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E.M. Kerkman | 🏴‍☠️☠️🔥
@emkerkman.bsky.social
22 | writer of surrealist short fiction, pirate novels, and weird poetry | 2024 Dell Award winner | short fiction appearing in Apex and Asimov’s

DE TERRA AD INFINITUM | #PlanesWIP
SAIL BY DAWN | #PiratesWIP

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#SFFChat Sept 6: Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding! It was one of the first books I ever read that had morally complex characters who were equal parts interesting, dislikable, and compelling. My own writing is influenced by his characterization to this day.
September 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
#SFFChat Sept. 5: all of my characters go through some sort of transformation within the book, but I’d say the biggest is Callum. He goes from an angry, self-isolating person to someone who can handle his grief and is actively working on healing relationships he previously damaged.
September 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
#SFFChat A4: here’s the opening page of De Terra Ad Infinitum!
September 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
#SFFChat A3: my first professionally published short story came out on 9/2 with Apex Magazine! I have another one out with Asimov’s this month as well.

One of my life goals as a writer was to have a piece published in one of the Big SF Mags, and to have *two* in one month is a dream come true.
September 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
#SFFChat A2: Terrah’s goals and aspirations in life have gone from more self-centric dreams to dreams that support the family she’s found/built. In the book, she has to learn to be selfish again—because she can’t help anyone else if she doesn’t help herself first.
September 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Mountain biking! Hilariously, I’ve come full circle and now coach for the team I raced for back in high school. The cycling world is very small 😂
August 22, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Unfortunately not yet! There was an old, old version of it once available on Amazon, but I pulled the series from all platforms to rewrite it and query it traditionally. Fingers crossed it’ll be published sometime soon!
August 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM