Kim Samek
@kimsamek.bsky.social
Emmy-nominated writer, tv producer. Author of forthcoming story collection I AM THE GHOST HERE with Dial Press (2026). Rep: Martha Wydysh at Trident, tv/film: Will Watkins CAA
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Kim Samek
@kimsamek.bsky.social
· Dec 11
My debut short story collection I AM THE GHOST HERE will be published by Dial Press in 2026! I’m so thrilled to be working with the amazing Katy Nishimoto and the entire team at Dial Press. Many thanks to @mlwyd who shared a vision with me and got us there.
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Kim Samek debuts with a striking collection of fantastical and speculative stories about conformity, technology, and the limits of bodily autonomy. This dazzles.
I Am the Ghost Here: Stories by Kim Samek
Samek debuts with a striking collection of fantastical and speculative stories about conformity, technology, and the limits of b...
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November 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Kim Samek debuts with a striking collection of fantastical and speculative stories about conformity, technology, and the limits of bodily autonomy. This dazzles.
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Electric Literature is one of the only—if not the only—publications that puts together a best of the year list dedicated to short story collections, the commercial underdogs of the publishing industry. Check out our best of 2025 now!
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November 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Electric Literature is one of the only—if not the only—publications that puts together a best of the year list dedicated to short story collections, the commercial underdogs of the publishing industry. Check out our best of 2025 now!
I have a distinguished story in the 2025 edition of Best American Short Stories. Thank you Elizabeth McKenzie for publishing it in the Chicago Quarterly Review.
October 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I have a distinguished story in the 2025 edition of Best American Short Stories. Thank you Elizabeth McKenzie for publishing it in the Chicago Quarterly Review.
I am so pleased to share the cover of my debut story collection, I Am the Ghost Here, out 2/24/26 (now available for preorder).
September 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I am so pleased to share the cover of my debut story collection, I Am the Ghost Here, out 2/24/26 (now available for preorder).
Looking forward to this.
Very happy to share The Renovation's US cover! Out from @fsgbooks.bsky.social February 10th.
May 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Looking forward to this.
Found the latest @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social with my story included. First time buying my work at a bookstore.
May 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Found the latest @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social with my story included. First time buying my work at a bookstore.
It is a dream to be included in the new issue of @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social alongside so many wonderful writers.
May 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It is a dream to be included in the new issue of @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social alongside so many wonderful writers.
San Francisco: I am reading on Wednesday with @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social
EVENTS
🌎 5/20, 6pm UNTOURBOOK Across Occupied Turtle Island
🥳 5/21, 6pm, @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social 40th Anniversary w/ @fetaplace.bsky.social, @mpalaia.bsky.social @dapowell.bsky.social, @kimsamek.bsky.social, & @ovillalon.bsky.social
📽️ 5/24, 12pm, Barry Gifford @ The Roxie
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🌎 5/20, 6pm UNTOURBOOK Across Occupied Turtle Island
🥳 5/21, 6pm, @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social 40th Anniversary w/ @fetaplace.bsky.social, @mpalaia.bsky.social @dapowell.bsky.social, @kimsamek.bsky.social, & @ovillalon.bsky.social
📽️ 5/24, 12pm, Barry Gifford @ The Roxie
citylights.com/events/
May 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
San Francisco: I am reading on Wednesday with @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social
So pleased to learn I won the Pushcart Prize. My story “Easement” originally published in Story Magazine will be reprinted in the 2026 anthology.
May 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
So pleased to learn I won the Pushcart Prize. My story “Easement” originally published in Story Magazine will be reprinted in the 2026 anthology.
My debut short story collection I AM THE GHOST HERE will be published by Dial Press in 2026! I’m so thrilled to be working with the amazing Katy Nishimoto and the entire team at Dial Press. Many thanks to @mlwyd who shared a vision with me and got us there.
December 11, 2024 at 5:32 PM
My debut short story collection I AM THE GHOST HERE will be published by Dial Press in 2026! I’m so thrilled to be working with the amazing Katy Nishimoto and the entire team at Dial Press. Many thanks to @mlwyd who shared a vision with me and got us there.
Thanks to STORY for the Pushcart Prize nomination! My story “Easement” will appear in Issue 20.
December 10, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Thanks to STORY for the Pushcart Prize nomination! My story “Easement” will appear in Issue 20.
So proud of my friend @itsmesarahlabrie.bsky.social - read her memoir No One Gets to Fall Apart.
November 25, 2024 at 11:24 PM
So proud of my friend @itsmesarahlabrie.bsky.social - read her memoir No One Gets to Fall Apart.
In 2024, you can find my stories in Gulf Coast, North American Review, Chicago Quarterly Review, The Threepenny Review, and Story (forthcoming).
November 18, 2024 at 3:38 AM
In 2024, you can find my stories in Gulf Coast, North American Review, Chicago Quarterly Review, The Threepenny Review, and Story (forthcoming).
So excited to have a story forthcoming at Chicago Quarterly Review!
November 5, 2023 at 12:10 AM
So excited to have a story forthcoming at Chicago Quarterly Review!
I have a new story out at the Commuter today. Please check it out.
October 18, 2023 at 5:21 PM
I have a new story out at the Commuter today. Please check it out.
My latest story is up at swamp pink (formerly Crazyhorse). swamp-pink.cofc.edu/featured/tee...
October 15, 2023 at 2:58 PM
My latest story is up at swamp pink (formerly Crazyhorse). swamp-pink.cofc.edu/featured/tee...
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for The Millions, i spoke with the brilliant Vauhini Vara about her approach to the short story form, how humor works in her writing, & the many iterations of her brand new short story collection THIS IS SALVAGED 🔥. get her book NOW!!
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Vauhini Vara Doesn't Know How She Does It
"So much of the process of writing remains mysterious to me."
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September 26, 2023 at 5:30 PM
for The Millions, i spoke with the brilliant Vauhini Vara about her approach to the short story form, how humor works in her writing, & the many iterations of her brand new short story collection THIS IS SALVAGED 🔥. get her book NOW!!
themillions.com/2023/09/vauh...
themillions.com/2023/09/vauh...
Introducing myself on the sky. Here’s Ecotone story from earlier this year. ecotonemagazine.org/fiction/the-...
September 6, 2023 at 10:18 PM
Introducing myself on the sky. Here’s Ecotone story from earlier this year. ecotonemagazine.org/fiction/the-...
My Guernica story from earlier this year. Check it out if you like short fiction about puppeteers www.guernicamag.com/i-am-the-gho...
September 4, 2023 at 10:02 PM
My Guernica story from earlier this year. Check it out if you like short fiction about puppeteers www.guernicamag.com/i-am-the-gho...