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UK-based writer of literary fiction & SFF. Musician. Over-thinker. Not sure about that hyphen. Follow me on Instagram! http://instagram.com/stevenkaybooks #amquerying

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Scary Story Challenge — nycmidnight The Scary Story Challenge is a creative writing competition that challenges writers worldwide to create scary short stories based on assigned prompts in 48 hours.

Up for a scary writing challenge? Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social Scary Story Challenge on October 31st! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/scary

17.09.2025 20:47 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Submissions to Viridine Literary are open! Theme: Identity. Deadline: 31st May

Submissions to Viridine Literary are open! Theme: Identity. Deadline: 31st May

Submissions are open!

Theme: Identity

Be yourself. Truly, wholly, unapologetically.

Submit: forms.gle/eNtGTASKqUNn...

28.04.2025 09:54 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 2
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After his cat goes missing, ex-supermarket worker Jonathan returns to his former place of work and finds his hopes of buying wine dashed by the store's new AI-powered re-stocking system

Check out 'BOTTLENECK', out now! foofaraw.press/bottleneck-b...

#scifi #darkscfi #britishauthors

01.02.2025 12:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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My short story BOTTLENECK is out today! Read it now on online magazine foofaraw: foofaraw.press/bottleneck-b...
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#writingcommunity #scifi #darkscfi #britishauthors #thriller #shortstory #ai #britishauthor #britishwriter #scifstories

23.01.2025 20:19 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Glass Needle You look thin! Katia jolted up in bed, clutching her mottled blanket. Saucer-eyed, her gaze turned to the open bedroom door, a black monolith in the room’s mothy dusk. She clicked on the bedside lamp,...

My short story “The Glass Needle” is now available to read in Issue 4 of 7th-Circle Pyrite! Read it here:
www.7thcirclepyrite.com/post/the-gla...
#shortstory #literaryjournal

18.05.2024 10:32 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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7th-Circle Pyrite | A literary journal celebrating worlds beyond 7th-Circle Pyrite is an online literary journal celebrating worlds beyond our own: all that transcends the physical and mundane.

I'm very pleased to announce that my short story "The Glass Needle" will be published in Issue 4 of the fantastic literary journal 7th-Circle Pyrite on 18th May. Read more about 7th-Circle Pyrite at www.7thcirclepyrite.com

#shortstory #writingcommunity #literaryfiction #published #literaryjournal

02.05.2024 11:19 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Very happy with a cheeky 4th place for my short story "The Glass Needle" in round 1 of @nycmidnight's Short Story Competition. Round 2 here we come! 🥰
#writingcommunity

10.04.2024 17:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Reached 45k words on my new histfic's first draft today, feels good! This is my second novel, but my first histfic 😱
#amwriting #histfic

04.03.2024 21:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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New blog post is up! 👀
Is it ever wise to work on multiple large creative projects at once? I used to think it was a fast-track ticket to failure, but perhaps I was wrong.
www.stevenkaybooks.com/2024/02/29/i...
#blog #newblogpost

29.02.2024 15:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Short Fiction: Green Light - Steven Kay - Sci-fi & Fantasy Steven Kay - Sci-fi & Fantasy Short Fiction: Green Light Featured - UK-based author of literary fiction & sci-fi.

New story up 🎉
www.stevenkaybooks.com/2024/02/17/s...
GREEN LIGHT: A successful artist suffering from feelings of isolation builds a new relationship during her struggle to reconnect with reality
#flashfiction #shortstory

17.02.2024 11:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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