Divya Kernan
@divyakernan.bsky.social
SFF/Speculative Fiction Writer, GrubStreet Novel Generator 2019, GrubStreet Short Story Incubator 2021-2022, rep'd by @aiden-png.bsky.social
Biracial and Neurodivergent, Biotech Alumna, D&D Dabbler, French native
she/her
Biracial and Neurodivergent, Biotech Alumna, D&D Dabbler, French native
she/her
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Divya Kernan
@divyakernan.bsky.social
· Jul 1
My story "Carmilla, or, the Making of a Girl" is out in Baffling Magazine and I am both thrilled and humbled! This is my very first story making its way into the world. You can read it here:
www.bafflingmag.com/issue-twenty...
www.bafflingmag.com/issue-twenty...
Reposted by Divya Kernan
For your general consideration....we published eight novellas this year. Three issues of Baffling. And a short story collection by Christopher Caldwell.
(Plus we are sneaking out AT LEAST two more anthologies, an issue of Baffling, and a chapbook by Izzy Wasserstein before the end of the year.)
(Plus we are sneaking out AT LEAST two more anthologies, an issue of Baffling, and a chapbook by Izzy Wasserstein before the end of the year.)
December 10, 2025 at 4:12 AM
For your general consideration....we published eight novellas this year. Three issues of Baffling. And a short story collection by Christopher Caldwell.
(Plus we are sneaking out AT LEAST two more anthologies, an issue of Baffling, and a chapbook by Izzy Wasserstein before the end of the year.)
(Plus we are sneaking out AT LEAST two more anthologies, an issue of Baffling, and a chapbook by Izzy Wasserstein before the end of the year.)
A thrilling first: an award eligibility post! I offer:
"Carmilla, or, the Making of a Girl” in Baffling Magazine XX, July 2025, (Short Fiction, 1200 words, horror) - a teen girl is consumed by hunger as she sails across the ocean aboard the Demeter.
Thanks!
www.bafflingmag.com/issue-twenty...
"Carmilla, or, the Making of a Girl” in Baffling Magazine XX, July 2025, (Short Fiction, 1200 words, horror) - a teen girl is consumed by hunger as she sails across the ocean aboard the Demeter.
Thanks!
www.bafflingmag.com/issue-twenty...
November 25, 2025 at 9:38 AM
A thrilling first: an award eligibility post! I offer:
"Carmilla, or, the Making of a Girl” in Baffling Magazine XX, July 2025, (Short Fiction, 1200 words, horror) - a teen girl is consumed by hunger as she sails across the ocean aboard the Demeter.
Thanks!
www.bafflingmag.com/issue-twenty...
"Carmilla, or, the Making of a Girl” in Baffling Magazine XX, July 2025, (Short Fiction, 1200 words, horror) - a teen girl is consumed by hunger as she sails across the ocean aboard the Demeter.
Thanks!
www.bafflingmag.com/issue-twenty...
Just discovered my story is on this list and wow, nothing compares to the feeling of having your work so thoroughly understood! Thank you @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social!
@bookjockeyalex.bsky.social is recommending a body horror summer camp, a Carmilla retelling, and a cursed postman (and many more). Which of August's must-read SFF short stories will you pick up first?
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Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: August 2025 - Reactor
As someone who works in a school in Southern California, August and September are chaotic months with too much to do competing with weeks of baking heat and an overwhelming desire to be back on summer...
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September 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Just discovered my story is on this list and wow, nothing compares to the feeling of having your work so thoroughly understood! Thank you @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social!
My story "Carmilla, or, the Making of a Girl" is out in Baffling Magazine and I am both thrilled and humbled! This is my very first story making its way into the world. You can read it here:
www.bafflingmag.com/issue-twenty...
www.bafflingmag.com/issue-twenty...
July 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
My story "Carmilla, or, the Making of a Girl" is out in Baffling Magazine and I am both thrilled and humbled! This is my very first story making its way into the world. You can read it here:
www.bafflingmag.com/issue-twenty...
www.bafflingmag.com/issue-twenty...
Reposted by Divya Kernan
Going forward, the SLF wants to highlight those who made it to our final round of jury deliberations. Here is our shortlist for our 2024 Diverse Writers and Diverse Worlds Grants!
October 15, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Going forward, the SLF wants to highlight those who made it to our final round of jury deliberations. Here is our shortlist for our 2024 Diverse Writers and Diverse Worlds Grants!
Thrilled to announce I'm now represented by
@aiden-png.bsky.social at @ldlainc.bsky.social ! Their enthusiasm and vision for my subversive “Beauty & the Beast meets Dangerous Liaisons” novel is everything I hoped for. Can't wait to unleash my hideous Lorelei and her insatiable hunger onto the world
@aiden-png.bsky.social at @ldlainc.bsky.social ! Their enthusiasm and vision for my subversive “Beauty & the Beast meets Dangerous Liaisons” novel is everything I hoped for. Can't wait to unleash my hideous Lorelei and her insatiable hunger onto the world
November 19, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Thrilled to announce I'm now represented by
@aiden-png.bsky.social at @ldlainc.bsky.social ! Their enthusiasm and vision for my subversive “Beauty & the Beast meets Dangerous Liaisons” novel is everything I hoped for. Can't wait to unleash my hideous Lorelei and her insatiable hunger onto the world
@aiden-png.bsky.social at @ldlainc.bsky.social ! Their enthusiasm and vision for my subversive “Beauty & the Beast meets Dangerous Liaisons” novel is everything I hoped for. Can't wait to unleash my hideous Lorelei and her insatiable hunger onto the world