Karen Osborne
@karenosborne.bsky.social
Velocity girl. Honey badger. A/V hooligan. Nebula, Locus, Sturgeon finalist. Violin & theremin. Author: THE HOLLOW CROWN OF HEAVEN from Erewhon ('27), ARCHITECTS OF MEMORY & ENGINES OF OBLIVION from Tor. Ad astra via caffeine. Rep: Dorian Maffei, KC&A
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Erewhon Books Announces The Hollow Crown of Heaven by Karen Osborne - Reactor
A necromancer and a gunslinger find themselves at the center of a centuries-old conspiracy...
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I am ✨twitterpated✨ to announce that my novel THE HOLLOW CROWN OF HEAVEN will be published by @erewhonbooks.bsky.social! This is my Bridgerton Borg Battlestar book, the one I wrote when I decided to stop holding back and started embracing my inner necromancer. 😍 reactormag.com/book-announc...
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“Is there such a thing as 'Indian' science fiction? A short history and new anthology of speculative writing from India” —
www.moneycontrol.com/books/is-the...
A new interview with @moneycontrol.bsky.social on the IF Anthology of New Indian SFF and the history of Indian SFF.
www.moneycontrol.com/books/is-the...
A new interview with @moneycontrol.bsky.social on the IF Anthology of New Indian SFF and the history of Indian SFF.
November 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
“Is there such a thing as 'Indian' science fiction? A short history and new anthology of speculative writing from India” —
www.moneycontrol.com/books/is-the...
A new interview with @moneycontrol.bsky.social on the IF Anthology of New Indian SFF and the history of Indian SFF.
www.moneycontrol.com/books/is-the...
A new interview with @moneycontrol.bsky.social on the IF Anthology of New Indian SFF and the history of Indian SFF.
This is how you get what you want when you’re a writer with a dayjob and a family. No residencies, no grants, no sabbaticals. Just four ayem, your half-hour lunch, and a little too much caffeine.
November 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
This is how you get what you want when you’re a writer with a dayjob and a family. No residencies, no grants, no sabbaticals. Just four ayem, your half-hour lunch, and a little too much caffeine.
Especially in an industry where meeting expectations is often not enough!
I have had a lot of discussions about this. I would just really like a nice midlist that I can live in somewhere. I mean if someone wants to give me lots and lots of money I'm not going to say no but when they whip out the big cash you've got to exceed expectations not just meet them that's scary.
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Especially in an industry where meeting expectations is often not enough!
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"What these pundits are nudging us to do, ever so politely, is accept that women, in the main, are accustomed to being a little degraded, a little underpaid and ignored and dampened in their ambitions, in ways that men are not and never will be."
THIS
THIS
November 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"What these pundits are nudging us to do, ever so politely, is accept that women, in the main, are accustomed to being a little degraded, a little underpaid and ignored and dampened in their ambitions, in ways that men are not and never will be."
THIS
THIS
Nothing like walking into your office on a Monday morning to discover a couple of mice died right in the middle of the floor sometime on Friday night
a man in a suit and tie is asking if he can leave
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is asking if he can leave
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November 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Nothing like walking into your office on a Monday morning to discover a couple of mice died right in the middle of the floor sometime on Friday night
Ooooh this looks STRAIGHT down my alley
November 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Ooooh this looks STRAIGHT down my alley
I am currently in the process of editing a book that has already sold to a publisher. Yes, they have more edits. Yes, this is expected. Yes, I’m having a good time, because if I wasn’t, getting up at 4am to do edits before work would be torture. There are much easier ways to feel known.
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I am currently in the process of editing a book that has already sold to a publisher. Yes, they have more edits. Yes, this is expected. Yes, I’m having a good time, because if I wasn’t, getting up at 4am to do edits before work would be torture. There are much easier ways to feel known.
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Starbucks workers are ON STRIKE! Now is the time to tell everyone in your life to STOP BUYING Starbucks.
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www.nocontractnocoffee.org?utm_source=s...
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Starbucks workers are ON STRIKE! Now is the time to tell everyone in your life to STOP BUYING Starbucks.
www.nocontractnocoffee.org?utm_source=s...
www.nocontractnocoffee.org?utm_source=s...
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I just got my royalty payment and not only do ARCHITECTS OF MEMORY and ENGINES OF OBLIVION continue to sell, they just hit numbers that I consider to be a milestone.
just keep swimming.
just keep swimming.
November 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I just got my royalty payment and not only do ARCHITECTS OF MEMORY and ENGINES OF OBLIVION continue to sell, they just hit numbers that I consider to be a milestone.
just keep swimming.
just keep swimming.
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I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
Mothers in Stefanik's district are now in their third month of living without the childcare subsidies that they desperately need. She has not done a single thing to help them.
