Author Kimberly Shyu

December 2025 Micro Fiction Challenge A monthly space for 'unplaceable' micro fiction to take root. 🌿

December 2025 #microfiction challenge is now live!

✏️300 words max
📢Start with the prompt
📸Use the image as inspiration
♾ All genres (and mash-ups) welcome
🪩Due by 31 Dec in the Substack comments

#writingprompt #Prompts #writingcommunity #shortstory #getcreative

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My hands shook. One chance to get it right—an octopus, subtle and mysterious. Scarlet: a reflection of me I hadn't anticipated. Crimson tentacles like Ariel's hair, Aries red, quiet with flair, constantly moving yet able to fade into the dark. #painting #art #artist #timelapse

November 2025 Micro Fiction Challenge A monthly space for 'unplaceable' micro fiction to take root. 🌿

My monthly microfiction story is up and ready for 👀. Didn't expect this one to take such an interesting turn, but Liir is driven by vengeance, tactically outfitted for a night out, and strategically ready to combat the nefarious players who have a few things to hide.

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Should we be polite to LLMs when we use AI and mind our manners, or should we be brash and limit our environmental impact? Or does it matter?

What say you?

#ai #tech #manners #environment #debate #unplaceablefiction #llms

@andersedwards.bsky.social look what I opened today!! Beautiful packaging and promo pieces. Love it! Can't wait to dive in. 😍

#indieauthors #writingcommunity #books #bookstoread #speculative #ya

Congratulations!!! How exciting! 👏🏆⭐

November 2025 Micro Fiction Challenge A monthly space for 'unplaceable' micro fiction to take root. 🌿

Come on in! The November 2025 Micro Fiction Challenge is open to all and I would love to see you flex your writing talent! 😍 300 words max. I'll read a few aloud in December on Instagram and TikTok, because your creativity deserves promotion.

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I worked tirelessly on that first chapter, revising it countlessly with feedback from beta readers, lit agents, & editing professionals. But I knew I had Theo's voice nailed from the beginning. He's sarcastic & tarnished but seeking identity, acceptance, ❤️ and meaning.

#scifibooks #read #upmarket

Thank you!!

DUSK by Kimberly Shyu | BookLife In 2034, twenty-eight-year-old Theo Stewart intends to fulfill his mother’s dreams for him to settle down and live a quiet life after his father’s untimely death chasing adventures in space. But when ...

⚡ Editor's Pick on Booklife ⚡

My first professional review is in and looking 🔥🔥🔥

Straight As, Editor's Pick, and compared to two Hugo award winners: Three Body Problem and Binti. 🥰🤓🥲

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#dusk #scifibooks #scifi #speculativefiction #books

Three readers mentioned DUSK reminded them of #ThreeBodyProblem. I'll take that as the highest compliment; Liu Cixin changed what sci-fi could be. Like him, my goal is to inspire conversations of depth and wonder about humanity's place in the universe.

#scifi #speculative #dusk #upmarket #bookclub

October 2025 Micro Fiction Challenge A monthly space for 'unplaceable' micro fiction to take root. 🎃

I just submitted my piece in the Substack comments. After the first draft, I decided to change the ending. Really happy with where this landed.

300 words max. Exercise your brain. Cut the fluff. Force the poignance.

October 2025 Micro Fiction Challenge
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"The vagabond side-stepped the warning and crept toward the cliff…"

What happens next? Up to you.

📝 300 words max
🌀 All genres welcome—embrace the unplaceable
✨ Post your story on this link in Substack
⏰ By Oct 31

#microfiction #prompt #writingprompt #writing

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Do you ever feel like someone just needs to decide you're someone, and then you'll be someone?

You're already someone. It's just no one has discovered that yet.

What should I publish next?

1️⃣ The prequel to my debut: grounded sci-fi featuring the first sentient humanoids fighting for love and rights.

2️⃣ A new duology or trilogy where time is a commodity and the world is run by a superintelligent AI hive.

Drop a comment below! ♥️

#ReadersCommunity #booktok

Kimberly Shyu (@kimposs1ble) Time to write some micro fiction. Using this image as inspiration, and the opening phrase in the prompt, get to it. Up to 300 words max. Add to the comments in the post. Don’t overthink it. Let it...

Time to write some micro fiction. Using this image as inspiration, and the opening phrase in the prompt, get to it.

Up to 300 words max. Add to the comments in the Substack post.

Don’t overthink it. Let it flow.

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A woman stands in front of a white brick wall. A quote next to her says 'The only thing stopping you is your own skepticism about your own capabilities.' www.kimshyu.com

Someone recently asked me the biggest lesson I've learned about self-publishing.

The gist of the answer: stop getting in your own way. Be adaptable, employ a growth mindset, and trust that the right people & tools are out there to support you.

#indie #author #lessons #selfpublishing #unplaceable

The Ultimate DUSK Book Club Guide This dual-POV, multi-genre, upmarket commercial book packs a punchy plot, deep character introspection, and plenty of juicy speculative themes to provoke hours of discussion. Guide & party tips here.

Multi-genre sci-fi makes great #BookClub fodder. Just look at Klara and the Sun, a #GMA pick. #DUSK isn't your typical sci-fi. It's about family sagas, identity, regret, romance, adventure, and the paths we don't take. Discussion guide here. #booktok #books #new

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Yes I loved this movie and thought the exact same thing! I'm totally buying your book, btw.

Received my #author copies today of my debut novel, #DUSK! They were a bit dusty fresh out of the box, but I shined them up.

#Firstcontact, but not all #scifi. For fans of The Three Body Problem, The Candy House, Sea of Tranquility, and Don’t Look Up. #books

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Thank you!! I just got my author copies today and am enraptured on ch 4 already ... But I'm biased. 🤓

YouTube video by Author Kimberly Shyu DUSK by Kimberly Shyu - Novel Teaser

So proud to share the teaser of my debut novel, DUSK! It's #literary #scifi featuring dual POVs set in 2034 and 2086—an intergenerational family saga, masked with commercial appeal and adventure. At its heart, it's about identity, ambition, sacrifice, and regret. Enjoy!

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Humanoids Today & In the Future In the novel DUSK, humanoids play a critical role in caring for the elderly, but it's no longer sci-fi. It's happening today, with a hockey stick trajectory over the next five years.

#Humanoids are no longer #scifi. It may not always make headlines, but it's happening. The humanoid market is set for a 47%+ CAGR between now and 2030, and #AGI is possible by the end of the decade. Combine the two, and the #future is now. #FutureTech #AI

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Humanoid robots were a sci-fi dream. Suddenly they’re everywhere. A frenzy of investment from Amazon, Meta and other companies has created a crowd of new humanoid robots.

My debut novel, #DUSK, features a humanoid caretaker of an elderly man in 2086. I launched the book yesterday, the same day @washingtonpost.com published this piece. #futurism

See more at www.kimshyu.com

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