Kai Delmas
@kaidelmas.bsky.social
German-American | Codexian |
Stories in Martian, Wyldblood, Tree And Stone, Etherea, and several Shacklebound anthos.
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Stories in Martian, Wyldblood, Tree And Stone, Etherea, and several Shacklebound anthos.
https://linktr.ee/kaidelmas
A new year, a new month, a new free drabble!
Let's try not to anger any old gods, shall we? And read my drabbles while you're at it. 😅😂
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Let's try not to anger any old gods, shall we? And read my drabbles while you're at it. 😅😂
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I Refuse | Kai Delmas
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January 4, 2026 at 8:23 PM
A new year, a new month, a new free drabble!
Let's try not to anger any old gods, shall we? And read my drabbles while you're at it. 😅😂
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Let's try not to anger any old gods, shall we? And read my drabbles while you're at it. 😅😂
www.patreon.com/posts/147410...
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I only found out there was a Audible sale after seeing my bookscan numbers for The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet suddenly jump by several hundred 🤣 nobody tells me anything. So, grab a copy for 99 cents if you've got a US account! The narrator (Clare Corbett) does an absolutely cracking job.
a group of women are standing next to each other looking at something .
ALT: a group of women are standing next to each other looking at something .
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January 4, 2026 at 4:42 PM
I only found out there was a Audible sale after seeing my bookscan numbers for The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet suddenly jump by several hundred 🤣 nobody tells me anything. So, grab a copy for 99 cents if you've got a US account! The narrator (Clare Corbett) does an absolutely cracking job.
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The community drabble for today is, "Priorities" by Dawn Vogel. The theme was "nostalgia."
Find Dawn Vogel on BlueSky: @historyneverwas
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#authors #drabbles #writingprompts
Find Dawn Vogel on BlueSky: @historyneverwas
Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl
#authors #drabbles #writingprompts
January 4, 2026 at 5:35 PM
The community drabble for today is, "Priorities" by Dawn Vogel. The theme was "nostalgia."
Find Dawn Vogel on BlueSky: @historyneverwas
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#authors #drabbles #writingprompts
Find Dawn Vogel on BlueSky: @historyneverwas
Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl
#authors #drabbles #writingprompts
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The community drabble for today is, "Consider The Lobster Hot Tub" by Rachel Ashcraft. The theme was "redemption."
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@rachiea.bsky.social
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#authors #drabbles #writingprompts
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Find Rachel Ashcraft on BlueSky
@rachiea.bsky.social
Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl
#authors #drabbles #writingprompts
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January 3, 2026 at 8:36 PM
The community drabble for today is, "Consider The Lobster Hot Tub" by Rachel Ashcraft. The theme was "redemption."
Find Rachel Ashcraft on BlueSky
@rachiea.bsky.social
Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl
#authors #drabbles #writingprompts
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Find Rachel Ashcraft on BlueSky
@rachiea.bsky.social
Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl
#authors #drabbles #writingprompts
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New poll for this month's drabble theme. Come and vote, the first drabble will be free to read.
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January Drabble Poll | Kai Delmas
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January 1, 2026 at 5:47 PM
New poll for this month's drabble theme. Come and vote, the first drabble will be free to read.
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We're open for fiction submissions!
We publish unsettling bad time stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum. But genre is made up so if you have a dark weird horrible story that could be a fit, send it in and let us worry about it.
No closing date, open indefinitely.
We publish unsettling bad time stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum. But genre is made up so if you have a dark weird horrible story that could be a fit, send it in and let us worry about it.
No closing date, open indefinitely.
Submissions - Seize The Press
Submissions Guidelines Submissions are open for fiction. We publish dark, unsettling, dislocating stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum, but genre is made up. If you ...
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January 1, 2026 at 1:41 PM
We're open for fiction submissions!
We publish unsettling bad time stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum. But genre is made up so if you have a dark weird horrible story that could be a fit, send it in and let us worry about it.
No closing date, open indefinitely.
We publish unsettling bad time stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum. But genre is made up so if you have a dark weird horrible story that could be a fit, send it in and let us worry about it.
No closing date, open indefinitely.
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After we fund, we'll have an open call in which we expect to buy about 30 more stories, one of which could be yours! Follow the project to stay in the loop! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cal...
Coming soon: Missed-Fits: A Calendar of Fools Anthology
An anthology featuring stories of awkward lengths about things that are missing or out of place.
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December 29, 2025 at 10:54 PM
After we fund, we'll have an open call in which we expect to buy about 30 more stories, one of which could be yours! Follow the project to stay in the loop! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cal...
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We've got the full list of anchor authors for our upcoming project, "Missed-Fits":
@rrvirdi.bsky.social, @retreasure.bsky.social, @jasonsanford.bsky.social, @gryphonrose.bsky.social, Erin Roberts, @nameshiv.bsky.social, @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social, @henryherz.bsky.social, and Rob Cameron!
@rrvirdi.bsky.social, @retreasure.bsky.social, @jasonsanford.bsky.social, @gryphonrose.bsky.social, Erin Roberts, @nameshiv.bsky.social, @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social, @henryherz.bsky.social, and Rob Cameron!
December 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
We've got the full list of anchor authors for our upcoming project, "Missed-Fits":
@rrvirdi.bsky.social, @retreasure.bsky.social, @jasonsanford.bsky.social, @gryphonrose.bsky.social, Erin Roberts, @nameshiv.bsky.social, @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social, @henryherz.bsky.social, and Rob Cameron!
@rrvirdi.bsky.social, @retreasure.bsky.social, @jasonsanford.bsky.social, @gryphonrose.bsky.social, Erin Roberts, @nameshiv.bsky.social, @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social, @henryherz.bsky.social, and Rob Cameron!
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Thx @reachyourapex.bsky.social for hosting drabbles this year. It was so fun (even though I hit a dry spell lately). It really mattered to me each time, and I send you my best wishes for the year to come (and hopefully more drabbles) 🥰
Hugs to my fellow drabblers (you know who you are ❤️)
Hugs to my fellow drabblers (you know who you are ❤️)
The community drabble for today is, "Til Next Time" by Hannya Kay. The theme was "redemption."
Find Hannya Kay on X @Hannya_Kay / BlueSky @HannyaKay.bsky.social
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#authors #drabbles #writingprompts
Find Hannya Kay on X @Hannya_Kay / BlueSky @HannyaKay.bsky.social
Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl
#authors #drabbles #writingprompts
December 31, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Thx @reachyourapex.bsky.social for hosting drabbles this year. It was so fun (even though I hit a dry spell lately). It really mattered to me each time, and I send you my best wishes for the year to come (and hopefully more drabbles) 🥰
Hugs to my fellow drabblers (you know who you are ❤️)
Hugs to my fellow drabblers (you know who you are ❤️)
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The community drabble for today is, "Til Next Time" by Hannya Kay. The theme was "redemption."
Find Hannya Kay on X @Hannya_Kay / BlueSky @HannyaKay.bsky.social
Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl
#authors #drabbles #writingprompts
Find Hannya Kay on X @Hannya_Kay / BlueSky @HannyaKay.bsky.social
Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl
#authors #drabbles #writingprompts
December 31, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The community drabble for today is, "Til Next Time" by Hannya Kay. The theme was "redemption."
