Drexel professor and acclaimed poet Kirsten Kaschock visits Big Blue Marble to feature her brand new horror novel, An Impossility of Crows. Delving into familial legacies and twisted folk magic, a chemist returns to her childhood home following the death of her father, but it turns out her families connection to the nearby crows is deeper than she could have ever imagined.

Joining Kirsten is local horror author A.C. Wise, whose newest novel, Ballad of the Bone Road weaves folklore, fantasy, horror, and the wicked powers of the fae in an adventure as dreamy as it is terrifying. Following the reading portion there will be a Q&A and signing of books available.

Kirsten Kaschock, a Pew Fellow in the Arts, is a poet and novelist who writes across several genres. Her background in dance has impacted her work—she consistently addresses intersections between language and body. She is the author of five poetry books and a chapbook: Explain This Corpse (Lynx House Press), Confessional Science-fiction: A Primer (Subito Press), The Dottery (University of Pittsburgh Press/winner of AWP Donald Hall Prize) A Beautiful Name for a Girl (Ahsahta Press), Unfathoms (Slope Editions), and WindowBoxing (Bloof Books). Coffee House Press published her debut speculative novel—Sleight. A second novel, An Impossibility of Crows, and a new poetry book, AutoPortrait (as flotsam) are forthcoming… stay tuned.

A.C. Wise is the author of the novels Wendy, Darling, and Hooked, along with the recent short story collection, The Ghost Sequences. Her work has won the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, and has been a finalist for the Nebula Awards, Stoker, World Fantasy, Locus, British Fantasy, Aurora, Lambda, and Ignyte Awards. In addition to her fiction, she contributes a review column to Apex Magazine.