Juliet Kemp
@julietk.bsky.social
Queer non-binary SFF writer in London. https://julietkemp.com
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I asked the two 13yos gaming in my living room right now how often you can launch a rocket to mars and they said "about every 2 years" without even looking up
BREAKING: “in my 24th year of my quest to settle the planet Mars, I have just been informed of a basic fact of celestial mechanics.”
February 9, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I asked the two 13yos gaming in my living room right now how often you can launch a rocket to mars and they said "about every 2 years" without even looking up
sometimes writing a thing is: deleting a sentence, retyping it, changing two words in it, changing them back again, deleting the whole thing again, then putting it back in nearly the same words but in a different order.
sometimes.
sometimes.
February 7, 2026 at 9:58 AM
sometimes writing a thing is: deleting a sentence, retyping it, changing two words in it, changing them back again, deleting the whole thing again, then putting it back in nearly the same words but in a different order.
sometimes.
sometimes.
Seen in the British Museum today: an Amazon chucking a rock at a Greek soldier (part of the Mausoleum at Halikarnassos, 353-351 BC); a cup that looks like a friendly gryphon (Apulia, 360-350 BC).
February 4, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Seen in the British Museum today: an Amazon chucking a rock at a Greek soldier (part of the Mausoleum at Halikarnassos, 353-351 BC); a cup that looks like a friendly gryphon (Apulia, 360-350 BC).
this is GREAT. (And very short, if you're short on time!)
The latest from Reckoning X is @remedy.bsky.social's "unconventional flood" story, "Antediluvian": reckoning.press/antediluvian/
Antediluvian | Reckoning
Your house isn’t flooded in the conventional sense. It’s an unconventional flood. You knew about the rising seas and that, but this was faster, like the kind of disaster movie that pisses off your mat...
reckoning.press
February 3, 2026 at 4:49 PM
this is GREAT. (And very short, if you're short on time!)
I have an occasional newsletter if anyone wants to keep informed (other than on here) of writing things I am up to: julietkemp.com/newsletter/ (this information brought to you by virtue of the fact that I'm currently writing one to go out tomorrow)
February 3, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I have an occasional newsletter if anyone wants to keep informed (other than on here) of writing things I am up to: julietkemp.com/newsletter/ (this information brought to you by virtue of the fact that I'm currently writing one to go out tomorrow)
Really enjoyed this recent short by
@clairehumphrey.bsky.social in the January @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
@clairehumphrey.bsky.social in the January @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
www.uncannymagazine.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Really enjoyed this recent short by
@clairehumphrey.bsky.social in the January @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
@clairehumphrey.bsky.social in the January @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
Aim for February: start using my headphones again when I'm working. I know it's the single thing that helps most with getting distracted & yet I keep slipping out of the habit. Today: halfway success in that I had them on but forgot to put any actual music on 😆 Still helped!
February 2, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Aim for February: start using my headphones again when I'm working. I know it's the single thing that helps most with getting distracted & yet I keep slipping out of the habit. Today: halfway success in that I had them on but forgot to put any actual music on 😆 Still helped!
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Love novellas? How about two in one book? Wiz Duo Book 1 has wonderfully strange worlds created by David Gullen and Ben Wright.
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February 2, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Love novellas? How about two in one book? Wiz Duo Book 1 has wonderfully strange worlds created by David Gullen and Ben Wright.
wizardstowerpress.co...
wizardstowerpress.co...
Things I read this week: There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm app.thestorygraph.com/books/107e6a...
Great, compelling, horror SF. I am not good at horror and skipped a few pages in the darkest part BUT it was absolutely worth reading and I'll be thinking about it for a while.
Great, compelling, horror SF. I am not good at horror and skipped a few pages in the darkest part BUT it was absolutely worth reading and I'll be thinking about it for a while.
There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm
An antimeme is an idea with self-censoring properties; an idea which, by its intrinsic nature, di...
app.thestorygraph.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Things I read this week: There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm app.thestorygraph.com/books/107e6a...
Great, compelling, horror SF. I am not good at horror and skipped a few pages in the darkest part BUT it was absolutely worth reading and I'll be thinking about it for a while.
Great, compelling, horror SF. I am not good at horror and skipped a few pages in the darkest part BUT it was absolutely worth reading and I'll be thinking about it for a while.
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Reminding you that you, too, can own an exclusive ebook on top of REALLY NICE dark Gothic books set in devastated Paris (which don't feature the Eiffel Tower at all, lol lol. I'm a local after all. But they do have Catholic lore & Vietnamese dragons)
Also applies to new UK orders (dec 2025 onwards)
Also applies to new UK orders (dec 2025 onwards)
Preorder campaign for the re-release of my Gothic Paris books -(March 10th!!!): pre-order any of the books in the series & get an EXCLUSIVE ebook with bonus shenanigans involving Fallen angels, a birthday party and a decidedly over-friendly magical fungus
www.aliettedebodard.com/2026/01/23/d...
www.aliettedebodard.com/2026/01/23/d...
