KS Walker

in a very anecdotal way, I think it's real! my timelines are usually filled with "I said yes!" photos and announcements those months!

I always thought cuffing season was sort of a 'tongue in cheek' reference to the uptick of engagements and marriage proposals Dec-Feb .

moderately time-war coded

After a devastating battle, a reluctant rebel is forced to work with a dangerous enemy to save their world.

In the mood for a book about found family, fighting technofascism, and second chances? There are 100 free copies of The King Must Die available on GR: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

We’re so excited to announce the official table of contents for SILK & FOXGLOVE🪻🔪🪷🔪We’re so grateful to all the authors who sent work in and we can’t for you all to read this collection @pegasusunder.bsky.social has curated 😍

#queer #indiehorror #queerpublishing #hedonebooks

Hi! Per the Instagram acct, synopsis can go at the beginning or end of the e manuscript!

Hi! Where do you want the synopsis? At the beginning of the MS document? The end?

Augur press novella and novelette submissions now open! Be a part of augur press’ debut line up. We’re looking for works from 12,500-40,000 words to launch as print books in 2027-2029. Canadian & international authors welcomed. Open July 6-August 30. Guidelines at augursociety.org/press-submissions.

HEY SFF WRITERS 👋✨

We want your books.

So we can acquire them.

And print them.

For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨

Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words.

Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread.

Pass it on 👀

KS Walker the website of speculative fiction author KS Walker

Hello new followers! So happy you're here! You'll find I mostly use bsky for updates (my own writing and others'!)
I'm also active on IG. But the best place to remain up to date on my work remains my newsletter: www.kswalker.net#contact

2025 Silver Falchion Award Finalists — Killer Nashville

My novel, The Canopy Keepers, was nominated for a Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award!!! 🥳 🙏 www.killernashville.com/2025-silver-...

Ope! Omwwwwww!!!

🙌🏾🩵 Thank you, Craig!

Courtney, I 🥹🥹🥹😭
Thank you friend!

Till Earth and Heaven Ring The first time Theo saw the Henrietta up close—dead of night, moon hanging low like ripe fruit behind the foremast, shrouded in fog—well, he felt something. Something fear-shaped but with a finer p…

⚡New Story!⚡

'Til Earth and Heaven Ring' is a historical piece in @strangehorizons.bsky.social Afrosurrealism special issue!

Inspired by Robert Smalls' self-emancipation, this is a story about strangeness, risk, art, and of course, about freedom.

strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

Till Earth and Heaven Ring The first time Theo saw the Henrietta up close—dead of night, moon hanging low like ripe fruit behind the foremast, shrouded in fog—well, he felt something. Something fear-shaped but with a finer p…

"....Otto could not see through the hole, but he could see into it. And inside were multitudes. Far more there than could or should be contained in any single person. There was a vastness, yet as far as Otto could tell, it was full .… a bowl full of possibility."

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing!

POETRY by NOVA CYPRESS BLACK SET IT OFF (1996) – FANS’ CUT  Quote "our girl hits da hydraulics & blasts away from da bullets with a cigarette tap dancing between her lips" 30 June 2025 Strange Horizons

FICTION Quote "The first time Theo saw the Henrietta up close—dead of night, moon hanging low like ripe fruit behind the foremast, shrouded in fog—well, he felt something. Something fear-shaped but with a finer point." Till Earth and Heaven Ring  by K. S. Walker 30 June 2025 Strange Horizons

Here's some more AfroSurrealism for everyone!

SET IT OFF (1996) – FANS’ CUT 
by NOVA CYPRESS BLACK

Till Earth and Heaven Ring 
by K. S. Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social

Read these pieces at the link to the latest issue in our bio!

Haven Spec Magazine, Submission Page Fiction and Poetry for the 21st Century!

We're open to submissions this month by authors of historically marginalized backgrounds only!

We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and other folks whose voices must be heard!

www.havenspec.com/submit/

Cover of Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 2 includes vintage art of beetles, dragonflies, and a grasshopper. Edited by JW Stebner Featuring stories by Black, Dima, Jérémie, Kwiatkowski, Lesh Fleck, Schreier, and Walker.

Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 2 is now available on our Patreon! Featuring arthropod stories from @eclosionk2.bsky.social, @mmschreier.bsky.social, @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social, @dianadima.com, @akatherineblack.bsky.social, @jennifleck.bsky.social, and Pauline Jérémie! 🪲🐛🐞🦀

Medical and Post-Hospital Care for Vida Cruz-Borja Hello, I am Vida Cruz-Borja, author of the Cirilo F. Bautista Award-winning Song of the Mango and Other New Myths and the IGNYTE Award-winning essay “We are the Mountain: A Look at the Inactive Protag...

Hi all; I'm going to undergo a significant procedure later this year (sorry, would rather not disclose) and my husband's health insurance doesn't cover it. We're going to need funds for the care during and after. Any help would be much appreciated:

gogetfunding.com/medical-and-...

a man is standing in front of a sign that says this is audrey Alt: Clip from Little Shop of Horrors - Audrey 2 (the flesh eating plant) is cajoling Seymour to feed them blood

FEED US

(It has to be human and it has to be yours!)

Our submission period closes May 31st so get those short stories and poems watered, fertilized, and...cut?

We want spec that is focused on a long-term relationships. Bonus points if Canadian 🍁

www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g...

The cover for Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 2 features several beetles, dragonflies, and other arthropods in a specimen drawing style. The names of the contributors are included on the cover. Edited by JW Stebner Black, Dima, Green, Jérémie, Kwiatkowski, Lesh Fleck, Schreier, and Walker.

I’m incredibly excited to announce the authors for Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 2! 🦋🐞🐜🪲🦗🪰🕷️🦀
@akatherineblack.bsky.social
@dianadima.com
Joshua Green
Pauline Jérémie
@eclosionk2.bsky.social
@jennifleck.bsky.social
@mmschreier.bsky.social
@kswalkerwrites.bsky.social
#invertefest

March 1st! It's my birthday month and in true Aries fashion I like to celebrate ALL MONTH LONG 🎊
Celebrate with me in this thread by sharing something you made that you're proud of 🥰🥰🥰

STOP EVERYTHING. ✋🏾
One of my *favorite* short fiction writers has a novella coming out?

THIS MONTH?

@neonhemlock.bsky.social @domsdickey.bsky.social where have I been?????

👀👀 I've got this on my shelf! Can't wait to read it.

Hands Like Gold and Starlight - Uncanny Magazine Author’s Note: I’ve taken liberties here somewhat with both place and time so that the rise of Martha’s Vineyard as a safe place to travel for Black Americans intersects with the peak Deaf population ...

Happy Valentine's Day!✨💘

Doing award season reading?
Looking for something with a hint of romance?

Can I offer you ' Hands like Gold and Starlight'?

www.uncannymagazine.com/article/hand...

Please note I did not promise you an HEA 🫣 do not come for me 😆

Thrilled that we have a Spanish language version of this guide to protecting yourself and your community from ICE, in the hopes it can reach as many people who need it as possible.
51st.news/es/los-opera...

four colored sketches on pink backgrounds: a male firefly captioned "you light up my life", a naked mole rat captioned "you smell like home to me", a mating pair of anglerfish captioned "I'll always be a part of you", and a tragopan captioned "you inflate my weird dangly thing"

animal valentines

YouTube video by The Story Engine Deck How to write page-turning romance relationships with CL Clark - Story Engine Workshop Series

Our workshop livestream series continues on Thursday with award-winning author @clclark.bsky.social!

Join us Feb. 13 @ 3pm ET to learn how to spice up your character relationships before Valentine's Day rolls around!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2Yp...

This story was inspired by both Black and Deaf history. I hope you'll give it a try