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KS Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social · 3d

Mary isn't on bsky but she's asked that I share her literary horror debut!
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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 29d

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!! 📢📢📢

We're hosting an AMA here with Apex Magazine Editor and EIC of Crepuscular @retreasure.bsky.social TOMORROW!! 📚✨

Got any writing, editing, or publishing questions burning a hole in your pocket? Reply to this post with your question, and Becky may select yours to answer!

a drawing of a question mark surrounded by magnifying glasses and circles

Alt: a drawing of a purple question mark surrounded by magnifying glasses and circles

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Valerie Valdes @valerievaldes.bsky.social · Sep 2

It’s midnight! That means Witch You Would is OUT NOW AHHH!

Sorry I’m going to be insufferable for a minute. Also, please come to the party!

Photo of Witch You Would flanked by a wooden spoon, a rolling pin, and a slate on a swirly greenish background, purple background for the rest of the image. Text: September 2, 2025 9pm - 11pm ET. launch Party. It’s Party Time. Come celebrate the release of WITCH YOU WOULD with us! twitch.tv/thekidsareasleep

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SolarPunk Stories @solarpunkstories.bsky.social · Aug 27

A solarpunk heist thriller, free creative writing workshop and more in our new update #solarpunk #protopia solarpunkstories.substack.com/p/solarpunk-...

Solarpunk round up

New art, novels and more in our latest highlights of solarpunky stuff

solarpunkstories.substack.com

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KS Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social · Aug 27

I really enjoyed this one! (those opening lines were So memorable too)

KS Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social · Aug 7

ICYMI! I have a new story out!
'Til Earth and Heaven Ring' draws on the real self-emancipation orchestrated by Robert Smalls in 1862, swirled with a budding romance, a dash of the uncanny, and interspersed with museum artifacts and interpretation.

strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

Till Earth and Heaven Ring

The first time Theo saw the Henrietta up close—dead of night, moon hanging low like ripe fruit behind the foremast, shrouded in fog—well, he felt something. Something fear-shaped but with a finer p…

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KS Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social · Jul 30

in a very anecdotal way, I think it's real! my timelines are usually filled with "I said yes!" photos and announcements those months!

KS Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social · Jul 30

I always thought cuffing season was sort of a 'tongue in cheek' reference to the uptick of engagements and marriage proposals Dec-Feb .

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Max Gladstone @maxgladstone.bsky.social · Jul 28

moderately time-war coded

Sam Wilson @samwilson.bsky.social · Jul 28

Can’t wait to introduce bird-based storage into my backup system

A twitter post explaining how you can “save PNGs to birds” by converting a drawing of a bird into a spectrogram then playing it to a starling who sung it back, reproducing the PNG.

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Kemi Ashing-Giwa @kashinggiwa.bsky.social · Jul 15

After a devastating battle, a reluctant rebel is forced to work with a dangerous enemy to save their world.

In the mood for a book about found family, fighting technofascism, and second chances? There are 100 free copies of The King Must Die available on GR: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

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Hedone Books @hedonebooks.bsky.social · Jul 11

We’re so excited to announce the official table of contents for SILK & FOXGLOVE🪻🔪🪷🔪We’re so grateful to all the authors who sent work in and we can’t for you all to read this collection @pegasusunder.bsky.social has curated 😍

#queer #indiehorror #queerpublishing #hedonebooks

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KS Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social · Jul 9

Hi! Per the Instagram acct, synopsis can go at the beginning or end of the e manuscript!

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KS Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social · Jul 9

Hi! Where do you want the synopsis? At the beginning of the MS document? The end?

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Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.1 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · Jul 7

HEY SFF WRITERS 👋✨

We want your books.

So we can acquire them.

And print them.

For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨

Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words.

Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread.

Pass it on 👀

Augur press novella and novelette submissions now open! Be a part of augur press’ debut line up. We’re looking for works from 12,500-40,000 words to launch as print books in 2027-2029. Canadian & international authors welcomed. Open July 6-August 30. Guidelines at augursociety.org/press-submissions.

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KS Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hello new followers! So happy you're here! You'll find I mostly use bsky for updates (my own writing and others'!)
I'm also active on IG. But the best place to remain up to date on my work remains my newsletter: www.kswalker.net#contact

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the website of speculative fiction author KS Walker

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Veronica G. Henry (Preorder The People's Library) @veronicaghenry.bsky.social · Jul 3

My novel, The Canopy Keepers, was nominated for a Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award!!! 🥳 🙏 www.killernashville.com/2025-silver-...

2025 Silver Falchion Award Finalists — Killer Nashville

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KS Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social · Jul 3

Ope! Omwwwwww!!!

Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · Jul 1

New story! "The Best Way to Survive a Tiger Attack" by A. W. Prihandita! buff.ly/7211uCO

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KS Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social · Jul 3

🙌🏾🩵 Thank you, Craig!

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KS Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social · Jul 3

Courtney, I 🥹🥹🥹😭
Thank you friend!

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KS Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social · Jul 3

⚡New Story!⚡

'Til Earth and Heaven Ring' is a historical piece in @strangehorizons.bsky.social Afrosurrealism special issue!

Inspired by Robert Smalls' self-emancipation, this is a story about strangeness, risk, art, and of course, about freedom.

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Till Earth and Heaven Ring

The first time Theo saw the Henrietta up close—dead of night, moon hanging low like ripe fruit behind the foremast, shrouded in fog—well, he felt something. Something fear-shaped but with a finer p…

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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · Jul 1

"....Otto could not see through the hole, but he could see into it. And inside were multitudes. Far more there than could or should be contained in any single person. There was a vastness, yet as far as Otto could tell, it was full .… a bowl full of possibility."

Till Earth and Heaven Ring

The first time Theo saw the Henrietta up close—dead of night, moon hanging low like ripe fruit behind the foremast, shrouded in fog—well, he felt something. Something fear-shaped but with a finer p…

strangehorizons.com

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KS Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social · Jul 3

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing!

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Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · Jul 1

Here's some more AfroSurrealism for everyone!

SET IT OFF (1996) – FANS’ CUT
by NOVA CYPRESS BLACK

Till Earth and Heaven Ring
by K. S. Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social

Read these pieces at the link to the latest issue in our bio!

POETRY

by NOVA CYPRESS BLACK
SET IT OFF (1996) – FANS’ CUT

Quote
"our girl
hits da hydraulics & blasts away from da bullets with
a cigarette tap dancing between her lips"

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Strange Horizons

FICTION

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"The first time Theo saw the Henrietta up close—dead of night, moon hanging low like ripe fruit behind the foremast, shrouded in fog—well, he felt something. Something fear-shaped but with a finer point."

Till Earth and Heaven Ring
by K. S. Walker

30 June 2025
Strange Horizons

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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · Jul 1

We're open to submissions this month by authors of historically marginalized backgrounds only!

We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and other folks whose voices must be heard!

www.havenspec.com/submit/

Haven Spec Magazine, Submission Page

Fiction and Poetry for the 21st Century!

www.havenspec.com

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Hexagon SF Magazine @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social · Jun 17

Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 2 is now available on our Patreon! Featuring arthropod stories from @eclosionk2.bsky.social, @mmschreier.bsky.social, @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social, @dianadima.com, @akatherineblack.bsky.social, @jennifleck.bsky.social, and Pauline Jérémie! 🪲🐛🐞🦀

Cover of Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 2 includes vintage art of beetles, dragonflies, and a grasshopper.
Edited by JW Stebner
Featuring stories by Black, Dima, Jérémie, Kwiatkowski, Lesh Fleck, Schreier, and Walker.

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