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Spec fic. Bikes.Books. Words in Uncanny, F&SF, FIYAH, Apex and elsewhere VP 2022 they/any
Mary isn't on bsky but she's asked that I share her literary horror debut!
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!! 📢📢📢
We're hosting an AMA here with Apex Magazine Editor and EIC of Crepuscular @retreasure.bsky.social TOMORROW!! 📚✨
Got any writing, editing, or publishing questions burning a hole in your pocket? Reply to this post with your question, and Becky may select yours to answer!
Photo of Witch You Would flanked by a wooden spoon, a rolling pin, and a slate on a swirly greenish background, purple background for the rest of the image. Text: September 2, 2025 9pm - 11pm ET. launch Party. It’s Party Time. Come celebrate the release of WITCH YOU WOULD with us! twitch.tv/thekidsareasleep
It’s midnight! That means Witch You Would is OUT NOW AHHH!
Sorry I’m going to be insufferable for a minute. Also, please come to the party!
A solarpunk heist thriller, free creative writing workshop and more in our new update #solarpunk #protopia solarpunkstories.substack.com/p/solarpunk-...
27.08.2025 09:26 — 👍 8 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0I really enjoyed this one! (those opening lines were So memorable too)
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ICYMI! I have a new story out!
'Til Earth and Heaven Ring' draws on the real self-emancipation orchestrated by Robert Smalls in 1862, swirled with a budding romance, a dash of the uncanny, and interspersed with museum artifacts and interpretation.
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in a very anecdotal way, I think it's real! my timelines are usually filled with "I said yes!" photos and announcements those months!
30.07.2025 23:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I always thought cuffing season was sort of a 'tongue in cheek' reference to the uptick of engagements and marriage proposals Dec-Feb .
30.07.2025 15:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0moderately time-war coded
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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!
09.07.2025 23:23 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Hi! Where do you want the synopsis? At the beginning of the MS document? The end?
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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 👀
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
My novel, The Canopy Keepers, was nominated for a Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award!!! 🥳 🙏 www.killernashville.com/2025-silver-...
03.07.2025 10:58 — 👍 48 🔁 11 💬 9 📌 1Ope! Omwwwwww!!!
03.07.2025 20:47 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0🙌🏾🩵 Thank you, Craig!
03.07.2025 14:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Courtney, I 🥹🥹🥹😭
Thank you friend!
⚡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.
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"....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."
01.07.2025 21:15 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing!
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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!
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! 🪲🐛🐞🦀
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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:
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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?????
