Kathleen Schaefer

Super excited to have a new story in Nature Futures!

Everything I Overhear When My Neighbours Argue About Their Hellhound Puppy by Kathleen Schaefer For my summer hobby this year, I sprawl across my couch, listening to my upstairs neighbours bicker, while their literal demon dog sets fire to their furniture.

Everything I Overhear When My Neighbors Argue About Their Hellhound Puppy, by Kathleen Schaefer in Tales & Feathers. Does exactly what it says on the tin and does it well. The mix of the epistolary lists and prose works really well.
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Well. Okay. I started reading for the hellhound (obviously) and found a lot more & a very smart speculative take on serious topics.

Everything I Overhear When My Neighbours Argue About Their Hellhound Puppy by Kathleen Schaefer For my summer hobby this year, I sprawl across my couch, listening to my upstairs neighbours bicker, while their literal demon dog sets fire to their furniture.

"Everything I Overhear When My Neighbours Argue About Their Hellhound Puppy" by @kathleenschaefer.bsky.social is a DELIGHT 😂 Who's the goodest boy??? yes he is!!!

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My story is now free to read at the wonderful Tales & Feathers! Take a look!

So excited to be part of this amazing issue alongside so many talented writers! Check out “Everything I Overhear When My Neighbors Argue About Their Hellhound Puppy”, which is—you guessed it!—about overhearing the neighbors argue over their hellhound puppy

Infinite Worlds #14 Infinite Worlds Magazine is a science fiction fan's dream.  Filled with page after page of vibrant art, mind-bending fiction, original comics, and exclusive interviews with celebrities and legends of ...

Lastly, "What Grows on an Unforsaken Moon" was published in Infinite Worlds Issue 14 alongside a beautiful illustration in their print magazine. The story is about a colony on a distant moon trying desperately to contact Earth. www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/inf...

Solarpunk Magazine Issue #17 Solarpunk Magazine Issue #17 released on September 10, 2024.

Next, "We Make the World in Our Image" was published in @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social issue #17. This one's about a mother and daughter trying to regrow the last marigold in a divided and drought-stricken version of the United States.

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The Ossification of The Space Between Us The hotel is made of a hundred thousand living bones. That is an estimate. The exact number fluctuates as new cartilage fuses together and old skeletons wear to dust. Children try to count, running th...

First is my story "The Ossification of the Space Between Us" published on the newly free-to-read @houseofgamut.bsky.social
This one is one of my favorite stories I've written and is about a living hotel made of bones that lives vicariously through its guests.
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Visual of published stories from 2024

Since it turns out one of my stories is now free to read online, here's my 2024 eligibility post only a little bit late!

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Thank you!! I’m so glad you liked it!

"Insatiable Life" by @kathleenschaefer.bsky.social in the ROBOTIC AMBITIONS anthology is excellent. Standout short story, I really loved it.

-Solarpunk Magazine Issue #17 Solarpunk Magazine Issue #17 released on September 10, 2024.

New story out in @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social! This one is a mother/daughter story about regrowing the last marigold in a divided and drought-stricken future of the United States. Get the issue here: solarpunkmagazine.com/shop/solarpu...

Cover for Gamut Magazine February 2024

In the February issue of GAMUT:

🦅 While My Brother is Devoured by Eagles by @avramargariti.bsky.social

🪆 Daniel’s Theory About Dolls by @sgj.bsky.social

🐍 The Jaws of Ouroboros by @stevetoase.bsky.social

AND so much more!

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💀 𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗨𝗘 𝟮 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗔𝗠𝗨𝗧 𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗭𝗜𝗡𝗘 is out TODAY! 
 
It’s behind a paywall, so make sure to 
𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙖 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚𝙧 to read it ➡ bit.ly/47L0r7b

I would be delighted if you considered my story "Stitch" for a Hugo Award. It's available to read or listen to on PodCastle (the narration is beautifully done):
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My full awards eligibility list can be found here: www.kathleenschaefer.net/2023-award-e...

Screenshot from weather app where Friday’s weather symbol is just a moon

Looking forward to this week’s weather, which is rain, rain, rain, snow, eternal night

2023 award eligibility graphic for Kathleen Schaefer listing "Stitch", a short fantasy story in PodCastle, and "Insatiable Life", a short scifi story in the Robotic Ambitions anthology

I have two stories eligible for awards this year and would be honored if you read them! www.kathleenschaefer.net/2023-award-e...

"Stitch" in particular is available for free on PodCastle, has gotten a couple of really nice reviews, and is excellently narrated! podcastle.org/2023/11/14/p...

Such an amazing feeling to see “Stitch” on an end of year list. Thanks for reading!