Kerry C. Byrne
@kercoby.bsky.social
SFF writer—Year’s Best Canadian SFF, Fantasy Mag, THIS Mag. @SFWA. Banff Sci-fi ‘25. 6X Aurora Finalist. Loves fairy tales, comics, video games, D&D.
Publisher @augursociety — Augur Mag, Tales & Feathers Mag, Augur Books.
Contact me @ www.kerrycbyrne.com
Publisher @augursociety — Augur Mag, Tales & Feathers Mag, Augur Books.
Contact me @ www.kerrycbyrne.com
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Kerry C. Byrne
@kercoby.bsky.social
· Nov 17
✨ I have started a broad #CanSpec starter pack!
This isn’t JUST writers, authors, editors…
It’s also stores, booksellers, community organizers.
ANYONE in CanSpec (Canlit + Specfic) !
Reply for an add ✨ It’s very much only a rough beginning right now !
go.bsky.app/Q7MUTiT
This isn’t JUST writers, authors, editors…
It’s also stores, booksellers, community organizers.
ANYONE in CanSpec (Canlit + Specfic) !
Reply for an add ✨ It’s very much only a rough beginning right now !
go.bsky.app/Q7MUTiT
Wait is Pluribus actually good
(I really hated the number of times it was advertised to me)
(I really hated the number of times it was advertised to me)
December 25, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Wait is Pluribus actually good
(I really hated the number of times it was advertised to me)
(I really hated the number of times it was advertised to me)
5 perfect movies
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• Everything Everywhere All At Once
• Princess Mononoke
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• Sinners
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• Everything Everywhere All At Once
• Princess Mononoke
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• Sinners
5 perfect movies
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• Gremlins
• Run, Lola, Run
• Fargo
• Portrait of a Lady on Fire
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• Gremlins
• Run, Lola, Run
• Fargo
• Portrait of a Lady on Fire
5 perfect movies
• The Matrix
• Perfect Blue
• Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse
• Rashomon
• My Neighbour Totoro
• The Matrix
• Perfect Blue
• Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse
• Rashomon
• My Neighbour Totoro
December 25, 2025 at 5:39 AM
5 perfect movies
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• Everything Everywhere All At Once
• Princess Mononoke
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• Sinners
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• Everything Everywhere All At Once
• Princess Mononoke
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• Sinners
I kick off my writing every year with a bingo sheet of wins I can control 👀
Like number of words written or pieces submitted or grants applied to
I’m thinking that this year I might make a few versions and share them on Jan 1???
+ some ideas for milestone rewards !!
Like number of words written or pieces submitted or grants applied to
I’m thinking that this year I might make a few versions and share them on Jan 1???
+ some ideas for milestone rewards !!
December 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I kick off my writing every year with a bingo sheet of wins I can control 👀
Like number of words written or pieces submitted or grants applied to
I’m thinking that this year I might make a few versions and share them on Jan 1???
+ some ideas for milestone rewards !!
Like number of words written or pieces submitted or grants applied to
I’m thinking that this year I might make a few versions and share them on Jan 1???
+ some ideas for milestone rewards !!
VERY pleased with this year’s Christmas aesthetic 🎄✨
December 25, 2025 at 12:10 AM
VERY pleased with this year’s Christmas aesthetic 🎄✨
Reposted by Kerry C. Byrne
It is more important to create than submit work
to submit work than worry about being published
to publish at all than be too precious about where or when
to have work read than get awards
to be nominated at all than win—
And it is more important to make what you love than never risk failing.
to submit work than worry about being published
to publish at all than be too precious about where or when
to have work read than get awards
to be nominated at all than win—
And it is more important to make what you love than never risk failing.
December 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
It is more important to create than submit work
to submit work than worry about being published
to publish at all than be too precious about where or when
to have work read than get awards
to be nominated at all than win—
And it is more important to make what you love than never risk failing.
to submit work than worry about being published
to publish at all than be too precious about where or when
to have work read than get awards
to be nominated at all than win—
And it is more important to make what you love than never risk failing.
It is more important to create than submit work
to submit work than worry about being published
to publish at all than be too precious about where or when
to have work read than get awards
to be nominated at all than win—
And it is more important to make what you love than never risk failing.
to submit work than worry about being published
to publish at all than be too precious about where or when
to have work read than get awards
to be nominated at all than win—
And it is more important to make what you love than never risk failing.
December 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
It is more important to create than submit work
to submit work than worry about being published
to publish at all than be too precious about where or when
to have work read than get awards
to be nominated at all than win—
And it is more important to make what you love than never risk failing.
to submit work than worry about being published
to publish at all than be too precious about where or when
to have work read than get awards
to be nominated at all than win—
And it is more important to make what you love than never risk failing.
I am attempting to write a non-speculative short story, but I am afraid that due to being an SFF writer I no longer have the ability to write a short under 4,000 words on first draft 🫠
December 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I am attempting to write a non-speculative short story, but I am afraid that due to being an SFF writer I no longer have the ability to write a short under 4,000 words on first draft 🫠
I have recently gotten to the point of my writing career where I am developing my style—and it’s developing of its own accord, outside of intentionality, a creature I’m following through the weaving
I can push and pull but I am tangled in it, a web of influence and intention 💜
I can push and pull but I am tangled in it, a web of influence and intention 💜
December 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I have recently gotten to the point of my writing career where I am developing my style—and it’s developing of its own accord, outside of intentionality, a creature I’m following through the weaving
I can push and pull but I am tangled in it, a web of influence and intention 💜
I can push and pull but I am tangled in it, a web of influence and intention 💜
Tomorrow, I start making headway towards rewriting the first 100 pages of The Book.
So I can write New Parts of the book in the New Year.
Half way there 💪✨
So I can write New Parts of the book in the New Year.
Half way there 💪✨
December 22, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Tomorrow, I start making headway towards rewriting the first 100 pages of The Book.
So I can write New Parts of the book in the New Year.
Half way there 💪✨
So I can write New Parts of the book in the New Year.
Half way there 💪✨
If the writing association gives writing awards to machines that use the writing of their association’s writers to generate text—
Then we have truly lost the battle for art.
I feel for the people in the room who fought against this and were spoken over.
Then we have truly lost the battle for art.
I feel for the people in the room who fought against this and were spoken over.
Another Nebula Awards nomination cycle is in full swing, and the addition of poetry and comics, along with the presence of LLMs in industry, required careful consideration.
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
December 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
If the writing association gives writing awards to machines that use the writing of their association’s writers to generate text—
Then we have truly lost the battle for art.
I feel for the people in the room who fought against this and were spoken over.
Then we have truly lost the battle for art.
I feel for the people in the room who fought against this and were spoken over.
Reposted by Kerry C. Byrne
Reactor has kindly bundled together some highlights of their original fiction from 2025, including my novelette Wolf Moon, Antler Moon, which is one of my very favorite things that I published this year. Prom massacre meets animal transformation story - enjoy! reactormag.com/download-sho...
Download Reactor Original Short Fiction Highlights 2025! - Reactor
Our new bundle gathers a selection of this year's stories in one easy-to-read place.
reactormag.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Reactor has kindly bundled together some highlights of their original fiction from 2025, including my novelette Wolf Moon, Antler Moon, which is one of my very favorite things that I published this year. Prom massacre meets animal transformation story - enjoy! reactormag.com/download-sho...
Reposted by Kerry C. Byrne
We're reopening to submissions on January 1st.
Writers, ready your most depressing, unnerving, dislocating, horrible stories.
Writers, ready your most depressing, unnerving, dislocating, horrible stories.
December 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
We're reopening to submissions on January 1st.
Writers, ready your most depressing, unnerving, dislocating, horrible stories.
Writers, ready your most depressing, unnerving, dislocating, horrible stories.
Reposted by Kerry C. Byrne
HELLO I'm on a podcast?? This is very exciting but also listening to my own voice is physically painful actually? How do people do this on a regular basis and survive??
Tales & Feathers...on a podcast? 👀
It's true! Unknown Worlds of the Merril Collection interviewed our former Co-EIC @yilinwriter.bsky.social and current Managing Director @andregeleynse.com about cozy fantasy & slice-of-life fiction! It's a wonderful discussion, we're honoured to be on the podcast!
It's true! Unknown Worlds of the Merril Collection interviewed our former Co-EIC @yilinwriter.bsky.social and current Managing Director @andregeleynse.com about cozy fantasy & slice-of-life fiction! It's a wonderful discussion, we're honoured to be on the podcast!
Cosy Fantasy | Unknown Worlds of the Merril Collection
Stephen talks with Yilin Wang and André Geleynse of Tales & Feathers magazine about cosy fiction.
Tales & Feathers magazineAugur magazineFacebookTwitterInstagram
Merril Links
The Merril Collec...
unknownworlds.podbean.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
HELLO I'm on a podcast?? This is very exciting but also listening to my own voice is physically painful actually? How do people do this on a regular basis and survive??
Holy shit Clair Obscur
December 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Holy shit Clair Obscur
Reposted by Kerry C. Byrne
Just a reminder that when Nightmare Magazine opens to subs again in January, we are VERY EAGER to read your dark creative nonfiction! We're the place to send that creepy list or micro research project about something awful.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
Moksha
adamant.moksha.io
December 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Just a reminder that when Nightmare Magazine opens to subs again in January, we are VERY EAGER to read your dark creative nonfiction! We're the place to send that creepy list or micro research project about something awful.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
This year has been devoid of an obsessively good read for me.
Good books, yes. OBSESSIVELY good, no!
I’m now taking recommendations 👀 (Especially fantasy!)
Good books, yes. OBSESSIVELY good, no!
I’m now taking recommendations 👀 (Especially fantasy!)
December 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This year has been devoid of an obsessively good read for me.
Good books, yes. OBSESSIVELY good, no!
I’m now taking recommendations 👀 (Especially fantasy!)
Good books, yes. OBSESSIVELY good, no!
I’m now taking recommendations 👀 (Especially fantasy!)
Captain’s Notes, Day 7 of the Flu Expedition -
The plague hath taken my life, my independence, my freedom
But it shall never take my ability to binge watch
The plague hath taken my life, my independence, my freedom
But it shall never take my ability to binge watch
December 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Captain’s Notes, Day 7 of the Flu Expedition -
The plague hath taken my life, my independence, my freedom
But it shall never take my ability to binge watch
The plague hath taken my life, my independence, my freedom
But it shall never take my ability to binge watch
Reposted by Kerry C. Byrne
it's cold outside. great time to read my story in which it is also cold outside.
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Last Train from Deadwall by André Geleynse
The train reached Deadwall only fifteen minutes behind schedule. Knucklebone thought he deserved some praise for that—maybe even a raise—but was unsurprised when he was shuffled off with the rest of t...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
it's cold outside. great time to read my story in which it is also cold outside.
Reposted by Kerry C. Byrne
Thank you @reactorsff.bsky.social and @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social for including As The Earth Dreams!! 🥹💜🩵🖤
reactormag.com/reviewers-ch...
reactormag.com/reviewers-ch...
Reviewers' Choice: The Best Books of 2025 - Reactor
Reactor’s regular book reviewers talk about notable titles they read in 2025
reactormag.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Thank you @reactorsff.bsky.social and @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social for including As The Earth Dreams!! 🥹💜🩵🖤
reactormag.com/reviewers-ch...
reactormag.com/reviewers-ch...
It’s crazy how often the Stranger Things 5 script explains and then re-explains what the characters are doing—
It reminds me of YA series from the 90s, where each book included a summary of the previous one and a re-explanation of the world.
Like viewers are being treated like children.
It reminds me of YA series from the 90s, where each book included a summary of the previous one and a re-explanation of the world.
Like viewers are being treated like children.
December 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
It’s crazy how often the Stranger Things 5 script explains and then re-explains what the characters are doing—
It reminds me of YA series from the 90s, where each book included a summary of the previous one and a re-explanation of the world.
Like viewers are being treated like children.
It reminds me of YA series from the 90s, where each book included a summary of the previous one and a re-explanation of the world.
Like viewers are being treated like children.
Reposted by Kerry C. Byrne
My review of @augursociety.bsky.social issue 8.1 for @locusmag.bsky.social is now available to read online!
locusmag.com/review/augur...
locusmag.com/review/augur...
Augur: Review by A. C. Wise
Augur 8.1 In Augur 8.1, “Orders” by Grace Seybold is the bittersweet story of a food delivery robot repurposed to deliver critical supplies in a war zone. During its run, the robot detects altered…
locusmag.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
My review of @augursociety.bsky.social issue 8.1 for @locusmag.bsky.social is now available to read online!
locusmag.com/review/augur...
locusmag.com/review/augur...
movie you've watched more than six times (gif version). no LOTR, Star Wars, Marvel, Disney
December 8, 2025 at 4:33 AM
movie you've watched more than six times (gif version). no LOTR, Star Wars, Marvel, Disney
Reposted by Kerry C. Byrne
Today is your LAST CHANCE to nominate your favorite books, movies, TV shows, book covers, and more for the Reactor poll!!! go go go go go go!!
Cast Your Vote for the Best SFF of the Year! - Reactor
Books! Movies! TV shows! Video games! Short fiction! And more!!
reactormag.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Today is your LAST CHANCE to nominate your favorite books, movies, TV shows, book covers, and more for the Reactor poll!!! go go go go go go!!
So the Stranger Things 5 writing is a mess but I AM obsessed with them sneaking in “if you accept that you’re gay you can do anything” as an extremely hilarious and overly literal plot point in this specific era
December 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
So the Stranger Things 5 writing is a mess but I AM obsessed with them sneaking in “if you accept that you’re gay you can do anything” as an extremely hilarious and overly literal plot point in this specific era
I have caught the plague (a small cold)
December 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I have caught the plague (a small cold)