RC alum Alyson Foster will read from her debut novel, God is an Astronaut. Set in the immediate future of civilian space tourism, the novel unfolds through the emails of one woman whose marriage is crumbling beneath her.
October’s theme is Horror/ The Weird. Readers include Zell Fellows Dan Hornsby and Rose Miller with guests, Literati booksellers and Zell Writers’ program alum, Russ Brakefield and John Ganiard.
Stephen Schottenfeld will read from his debut novel, Bluff City Pawn. He is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and his stories have appeared in the Gettysburg Review, TriQuarterly, StoryQuarterly, the Virginia Quarterly Review, the Iowa Review, New England Review, and other journals. Stephen received special mention in both the Pushcart Prize and Best American Short Stories anthologies. Schottenfeld teaches English at the University of Rochester.