Find Hannya Kay on X @Hannya_Kay / BlueSky @HannyaKay.bsky.social
Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl
#authors #drabbles #writingprompts
Find Hannya Kay on X @Hannya_Kay / BlueSky @HannyaKay.bsky.social
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#authors #drabbles #writingprompts
And here's the last drabble of the year. Let's all hope that we don't drink a magic potion and wake up tomorrow to find that it's the start of 2025. 😅😂
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Something Was Off! | Kai Delmas
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December 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
And here's the last drabble of the year. Let's all hope that we don't drink a magic potion and wake up tomorrow to find that it's the start of 2025. 😅😂
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One of two of the last drabbles of the year! If you want to read them and many others, today is the last day to get one month free access. 🙌
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Hidden Under Snow | Kai Delmas
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December 31, 2025 at 7:12 PM
One of two of the last drabbles of the year! If you want to read them and many others, today is the last day to get one month free access. 🙌
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Last day to redeem my Merry December gift for one-month access to all my drabbles. Two more drabbles to be released later today. 💯🙌
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December 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Last day to redeem my Merry December gift for one-month access to all my drabbles. Two more drabbles to be released later today. 💯🙌
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♥️SUBMISSIONS OPEN♥️
We are opening up our Call for Submissions for our next issue! 🖋️✒️📚
This issue is all about reinventing the romance genre, taking ideas around love and sex and hatred to a whole new dimension.
#BookSky #WritingCommunity
We are opening up our Call for Submissions for our next issue! 🖋️✒️📚
This issue is all about reinventing the romance genre, taking ideas around love and sex and hatred to a whole new dimension.
#BookSky #WritingCommunity
November 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
♥️SUBMISSIONS OPEN♥️
We are opening up our Call for Submissions for our next issue! 🖋️✒️📚
This issue is all about reinventing the romance genre, taking ideas around love and sex and hatred to a whole new dimension.
#BookSky #WritingCommunity
We are opening up our Call for Submissions for our next issue! 🖋️✒️📚
This issue is all about reinventing the romance genre, taking ideas around love and sex and hatred to a whole new dimension.
#BookSky #WritingCommunity
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The community drabble for today is, "Redemption at the Church of Grammar" by T. J. Perkins. The theme was "redemption."
Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl
#authors #drabbles #writingprompts
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#authors #drabbles #writingprompts
December 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The community drabble for today is, "Redemption at the Church of Grammar" by T. J. Perkins. The theme was "redemption."
Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl
#authors #drabbles #writingprompts
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#authors #drabbles #writingprompts
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Alright, I did the Year in Review thing. Bad year? Or good year with bad expectations? You be the judge.
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December 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Alright, I did the Year in Review thing. Bad year? Or good year with bad expectations? You be the judge.
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The community drabble for today is, "A Helping Hand" by Magdalena Nitchi. The theme was "redemption."
Find Magdalena Nitchi at imaginatlas.ca/author/magdalenan/
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Find Magdalena Nitchi at imaginatlas.ca/author/magdalenan/
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December 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The community drabble for today is, "A Helping Hand" by Magdalena Nitchi. The theme was "redemption."
Find Magdalena Nitchi at imaginatlas.ca/author/magdalenan/
Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl
#authors #drabbles #writingprompts
Find Magdalena Nitchi at imaginatlas.ca/author/magdalenan/
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#authors #drabbles #writingprompts
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There's also Ticket Po Mamser. by @carolinehung.bsky.social at @strangehorizons.bsky.social. A great horror piece about immigration that I think everyone should check!
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Ticket po mamser.
“Please also be reminded of the following prohibited items,” the clerk explains kindly. “No chemicals or toxic substances. No fluids over 1,000 milliliters. No lithium batteries, laptop chargers an…
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December 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
There's also Ticket Po Mamser. by @carolinehung.bsky.social at @strangehorizons.bsky.social. A great horror piece about immigration that I think everyone should check!
strangehorizons.com/fiction/tick...
strangehorizons.com/fiction/tick...
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Our echoes drifting through the marsh, by @mariecroke.bsky.social, is a fantasy novelette published at @bcsmagazine.bsky.social that you should definitely check! Her inspiration for this one was also pretty cool.
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Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Our Echoes Drifting Through the Marsh by Marie Croke
Outside the preburial cottage, the pier creaked. I saw no shadow under the doorway, yet I froze, afraid Adamet was listening. I imagined, yet again, an anger filtering over his calm countenance. Wonde...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Our echoes drifting through the marsh, by @mariecroke.bsky.social, is a fantasy novelette published at @bcsmagazine.bsky.social that you should definitely check! Her inspiration for this one was also pretty cool.
