K.A.Teryna

no cheating. your last saved celebrity photo is your therapist. who is it?

working (Russia)

For those who enjoy listening to words, Serpent Carriers, translated by @alexshvartsman.bsky.social and beautifully narrated by Kate Baker, is now available on all the podcast platforms you can think of and on @clarkesworldmagazine.com official site: clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_07_25c/.

Serpent Carriers by K.A. Teryna, translated by Alex Shvartsman Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

just finished the INCREDIBLE novelette by @k-a-teryna.bsky.social (translated by @alexshvartsman.bsky.social) in @clarkesworldmagazine.com

Ternya's ability to turn a phrase is captured well by Shvartsman's translation here with "Serpent Carriers" which is a WILD RIDE!!!

Cover art is "Alone" by Matt Dixon. A lone bronze-colored robot looks out from the center of a dimly-lit maze of solid, but short, walls.

The July Issue of Clarkesworld features original stories by Tia Tashiro, Fiona Moore, Gary Kloster, K.A. Teryna, Eric Del Carlo, Amal Singh, and Bam Bruin.

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Serpent Carriers by K.A. Teryna, translated by Alex Shvartsman Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

"Serpent Carriers" by @k-a-teryna.bsky.social is live at Clarkesworld today!

This absolutely brilliant long novelette is perhaps the most complex translation I've had to perform to date, but it is well worth it! I can't wait for everyone to read this story.

clarkesworldmagazine.com/teryna_07_25/

Serpent Carriers by K.A. Teryna, translated by Alex Shvartsman Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

My novelette Serpent Carriers translated by Alex Shvartsman is live at @clarkesworldmagazine.com!
Huge thanks to @alexshvartsman.bsky.social and Neil Clarke— this publication means a lot to me.

clarkesworldmagazine.com/teryna_07_25/

YouTube video by Mass Appeal DJ Shadow - Nobody Speak feat. Run The Jewels (Official Video)

this video is very cathartic right now

youtu.be/NUC2EQvdzmY

The July/August 2025 issue of @analogsf.bsky.social is already out, so I’m thrilled to share my artwork for “The First Velodrome on Mars” by @reasie.bsky.social.

My co-author Chekhov the Cat and our new short stories collection "All My Birds".

Chekhov the Cat

Delighted to announce that my new story, novelette “Serpent Carriers,” beautifully translated by @alexshvartsman.bsky.social, will be published in @clarkesworldmagazine.com in the coming months. And here’s the art I was drawing while writing this story last year.

At request of my friend @francescoverso.bsky.social, I created an illustration for the cover of Wang Jinkang’s novel’s Italian edition.

This frontispiece I drew for an upcoming Russian-language collection of my short stories titled 'All My Birds’. It’ll be out just in two weeks.

I second that recommendation!!
I was incredibly lucky to get a sneak peak and I can’t wait to hold the physical book in my hands! ❤️

#speculativefiction #shortstories #SFF #mustread
@k-a-teryna.bsky.social @alexshvartsman.bsky.social

BLACK HOLE HEART AND OTHER STORIES K.A. TERYNA Translated by Alex Shvartsman October, 2025  978-1-958880-29-6 trade paperback, 5.5 x 8.5​​ Preorder copies below; ebook and additional print copy orders forthcoming from other venues....

i just heard that K.A. Ternya has a short story collection coming out (translated by Alex Schvartsman). Ternya's stories are deliciously and beautifully complex pieces, written with the love of writing and language and Alex does a great job translating them.

psyched for this collection.

my plans for today: 15:30 Hay Lecture: The Genomics Revolution and Infectious Disease, 17:00 How Hard Is Your Science Fiction?

Let’s meet! I’m here too.

Front cover of BLACK HOLE HEART AND OTHER STORIES by K.A. Teryna with blue background and red heart and small figures representing stories within.

I'm very excited to reveal the front cover for BLACK HOLE HEART, by Russian author @k-a-teryna.bsky.social, translated by @alexshvartsman.bsky.social. Coming in October, now up for early preorder on the Fairwood Press site.

And ... the author is also the artist!

fairwoodpress.com/store/p188/B...

frontispiece in progress

Usually I go there just to check out some spam.

Download Some of the Best from Reactor: 2024 Edition! - Reactor The 2024 edition of Some of the Best From Reactor is out today! This bundle features just some of our favorites from the thirty-five original stories published on Reactor in the past year. Of course, ...

"Songs of the Snow Whale" by K.A. Teryna (and translated by me) made it into Reactor's BEST OF 2024 edition which you can download here. You can also read the story on their website (and if you haven't yet, you should!)

reactormag.com/download-som...

There’s my new artwork for Sakinah Hofler’s “Second Chance” in the January/February issue of @analogsf.bsky.social. Also, congratulations to @verabrook.bsky.social on the publication of her novella “Apartment Wars” in the same issue!

"Songs of the Snow Whale" now live at @reactorsff.bsky.social. A tale of love, of death, of grief, and of whales. Translated by @alexshvartsman.bsky.social, edited by @annvandermeer.bsky.social. Best read in the evening, cozy in a plaid, with snow falling outside: reactormag.com/songs-of-the...

Songs of the Snow Whale - Reactor At the edge of the world, on the island of R’evava in the Arctic Ocean, a blizzard rages outside as five people gathered in a small weather station pass the time telling each other stories while they ...

At the edge of the world, on the island of R'evava in the Arctic Ocean, a blizzard rages outside as five people gathered in a weather station tell stories while they wait for a break in the storm...

"Songs of the Snow Whale" by K.A. Teryna is out now!

reactormag.com/songs-of-the...

Chekhov the Cat in a good mood.

Next week at Reactor — one of my snowest short stories beautifully translated by @alexshvartsman.bsky.social and carefully edited by @annvandermeer.bsky.social with amazing cover art by Marie-Alice Harel.

My art in the November/December issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact @analogsf.bsky.social (illustration for The New Saharan Energy Company Annual Report by David McGillveray)

Drawing with a fever and a cough in Rochester, Kent.