Katie Story
@katiestory.bsky.social
SFF writer, fosterer of cats, graphic designer, migraineur, Brooklyn NY.
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Katie Story
@katiestory.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Hello followers! I write SFF, and am currently working on revising two novels at the moment, a Blade Runner meets Princess Mononoke SF, and post-apocalyptic gaslamp fantasy with romance. @bsfwriters.bsky.social has taught me almost everything I know and has great free resources for writers.
Sky Daddy also made me think of American Psycho, that’s the only other book that made me feel like I was going to have a mental health crisis from reading it lol.
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Kate Folk on Writing a Contemporary Tribute to an American Classic
A first novel with a combination of heavyweight ambition, wry wit, and pathos, peppered with hilarious moments, Kate Folk’s Sky Daddy draws inspiration from Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick. Her e…
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December 23, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Sky Daddy also made me think of American Psycho, that’s the only other book that made me feel like I was going to have a mental health crisis from reading it lol.
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Checking for brain power after 6+ days of flu 😵💫
December 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Checking for brain power after 6+ days of flu 😵💫
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I saw this absolutely amazing tomb when visiting Westminster Abbey. One of the coolest things I saw when I was in London
December 17, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I saw this absolutely amazing tomb when visiting Westminster Abbey. One of the coolest things I saw when I was in London
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any of y'all know much about narrative design in gaming? i have a few questions if u wanna dm me! 💜
December 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
any of y'all know much about narrative design in gaming? i have a few questions if u wanna dm me! 💜
@kerstinhall.bsky.social ma’am today I learned reading your newsletter that you have more than 1 book! 🤯 gonna go read that now.
December 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
@kerstinhall.bsky.social ma’am today I learned reading your newsletter that you have more than 1 book! 🤯 gonna go read that now.
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Delighted that @unchartedmag.bsky.social nominated Thoe Who Run for a Pushcart 🥺
Those Who Run - Uncharted
The tiger didn’t watch anyone, didn’t see their phones being pulled out of back pockets, didn’t see a mother gasp and hold her child back, didn’t even see the car that slammed its brakes to avoid ente...
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December 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Delighted that @unchartedmag.bsky.social nominated Thoe Who Run for a Pushcart 🥺
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I'm running a free, virtual workshop at 7 pm EST tonight with Orange County Library System: attend.ocls.org/event/14071584
This is an updated version of a class on early career development that I ran for OCLS in the spring, now with a few additional resources to get you started in each category.
This is an updated version of a class on early career development that I ran for OCLS in the spring, now with a few additional resources to get you started in each category.
Career Development for Pre-Published Authors
Literary agent Paula Weiman will discuss how to best prepare for a career as an author before landing the first book deal.. Event starts at December 8, 2025 7:00 PM EST
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December 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I'm running a free, virtual workshop at 7 pm EST tonight with Orange County Library System: attend.ocls.org/event/14071584
This is an updated version of a class on early career development that I ran for OCLS in the spring, now with a few additional resources to get you started in each category.
This is an updated version of a class on early career development that I ran for OCLS in the spring, now with a few additional resources to get you started in each category.
Me: need to look up this one scene in The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, I'll take a look...
*4 hours and 200 pages later*
*4 hours and 200 pages later*
a lizard laying on the side of a road with the words need water below it
Alt: A sloth sluggishly reaches an arm toward the white line on a paved road. Subtitle reads "Need Water".
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December 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Me: need to look up this one scene in The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, I'll take a look...
*4 hours and 200 pages later*
*4 hours and 200 pages later*
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Look you just have to make the cool weird shit that excites you. You must. In this world besieged by bland, scrubbed boring, computer slop, you must. Make the thing you’re embarrassed to make, the thing that feels “too much” because otherwise we get drowned in a sea of cowardly work made by a button
August 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Look you just have to make the cool weird shit that excites you. You must. In this world besieged by bland, scrubbed boring, computer slop, you must. Make the thing you’re embarrassed to make, the thing that feels “too much” because otherwise we get drowned in a sea of cowardly work made by a button
2025 pie list: apple, blueberry, raspberry, lemon, pumpkin, grasshopper, fluffernutter, pecan, and chocolate pudding.
November 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
2025 pie list: apple, blueberry, raspberry, lemon, pumpkin, grasshopper, fluffernutter, pecan, and chocolate pudding.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
Cyrano-soundtracked fueled writing sess
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Cyrano-soundtracked fueled writing sess
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"Before I left the NYC Conflicts of Interest Board back in 2022, I created (along with Dan Iwrey and Rob Casimir) what might be the greatest municipal ethics-law-based D&D one-shot module ever conceived… or at the very least the ONLY municipal ethics-law-based D&D one-shot module ever conceived."
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November 21, 2025 at 5:09 AM
"Before I left the NYC Conflicts of Interest Board back in 2022, I created (along with Dan Iwrey and Rob Casimir) what might be the greatest municipal ethics-law-based D&D one-shot module ever conceived… or at the very least the ONLY municipal ethics-law-based D&D one-shot module ever conceived."
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This is a banger of a story. If you enjoy Carmen Maria Machado and/or Pemi Aguda's work, you'll probably dig this.
New story day! My twisted fairy tale, “Head of the Household,” is in the winter issue of F(r)iction.
Koschei the Deathless, Slavic folklore’s baddest bad, has met his match in Ira: a mortal woman with a clever plan to take him down. At stake? Ira’s best friend’s freedom. Warning: contains gluten 🥖🩸
Koschei the Deathless, Slavic folklore’s baddest bad, has met his match in Ira: a mortal woman with a clever plan to take him down. At stake? Ira’s best friend’s freedom. Warning: contains gluten 🥖🩸
Head of the Household - F(r)iction
Kristina Ten presents the story of a woman preparing for her high-stakes marriage to an evil immortal lord.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
This is a banger of a story. If you enjoy Carmen Maria Machado and/or Pemi Aguda's work, you'll probably dig this.
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THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!!
The production of TWELTH NIGHT with Lupita Nyong’o, Junior Nyong’o, Peter Dinklage, Sandra Oh, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Daphne Rubin-Vega is now on the PBS app!!!!
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The production of TWELTH NIGHT with Lupita Nyong’o, Junior Nyong’o, Peter Dinklage, Sandra Oh, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Daphne Rubin-Vega is now on the PBS app!!!!
www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/t...
November 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!!
The production of TWELTH NIGHT with Lupita Nyong’o, Junior Nyong’o, Peter Dinklage, Sandra Oh, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Daphne Rubin-Vega is now on the PBS app!!!!
www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/t...
The production of TWELTH NIGHT with Lupita Nyong’o, Junior Nyong’o, Peter Dinklage, Sandra Oh, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Daphne Rubin-Vega is now on the PBS app!!!!
www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/t...
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I love this a billion.
In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
November 12, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I love this a billion.
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New #podcast alert. Check out animal activist @flatbushcats podcast Underfoot, about the systemic issues affecting strays #cats #pets podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Underfoot
Education Podcast · Updated Weekly · Underfoot is a new podcast about the hidden cat crisis in NYC and what we can do to solve it. In this podcast, we go beyond rescue stories to reveal the systems th...
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November 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
New #podcast alert. Check out animal activist @flatbushcats podcast Underfoot, about the systemic issues affecting strays #cats #pets podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Listened to Wherever I Fall from Cyrano to look at why it's so sad and now I need to spend an hour recovering.
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Listened to Wherever I Fall from Cyrano to look at why it's so sad and now I need to spend an hour recovering.
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Stop referring to our representatives and senators in congress as "leaders". We are not following them. They are asking us to allow them to represent our community's needs. They are there to speak for our causes. If they can't do that job effectively we need to fire them.
The People Lead.
The People Lead.
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Stop referring to our representatives and senators in congress as "leaders". We are not following them. They are asking us to allow them to represent our community's needs. They are there to speak for our causes. If they can't do that job effectively we need to fire them.
The People Lead.
The People Lead.
Finally finished editing the one scene I've been stuck on all week! (I think.)
November 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Finally finished editing the one scene I've been stuck on all week! (I think.)
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WRYTE
WEIRDE
BOOKES
WEIRDE
BOOKES
November 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
WRYTE
WEIRDE
BOOKES
WEIRDE
BOOKES
I reverted to Pandora because Spotify is running AI generated ads that sting my brain and ICE ads, and I've rediscovered the Jazz Doom channel I created ten years ago. Great stuff. pandora.app.link/fS8wXV6v8Xb
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November 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I reverted to Pandora because Spotify is running AI generated ads that sting my brain and ICE ads, and I've rediscovered the Jazz Doom channel I created ten years ago. Great stuff. pandora.app.link/fS8wXV6v8Xb
Moby Dick, The Great Gatsby and A Prayer for Owen Meany are all books about a season spent with an ill-fated "monomaniac". Trying to think if there are others like this, where the protagonist is really not the narrating character.
November 8, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Moby Dick, The Great Gatsby and A Prayer for Owen Meany are all books about a season spent with an ill-fated "monomaniac". Trying to think if there are others like this, where the protagonist is really not the narrating character.