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Premee Mohamed
@premeemohamed.com
Writer, scientist, bug. she/her. #yeg. 🇨🇦 🇬🇾 Winner of a Nebula, Locus, World Fantasy, Ignyte, and Aurora award! Rep: Michael Curry 📚🪲 Tips for cat treats! https://ko-fi.com/premee
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Pinned post time! :D I am a scientist and author based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada -- I write about gods, monsters, magic, science, and people running in circles screaming "WHAT IS THAT WHAT IS IT DON'T LET IT TOUCH ME"

My Bookstore bookshop is here! :)

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Premee Mohamed Books
Books I wrote, books I'm in! Not in any kind of order mostly.
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#DYK? Trilobites ruled the Earth longer than the dinosaurs! It took three major mass extinctions to end trilobites’ more than 250-milion year evolutionary lifespan. Join Museum Curator Melanie Hopkins to explore these arthropods through the Museum’s extensive collection of trilobite specimens.
The Most Successful Animals You've Never Seen (Spoiler: It's Trilobites)
YouTube video by American Museum of Natural History
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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A very prominent anthologist once yelled at me for saying so but I still think we need more presses releasing weird/horror collections
I have a short story collection ready to submit. I have a list, but curious if anyone has favorite presses (who accepted unsolicited subs) for speculative horror 👀
December 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Bug Café: Latte Art ☕
2018, ink & watercolor originals turned into a pattern
#ArtAdventCalendar
December 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Also I need this (very very badly) (for beetle reasons) (the reasons are "What would you put in the locket?" "A photo of a beetle")
Elytra Locket — Eli Betchik
Sterling silver bessbug elytra* molded from an ethically sourced specimen and turned into a hinged locket. Each locket comes with an 18” sterling chain as well as a sterling wire insert which can snap...
www.betchik.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Okay it is time to rest the ol' eyeballs a little bit

I almost emitted a WAIL OF DESPAIR upon seeing that a CHATBOT had emailed me but it was someone's last name and the last name was, in fact, Chabot
December 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
OMG I DO

I didn't know I was in @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social Issue 5! Ahahahaha I love this story and this has the BEST INTERIOR ILLUSTRATION FOR ONE OF MY STORIES EVER

Contains a) boobs and b) LE MURDER
December 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Ahahahaha the best email to get is the one that starts with "Hello, mighty-thewed author"
December 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Extremely suspicious at influx of new followers?? How many of you are bots

How many of you are NOT bots

How many of you are aware that I bite and also that I have seven (7) sub-strains of rabies
December 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Are you looking for a stack of genre-convention defying Premee-ium speculative fiction?

Look no further!

Come get @premeemohamed.com 's military Pteranodons, REALLY messed up co-dependent friendships, searingly prescient examinations of war and pacifism, eldritch cosmic horrors and SO much more!
December 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
But
I think we probably all need to be nicer to ourselves
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Me: Slow year
Me: Only two novellas, three novelettes, and four short stories out this year, plus a handful of essays
Me: Surely I must flagellate myself for eighty-five centuries

premeemohamed.com/eligibility-...
December 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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I just find it deeply rude, these single-word replies to strangers. "Paywalled" "Recipe!" "pic" like stop demanding and complaining, please go for a walk or something.
December 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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ALLLLLLL of this. Fucking off and doing my own thing and slowly fostering a community around me of like-minded freaks and people who love books has made a world of difference for me in terms of my writing.
LRT I've been thinking a lot about how much my art leveled up when I finally found the artistic types I actually wanted to be in conversation with

it's an interesting contrast to when I was querying, most of the community had the same business goals (getting an agent etc) and not artistic intent
December 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Just remembering how when I went to talk to that local high school last week one of the kids asked "So in THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST how come you made the main character so old?"

And I almost began my answer with "Look, you little shit" but I did NOT
December 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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More traditional media experimentation! Watercolor, ink, color pencil, and a little bit of digital touchup.
December 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I LOVED THIS STORY SO MUCH
"A Feast for Mandrakes" by Jennifer Mace is a story with a delightfully non-human character voice. Check it out in our June 2025 issue:
A Feast for Mandrakes - Small Wonders
The summer is dying, and so are you.
smallwondersmag.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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STARTS TOMORROW! Our friends at Toyota Northwest Edmonton and Sherwood Park Toyota have donated $100,000 to help Edmonton's Food Bank and we need YOUR help!

PLEASE HELP US RAISE $100,000 TO MATCH THIS DONATION! Thank YOU! #yeg #edmonton

https://loom.ly/sGqLtpw
December 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Announcing a BRAND NEW Gilded Age fantasy of ballrooms, bargains, and bloodshed from the one and only @nghivo.bsky.social!! The Scarlet Ball commences October 2026 🩸
Announcing The Scarlet Ball by Nghi Vo - Reactor
A Gilded Age fantasy of ballrooms and bloodshed, arriving October 2026
reactormag.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Hey, I'm in this! 3 of my recs are in this cover image.
reactormag.com/reviewers-ch...
Reviewers' Choice: The Best Books of 2025 - Reactor
Reactor’s regular book reviewers talk about notable titles they read in 2025
reactormag.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Publishers and editors! Am hoping to receive any submissions by year's end.
Editor/Publisher friends (only): I'm happy to receive ePubs of your 2025 short fiction projects for the 2026 volume. DM for deets. Or send direct to: bestspecfic (at) gmail(dot)com

Writer friends (only): Subs will open next year. (You can let your editor know I can receive their projects now.)
I am thrilled to announce the following authors will be appearing in The Best Weird Fiction of the Year.
December 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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this might be helpful in illustrating the difference between looking at buying subscriptions as “buying content” vs. seeing it as “investing in writers” or even “building new media orgs to last”
Running any media organization is expensive, especially when we pay freelancers industry-standard rates. We were running at a loss until our subscription drive in October, and we're looking at around $33,000 in expenses for 2025.

That is before we pay ourselves.
Yes, it is paywalled! And every time y'all point this out, we will reiterate that writers and artists deserve to be paid for their work. We are an independent publication run and owned by workers. Also A LOT OF OUR CONTENT IS FREE.

Plus, you can read single articles for $2. Including this one.
December 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Day 8 of #ArtAdventCalendar

Testing a new tune of two tone granulating color I just got! I love the tone so much. Already thinking about purchasing a bigger tube. On a side note: My paintings should really be more diverse. I paint too much snow lol
#art #watercolor #artsky
December 9, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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"The Road Not Taken"... a poplar grove (cultivated) near Andrew, AB. i captured this in the fall when most of the leaves had fallen but there were still leaves on the trees in the background and the soft late afternoon light was filtering through them

#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
December 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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You will be visited by three spirits
December 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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taxonomy 101: whales are not fish
taxonomy 201: whales are hoofed animals
taxonomy 301: whales are fish
December 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM