Kathryn/Катя Bratt-Pfotenhauer
@kcbrattpfotenhauer.bsky.social
Writer • Syracuse MFA '24 • NYU PhD '29-'30.
BAD ANIMAL, Riot in Your Throat Press, 2023 • SMALL GEOMETRIES, Ethel, 2023
BAD ANIMAL, Riot in Your Throat Press, 2023 • SMALL GEOMETRIES, Ethel, 2023
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The first of my hurricane stories is live today in The Lindenwood Review! It's beyond exciting to find my fiction in their pages. Eternal thanks to the incomparable Beth Mead and the editorial staff for their kindness and care. Link in the comments to read!
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We're thrilled to have them! "Caleb" made me audibly gasp with the line '...my father, lost to a syringe dangling from his arm like an ellipsis...' and I sat with it for a while.
Thrilled to share two poems in the newest issue of The Maine Review! First one is a new offering from the poems I think will make up book three, and the second is an older persona poem I wrote trying to connect with a poet character from my novel manuscript. I hope you enjoy!
November 22, 2025 at 3:16 AM
We're thrilled to have them! "Caleb" made me audibly gasp with the line '...my father, lost to a syringe dangling from his arm like an ellipsis...' and I sat with it for a while.
Thrilled to share two poems in the newest issue of The Maine Review! First one is a new offering from the poems I think will make up book three, and the second is an older persona poem I wrote trying to connect with a poet character from my novel manuscript. I hope you enjoy!
November 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Thrilled to share two poems in the newest issue of The Maine Review! First one is a new offering from the poems I think will make up book three, and the second is an older persona poem I wrote trying to connect with a poet character from my novel manuscript. I hope you enjoy!
Just booked some Amtrak tickets because BAD ANIMAL is being taught in a college classroom this October. So excited to explore Providence and talk about poems. If you have any recommendations on what to do for three days there, let me know!
August 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Just booked some Amtrak tickets because BAD ANIMAL is being taught in a college classroom this October. So excited to explore Providence and talk about poems. If you have any recommendations on what to do for three days there, let me know!
Compression wraps procured and thrown into the mix: 17,436 words, and this project is essentially novella-length!
August 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Compression wraps procured and thrown into the mix: 17,436 words, and this project is essentially novella-length!
The Nightmare Before Christmas is just Jack Skellington having a hypomanic episode send note
August 18, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The Nightmare Before Christmas is just Jack Skellington having a hypomanic episode send note
I don't think I've ever clocked 15,000 words on a novel built off pure and unadulterated spite, but I guess there's a first time for everything.
August 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I don't think I've ever clocked 15,000 words on a novel built off pure and unadulterated spite, but I guess there's a first time for everything.
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🌸COVER REVEAL🌸 for MORE FLOWERS & it’s a beauty! I’m grateful to so many: @triohousepress.org, @krisbigalk.bsky.social, @natashakane.bsky.social & to @fascicles.bsky.social, @kcbrattpfotenhauer.bsky.social, & @cynthiamhoffman.bsky.social for their kind, generous words!
Pre-order link in comments!
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August 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🌸COVER REVEAL🌸 for MORE FLOWERS & it’s a beauty! I’m grateful to so many: @triohousepress.org, @krisbigalk.bsky.social, @natashakane.bsky.social & to @fascicles.bsky.social, @kcbrattpfotenhauer.bsky.social, & @cynthiamhoffman.bsky.social for their kind, generous words!
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Pre-order link in comments!
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Congratulations to @kcbrattpfotenhauer.bsky.social, whose poem "IT ISN’T UNTIL I’M LECTURING MY STUDENTS ON FIRE SAFETY AND THEY’RE ALL LOOKING AT ME LIKE I’VE GROWN TWO HEADS THAT I REALIZE MAYBE I’M NOT TAKING YOUR DEATH AS WELL AS I THOUGHT" from $ was a finalist for Best of the Net!
2025 Finalists – Best of the Net
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August 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Congratulations to @kcbrattpfotenhauer.bsky.social, whose poem "IT ISN’T UNTIL I’M LECTURING MY STUDENTS ON FIRE SAFETY AND THEY’RE ALL LOOKING AT ME LIKE I’VE GROWN TWO HEADS THAT I REALIZE MAYBE I’M NOT TAKING YOUR DEATH AS WELL AS I THOUGHT" from $ was a finalist for Best of the Net!
So this happened. Many thanks to @rosswhite.com for the notification and to Best of the Net for acknowledging my poem pubbed by the lovely folks at @poetrycurrency.bsky.social as a finalist for this year.
August 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
So this happened. Many thanks to @rosswhite.com for the notification and to Best of the Net for acknowledging my poem pubbed by the lovely folks at @poetrycurrency.bsky.social as a finalist for this year.
Hello all! It's been a bit. Exciting things may or may not be afoot---if you're intrigued, you can subscribe to the email list on my website to get the news (that may or not be coming) when I get the all clear to announce. :)
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Kathryn Bratt-Pfotenhauer's website, showcasing exercepted poetry and fiction as well as books available for purchase.
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August 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Hello all! It's been a bit. Exciting things may or may not be afoot---if you're intrigued, you can subscribe to the email list on my website to get the news (that may or not be coming) when I get the all clear to announce. :)
kcbrattpfotenhauer.wixsite.com/website
kcbrattpfotenhauer.wixsite.com/website
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Little sick day short story acceptance---"WRAITH" coming your way soon-ish!
April 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Little sick day short story acceptance---"WRAITH" coming your way soon-ish!
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In @mcsweeneys.net with @madelinegoetz.bsky.social talking about the Disney canon
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I Am the Servant in the Beast’s Castle Who Was Turned into a Chamberpot, and Nobody Ever Asks Me to Sing
Hey, everyone, I couldn’t help overhearing in this giant, nigh-deserted, echoey castle that you were doing an elaborate musical number where everyo...
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April 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
In @mcsweeneys.net with @madelinegoetz.bsky.social talking about the Disney canon
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@riotinyourthroat.bsky.social is having a National Poetry Month sale, and you can find BAD ANIMAL and friends for only $10! Treat yourself to some fierce, fabulous, feminist poetry.
April 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
@riotinyourthroat.bsky.social is having a National Poetry Month sale, and you can find BAD ANIMAL and friends for only $10! Treat yourself to some fierce, fabulous, feminist poetry.
The first of my hurricane stories is live today in The Lindenwood Review! It's beyond exciting to find my fiction in their pages. Eternal thanks to the incomparable Beth Mead and the editorial staff for their kindness and care. Link in the comments to read!
April 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The first of my hurricane stories is live today in The Lindenwood Review! It's beyond exciting to find my fiction in their pages. Eternal thanks to the incomparable Beth Mead and the editorial staff for their kindness and care. Link in the comments to read!
Reposted by Kathryn/Катя Bratt-Pfotenhauer
April 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
@riotinyourthroat.bsky.social is having a National Poetry Month sale, and you can find BAD ANIMAL and friends for only $10! Treat yourself to some fierce, fabulous, feminist poetry.
April 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
@riotinyourthroat.bsky.social is having a National Poetry Month sale, and you can find BAD ANIMAL and friends for only $10! Treat yourself to some fierce, fabulous, feminist poetry.
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Save the date! 🗓️ Join author Sarah Aziza & guest readers for the launch of her memoir THE HOLLOW HALF on April 22nd at Storm Books in Brooklyn, NY!
April 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Save the date! 🗓️ Join author Sarah Aziza & guest readers for the launch of her memoir THE HOLLOW HALF on April 22nd at Storm Books in Brooklyn, NY!
She's ready for her closeup.
March 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
She's ready for her closeup.
Probably going to finish this novel rewrite in the next week and my main character is going to give me the electric chair and it will be SO WELL DESERVED
March 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Probably going to finish this novel rewrite in the next week and my main character is going to give me the electric chair and it will be SO WELL DESERVED
Little sad saucy poem in the newest beautiful issue of Cherry Tree. I wrote this one when I began fleshing out the concept for my novel, a Hades and Persephone retelling. So happy to be back in Cherry Tree's pages, and all my thanks for the editors.
March 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Little sad saucy poem in the newest beautiful issue of Cherry Tree. I wrote this one when I began fleshing out the concept for my novel, a Hades and Persephone retelling. So happy to be back in Cherry Tree's pages, and all my thanks for the editors.
60,000 words on the novel rewrite and morale is high! Stay tuned to find out just how quickly that tune changes for the next and last section.
March 16, 2025 at 3:14 AM
60,000 words on the novel rewrite and morale is high! Stay tuned to find out just how quickly that tune changes for the next and last section.
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FERAL🐈⬛
Coming in 2027 from @jacklegpress.bsky.social ✨💖✨
I know how rare it is to return to the same press and I do not take it for granted.
I was so excited I signed the contract at work🖊💖
Coming in 2027 from @jacklegpress.bsky.social ✨💖✨
I know how rare it is to return to the same press and I do not take it for granted.
I was so excited I signed the contract at work🖊💖
March 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
FERAL🐈⬛
Coming in 2027 from @jacklegpress.bsky.social ✨💖✨
I know how rare it is to return to the same press and I do not take it for granted.
I was so excited I signed the contract at work🖊💖
Coming in 2027 from @jacklegpress.bsky.social ✨💖✨
I know how rare it is to return to the same press and I do not take it for granted.
I was so excited I signed the contract at work🖊💖
My bank spending snapshot telling me I spend way too much on office supplies:
The 13 floppy binders in my shopping cart:
The 13 floppy binders in my shopping cart:
a cartoon of grinch with a blue background
ALT: a cartoon of grinch with a blue background
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March 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
My bank spending snapshot telling me I spend way too much on office supplies:
The 13 floppy binders in my shopping cart:
The 13 floppy binders in my shopping cart: