• 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park; free (206-366-3333 or thirdplacebooks.com ). With a local focus and a global reach, their specialized agents make great creative matches, fast.

This type of fiction is also called “cosmic horror.” Part of its wide appeal is that the cosmos — and thus the hideous evil implicit in it — is everywhere. Seattle host Hosted at SEA | Identity | Zoom. Ruff also avoids the common error of homogenizing the thoughts and feelings of these black “others.” There are real differences between the responses of young Turner and his father, Montrose, to their imprisonment by wealthy sorcerer Samuel Braithwhite; between the responses of 12-year-old Horace and his baby-sitter, Letitia’s older sister Ruby; to the spit-powered curse laid on the boy’s head. In Ruff’s new novel, 88 Names, we meet John Chu, an online “sherpa” who provides ready-made characters and expertise to rich clients who wish to dabble in VR role-playing games. Though white, Ruff writes plausibly from the viewpoints of his black characters. https://zoom.us/j/534442609Seattle, Washington United States.

Having defeated the leader of their magical foes, only to be warned they’ll be the target of hundreds more, they’re able to laugh at the warning long and hard.


Matt Ruff says the idea for the timely series actually dates back to 2007.

The author of “Lovecraft Country” will appear at these area locations: • 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, in conversation with Paul Constant, at Elliott Bay Book Co., 1521 10th Ave., Seattle; free (206-624-6600 or elliottbaybook.com). "I've had this discussion with other interviewers where they say ' Wow the timing of this book could not be better' and the unfortunate thing is this book and series would have seemed timely I think anytime in the past 30 or 40 years really. SPREADING LOVE THROUGH GREAT COFFEE & HOSPITALITY Luma Touch is an innovative company dedicated to creating truly professional video editing and effects products for iOS including LumaFusion and LumaFX. Hosted at Sunday Best: In this still from 'Rebecca,' Kristin Scott Thomas spooks with style, Shannon Lee talks about her father Bruce Lee and the lessons that inspired 'Be Water, My Friend', The New Yorker suspends writer Jeffrey Toobin after he exposed himself on video meeting, Intiman’s next stage: A new home and a first-of-its-kind theater partnership with Seattle Central College, Bellingham-raised grocery store buyer competes on ABC revival of 'Supermarket Sweep'. Seattle author Matt Ruff’s novel “Lovecraft Country” chronicles a group of African Americans battling both supernatural horrors and the terrors of living in America during the 1950s.
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