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/our-...
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With only a razor between, by @mcflycahill90.bsky.social, is a novelette about finding your life in dystopian times. Very in tune with the state of the world. Loved it! It was published by @reactorsff.bsky.social.
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With Only a Razor Between - Reactor
Barber Gio Monsargo has learned to stay quiet and keep his head down, offering shaves and haircuts, not political opinions. But when a high-ranking military official of the Empire begins visiting his ...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
With only a razor between, by @mcflycahill90.bsky.social, is a novelette about finding your life in dystopian times. Very in tune with the state of the world. Loved it! It was published by @reactorsff.bsky.social.
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reactormag.com/with-only-a-...
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Oooh! Then there's Written on the subway walls by the always excellent @jenniferhudak.bsky.social! This one moved me so deeply when I read it. This one left a mark. Pub. at @morningtransport.bsky.social.
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Written on the Subway Walls
For February, The Sunday Morning Transport brings you stories by Jennifer Hudak, John Chu, Carrie Vaughn, and Marie Brennan.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Oooh! Then there's Written on the subway walls by the always excellent @jenniferhudak.bsky.social! This one moved me so deeply when I read it. This one left a mark. Pub. at @morningtransport.bsky.social.
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/written-on...
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/written-on...
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Mavka, by @thesuiway.bsky.social, at @pseudopod.org! Probably the most terrifying short story I've read this year. It's a tale about survival and its price.
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PseudoPod 963: Mavka
You pray to forget this. You pray to forget the cold. Even under two wool blankets you’re always cold now. Skin and bones, you. A February moon hangs high in the starless sky when Andriy slips on the…
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December 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Mavka, by @thesuiway.bsky.social, at @pseudopod.org! Probably the most terrifying short story I've read this year. It's a tale about survival and its price.
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pseudopod.org/2025/02/21/p...
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Through the Machine, by @cornellwriter.bsky.social, is definitely one of my faves. An essential read to understand the future of art if we let gen-AI take over the world unchecked.
Pub. at @lightspeedmagazine.com
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Pub. at @lightspeedmagazine.com
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Through the Machine - Lightspeed Magazine
“Steve, over here! Turn to your right. Can we get a smile?” He falls back on his training easily enough, turns to the cameras, gives them his famous crooked smile, tilts his head just so as the flashe...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Through the Machine, by @cornellwriter.bsky.social, is definitely one of my faves. An essential read to understand the future of art if we let gen-AI take over the world unchecked.
Pub. at @lightspeedmagazine.com
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/thro...
Pub. at @lightspeedmagazine.com
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/thro...
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Fractionated Doses Don’t Quench the Thirst of Those Who Knew the Whole, a short story by @le-werner.bsky.social, published at @thedeadlands.com.
Along with Jana's, one of the most Brazilian-centered pieces I've read in English this year!
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Along with Jana's, one of the most Brazilian-centered pieces I've read in English this year!
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Fractionated Doses Don’t Quench the Thirst of Those Who Knew the Whole - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Another cadaver on the table. Another lot of spirits for a funeral.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Fractionated Doses Don’t Quench the Thirst of Those Who Knew the Whole, a short story by @le-werner.bsky.social, published at @thedeadlands.com.
Along with Jana's, one of the most Brazilian-centered pieces I've read in English this year!
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Along with Jana's, one of the most Brazilian-centered pieces I've read in English this year!
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
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A Eulogy for Each and Every End, a short story, by @janapbianchi.bsky.social, published by @grist.org at Imagine 2200. It's a hopepunk piece about death and the art of death. Beautiful and moving.
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A Eulogy for Each and Every End
Climate fiction: An apprentice undertaker learns the art of death and dying.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
A Eulogy for Each and Every End, a short story, by @janapbianchi.bsky.social, published by @grist.org at Imagine 2200. It's a hopepunk piece about death and the art of death. Beautiful and moving.
grist.org/climate-fict...
grist.org/climate-fict...