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Kim Samek

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Emmy-nominated writer, tv producer. Author of forthcoming story collection I AM THE GHOST HERE with Dial Press (2026). Rep: Martha Wydysh at Trident, tv/film: Will Watkins CAA

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I am so pleased to share the cover of my debut story collection, I Am the Ghost Here, out 2/24/26 (now available for preorder).

25.09.2025 15:54 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I love this!

08.08.2025 22:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Looking forward to this.

30.05.2025 15:23 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yay! I can’t wait for this!

30.05.2025 14:56 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Found the latest @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social with my story included. First time buying my work at a bookstore.

28.05.2025 18:16 — 👍 33    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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It is a dream to be included in the new issue of @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social alongside so many wonderful writers.

19.05.2025 22:49 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

San Francisco: I am reading on Wednesday with @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social

19.05.2025 22:45 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you!

02.05.2025 16:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So pleased to learn I won the Pushcart Prize. My story “Easement” originally published in Story Magazine will be reprinted in the 2026 anthology.

02.05.2025 15:29 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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My debut short story collection I AM THE GHOST HERE will be published by Dial Press in 2026! I’m so thrilled to be working with the amazing Katy Nishimoto and the entire team at Dial Press. Many thanks to @mlwyd who shared a vision with me and got us there.

11.12.2024 17:32 — 👍 25    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 2
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Thanks to STORY for the Pushcart Prize nomination! My story “Easement” will appear in Issue 20.

10.12.2024 20:54 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

What a blurb

10.12.2024 02:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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So proud of my friend @itsmesarahlabrie.bsky.social - read her memoir No One Gets to Fall Apart.

25.11.2024 23:24 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Hi!

25.11.2024 22:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Most Exciting Debut Short Story Collections of 2024 - Electric Literature In these diverse, electrifying books, you'll encounter haunting ghosts, ferocious women, and more unforgettable characters

electricliterature.com/the-most-exc...

22.11.2024 16:34 — 👍 18    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 4

In 2024, you can find my stories in Gulf Coast, North American Review, Chicago Quarterly Review, The Threepenny Review, and Story (forthcoming).

18.11.2024 03:38 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So excited to have a story forthcoming at Chicago Quarterly Review!

05.11.2023 00:10 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I have a new story out at the Commuter today. Please check it out.

18.10.2023 17:21 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

My latest story is up at swamp pink (formerly Crazyhorse). swamp-pink.cofc.edu/featured/tee...

15.10.2023 14:58 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Vauhini Vara Doesn't Know How She Does It "So much of the process of writing remains mysterious to me."

for The Millions, i spoke with the brilliant Vauhini Vara about her approach to the short story form,  how humor works in her writing, & the many iterations of her brand new short story collection THIS IS SALVAGED 🔥. get her book NOW!!

themillions.com/2023/09/vauh...

26.09.2023 17:30 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Introducing myself on the sky. Here’s Ecotone story from earlier this year. ecotonemagazine.org/fiction/the-...

06.09.2023 22:18 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My Guernica story from earlier this year. Check it out if you like short fiction about puppeteers www.guernicamag.com/i-am-the-gho...

04.09.2023 22:02 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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