January 30, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Reminding you that you, too, can own an exclusive ebook on top of REALLY NICE dark Gothic books set in devastated Paris (which don't feature the Eiffel Tower at all, lol lol. I'm a local after all. But they do have Catholic lore & Vietnamese dragons)
Also applies to new UK orders (dec 2025 onwards)
Also applies to new UK orders (dec 2025 onwards)
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Y'all better get on this because very few people have entered and the giveaway ends Monday! Your chances of getting a free book cover are quite high at the moment, all you have to do is follow on ko-fi 💜
Don't forget that I'm giving away a cover bundle (ebook, paperback, chapter header) to celebrate the launch of Tiny Crow Press! Follow the crows on ko-fi for one entry, then head to the IG post in the next skeet for another entry! ko-fi.com/tinycrowpress
June 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Y'all better get on this because very few people have entered and the giveaway ends Monday! Your chances of getting a free book cover are quite high at the moment, all you have to do is follow on ko-fi 💜
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Have found tumblr user probablyday's #woosterposting series. In shock
January 28, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Have found tumblr user probablyday's #woosterposting series. In shock
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Our ebooks are now distributed by Draft2Digital, which means you can buy them on Apple Books, Smashwords and other platforms. They are also available through BorrowBox and other library platforms. Here's the order page for The Green Man's Heir: books2read.com/u/m2znvd
January 28, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Our ebooks are now distributed by Draft2Digital, which means you can buy them on Apple Books, Smashwords and other platforms. They are also available through BorrowBox and other library platforms. Here's the order page for The Green Man's Heir: books2read.com/u/m2znvd
Some very patchwork-y patchwork. I’m making an iPad Mini case from scraps.
January 28, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Some very patchwork-y patchwork. I’m making an iPad Mini case from scraps.
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There's a lovely review of Wiz Duo #3 on the Every Book A Doorway website: "Absolutely ADORED this book, these two stories together. Genuinely, this is one of the most beautiful things I’ve read this year, and I want to recommend it to EVERYBODY."
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January 27, 2026 at 5:02 PM
There's a lovely review of Wiz Duo #3 on the Every Book A Doorway website: "Absolutely ADORED this book, these two stories together. Genuinely, this is one of the most beautiful things I’ve read this year, and I want to recommend it to EVERYBODY."
everybookadoorway.co...
everybookadoorway.co...
Yesterday I was getting somewhat depressed because the new short I've been working on is Not Coming Together. (It might secretly want to be a novella?)
Today I re-read an old draft of something else and realised I'd much rather work on that. Hurrah. That story is much better now & so am I.
Today I re-read an old draft of something else and realised I'd much rather work on that. Hurrah. That story is much better now & so am I.
January 27, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Yesterday I was getting somewhat depressed because the new short I've been working on is Not Coming Together. (It might secretly want to be a novella?)
Today I re-read an old draft of something else and realised I'd much rather work on that. Hurrah. That story is much better now & so am I.
Today I re-read an old draft of something else and realised I'd much rather work on that. Hurrah. That story is much better now & so am I.
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Genuinely fascinating watching a pub transition from “West Ham game” to “Heated Rivalry watchalong”
January 24, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Genuinely fascinating watching a pub transition from “West Ham game” to “Heated Rivalry watchalong”
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Congratulations to Juliet E McKenna and E M Faulds who have made the Long Lists in this year's British Science Fiction Association Awards: www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-...
January 22, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Congratulations to Juliet E McKenna and E M Faulds who have made the Long Lists in this year's British Science Fiction Association Awards: www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-...
I would so love to go out to Antarctica for 18 months! (Sadly I fear I am qualified for zero of their jobs.)
It's that time of year again: we're looking for our next Antarctic team!
If you can imagine a job that’s needed to keep a small, remote community safe and running, we have it.
Escape the ordinary and apply for the job of a lifetime in Antarctica ⬇️
If you can imagine a job that’s needed to keep a small, remote community safe and running, we have it.
Escape the ordinary and apply for the job of a lifetime in Antarctica ⬇️
January 21, 2026 at 4:19 PM
I would so love to go out to Antarctica for 18 months! (Sadly I fear I am qualified for zero of their jobs.)
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Love novellas? In Wiz Duo #3, Ruthanna Emrys saves a young girl from an angry mountain, and Andrew Knighton investigates the death of an old friend. wizardstowerpress.co...
January 21, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Love novellas? In Wiz Duo #3, Ruthanna Emrys saves a young girl from an angry mountain, and Andrew Knighton investigates the death of an old friend. wizardstowerpress.co...
I make up EXCELLENT teenager activities :D (& doop frequently gets roped into them)
I (honestly!) needed a copy to read while sitting in a park wearing a trenchcoat and waiting for someone to walk up and say the code phrase.
January 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I make up EXCELLENT teenager activities :D (& doop frequently gets roped into them)
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With stories by Danie Ware, Juliet McKenna, Anna Smith Spark and many others, Fight Like A Girl #2 has been a feature on award short lists this year. Find out why people love it so much:
wizardstowerpress.co...
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January 13, 2026 at 10:53 AM
With stories by Danie Ware, Juliet McKenna, Anna Smith Spark and many others, Fight Like A Girl #2 has been a feature on award short lists this year. Find out why people love it so much:
wizardstowerpress.co...
wizardstowerpress.co...
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Don’t miss this one!
I said it and I meant it.
I said it and I meant it.
"I will read anything Chaz Brenchley writes. His prose is melted butter with tarragon, and his characters and worldbuilding equally delicious. Open this book to any page, and you will find something to delight you." - Ellen Kushner on Of the Emperor's Kindness
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December 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Don’t miss this one!
I said it and I meant it.
I said it and I meant it.
It’s definitely the time of year for the two-quilt stack when reading on the sofa.
January 4, 2026 at 8:47 PM
It’s definitely the time of year for the two-quilt stack when reading on the sofa.
The sea was LOVELY.
I have had a new year’s dip in the sea and I am confident that things can only get better from here
January 2, 2026 at 7:25 PM
The sea was LOVELY.