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Emmi Khor - Writer
@emmikhor.bsky.social
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Writer, Reader, Ponderer - between yawns and coffee.
✳️ linktr.ee/emmikhor
✳️ Aurealis 2024 Finalist | Best Australian Yarn shortlist 2024
✳️ Speculative, surreal, literary in:
Inner Worlds | Factor Four | Cast of Wonders | Fictive Dream | Blood+Honey
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Emmi Khor - Writer @emmikhor.bsky.social · Sep 29
I wrote a teensy thing 🥹
Thanks @fictivedream.bsky.social for taking it in and the Yeah Nah team hosted by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social for the feedback that helped make this little piece 💖

#microfiction #speculative #flashfiction #specfic #literary #litfic #writesky
fictivedream.bsky.social Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · Sep 29
"The old coat is gone, shed for something entirely new." Shedding by Emmi Khor @emmikhor.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/09/29/m...
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"How will I put her back together after her skin has been ripped away?"

This piece hits hard for new mothers and women out there! Check out this piece by @sagetyrtle.bsky.social !

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#literary #shortstory #flashfiction #womenslit
A List of the Reasons Women Feel Shame | Your Impossible Voice
By Sage Tyrtle — "The bus driver brakes hard and I stumble, my 37 weeks pregnant belly stumbles, my whole big self stumbles into a woman in a baseball hat who mutters fat bitch and I open my mouth to ...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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This piece says so much with so little 😭 Check out poetry by @shanaross.bsky.social published in @thedeadlands.com

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#poetry #hope #dying
I had a dream and in the dream I knew I was dreaming so I believed I could change things - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
This could be a good day.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Ex Partum by @slashnburnett.bsky.social 🥕
It’s called a carrot. They grow in the ground, and they have lots of nutrients, and they’re great for teething babies to chomp on. You might find bits of it in her shit later, though. quoted over off-white bar. Image shows surreal depiction of a repetitive interior. Ex Partum by emma burnett, sci-fi novella, coming June 2026, Atthis Arts, Detroit Michigan
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Let's embrace this November chill and kick off promoting Issue 9 with Counting To A Hundred by Aishatu Ado.

The cold will find its way to you, decide what you want to give it.
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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✨ The Chrysillium Tree Giveaway! ✨

To celebrate Star of Shalik’s release in 2 months, I’m giving away 3 TCT book boxes filled w/magical goodies.🌿📖

Open to U.S. readers only.

To enter:
1️⃣ Follow me
2️⃣ Like + Repost
3️⃣ say hello in comments!

Winners announced Saturday 11/15! 💫
#FantasyBooks #Giveaway
November 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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There's no official nano, but I'm inspired by other people's wins to finish a second draft this month! 🥳

Do you have a writing goal too?? Wishing you a productive #writing session!

#5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #writingnow #writerslife #nanowrimo #novelwriting #writesky
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November 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Locus is a magazine built for & by readers AND writers. Get insider news about which magazines are publishing what kind of story, as well as our reviewers' favorite books of the year. Immerse yourself in our community, we would love to have you. linktr.ee/locusmagazine
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November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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The reviews are in!

Eat the Ones you Love by Sarah Maria Griffin
reviewed by Nileena Sunil

The Demon by Victory Witherkeigh
reviewed by Subham Rai

Field Of Frights by Christina Hagmann
reviewed by Racheal Chie

Link to latest issue in bio!

#speculativefiction #specfic #horror #sff #bookreviews
Left cover of Eat the Ones you Love by Sarah Maria Griffin featuring plants including an orchid and Venus fly trap with eyes in them. Right REVIEWS Quote "I found the first-person narration from the point of view of the plant to be convincingly menacing. In fact, these aspects—which stress the malevolent, stalkery characteristics of the plant—provide an interesting contrast to the much softer tale of Shell finding love, community, and newfound purpose." reviewer: Nileena Sunil 3 November 2025 Strange Horizons Left cover of The Demon by Victory Witherkeigh featuring a string of miniature skulls curing through fire. Right REVIEWS Quote "Witherkeigh doesn’t offer easy answers; her protagonist doesn’t escape her punishment but learns to carry it. This refusal of closure is what makes The Demon linger. It’s a story for anyone who’s felt like a stranger in their own skin—a reminder that identity, like a demon, is both a burden and a strange, stubborn gift." reviewer: Subham Rai 3 November 2025 Strange Horizons Left cover of Field Of Frights by Christina Hagmann featuring a figure in a black suit and white shirt with a white mask over their head sitting on a yellow arm chair in a field of yellow wheat. Right REVIEWS Quote "It speaks deeply to the field of hurts we have inside us, the unresolved traumas that linger and control us. Unaddressed, they become a barrier preventing us from moving forward in life. These barriers force us to face the monsters within us, kill them, and be victorious, but that can only be done if we know what they are." reviewer: Racheal Chie 3 November 2025 Strange Horizons
November 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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khoreo.bsky.social
🚨 November submissions are OPEN! We're seeking bold, subversive fiction on:

