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Hayley Shucker
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Writer of short stories, flash, screenplays. Lover of musical theater, baking, and cats. Pub in Door is a Jar, Los Angeles Review, Reed Magazine etc hayleyshucker.com MFA Sarah Lawrence 2025 MA English CSULB 2016
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Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · Aug 9
New #flashfiction piece out in The Mersey Review! #iamawriter #writingcommunity
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Blood Pudding — The Mersey Review
'Blood Pudding' by Hayley Shucker
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Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 8h
Made #zines of my Substack posts. Gave a few away at a publishing event today. Full video on my Instagram @crafting_first_chapters And you can subscribe hayleyshucker.substack.com/archive?sort...
#firstchapters #fiction #literature #tbr #craftessay
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Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 1d
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean delves into the patriarchy, the old world, and really highlights how many ways “you are what you eat” can resonate.

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#firstchapters #fiction #literature #books #tbr #craftessay #writingtips #thriller #mystery #horror
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
The First Chapter of Dean’s “You Are What You Eat” Novel
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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · Sep 3
my job is to construct my insecurities into an aesthetic artifice that I shall call art and I will require a professional editor and advance payment up front. I am a Literary Writer.
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Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 4d
Making some zines based on some of my Substack posts.
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#firstchapters #craftessay #tbr #zinemaking #zines #writing
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Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 8d
A multiple pov #thriller where you don't know who to trust! Learn to plant #mystery in this new post!
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#firstchapters #fiction #literature #books #readinglist #tbr #craftessay #craftanalysis #writingtips #writingcommunity
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Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 9d
#writingtips #writingcommunity #tbr #fiction #literature #alicefeeney
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Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 9d
Tomorrow's craft lesson is a #thriller and a #mystery #novel
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Richie Narvaez @richienarvaez.bsky.social · 15d
Back in the Bronx on Oct. 18, for a panel on "The Author's Journey," with Lorraine Avila, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, and Theresa Varela. Part of the NYPL's Pathways to Publishing Day.
www.showclix.com/event/pathways
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Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 9d
I've also done 3 card draw for scene or plot arc ideas.
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Matthew David Goodwin @latinxfiles.bsky.social · 18d
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 31ST!

The Speculative Detective Agency
Co-Editors: Matthew David Goodwin and Richie Narvaez

Call for Stories:
tinyurl.com/2kw9kd85

The Kickstarter:
tinyurl.com/2x4rp52h

---TRUST THE MYSTERY---
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Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 11d
Let's use tarot cards to create characters with 4 readings and 7 brainstorming prompts.

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#firstchapters #fiction #literature #books #readinglist #tbr #craftessay #craftanalysis #writingtips #writingcommunity #writinglife #writingprompts
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Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 15d
Craft analysis of The Need by Helen Phillips.
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#firstchapters #fiction #literature #books #readinglist #tbr #craftessay #craftanalysis #writingtips #writingcommunity #writinglife #bookrecommendations #speculativefiction #horror
#thriller #mystery
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Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 16d
Tomorrow I tackle The Need by Helen Phillips hayleyshucker.substack.com
#firstchapters #fiction #literature #books #readinglist #tbr #craftessay #craftanalysis #writingtips #writingcommunity #writinglife #bookrecommendations
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Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 17d
Don't worry, it's a 2026 goal 💋
tacobellquarterly.org Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · Jun 26
There is no God, start a literary magazine
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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 19d
It's not that you're not talented enough! It's that the literary world is an expensive pyramid scheme!
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Richie Narvaez @richienarvaez.bsky.social · Sep 14
Please support our Kickstarter for the Speculative Detective Agency anthology. This is going to be a fantastic book and in donating to the Kickstarter you also get the book at a discount. And maybe some swell rewards.

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Tin House @tinhouse.bsky.social · 17d
Autumn (Online) is calling! 🍂🍁

For the first time ever, Tin House is opening up our online faculty readings to the public! All readings are on Zoom and are free to attend.

Register here: forms.gle/NPQx38ksrxUJ...
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Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 18d
Check out The Speculative Detective Agency by Matthew David Goodwin on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
#speculativefiction #writingcommunity #anthology #shortstory #noir #detective
The Speculative Detective Agency
A Curious Collection of Mysterious Cases
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Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 24d
New first chapters craft essay coming Friday. hayleyshucker.substack.com
#writingtips #writingcommunity #craftanalysis #fiction #literature #poetry
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Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 25d
I just backed The Speculative Detective Agency on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
#speculativefiction #independentbooks #books #indiebooks #novels #literature
The Speculative Detective Agency
A Curious Collection of Mysterious Cases
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Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 29d
Have a coffee and a read
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#firstchapters #writingtips #writingcommunity #memoir #fiction #literature #books
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
The First Chapter of McCurdy’s Chilling Mom-Centric Memoir
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Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · Sep 18
New #firstchapters analysis dropping tomorrow. hayleyshucker.substack.com
#memoir #nonfiction #writingtips #writingcommunity #literature #fiction
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Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · Sep 18
I'll also be a guest on their podcast soon.
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Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · Sep 16
Weird little #flashfiction piece is live in issue 18 of Etched Onyx! Saw this little guy a few days after my acceptance email.
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#writer #pubday #writingcommunity
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Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · Sep 15
A #memoir for my #firstchapters post this Friday. Subscribe hayleyshucker.substack.com
#imgladmymomdied #jennettemccurdy #writing #writingtips
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