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Hannya Kay

@hannyakay.bsky.social

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https://www.hannya-kay.com/ (NOT HERE FOR NOW) SFF writer | Codex | Words @naturefutures.bsky.social, @blackharepress.bsky.social, Manawaker Podcast, Abyss&Apex | Reads at https://translunartravelerslounge.com/ & @factorfourmagazine.com | No AI

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Hannya Kay @hannyakay.bsky.social · Dec 4

My first publication 🎉
This story found the best home ever!
Feel free to give it a read and some love, and I'll send virtual hugs your way ❤️

Nature Futures @naturefutures.bsky.social · Dec 4

Memories. Remembering. That was its job. Recalling the life stories of so many people. All those it had met. All those it had worked with. All those who had now gone. They lived on in its recall.

So listen carefully — it has a tale to tell…

#scifi by Hannya Kay www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Exis memoria

Tales to tell.

www.nature.com

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Hannya Kay @hannyakay.bsky.social · 53m

Time for self promo 🙈
My scifi flash, up on Manawaker Podcast, is on the Nebula reading list 🎉🎉🎉
So please give it a go, and if you are in SFWA and enjoy it, maybe a little push?
Flash + audio is a rare and precious mix that needs more support ❤️
open.spotify.com/episode/4Sqd...

A Pixel, A Word, A Lie, A Speck of You – FFP 1020

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Hannya Kay @hannyakay.bsky.social · 54m

QUICK, SUBMIT!
Last chance this year 😱

Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 9h

Translunar Travelers Lounge closes to submissions end of day tomorrow, 15th October at midnight Eastern Time (US) (UTC-4:00). If you want to submit speculative fiction to us, make sure it's before then! Please read the guidelines. translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

Submissions

Broadly defined, the type of fiction we are looking for is “fun”. [Go to Submissions]

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All Worlds Wayfarer (Literary Magazine) @awwlitmag.bsky.social · 3h

It’s the final day for Into the Dark. We’re still about $2,200 short—unless something miraculous happens, we won’t fund.

If you’ve been meaning to back, today’s the last chance. Even if we fall short, thank you for helping us⬇️

👉https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/allworldswayfarer/into-the-dark-2

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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 2h

ANNOUNCEMENT🎺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Introducing our bona new quarterly literary magazine:

FANTABULOSA!

Pushing the boundaries of bold, authentic, QUEER storytelling. Bringing you stories of the uncanny, the dangerous and the fantastical.

& thanks to our brilliant #WrathMonth backers, we're fully funded for 2026 🤘

Bona Books Presents

A new queer literary magazine

FANTABULOSA!

Tales of the uncanny, the dangerous and the fantastical, from radical and unapologetic queer voices.

Science fiction, fantasy and horror
Short fiction & poetry

Submissions open now

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Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 23h

It can be hard coming up with new ideas for speculative fiction. Award-winning author Lavie Tidhar shares his method for generating fresh ideas in this excerpt from one of his workshops.

#authors #writingworkshops #writingadvice

youtu.be/NeHE11AbjKc?...

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Hannya Kay @hannyakay.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you so much 🥰

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Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 1d

Today's community drabble is, "Doppelgänger’s Lumen" by Dakria. The theme was "doppelganger."

Find Dakria at bsky.app/profile/dakria.bsky.social

Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl

#authors #drabble #writingprompts

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Hannya Kay @hannyakay.bsky.social · 1d

Thx Nick 🥳

Hannya Kay @hannyakay.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you Nico ❤️

Hannya Kay @hannyakay.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks so much 🥳

Hannya Kay @hannyakay.bsky.social · 1d

Thx ❤️🌟🌟

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 2d

There are a lot of amazing opportunities for writers but there are also a lot of amazing writers who aren't able to avail themselves of those opportunities because of cost.

Short but sweet: you can help.

♿️ Eva Roslin (They/She) is going to Can*Con! 🟨⬜️🟪⬛️ 🍁 @evavroslin.bsky.social · 5d

Hi everyone! I've been accepted to the once-in-a-lifetime writing workshop Under the Volcano, in January, in Mexico! I'm raising funds to help cover tuition, lodging, and airfare. If you are able to donate or boost the signal, thank you! www.gofundme.com/f/53fw2-help...

Donate to Help Eva get to a life-changing writing workshop!, organized by Eva Roslin

Hey everyone! I'm Eva Roslin (she/they), a queer, disabled horror and da… Eva Roslin needs your support for Help Eva get to a life-changing writing workshop!

www.gofundme.com

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Rukman Ragas (hiatus) @rukman.bsky.social · Aug 15

BIG DAY FOR APOCALYPSE KNITTING PARTY GIRLIES

New story out today with Translunar Travelers Lounge
translunartravelerslounge.com/2025/08/15/w...

Wolfmothers, by Rukman Ragas

The calls come from the caves underground and even you could follow it, slithering slowly as the heat scalds your scales. In there, your progenitor hangs, mouth forever forced open, venom falling i…

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 2d

Hope you are enjoying your Sunday, or if not at least working on a final polish of a speculative fiction story (5000 words or under) to submit to Translunar Travelers Lounge before the submissions portal closes on the 15th. Details at the link! translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

Submissions

Broadly defined, the type of fiction we are looking for is “fun”. [Go to Submissions]

translunartravelerslounge.com

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Hannya Kay @hannyakay.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you 🥰

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OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 3d

As a thank you for smashing SO many stretch goals, if we get to 300 backers @mruthrobinson.bsky.social will play Alien: Isolation on stream while Ash and Val tag along and laugh.

Think of it as our silly final backer goal as a treat—for you, not for MR.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

Info for our Backer Goals! 50, 100, 150, 200, AND 250 Backers are unlocked! All backer goals are in rainbow with an open lock over a blurred version of OTHERSIDE banner art in purple, with a blurred floating fantastical head on the right. Now at the bottom there is a FINAL GOAL: 300 backers - MR plays Alien: Isolation. Instead of a lock there is a face hugger from the Alien franchise.

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Hannya Kay @hannyakay.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you 😍

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Dakria @dakria.bsky.social · 2d

Just received my copy of Mmeory by @aanpress.bsky.social
Thank you all the way from Thailand! 🖤🖤🖤
I am so thrilled to be part of this amazing anthology.

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Hannya Kay @hannyakay.bsky.social · 2d

Publication day! My soft, sweet, spooky story (with my take on romance lol) is now available to Black Hare Press Patreon subscribers 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you BHP ❤️🎃

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 3d

Translunar Travelers Lounge welcomes submissions of speculative fiction 5000 words and under. Full details are at the link.https://translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

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Dead Languages Podcast @deadlanguagespod.bsky.social · 6d

We're joined by @kaidelmas.bsky.social this week! Listen in as Kai tears us apart in this Live Editing session!

open.spotify.com/episode/2T5I...

Episode 129: Live Editing! (with Kai Delmas)

Spotify video

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 4d

It's the last Friday of this submission period for Translunar Travelers Lounge. If you have some fantasy, science fiction, or other speculative fiction 5000 words and under, why not submit?

(Open until 15th October, please check the guidelines)
translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 5d

We continue to welcome stories, the portal is still open. Please read the guidelines before submitting! translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

Submissions

Broadly defined, the type of fiction we are looking for is “fun”. [Go to Submissions]

translunartravelerslounge.com

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 7d

it's here, The Deadlands fundraiser 💀

buy your very 2026 coin for the ferryman and help support us

we've got signed books, deadlands issues + psychopomp book bundles, and more coming soon!

please like + RT this to help spread the word

psychopomp.com/the-deadland...

behold!

Illustration of a white skull partially obscured by colorful mushrooms and plants. Different fungi sprout from and around the skull, including red mushrooms with white spots, yellow fan-shaped mushrooms, gray cluster mushrooms, and orange bulbous mushrooms, with green and purple plants filling the background. A ribbon at the bottom of the skull reads “ADMIT ONE.”

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Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 6d

Lavie Tidhar has been nominated or won literary awards over 56 times to date. Lucky for us, he's also an RYA instructor. In this free workshop excerpt, he talks about how to begin a story.

reachyourapex.com/how-to-start...

#authors #writersworkshop

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