First Came Fear: Horror and Terror in Literature
a panel discussion moderated by Casey Ellis,
editor of First Came Fear: New Tales of Horror
21 Oct 2018, 3 PM
The Willa Cather Room (1st Floor)
NYPL’s Jefferson Market Library
425 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NYRead More
Open Call: First Came Fear [Closed]
From Tales of the South to Madness and even the Beyond, we have traveled across a diverse landscape of literary genres. Now, NLSP will take readers to a place of Horror in the fourth installment of our NEW series.Read More
Behind the Yellow Wallpaper: Literature and the Psychology of Change
a panel discussion moderated by Rose Yndigoyen,
editor of Behind the Yellow Wallpaper: New Tales of Madness
20 October 2015, 7PM
Teachers College Milbank Chapel, Columbia UniversityRead More
Recommendations from the Beyond
Startling Sci-Fi may be a fantastic must-read collection of literary science fiction. But why stop there? Casey Ellis has put together a list of some of his favorite works in the literary sci-fi genre. Check out his top choices below. Have you read any of these? Do you have any favorites you would add to the list?Read More
#StartlingSciFi Memes
Step Back into the Beyond!
Revisit all 13 stories from Startling Sci-Fi: New Tales of the Beyond, the third entry in our NEW series.Read More
Artist Spotlight: Stefanie Masciandaro

Stefanie Masciandaro
Stefanie Masciandaro is a New York-based artist with a love of all things fuzzy and sugary, not at the same time though. Sometimes she likes to pretend she looks like an old Renaissance painting. You know, those Italian ones with the great noses. Often she can be found wandering the streets of Manhattan in a slightly dazed state, and will frequently ask questions like “What day is it?” or “Is three cups of coffee in one sitting too many?” or “Yes, but is it feminist?” When not doing those things, she is probably hunched over a laptop working in Photoshop or pretending no one can hear her sing in her studio.