Kit MacAllister
@kittrick.bsky.social
Writer of SFF and literary fiction.
🍄 Horn of Plenty, Pinch Journal, Spring '26.
🐔 The Library of God, Buckman Journal, Iss 16.
🍄 Horn of Plenty, Pinch Journal, Spring '26.
🐔 The Library of God, Buckman Journal, Iss 16.
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Beyond pleased to announce that my short story, The Library of God will appear in issue 16 of The Buckman Journal!
The story follows a cardinal who finds enlightenment though a chicken, inspired by the Portrait of Cardinal Domenico Rivarola by Sir Anthony van Dyck.
More details Soon!
The story follows a cardinal who finds enlightenment though a chicken, inspired by the Portrait of Cardinal Domenico Rivarola by Sir Anthony van Dyck.
More details Soon!
Created my annual business goals document for writing. The really steamy part of being an author. 🫠
February 1, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Created my annual business goals document for writing. The really steamy part of being an author. 🫠
Beyond pleased to announce that my short story, The Library of God will appear in issue 16 of The Buckman Journal!
The story follows a cardinal who finds enlightenment though a chicken, inspired by the Portrait of Cardinal Domenico Rivarola by Sir Anthony van Dyck.
More details Soon!
The story follows a cardinal who finds enlightenment though a chicken, inspired by the Portrait of Cardinal Domenico Rivarola by Sir Anthony van Dyck.
More details Soon!
January 28, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Beyond pleased to announce that my short story, The Library of God will appear in issue 16 of The Buckman Journal!
The story follows a cardinal who finds enlightenment though a chicken, inspired by the Portrait of Cardinal Domenico Rivarola by Sir Anthony van Dyck.
More details Soon!
The story follows a cardinal who finds enlightenment though a chicken, inspired by the Portrait of Cardinal Domenico Rivarola by Sir Anthony van Dyck.
More details Soon!
My current grammar book ranking:
1 - Dreyer's English
Witty, concise, educational.
2 - Strunk and White
Stuffy and outdated but honestly a classic.
3 - Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Snarky, but also quite entertaining.
4 - The Glamour of Grammar
Too meandering and anecdotal for my taste.
1 - Dreyer's English
Witty, concise, educational.
2 - Strunk and White
Stuffy and outdated but honestly a classic.
3 - Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Snarky, but also quite entertaining.
4 - The Glamour of Grammar
Too meandering and anecdotal for my taste.
January 24, 2026 at 5:24 AM
My current grammar book ranking:
1 - Dreyer's English
Witty, concise, educational.
2 - Strunk and White
Stuffy and outdated but honestly a classic.
3 - Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Snarky, but also quite entertaining.
4 - The Glamour of Grammar
Too meandering and anecdotal for my taste.
1 - Dreyer's English
Witty, concise, educational.
2 - Strunk and White
Stuffy and outdated but honestly a classic.
3 - Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Snarky, but also quite entertaining.
4 - The Glamour of Grammar
Too meandering and anecdotal for my taste.
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Just got edits back on a short story, and it's a lot better than I remembered!
January 24, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Just got edits back on a short story, and it's a lot better than I remembered!
Love it! This feels like high-end designer Solarpunk. I'm definitely saving this as design inspiration for future SFF home design.
January 23, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Love it! This feels like high-end designer Solarpunk. I'm definitely saving this as design inspiration for future SFF home design.
Finally finished Arcane season 2 and I'm so sad there's not more of it! An insane amount and love and craft went into that show. It's ruined TV for me.
January 23, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Finally finished Arcane season 2 and I'm so sad there's not more of it! An insane amount and love and craft went into that show. It's ruined TV for me.
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We can't review what we don't receive! Check out our submission guidelines to consider sending us your work! We love small press authors and are always on the lookout for New & Notable work.
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January 22, 2026 at 2:59 AM
We can't review what we don't receive! Check out our submission guidelines to consider sending us your work! We love small press authors and are always on the lookout for New & Notable work.
locusmag.com/aboutlo...
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Just started Paulo Bacigalupi's short story collection, pump six. The first story, Pocket full of Dharma was really good!
January 20, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Just started Paulo Bacigalupi's short story collection, pump six. The first story, Pocket full of Dharma was really good!
My most unhinged, most unsellable short story was just picked up for publication. Apparently I need to go harder.
In all seriousness, very excited. I'll share more when things are a bit more official.