Hochul immediately responded by releasing an ad calling Stefanik a Trump ally, saying, `Elise Stefanik is running to deliver New York for Donald Trump and raise your costs,` while donation sites for both campaigns are active
ELISE STEFANIK IS DISLIKED IN HER DISTRICT
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ELISE STEFANIK IS DISLIKED IN HER DISTRICT
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Rep. Elise Stefanik Announces 2026 Run for New York Governor
GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik is launching a run for governor in New York, blaming Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul for the state's high cost of living and tying the governor to New York City Mayor-elect Zohran...
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November 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Mothers in Stefanik's district are now in their third month of living without the childcare subsidies that they desperately need. She has not done a single thing to help them.
oh my GOD
[P] Found a higher-quality photo; IT *IS* TAPED UP SHEETS OF PAPER!
November 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
oh my GOD
A big THANK YOU to everyone who is still discovering and reading THE MEMORY WAR. You are making my absolute LIFE right now!!
And a big THANK YOU to everyone who is still discovering and hating THE MEMORY WAR. You read my book! That's awesome!!
And a big THANK YOU to everyone who is still discovering and hating THE MEMORY WAR. You read my book! That's awesome!!
November 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
A big THANK YOU to everyone who is still discovering and reading THE MEMORY WAR. You are making my absolute LIFE right now!!
And a big THANK YOU to everyone who is still discovering and hating THE MEMORY WAR. You read my book! That's awesome!!
And a big THANK YOU to everyone who is still discovering and hating THE MEMORY WAR. You read my book! That's awesome!!
stop calling your heart's work "content"
November 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
stop calling your heart's work "content"
hey look, it's the editor of THE HOLLOW CROWN OF HEAVEN! let's goooooooo @erewhonbooks.bsky.social
An associate editor at Erewhon Books, Fetters, who calls speculative fiction their first love, revels in the opportunity to cultivate revolutionary narratives. buff.ly/aeBPOqh
November 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
hey look, it's the editor of THE HOLLOW CROWN OF HEAVEN! let's goooooooo @erewhonbooks.bsky.social
I was watching my MAGA dad‘s FB feed today and there were three news articles about teacher-student relationships being fine, actually
There’s some definite shenanigating starting out there, folks
There’s some definite shenanigating starting out there, folks
November 1, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I was watching my MAGA dad‘s FB feed today and there were three news articles about teacher-student relationships being fine, actually
There’s some definite shenanigating starting out there, folks
There’s some definite shenanigating starting out there, folks
The discouragement is thick. My local food bank has an online volunteer scheduling mechanism. Maybe yours does too.
November 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The discouragement is thick. My local food bank has an online volunteer scheduling mechanism. Maybe yours does too.
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now for a downer. trump administration is forcing families to starve. we can do something about this at once. we can give to food banks. now. en mass. want to know other ways to help in future? check out this site. it provides suggestions for btwn protests.
www.nokings.org/alliance?sou...
www.nokings.org/alliance?sou...
No Kings Alliance — No Kings
Authoritarianism thrives on silence. The No Kings Alliance exists to make capitulation impossible—and resistance unstoppable.
www.nokings.org
November 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
now for a downer. trump administration is forcing families to starve. we can do something about this at once. we can give to food banks. now. en mass. want to know other ways to help in future? check out this site. it provides suggestions for btwn protests.
www.nokings.org/alliance?sou...
www.nokings.org/alliance?sou...
C'mon, Dr. Means, SOME of us brought our work to the hospital with us like good little Americans and were working when they told us it was go time. Is this woman even American enough for the position????
October 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
C'mon, Dr. Means, SOME of us brought our work to the hospital with us like good little Americans and were working when they told us it was go time. Is this woman even American enough for the position????
I’m having my first seriously negative tirzepatide side effects and will probably write a short story about it lol
October 30, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I’m having my first seriously negative tirzepatide side effects and will probably write a short story about it lol
Sometimes I get unconscionably mad that my m.a.g.a relatives are probably going to die thinking this was the best thing to ever happen to the country, assured that their descendants will be happier than them
October 27, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Sometimes I get unconscionably mad that my m.a.g.a relatives are probably going to die thinking this was the best thing to ever happen to the country, assured that their descendants will be happier than them
This. A family I knew had a boat, a nice house, three cars… turns out they’ve always owed a shit ton, just shuffled it to different credit cards
A big thing for me was not realizing until my 20s just how much of the supposed middle class lifestyle in the 21sr century US is people shuffling around large amounts of debt while paying off minimum balances
October 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This. A family I knew had a boat, a nice house, three cars… turns out they’ve always owed a shit ton, just shuffled it to different credit cards
Is “the president is really focused on the ballroom” the new “ let them eat cake?” Because it really seems like it.
October 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Is “the president is really focused on the ballroom” the new “ let them eat cake?” Because it really seems like it.
There are three individual leaf-blowers within audible distance of my window right now.
a woman sitting in front of a microphone with the words internally screaming below her
ALT: a woman sitting in front of a microphone with the words internally screaming below her
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October 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
There are three individual leaf-blowers within audible distance of my window right now.