K. Blair
@kblair.bsky.social
They/She | Writer | The Death of the Cult Classic, coming soon from kith books | https://www.kblair.co.uk/
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K. Blair
@kblair.bsky.social
· Oct 17
Hello, I'm K.Blair, I'm a writer, primarily a poet, based in London. I love horror, fried egg sandwiches, the way late afternoon light comes though a window, the colour orange and reading books on trains ❤️
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And please also, AGAIN, never forget that they are inherently unethical to use because no one gave permission for their research or writing to be used in it. It is all stolen, and if you're using the plagiarism machine, please keep that in mind.
My friends, I say this with all the love in my heart: Right now might not be the moment for “But we should be TOLERANT and NUANCED about the plagiarism machines!”
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
December 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
And please also, AGAIN, never forget that they are inherently unethical to use because no one gave permission for their research or writing to be used in it. It is all stolen, and if you're using the plagiarism machine, please keep that in mind.
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Feral Hearts
Two odd beings find tenderness, or a quiet kind of love that doesn’t need naming. What they find together may be love, or safety, or simply the relief of being seen. The world around them mirrors this truth: bones feed roots, insects thrive, and so-called unwanted beings persist. -
Two odd beings find tenderness, or a quiet kind of love that doesn’t need naming. What they find together may be love, or safety, or simply the relief of being seen. The world around them mirrors this truth: bones feed roots, insects thrive, and so-called unwanted beings persist. -
December 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Feral Hearts
Two odd beings find tenderness, or a quiet kind of love that doesn’t need naming. What they find together may be love, or safety, or simply the relief of being seen. The world around them mirrors this truth: bones feed roots, insects thrive, and so-called unwanted beings persist. -
Two odd beings find tenderness, or a quiet kind of love that doesn’t need naming. What they find together may be love, or safety, or simply the relief of being seen. The world around them mirrors this truth: bones feed roots, insects thrive, and so-called unwanted beings persist. -
I've never lived with a cat before so it's been a fun new experience with my flatmate's cat Chakka. She was doing a lot of screaming and it turns out, standing on my flatmate's eye during the night and was banished to the living room, where she was being so sad and pitiful and allegedly unloved
December 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I've never lived with a cat before so it's been a fun new experience with my flatmate's cat Chakka. She was doing a lot of screaming and it turns out, standing on my flatmate's eye during the night and was banished to the living room, where she was being so sad and pitiful and allegedly unloved
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MAGMA POETRY COMPETITION 2025/26 is open for entries in both categories:
The Judge’s Prize – poems of 11 to 50 lines
The Editors’ Prize – poems of up to 10 lines
Deadline 31 January 2026
This year's judge is Rishi Dastidar
@betarish.bsky.social
Good luck!
magmapoetry.com/competition/
The Judge’s Prize – poems of 11 to 50 lines
The Editors’ Prize – poems of up to 10 lines
Deadline 31 January 2026
This year's judge is Rishi Dastidar
@betarish.bsky.social
Good luck!
magmapoetry.com/competition/
Magma Poetry Competition - Magma Poetry
MAGMA POETRY COMPETITION 2025/26 MAGMA POETRY COMPETITION 2025/26 is now open for entries in both categories The Judge’s Prize – poems of 11 to 50 lines The Editors’ Prize – poems of up to 10 lines De...
magmapoetry.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
MAGMA POETRY COMPETITION 2025/26 is open for entries in both categories:
The Judge’s Prize – poems of 11 to 50 lines
The Editors’ Prize – poems of up to 10 lines
Deadline 31 January 2026
This year's judge is Rishi Dastidar
@betarish.bsky.social
Good luck!
magmapoetry.com/competition/
The Judge’s Prize – poems of 11 to 50 lines
The Editors’ Prize – poems of up to 10 lines
Deadline 31 January 2026
This year's judge is Rishi Dastidar
@betarish.bsky.social
Good luck!
magmapoetry.com/competition/
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a trans (book) for all seasons
kithbooks.com
@gr8earlofhell.bsky.social @apocalypsepoet.bsky.social @nivikthejackal.bsky.social @le-transexual.bsky.social
kithbooks.com
@gr8earlofhell.bsky.social @apocalypsepoet.bsky.social @nivikthejackal.bsky.social @le-transexual.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
a trans (book) for all seasons
kithbooks.com
@gr8earlofhell.bsky.social @apocalypsepoet.bsky.social @nivikthejackal.bsky.social @le-transexual.bsky.social
kithbooks.com
@gr8earlofhell.bsky.social @apocalypsepoet.bsky.social @nivikthejackal.bsky.social @le-transexual.bsky.social
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Honestly people trying to "reclaim" Harry Potter by getting their fanfic publish or queering it or whatever as if that's going to somehow spite JKR are annoying. All you're doing is keeping those books culturally relevant because you can't let go of something you read when you were 8. Grow up.
December 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Honestly people trying to "reclaim" Harry Potter by getting their fanfic publish or queering it or whatever as if that's going to somehow spite JKR are annoying. All you're doing is keeping those books culturally relevant because you can't let go of something you read when you were 8. Grow up.
In the group chat trying to convince my friend to be an elaborate aquarium guy and build himself shrimp berghain in the tank
December 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
In the group chat trying to convince my friend to be an elaborate aquarium guy and build himself shrimp berghain in the tank
4 sonnets! All about my bed, it's assembly, disassembly, reassembly and uses in between
Attempting to write sonnets, specifically inspired by how Marilyn Hacker approached the form - quoting here from the Yale Herald "Hacker explained that the experience of writing a sonnet is comparable to 'moving into a small room and discovering there is space for all the furniture'."
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
4 sonnets! All about my bed, it's assembly, disassembly, reassembly and uses in between
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In the midst of everything, some good personal news: the worm is out of the bag! My debut collection Folkish will be published by @ninearchespress.bsky.social this spring ✨🪱
It's full of ghosts, worms, saints, and folklore. It's also absolutely furious. I hope you guys enjoy it. 💚
It's full of ghosts, worms, saints, and folklore. It's also absolutely furious. I hope you guys enjoy it. 💚
December 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
In the midst of everything, some good personal news: the worm is out of the bag! My debut collection Folkish will be published by @ninearchespress.bsky.social this spring ✨🪱
It's full of ghosts, worms, saints, and folklore. It's also absolutely furious. I hope you guys enjoy it. 💚
It's full of ghosts, worms, saints, and folklore. It's also absolutely furious. I hope you guys enjoy it. 💚
Attempting to write sonnets, specifically inspired by how Marilyn Hacker approached the form - quoting here from the Yale Herald "Hacker explained that the experience of writing a sonnet is comparable to 'moving into a small room and discovering there is space for all the furniture'."
December 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Attempting to write sonnets, specifically inspired by how Marilyn Hacker approached the form - quoting here from the Yale Herald "Hacker explained that the experience of writing a sonnet is comparable to 'moving into a small room and discovering there is space for all the furniture'."
My partner forgot the word dachshund and instead said 'i enjoy um you know... the low spaniels'
December 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
My partner forgot the word dachshund and instead said 'i enjoy um you know... the low spaniels'
We have to get rid of the things that no longer serve us (lipbalm in a metal tin that welds shut between uses and is now completely unopenable)
November 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We have to get rid of the things that no longer serve us (lipbalm in a metal tin that welds shut between uses and is now completely unopenable)
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😡 this means: no jury trials for robbery; for serious assaults, including SA; for fraud; for breaching protective orders. The kind of work I prosecute and defend on a daily basis.
✍️ The CBA are against this and so am I. Write to your MP and tell them this isn’t how you fix our broken system.
✍️ The CBA are against this and so am I. Write to your MP and tell them this isn’t how you fix our broken system.
MoJ considering ‘extreme’ proposal to scrap jury trials for all but the most serious cases
MoJ considering ‘extreme’ proposal to scrap jury trials for all but the most serious cases
The radical plan from David Lammy has been criticised by senior lawyers, who say it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’
Jury trials for all except the most serious crimes such as rape, murder and manslaughter are set to be scrapped under radical proposals drawn up by David Lammy.
In proposals that drew a swift backlash from senior lawyers, who said that they would not reduce court backlogs and could “destroy justice as we know it”, the justice secretary has proposed that juries will only pass judgment on public interest offences with possible prison sentences of more than five years. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
😡 this means: no jury trials for robbery; for serious assaults, including SA; for fraud; for breaching protective orders. The kind of work I prosecute and defend on a daily basis.
✍️ The CBA are against this and so am I. Write to your MP and tell them this isn’t how you fix our broken system.
✍️ The CBA are against this and so am I. Write to your MP and tell them this isn’t how you fix our broken system.
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A good description of a frequent experience I have of reading fiction and non-fiction supposedly meant for adults that is written like YA
It's a combination of in-jokey cleverness, pick-me cuteness, and manipulation that treats the reader as susceptible, basic & infantilised. Children's books don't need that fake shit (kids are super good at retaining info, contextual interpretation & bullshit detection) & adult fic is ruined by it.
