Nadia Amatullah King

Update: I went with the latter and now all my Halloween candy is gone

Wait till they find out that Palestinians are Semites

Coming soon: The Cookout: A Speculative Fiction Anthology Sci-fi, fantasy, & horror stories by Black authors, centering traditions of “the cookout” — the joy, the drama, and the delicious food.

You're invited to The Cookout @tco-anthology.bsky.social, an anthology of speculative fiction from the African diaspora! Both the campaign and submissions launch in February 2026. #readers #readingcommunity #authors #writingcommunity

Congratulations!! Must be a really great feeling

Love the alt text of the 2nd pic. Nice one

They're very nice! The goats we have love to eat the leaves on the young saplings

They're wild around here so I assume the ones native to southeast US

Also, love that this book deal is a horror. It sounds so unhinged and I'm here for it!

Ahh I'm so happy you read it! Thanks!! Haven't written a good flash fic yet, haha. But more shorts are (hopefully) coming soon!

This basket weighs like 5lbs. Couldn't even hold it long enough with one arm to take a pic lol

A basket full of persimmon fruit in the sunset

Basket of persimmon fruit filled to the brim

Okay so this is the most I've ever harvested! So happy!! Not sure if I'm gonna make a jam or just splurge on them like candy 😋🌱

Congratulations!! So much good news! Glad to see it's all paying off for you!! Ngl, some of your flash pieces have been very inspiring for me, so it's nice to see you have yet another book deal. Wishing you all the best! 😁

Okay this is cool 📌📌📌

Thanks!

Hi, are reprints acceptable?

Website is not live yet. Still using Carrd till I'm ready to publish

Home page is a minimalist dark-blue, gray-toned background with a circular pfp in the center. Beneath it is my name (Nadia Amatullah King) and a tagline that says "author of speculative fiction and dark sci-fi." The navigation consists of only three, minimal icons with no words. The first is a crescent moon and star highlighted for the home page. The second is an open book, and the third is an artsy geometric symbol.

Screenshot of the second page, showing my one fiction publication, The Black Refinery. Contains one paragraph of text and a stock image of a beach in black-and-white.

I've become such a digital minimalist that I decided to code my own website! In HTML!! Very surprised since my tech skills are almost non-existent, but it's easier than expected. Right now it looks exactly as my Ghost/Carrd did, so I'm definitely calling this one a win! 😁

Escapist fiction is an art too.

Tortie cat with a deadpan face, sitting comfortably on my Inkheart book on my bed

Morning reading 💕

Always! 😊

My good friend got her first story published!! It's beautiful and sad and so sweet ❤

Congratulations!! ❤

Yess!! The nostalgia is too good

Photo of the book Inkheart by Cornelia Funke, sitting on my lap while in bed

Sometimes, you just have to curl up with your childhood fave and a cup of chamomile tea before bed 😌

Ahh, just remembered there's finally a bookmark feature now! 🙈

To the list! 📌

I never thought I’d see the day when I’d have to warn writers against submitting to Asimov’s, Analog, F&SF, Alfred Hitchcock’s, or Ellery Queen’s.

A stack of a lot of books of/on weird fiction

Weird?

The young trees fruit surprisingly well! The tree in this pic is only about 6ft, and the goats are agile (and crazy!) enough to stand on two legs to get to them

Photo of persimmon fruit hanging in a tree, most of them red as they start to ripen

Persimmom season is approaching! Hopefully I can get to them before the birds and the goats this time 😋🌱