Kit Haggard
@kithaggard.bsky.social
Freelance editor | fiction in The Kenyon Review, Prairie Schooner, and elsewhere | MCC Artist Fellow + Bread Loaf Scholar 2022 | repped by @carolineeisenmann.bsky.social | (she/her)
kithaggard.work
kithaggard.work
Excited to be a Spruceton Inn resident this November, and in such amazing company! ✨
September 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Excited to be a Spruceton Inn resident this November, and in such amazing company! ✨
Just got to see the unbelievable cover for UNDERTAKING LIFE and I'm obsessed. Sweet, melancholy story of an undertaker and his ghosts, out Sept 1! You can pre-order it here: a.co/d/deeef1l
August 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Just got to see the unbelievable cover for UNDERTAKING LIFE and I'm obsessed. Sweet, melancholy story of an undertaker and his ghosts, out Sept 1! You can pre-order it here: a.co/d/deeef1l
Happiest pub day to @audreywilsonauthor.bsky.social 🎉🎉
🏳️🌈 📚 NOW AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE 📚🏳️🌈
A dead televangelist. A masked figure. Rituals gone wrong.
One queer woman is losing her grip on reality—and herself.
Sapphic • Surreal • Unsettling.
Queer, feminist, and rule-breaking. 🌈💥
#SapphicSky #ScaryBooks #LGBTQHorror #BisexualRepresentation
A dead televangelist. A masked figure. Rituals gone wrong.
One queer woman is losing her grip on reality—and herself.
Sapphic • Surreal • Unsettling.
Queer, feminist, and rule-breaking. 🌈💥
#SapphicSky #ScaryBooks #LGBTQHorror #BisexualRepresentation
August 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Happiest pub day to @audreywilsonauthor.bsky.social 🎉🎉
I keep pitching this book to anyone who will listen as "what if the meet-the-parents scene from Twilight had been a horror movie." It's so good and so spooky but firmly asserts that the scariest thing imaginable is televangelism.
Preorder THE EVER END by AUDREY WILSON—a chilling, queer feminist horror where family, faith, and the supernatural collide, and one woman must uncover the truth before it consumes her. 🏳️🌈🔥⛪
Preorder it today—available everywhere on August 5th.
#SapphicBookSky #QueerHorror #LGBTQBooks
Preorder it today—available everywhere on August 5th.
#SapphicBookSky #QueerHorror #LGBTQBooks
July 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I keep pitching this book to anyone who will listen as "what if the meet-the-parents scene from Twilight had been a horror movie." It's so good and so spooky but firmly asserts that the scariest thing imaginable is televangelism.
I was introduced by @levgrossman.com's wonderful newsletter to this @zadiesmith.bsky.social piece. It's always an oblique kind of pleasure to see how much everyone else is suffering through it--
That Crafty Feeling - Believer Magazine
I’ve been asked to speak about “some aspect of craft.” I dithered over this lecture. I always dither over lectures, never more than when they’re about “craft.” They cause me an anxiety that the reques...
www.thebeliever.net
July 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I was introduced by @levgrossman.com's wonderful newsletter to this @zadiesmith.bsky.social piece. It's always an oblique kind of pleasure to see how much everyone else is suffering through it--
This is not a real solution, but if you're a trans author affected by the itch.io ban and you'd like to talk to a professional editor about traditional publishing, you can contact me through the link in my bio and I will happily throw you all the resources I have/answer any questions, etc.
I spoke with a number of trans authors whose works have been directly impacted by the ban.
At the time of reporting, I have confirmed that at least five trans authors have had their work outright removed from the platform.
Itch will be WITHHOLDING PAYMENT to any authors whose content was removed!
At the time of reporting, I have confirmed that at least five trans authors have had their work outright removed from the platform.
Itch will be WITHHOLDING PAYMENT to any authors whose content was removed!
July 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This is not a real solution, but if you're a trans author affected by the itch.io ban and you'd like to talk to a professional editor about traditional publishing, you can contact me through the link in my bio and I will happily throw you all the resources I have/answer any questions, etc.
Excellent reporting here on the itch ban and the effect it's already having on queer/trans authors (and includes steps for what you can do to push back):
🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING: In a dangerous evening escalation of the anti-porn war on the gaming industry, indie platform @itch.io has banned a number of NSFW titles and delisted thousands of others.