🔁 Cycles of revolution

💥 Revolution as a starting point

🌿 Quiet revolutions & resistance

📢 Disability, class & revolution

Submit now! www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
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November 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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I feel like a stuck record sometimes griping about how people promote themselves in tabletop land (or more often don't) so you could do a lot worse than listen to this for some solid advice

have to say I disagree, very mildly, with a couple of Ryan's points about how to contact people but that's...
theweeklyscroll.com Weekly Scroll 🔜 PAXU @theweeklyscroll.com · 2d
New ep

Ryan sits down with Clayton Notestine of @explorersdesign.bsky.social to follow up his recent article on How to Promote Your Work with our take on Self-Promotion, including the Do's and Don'ts of reaching out to bloggers and podcasters.
EP 291 | We Talk SELF-PROMO with Clayton Notestine
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November 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Delightful time launching Year’s Best Canadian SFF today at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social !!

Many thanks to @ourmankoto.bsky.social for the work put into bringing this antho to life, and congrats to my fellow TOC members ✨

Always love an excuse to read a little slice of a tale 🪞
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November 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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I just enjoyed this awesome story by @esichr.bsky.social published in @innerworlds.bsky.social
Try out this sci-fi read... It'll leave you thinking!

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#shortstory #sciencefiction #scifi #amreading #shortstories
They Promised This Would Be Beautiful by Elena Sichrovsky
Your mentor once described a Bridge as being close to sacred. Inhale against the pull of time, they said. Let past, present, and future flood your molecules.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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November submissions are OPEN!

The theme for the November submission period is REVOLUTIONS!

We pay $0.10/word! More info on how to submit is on our website: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
Exploding colors with overlayed text reading: Submissions open on November 1 and run until November 30th under the theme Revolutions.
November 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Best-selling "Mojo" author Joe R. Lansdale gives us valuable writing tips, including what to do if you don't feel motivated to write!

www.thehorrorzine.com/Special/Lans...

#thehorrorzine #writingcommunity #horrorcommunity #5amwritersclub #halloween #joelansdale
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November 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Change is... good? Huh... who knew????

But yeah, we got some like, changes coming!

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Change to Our Submission Periods - Trollbreath Magazine
Longer Submission Period Coming in 2026!
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November 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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The sadness of losing a grandmother to old age and in the same instance, gaining their memories, is beautifully done by @abigailkemske.bsky.social in this story.

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#shortstory #speculative
Threaded Lives | The Saturday Evening Post
A grandmother shares the patchwork stories of her life with her granddaughter.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Oooh, I love this reflective pause! My fave is this quiet piece because I want to believe that even in this darker world we're now in, there's still hope for something beautiful to emerge.

Thanks for this pause moment! ✨💖

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#speculative #flashfiction #fantasy
November 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Ahhhhhh!!! Thanks so much @cypayseur.bsky.social for recommending "Feeding Spirits" 🥹

There are some great stories in this list reviewed by Payseur. Take a reading break and check them all out! 💖✨

#shortstories #amreading
November 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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That moment when you realize you've written a whole scene!! ... Where the main event goes against the lore of your world's magic...
Bye bye words 🥲

Hope your #writing session is more productive!

#writerslife #writingproblems #plotholes #5amwritersclub #amwriting #writesky #authorlife
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November 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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If you see this, post egg
November 6, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Hilarious and fun little piece about getting a refund on your dating match by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social in @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social !!

Give it a read, and beware spitting out your wine as you crack up!!

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#flashfiction #shortstories #sci-fi #datingapps
To the Manufacturer of the Tinder-Arsehole Detector (TAD)™ – THE HOOGHLY REVIEW
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November 6, 2025 at 7:01 AM
emmikhor.bsky.social
Mid-week muddling! I'm in the midst of Act2 and it feels exactly like hump day! 😅

Wishing you all a productive #writing session!

#5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #writerslife #amwriting #writesky #writeon
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November 5, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Friends, I am currently under the weather, very behind on work, fighting SAD--my heart, it cannot take this. Please, give and get @apexmag.bsky.social to their goal so I can save my dwindling supply of tissues for my nose and not my tears.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Just followed these instructions. So. Much. Better.
spread the word.
lizshannonmiller.com Liz Shannon Miller @lizshannonmiller.com · 15d
friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
Screenshot of text: unfuck google drive by shooting gemini Hey folks! Google is fucking you via sneaky enshittification again! Want the shit in your google drive to load instantly again, instead of taking for-fucking-ever? Open your gdrive (web OR app) Settings > Manage Apps Gemini was checked "use as default" (and i sure the fuck didn't set it that way, this was a silent push) Nuke that, and suddenly, folders that took up to a minute to populate and sort do so in a fraction of a second.
October 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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My latest Patreon post is live. It's got some life updates, and for paid supporters, it has a snippet from my upcoming book, Ex Partum (coming soon from @atthisarts.com).

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#scifi #specfic #booksky
November, novella, new beginnings | Emma Burnett
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November 3, 2025 at 10:52 AM