How do heroes and heroines cope with calamity in the very different worlds of the thriller, steampunk, and science fiction? Join a lively discussion with a panel of three authors in the Brooks Memorial Library meeting room on Wednesday, January 15, at 7 PM, and find out.
Travis Hiltz began writing in college, where he had an one act play produced and accumulated a small collection of rejection letters. He has since gone on to have over a dozen short stories published and become a regular contributor to both Blackcoat Press and Pulp Empire.
His stories for Blackcoat Press have been translated and published in France. His most recent titles are Night of the Nyctalope (2012) and Tales of the Shadowmen 10 (2013). Travis lives and writes in Keene NH.
Bruce Hesselbach is an attorney in Brattleboro who has published seven short stories, one hiking memoir, and 62 poems in the small presses. Perpetual Motion (Cogwheel Press 2013) is his first published novel and it is in the steampunk subgenre of Science Fiction.
In the story, time travelers from 4026 settle in Switzerland at the end of the nineteenth century, as Germany tries to make its mark on a world dominated by the old colonial powers. When Sybil Hardenbergh’s parents save a young inventor from drowning, she finds, to her dismay, that the young man may be helping Germany win the Great War. This goes against everything her family believes, yet Sybil still finds herself falling in love.
Elizabeth G. Macalaster writes about nonfiction topics as diverse as giant squid, homing pigeons and spies. She also dips into poetry. Collaborating with another author under the pen name Ryan Ann Hunter, Elizabeth has written a number of children’s books, garnering awards including the Parenting Magazine Book of the Year Awards and the Oppenheim toy Portfolio Gold Best Book Award.
She has expanded the espionage idea into a novel: Reckoning At Harts Pass (Martin Point Press, 2013), a thriller set on the Pacific Crest Trail in which a retired FBI agent, Luke Chamberlin, is called back into service to help thwart potential terrorists. She lives in South Newfane, Vermont and runs Local Voices, a writing/reading salon in Newfane.
Location Brooks Library Meeting Room
Contact Info Jerry Carbone, 802-254-5290 jerry@brookslibraryvt.org,
http://brookslibraryvt.org/
http://brookslibraryvt.org/upcoming-events/eventdetail/611/68%7C69%7C70/averting-disaster-fiction-saves-the-day