Trans authors are caught in the crossfire.
MasterCard, Visa, and anti-porn group Collective Shout drove the ban.
Trans authors are caught in the crossfire.
MasterCard, Visa, and anti-porn group Collective Shout drove the ban.
Major Indie Marketplace Itch.io Shadowbans NSFW Content, Trans Authors Impacted
A dangerous escalation against free speech and literary preservation from a longtime haven for transfeminine literature.
thetransfemininereview.com
July 24, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Excellent reporting here on the itch ban and the effect it's already having on queer/trans authors (and includes steps for what you can do to push back):
Couldn't be happier for @virginiablack.bsky.social and NO SHELTER 😭🎉
July 20, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Couldn't be happier for @virginiablack.bsky.social and NO SHELTER 😭🎉
GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS in Vogue!
We are so thrilled to see Shoshana von Blanckensee featured in Vogue!
Her debut Girls Girls Girls is described as a “glowing, gay gem,” capturing the grit and soul of a queer Jewish coming-of-age story.
Order your copy today!
Shoshana is represented by Amanda Orozco.
Congratulations, Shoshana!
Her debut Girls Girls Girls is described as a “glowing, gay gem,” capturing the grit and soul of a queer Jewish coming-of-age story.
Order your copy today!
Shoshana is represented by Amanda Orozco.
Congratulations, Shoshana!
July 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS in Vogue!
Putting this into the world: I'd love to work on more queer scifi this year (anything that would comp Becky Chambers, Martha Wells, Tamsyn Muir). If you have a project like that, I'd be willing to offer more flexible rates to get my hands on it. More on my work + my contact info at kithaggard.work!
Kit Haggard.
kithaggard.work
June 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Putting this into the world: I'd love to work on more queer scifi this year (anything that would comp Becky Chambers, Martha Wells, Tamsyn Muir). If you have a project like that, I'd be willing to offer more flexible rates to get my hands on it. More on my work + my contact info at kithaggard.work!
Couldn't be more pleased to work for this amazing team 🎉
Bywater Books has been named the 2024 Foreword INDIES Publisher of the Year!
Please join us in celebrating this amazing honor from Foreword Reviews.
#ForewordINDIES #PrideMonth #LGBTQBooks
Please join us in celebrating this amazing honor from Foreword Reviews.
#ForewordINDIES #PrideMonth #LGBTQBooks
June 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Couldn't be more pleased to work for this amazing team 🎉
Reposted by Kit Haggard
Want some queer joy? In celebration of THE LILAC PEOPLE, join us as we go back in time to an era of queer joy: 1920s Berlin!
"A Night at the Eldorado" will feature dazzling performances of dance, song, hoops, veils, and more!
Grab your tickets now!
www.crystalballroomboston.com/events/a-nig...
"A Night at the Eldorado" will feature dazzling performances of dance, song, hoops, veils, and more!
Grab your tickets now!
www.crystalballroomboston.com/events/a-nig...
A NIGHT AT THE ELDORADO - Crystal Ballroom
Find dates and details for A NIGHT AT THE ELDORADO at the Crystal Ballroom at Somerville Theater near Boston in Somerville MA.
www.crystalballroomboston.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Want some queer joy? In celebration of THE LILAC PEOPLE, join us as we go back in time to an era of queer joy: 1920s Berlin!
"A Night at the Eldorado" will feature dazzling performances of dance, song, hoops, veils, and more!
Grab your tickets now!
www.crystalballroomboston.com/events/a-nig...
"A Night at the Eldorado" will feature dazzling performances of dance, song, hoops, veils, and more!
Grab your tickets now!
www.crystalballroomboston.com/events/a-nig...
So fun to see this one in @bookriot.bsky.social!
“Time Enough for Love: 5 Great Romances in SFF Books for Valentine’s Day”
BOOK RIOT recommended 5 sci-fi & fantasy books with great romances—including NO SHELTER BUT THE STARS by our very own VIRGINIA BLACK.
Check out the full list here: loom.ly/aUvFJdI
#BookSky #LGBTQSky #SapphicSky #SciFiSky
BOOK RIOT recommended 5 sci-fi & fantasy books with great romances—including NO SHELTER BUT THE STARS by our very own VIRGINIA BLACK.
