Katherine Villyard

Quasar: Fall Online Nebula Event, November 15-16. Panels, workshops, seminars, and more!

Quasar schedule. I apologize for how badly I’m going to render this is text, but it starts November 15 at 1pm with opening poet Brandon O’Brien and ends around 4:30 on November 16. The Lois McMaster Bujold and Nicola Griffith event is Sunday, November 16, at 1pm. Presumably Pacific time?

Nicola Griffith and Lois McMaster Bujold? Sign me up! events.sfwa.org/quasar-progr...

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The MAGA Influencers Rehabilitating Hitler A growing constituency on the right wants America to unlearn the lessons of World War II.

I wrote about why far-right influencers like Tucker have been working to rehabilitate Hitler here:

sometimes I wish I was capable of holding grudges because I would like to track down every man who has ever explained to me that the economy is fine because Of The Data and gently do nothing at all that would get me moderated or suspended from bluesky.

I just can't remember who they were.

Dark magic threatens New York City's leather scene. Time to lace up your corset and sharpen your knives.

Wanted: reviewers! I'm assembling a team of readers who will commit to reviewing my BDSM-themed paranormal / urban fantasy in January 2026 on Amazon, GR, social media, and other platforms!

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Illustration of a slender, light skinned woman lying on her side in bed with one arm outstretched. In the curve of that arm there is a white, translucent image of a cat as if it is a snuggling ghost.

I saw this illustration by @annafollies.bsky.social on Tumblr today and instantly lost it. Still missing Fergus every day. 💔 www.tumblr.com/annafollies

The cover letter to my first submission: August 12, 1971 1381 East 72nd Street Brooklyn NY 11234 Edward L. Ferman The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fistion 347 East 53rd Street New York, NY 10022 Dear Mr. Ferman, I am submitting for possible publication the enclosed story, "Gem of the Gods". Too long has Sword and sorcery been dead. I hope this may help revive it. A stamped self-addressed envelope is enclosed in case of rejection. Sincerely yours, Scott Edelman

On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

Not going to lie, I’ve spent a lot of time reading about retirement visas abroad. (I’m old as balls.)

He lied about his identity. Two hundred years later, he’s still paying the price… Do you prefer audio? Listen here. 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 d...

I’m so confident that you’re going to like my book that you can read the first four chapters for free.

dl.katherinevillyard.com/immortalgift...

This includes an audio link! youtu.be/RmDtm6koQCY

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My books are also in Kobo Plus. I really appreciate a subscription that doesn’t require authors to be exclusive!

Immortal Gifts: Special Edition Hardcover and Audiobook A friendly neighborhood vampire novel with 18th through 20th century historical settings, queer characters, and a no-spice love story.

Achievement unlocked: ribbon bookmark for the special edition hardcover!

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The Thing About… Abraham, December 16, 2018. The thing about Destiny is that she’s a bleeding heart. Oh, you thought I meant destiny, as in fate? No, Destiny is my wife. Blame her mothers for your confusion. Hippies. Well. What do you call a couple of turn-of-the-century lesbian Wiccans, if not hippies? Perhaps I’m not up on the latest terminology, but in my experience, everything old becomes new again.

The first page of Immortal Gifts (ebook). First line: “The thing about Destiny is that she’s a bleeding heart.”

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This is a good time to remind people that the similarly overused less lethal weapon tear gas is super dangerous for pregnant people. Every politician that is antiabortion or proclaims wanting to protect children should be vehemently against use of these weapons as crowd control.

David Tennant’s wife Georgia issues plea to police after receiving death threats The actress has been targeted by trolls several times before.

These threats are grim, disgusting and unacceptable.

They’re really common among anti-trans obsessives.

Which is why they were banned so often from social networks. It wasn’t censorship, it was standards.

Removing those rules has only emboldened hate:

metro.co.uk/2025/11/08/d...

The weekend the movie opened, I went to a STAR TREK convention where the general consensus was "Let's do everything we can to make sure this is one STAR TREK story that never comes true!"

YouTube video by Katherine Villyard Underworld, a short story by Katherine Villyard

FREE SHORT STORY: “Underworld,” a Greek-mythology-inspired Urban Fantasy

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Immortal Gifts: Special Edition Hardcover and Audiobook A friendly neighborhood vampire novel with 18th through 20th century historical settings, queer characters, and a no-spice love story.

Something is coming! Stay tuned! 🎧

P.S. did you know I have a Kickstarter running? www.kickstarter.com/projects/vil...

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Already run into kids who, when seeing my wildlife photos, exclaim 'that's AI'

Immortal Gifts: Special Edition Hardcover and Audiobook A friendly neighborhood vampire novel with 18th through 20th century historical settings, queer characters, and a no-spice love story.

We’re SO CLOSE to the ribbon bookmark that I can taste it!

Do you want a special edition, signed, and numbered hardcover with a ribbon bookmark? You can get it here:

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Immortal Gifts: Special Edition Hardcover and Audiobook A friendly neighborhood vampire novel with 18th through 20th century historical settings, queer characters, and a no-spice love story.

Immortal Gifts might not be about sapphic vampires of color, but it IS about marginalized vampires trying to lead an ethical life. Neither book ever questions whether a vampire can be an ethical being.

More info at www.kickstarter.com/projects/vil...

Did you ever want a Jewish Gilda Stories?

If you don't know The Gilda Stories, run! don't walk! to your favorite bookseller and grab a copy of this story of sympathetic and ethical sapphic vampires of color!

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YouTube video by Katherine Villyard Transplant, a short story by Katherine Villyard

FREE SHORT STORY! youtu.be/SWfiY4wkEIU?...

(Whole body transplants.)

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Immortal Gifts: Special Edition Hardcover and Audiobook A friendly neighborhood vampire novel with 18th through 20th century historical settings, queer characters, and a no-spice love story.

Do you love multi-narrator audiobooks? I have one of those! Artistic Whispers Productions did an AMAZING job with Immortal Gifts!

You can, of course, wait three months (or more) for this audiobook to show up on your favorite retailer...

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A cute black, white, and gray cat gazes up at the camera ❤️

Neville says, “Back my Meowmie’s Kickstarter!”

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Immortal Gifts: Special Edition Hardcover and Audiobook A friendly neighborhood vampire novel with 18th through 20th century historical settings, queer characters, and a no-spice love story.

If you’ve been holding off on backing to see if we get the ribbon bookmark…

We’re $31 away. So if you back for the hardcover, it’ll have the ribbon bookmark!

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P.S. I’m only $55 from the ribbon bookmark goal!

Thank you for the reskeets! 🫶

Immortal Gifts: Special Edition Hardcover and Audiobook A friendly neighborhood vampire novel with 18th through 20th century historical settings, queer characters, and a no-spice love story.

I almost certainly would not have written this book without Anne Rice! But while Rice had a thing of "they're still monsters," I'm kind of leaning into "they're still human."

Want to see what that looks like?

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Do you love Anne Rice's vampire chronicles? I do! I've loved vampires ever since I read Interview with the Vampire in High School. I particularly loved the vampire protagonists, how they existed in a space that was very human and relatable.

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Same. Although it’s more:

Whoa, that person is really aesthetically pleasing!

As opposed to the person I’m friendship level close to, when all of a sudden it’s:

Whoa! How did I not notice that person is SUPER HOT (probably in an unconventional way)?

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