VI. The World Wasn't Ready For You by #JustinCKey

These are horror stories, though some of are sf too, and more to the point, they're Black horror stories. In his afterword, Key writes about his early fascination with horror, the catharsis he felt in watching nightmares unspool on screen or off the page. And then, he writes, came the dawning recognition that the Black characters in these stories were always there as cannon-fodder, often nameless, usually picked off early.

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Upcoming appearances:

* Launch for #JustinCKey's "The World Wasn’t Ready for You," #BookSoup (#LA), Sept 22
https://www.booksoup.com/event/justin-c-key

* Launch for "#TheInternetCon" and @brianmerchant's "#BloodInTheMachine," Chevalier's Books (#LA), Sept 27
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-internet-con-by-cory-doctorow-blood-in-the-machine-by-brian-merchant-tickets-696349940417

* An Evening with #VESchwab (#Boise), Oct 2
https://www.thecabinidaho.org/all-events/ve-schwab

* Wired Nextfest/#WNF23 (#Milano), Oct 7-8
https://eventi.wired.it/nextfest23-milano

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Today (September 22), I'm (virtually) presenting at the #DIGFestival in #Modena, Italy

https://dig-awards.org/en/dig-festival-2023-first-speakers-announced/

Tomorrow night, I'll be in person at #LA's #BookSoup for the launch of #JustinCKey's "The World Wasn’t Ready for You"

https://www.booksoup.com/event/justin-c-key

On September 27, I'll be at Chevalier's Books in #LosAngeles with #BrianMerchant for a joint launch for my new book *The Internet Con* and his new book, *Blood in the Machine*:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-internet-con-by-cory-doctorow-blood-in-the-machine-by-brian-merchant-tickets-696349940417

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