3:30- Doors open, mingle with guests.

3:40-5:00- Panel Conversation, followed by Q&A

5:15-5:45- Mingle and Book Signing

6:00- Dinner with guests at [Some Cool, Scary Place]

Death - It will come for us and those we love. It is our biggest fear because the great beyond is the great unknown. It brings finality to everything we know and love. But are there other ways of looking at death - an altered existence, or a new beginning? Together, let's explore the myths, the stories, and the science of what we fear most - the end.

Featuring:

Micaiah Johnson: Micaiah Johnson is a Brooklyn-based author and scholar. Her novels have been featured in the New York Times and on NPR’s Best Science Fiction of the Decade list, with starred reviews from The Library Journal and Kirkus.

Dr. Susanna Martinez-Conde: Susana Martinez-Conde is an award-winning neuroscientist, the creator of the Best Illusion of the Year Contest, and the author of the popular science books “Champions of Illusion” and “Sleights of Mind.”

Leah Richards: Leah Richards is a professor of English at LaGuardia Community College, CUNY; editor of Supernatural Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Art, Media, and Culture; a theater reviewer for Thinking Theater NYC; and a scholar of horror and the Gothic, primarily in film.

Claire Cooney: C. S. E. Cooney is a two-time World Fantasy Award-winning author, an audiobook narrator, and a game designer. Find her website, Substack newsletter, and various social media under “csecooney.”

Moderated by Puloma Mukherjee

Books will be available for sale from Greenlight Books.

Half of ticket sales and donations will go directly to the , an organization that fosters spaces of imagination and exploration for Brooklyn teens.

We are a Fractured Atlas Sponsored critique group for writers of speculative fiction, dedicated to raising the work of our members to a publishable, professional level. Even though the group is based in Brooklyn, many of our writers come from the other boroughs of the greater New York City metropolitan area, New Jersey, and even Massachusetts.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

314 Dean St, 314 Dean Street, Brooklyn, United States