Author Events
January 17, 2025, 5:30pm
Arisia, Cambridge, MA, USA
Faiths of Fantasy and the Future
How can writers incorporate contemporary or invented belief systems into fantasy or future worlds, without replicating cliches about clergy, faith, and spiritual practice?
Anne E.G. Nydam, BH Pierce, Greer Gilman, Katherine Villyard, Walter H. Hunt (moderator)
January 18, 2025, 1:45pm
Arisia, Cambridge, MA, USA
Broad Universe Rapid-Fire Reading
Come discover your new favorite writer as members of Broad Universe read short excerpts from their work. Each writer has just a few minutes to show you what we’re capable of! We offer chocolate and the chance to win prizes. Broad Universe is an international organization that supports women and other non-privileged gender writers, editors, and publishers.
Anne E.G. Nydam, Carol Gyzander, Clara Ward, Dianna Sanchez, E. C. Ambrose (moderator), Katherine Villyard, Kathryn Sullivan, LJ Cohen, Randee Dawn, Sarena Straus
August 13-17, 2025
Seattle, WA, USA
Worldcon
The 83rd World Science Fiction Convention
Held in downtown Seattle, Washington, August 13–17, 2025. Bringing Worldcon back to Seattle for the first time since 1961!
August 27-31, 2026
Anaheim, CA, USA
Worldcon
The 84th World Science Fiction Convention
LAcon V, the 2026 World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), is the culmination of two years of planning by the Los Angeles in 2026 Bid Committee. It will be the seventh time the Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area has hosted a Worldcon, and the fifth branded under the LAcon name (also stylized as L.A. Con & L.A. con).
Coming Soon
Immortal Gifts
Novel
He lied about his identity. Two hundred years later, he’s still paying the price…
Prussia, 1841. Abraham only ever wanted to play violin. Hiding his Jewish status so he can study at the prestigious Berlin Academy of Music, the eager young man is delighted to find a patron who believes in him. But he’s mortified when his new friend turns him into a vampire… and Abraham earns the fury of an ancient antisemite who vows to see him permanently dead.
Fleeing the hate-mongering fiend across the decades, the sensitive violinist at last settles in twenty-first-century New Jersey with a mortal woman. But when he discovers his relentless tormentor has tracked him down yet again, Abraham despairs he’ll never find true happiness.
With everyone he’s ever loved at risk, can he escape the rage of a ruthless bigot?
In a complex tale woven through history, Katherine Villyard delivers a fresh and insightful twist on the vampire novel. Infusing the narrative with profound themes of love, betrayal, and the nature of monsters, she crafts an unforgettable saga of surviving prejudice that will keep readers turning pages deep into the night.
Immortal Gifts is the thoughtful first book in the Immortal Vampires contemporary fantasy series. If you like well-drawn characters, dual-timeline storytelling, and pulse-pounding suspense, then you’ll adore Katherine Villyard’s compelling read.
Buy Immortal Gifts to tap a vein of devotion today!
