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Since attending the 2011 Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Workshop, Gillian Daniels' poetry and short fiction have appeared in Nightmare Magazine, Strange Horizons, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies, among more than thirty other publications. She was born in Des Moines, Iowa, grew up in Greater Cleveland, Ohio, and she now writes, works, and haunts the streets in the Boston area of Massachusetts. She also makes comics and zines, searches out little-known horror and indie movies, and definitely wants to see pictures of your cat. Represented by Storm Literary Agency.

Thursday, July 6, 2023

Readercon 2023 Schedule

Readercon's back, baby! And it's NEXT WEEK! Here's where I'll be:


The Trashy and the Sublime: Genre Fiction's Highs and LowsSalon B Thursday, July 13, 2023, 9:00 PM EDT

Gillian Daniels (m), Emma J. Gibbon, Rich Horton, Yves Meynard

Lowbrow fiction can contain sharply-observed descriptions of life and of the triumph of the human spirit, and "highbrow" fiction has been known to contain swashbuckling and attractive characters making out. The line between "trash" and "art" often reflects not just judgments about craft, but also the enforcement of social mores, especially around sexuality. In what ways are these categories illuminating—perhaps despite themselves—and what kind of conversations are they in, or should they be in, with each other?


The Craft of ReviewingSalon A Friday, July 14, 2023, 6:00 PM EDT

Robert Killheffer (m), Gary Wolfe, Gillian Daniels, Michael Dirda, The joey Zone

Join experienced reviewers of literature as they discuss what a review is, what reviews aim to accomplish, and how they go about putting them together.


Meet the Pros(e) Party - Salon 4 Friday, July 14, 2023, 10:30 PM EDT

Check out our New, Experimental Meet the Pros(e) format! Grab a card and join a handful of authors and attendees at assigned tables in three fifteen-minute chat sessions.


Domestic Fabulism - Salon A Saturday, July 15, 2023, 11:00 AM EDT

Gillian Daniels (m), Emma J. Gibbon, Greer Gilman, Ian Muneshwar, Laurence Raphael Brothers

In a 2014 essay in Electric Lit, Amber Sparks coined the phrase "domestic fabulism" to describe works that "simultaneously distort […] and reveal […] the true nature of the home, the family, the place of belonging or, in many cases, not belonging at all," such as Kelly Link's Magic for Beginners, Helen Oyeyemi's Mr. Fox, and Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis. Panelists will discuss this genre's lineage, how the fantastic interacts with the domestic, and whether stories of claustrophobic domestic anxiety are currently on the rise.


Reading: Gillian Daniels - Salon C Saturday, July 15, 2023, 3:00 PM EDT


The Real Effects of Fairy Tale LogicSalon B Sunday, July 16, 2023, 2:00 PM EDT

Gillian Daniels (m), Eric Schaller, Justina Ireland, Tom Greene

How do the structural and conceptual elements of fairy tales manifest in realistic fiction? Does the Rule of Threes influence politics? How do the social conventions introduced and to an extent enforced by fairy tales complicate and hinder the ongoing struggle for social, racial and environmental justice, and how are new stories reclaiming and adapting those tools to point more clearly towards positive change?