November 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
A good description of a frequent experience I have of reading fiction and non-fiction supposedly meant for adults that is written like YA
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Check out the #Creatives4Sudan auction to raise £££ for Sudan Solidarity Collective through skills-sharing & gorgeous arts!
I'm offering 2 x 1/2 hr mentoring sessions on creative non-fiction – article, essay, book proposal! Let's develop your big idea! Bid now👇
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
I'm offering 2 x 1/2 hr mentoring sessions on creative non-fiction – article, essay, book proposal! Let's develop your big idea! Bid now👇
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
November 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Check out the #Creatives4Sudan auction to raise £££ for Sudan Solidarity Collective through skills-sharing & gorgeous arts!
I'm offering 2 x 1/2 hr mentoring sessions on creative non-fiction – article, essay, book proposal! Let's develop your big idea! Bid now👇
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
I'm offering 2 x 1/2 hr mentoring sessions on creative non-fiction – article, essay, book proposal! Let's develop your big idea! Bid now👇
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
Jamming out to 70s Ethiopian jazz funk and making tea cake, a pretty good way to dissuade the winter blues from roosting inside me
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Jamming out to 70s Ethiopian jazz funk and making tea cake, a pretty good way to dissuade the winter blues from roosting inside me
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Right. I'm having writer's block so I'm starting a little joy project. I'm going to write a little 1000-word essay every week for the next 16 weeks. Just for the joy of it, but yes, it would be nice if some other people read it too. Week 1 here:
medium.com/@kaylatmf/we...
medium.com/@kaylatmf/we...
Week 1: War Stories
Meeting Myself in Marathon Training
medium.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Right. I'm having writer's block so I'm starting a little joy project. I'm going to write a little 1000-word essay every week for the next 16 weeks. Just for the joy of it, but yes, it would be nice if some other people read it too. Week 1 here:
medium.com/@kaylatmf/we...
medium.com/@kaylatmf/we...
You have to take photos of your friends, on cameras not phones, and print them out and put them places where you can see them, framed or unframed, doesn't matter, it is important that images of your friends don't just live in your phone
November 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
You have to take photos of your friends, on cameras not phones, and print them out and put them places where you can see them, framed or unframed, doesn't matter, it is important that images of your friends don't just live in your phone
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There he goes
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 AM
There he goes
I have tried to read two modern gothic novels recently and they were just so badly written, I have had to sooth myself with Shirley Jackson
November 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I have tried to read two modern gothic novels recently and they were just so badly written, I have had to sooth myself with Shirley Jackson
I have the privilege of being back at the Barbican, this time as a Barbican Young Poet. It's marvellous to have poetry homework!
November 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I have the privilege of being back at the Barbican, this time as a Barbican Young Poet. It's marvellous to have poetry homework!
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Modest proposal:
in the same way that you should no longer be permitted to deem yourself a feminist if you're racist / gc / right wing, you should no longer be permitted to deem yourself a writer if you use commercial genAI for anything.
in the same way that you should no longer be permitted to deem yourself a feminist if you're racist / gc / right wing, you should no longer be permitted to deem yourself a writer if you use commercial genAI for anything.
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Modest proposal:
in the same way that you should no longer be permitted to deem yourself a feminist if you're racist / gc / right wing, you should no longer be permitted to deem yourself a writer if you use commercial genAI for anything.
in the same way that you should no longer be permitted to deem yourself a feminist if you're racist / gc / right wing, you should no longer be permitted to deem yourself a writer if you use commercial genAI for anything.
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From the pages of Protean Magazine Issue V: Contra Temps --
November 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
From the pages of Protean Magazine Issue V: Contra Temps --
Just saw Frankenstein on the big screen, highly recommended finding a screening if you can, damn limited release but my god it was spectacular, truly everything I wanted and more
November 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Just saw Frankenstein on the big screen, highly recommended finding a screening if you can, damn limited release but my god it was spectacular, truly everything I wanted and more
For Halloween, I did a double feature of The Vourdalak and Lovely, Dark and Deep, the linking thread of family and the forest 🍃 I liked the fairytale quality of The Vourdalak, with it's puppetry and the way Sdenka's jewelery made her movements sound like bells in the wind
November 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
For Halloween, I did a double feature of The Vourdalak and Lovely, Dark and Deep, the linking thread of family and the forest 🍃 I liked the fairytale quality of The Vourdalak, with it's puppetry and the way Sdenka's jewelery made her movements sound like bells in the wind