Check out the full list here: loom.ly/aUvFJdI
#BookSky #LGBTQSky #SapphicSky #SciFiSky
February 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
So fun to see this one in @bookriot.bsky.social!
Indescribable feeling to learn that everything you'll ever learn could "comfortably fit on a small thumb drive."
The Human Brain Operates at a Stunningly Slow Pace
The brain is sometimes called the most complex machine in the known universe. But the thoughts that it outputs putter along at a trifling 10 bits per second, the pace of a conversation
www.scientificamerican.com
December 18, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Indescribable feeling to learn that everything you'll ever learn could "comfortably fit on a small thumb drive."
The unparalleled @kwonley.bsky.social in @strangehorizons.bsky.social today!!!! strangehorizons.com/fiction/exit...
December 16, 2024 at 6:03 PM
The unparalleled @kwonley.bsky.social in @strangehorizons.bsky.social today!!!! strangehorizons.com/fiction/exit...
You learn something new every day
December 11, 2024 at 2:51 PM
You learn something new every day
Just after I was diagnosed with degenerative disc disease, I started a weird little essay/chronicle of my experience fighting with my insurance company and paying mystery bills and trying to get care for my spine, and boy am I thinking about that today no real reason
December 10, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Just after I was diagnosed with degenerative disc disease, I started a weird little essay/chronicle of my experience fighting with my insurance company and paying mystery bills and trying to get care for my spine, and boy am I thinking about that today no real reason
Big news for alphabet enjoyers: phys.org/news/2024-11...
November 22, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Big news for alphabet enjoyers: phys.org/news/2024-11...
What too much Vampire Weekend does to a major American newspaper
Every day, I am begging the New York Times on hands and knees to adopt the Oxford comma.
November 21, 2024 at 3:47 PM
What too much Vampire Weekend does to a major American newspaper
Every day, I am begging the New York Times on hands and knees to adopt the Oxford comma.
November 21, 2024 at 12:34 PM
Every day, I am begging the New York Times on hands and knees to adopt the Oxford comma.
Protect your data! Honestly at this point, switch to LibreOffice!
My friend @kithaggard.bsky.social has informed me that Microsoft Word is now scraping all our documents for their AI learning shenanigans and that you need to opt out because they've opted you in automatically so if you too don't want that, here are the steps to turn that the fuck off:
November 20, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Protect your data! Honestly at this point, switch to LibreOffice!
Incredible interview with Samara Breger on @torbooks.bsky.social that covers, among other things, a great little tour through the vampire novels I grew up on:
https://www.tor.com/2023/08/17/a-long-time-dead-author-interview-with-samara-breger/
https://www.tor.com/2023/08/17/a-long-time-dead-author-interview-with-samara-breger/
August 18, 2023 at 3:14 PM
Incredible interview with Samara Breger on @torbooks.bsky.social that covers, among other things, a great little tour through the vampire novels I grew up on:
https://www.tor.com/2023/08/17/a-long-time-dead-author-interview-with-samara-breger/
https://www.tor.com/2023/08/17/a-long-time-dead-author-interview-with-samara-breger/
I have one remaining slot available on August 3rd if you're looking to have a quick chat with an editor. It's 100% free!
July 7th, I'll be holding office hours through GrubStreet's mentor program! Come chat gay books, world building, publishing struggles, time management, plot holes, weird mythology, writers block, your latest obsession, or whatever else is on your mind! https://airtable.com/shrACPhJPclcZmo9p
July 17, 2023 at 12:31 PM
I have one remaining slot available on August 3rd if you're looking to have a quick chat with an editor. It's 100% free!
July 7th, I'll be holding office hours through GrubStreet's mentor program! Come chat gay books, world building, publishing struggles, time management, plot holes, weird mythology, writers block, your latest obsession, or whatever else is on your mind! https://airtable.com/shrACPhJPclcZmo9p
July 3, 2023 at 1:28 PM
July 7th, I'll be holding office hours through GrubStreet's mentor program! Come chat gay books, world building, publishing struggles, time management, plot holes, weird mythology, writers block, your latest obsession, or whatever else is on your mind! https://airtable.com/shrACPhJPclcZmo9p
Moving to bluesky helped me realize I've had a typo in my bio for a full year and nobody told me this is so embarrassing
July 1, 2023 at 8:52 PM
Moving to bluesky helped me realize I've had a typo in my bio for a full year and nobody told me this is so embarrassing