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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 · 12h

Thanks so much 🥳

Hannya Kay @hannyakay.bsky.social · 12h

Thx ❤️🌟🌟

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 15h

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 · 4d

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…

translunartravelerslounge.com

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 17h

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 · 13h

Thank you 🥰

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OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 13h

Thank you 😍

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Dakria @dakria.bsky.social · 22h

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 · 21h

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 · 1d

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 · 4d

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

open.spotify.com

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

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 · 3d

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 · 6d

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 · 5d

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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Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 4d

Today's community drabble is, "School Trip" by Hannya Kay. The theme was "escape."

Find Hannya Kay at X @Hannya_Kay / BlueSky @HannyaKay.bsky.social

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

#authors #drabble #writingprompts

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Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 5d

Today's community drabble is, "When Binding Broke" by Dakria. The theme was "escape."

Find Dakria at dakria.de/

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

#authors #drabble #writingprompts

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Hannya Kay @hannyakay.bsky.social · 6d

Submit!
Readers are starting to engage with dark magic rituals to face lack of sleep and brain mush, but do not hesitate, they knew what they were signing for (with their blood)!
Submit!
(am I going too horror here? hum, we want FUN, remember 🙄)

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

Today's community drabble is, "Fraternity" by Jarune Uwujaren. The theme was "crash."

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

#authors #drabble #writingprompts

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 7d

Our readers continue to work through the submissions we've received, and we still want more! Read the submission guidelines for details and a link to the portal. 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 · 7d

LOL. Great drabble 🔥

Kai Delmas @kaidelmas.bsky.social · 8d

First drabble of the month with the theme Balloons. 🎈
It's free to read. Go ahead and take a look. 👀
www.patreon.com/posts/140463...

A Universe | Kai Delmas

Get more from Kai Delmas on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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Hannya Kay @hannyakay.bsky.social · 8d

Give us scifi, give us fantasy, give us anything in between, a bit scary here, a bit heartbreaking there, some frantic action, hope that lingers, a fun ride with so many layers underneath...
Any and all of it, or something else?
Don't self reject, SUBMIT 🥰

Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 8d

Submissions are open until 15 October!

Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 20d

The general submissions portal is now open for all writers. We are looking for speculative fiction stories, 5000 words or under, and our preference is for something that is, more or less, fun.

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Kai Delmas @kaidelmas.bsky.social · 8d

Addison does fantastic work. If you need a cover, he's your guy! 😁🙌💙

Addison Smith (Addi) @addi.social · 8d

I'm putting out my shingle for a limited quantity of book cover design jobs! Details are in the image and alt text. If you think you might be interested, please email me at the address in the image and I will send you a small, private portfolio of my work! I'm looking for five jobs for October.

A white and purple design with an illustration of a man sitting at a computer.
Text:
BOOK COVER DESIGN
Basic Package - $250
* Ebook
*Print
*PSD
*Unlimited Revisions (within reason)
* NO AI
* Licensed Art
Email me for Private Portfolio!
smithaddisonchase@gmail.com

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Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 8d

Today's community drabble is, "Chernihiv Gubernia, October 9, 1905" by Rachael Rosenberg. The theme was "crash."

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

#authors #drabble #writingprompts

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