In all seriousness, very excited. I'll share more when things are a bit more official.
January 17, 2026 at 3:29 AM
My most unhinged, most unsellable short story was just picked up for publication. Apparently I need to go harder.
In all seriousness, very excited. I'll share more when things are a bit more official.
In all seriousness, very excited. I'll share more when things are a bit more official.
Psst. Looks like Strange Horizons will be open to submissions for 48 hours starting on Jan 19th, 3pm UTC.
January 7, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Psst. Looks like Strange Horizons will be open to submissions for 48 hours starting on Jan 19th, 3pm UTC.
One of my favorite sci-fi tropes is the space-faring society that's so advanced that they've forgotten where earth is, or even that there once was an origin planet. It's like a reverse Atlantis.
January 7, 2026 at 2:48 AM
One of my favorite sci-fi tropes is the space-faring society that's so advanced that they've forgotten where earth is, or even that there once was an origin planet. It's like a reverse Atlantis.
I'm reading William Gibson's Burning Chrome and watching Arcane Season 2 at the same time and it's rewiring my brain.
January 4, 2026 at 5:04 PM
I'm reading William Gibson's Burning Chrome and watching Arcane Season 2 at the same time and it's rewiring my brain.
I just finished Calvino's Invisible Cities and I loved it SO MUCH. Fabulism isn't for everyone, but Calvino does it so well: gorgeous language, vivid imagery. I'd recommend this to readers who enjoy the surreal and who don't need a lot of plot to pull them through if the language is good.
December 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I just finished Calvino's Invisible Cities and I loved it SO MUCH. Fabulism isn't for everyone, but Calvino does it so well: gorgeous language, vivid imagery. I'd recommend this to readers who enjoy the surreal and who don't need a lot of plot to pull them through if the language is good.
For you, on this fine day, my favorite Christmas story: On a Winter's Night, by Kate DiCamillo.
December 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
For you, on this fine day, my favorite Christmas story: On a Winter's Night, by Kate DiCamillo.
A nice article on POV from Alexander Steele of Gotham Writers.
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Faculty Article: Stop Using the First Person!
Next time you start writing a work of fiction, stop (or at least pause) before you type out that fateful word “I.” Why? The...
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December 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
A nice article on POV from Alexander Steele of Gotham Writers.
www.writingclasses.com/toolbox/arti...
www.writingclasses.com/toolbox/arti...
Sometimes writing is just driving around street-view in Google Maps until you find your protagonist's house.
December 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Sometimes writing is just driving around street-view in Google Maps until you find your protagonist's house.
Finally watching season 2 of Arcane and I forgot how gorgeous every single frame of this show is.
December 19, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Finally watching season 2 of Arcane and I forgot how gorgeous every single frame of this show is.
From now on, I shall refer to my son as, "The Townsfolk."
The Townsfolk woke in the middle of the night, screaming about monsters.
I spent the next thirty minutes assuring The Townsfolk that monsters are entirely imaginary.
"What about gorillas?" The Townsfolk said?
The Townsfolk woke in the middle of the night, screaming about monsters.
I spent the next thirty minutes assuring The Townsfolk that monsters are entirely imaginary.
"What about gorillas?" The Townsfolk said?
December 18, 2025 at 5:30 AM
From now on, I shall refer to my son as, "The Townsfolk."
The Townsfolk woke in the middle of the night, screaming about monsters.
I spent the next thirty minutes assuring The Townsfolk that monsters are entirely imaginary.
"What about gorillas?" The Townsfolk said?
The Townsfolk woke in the middle of the night, screaming about monsters.
I spent the next thirty minutes assuring The Townsfolk that monsters are entirely imaginary.
"What about gorillas?" The Townsfolk said?
Wow, I have officially been working on my novel for over 7 years. Surreal. I'm finally on draft three, and it's feeling really good. It's so nice to feel excited to write, for the writing to feel easy. I'm focusing on act 1 for now. We'll see how things go when I get into the weeds of act 3 again.
December 18, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Wow, I have officially been working on my novel for over 7 years. Surreal. I'm finally on draft three, and it's feeling really good. It's so nice to feel excited to write, for the writing to feel easy. I'm focusing on act 1 for now. We'll see how things go when I get into the weeds of act 3 again.
Just finished Tidal Lock by Lindsay Hill, a gorgeous prose poem novel. I've never read anything like it. If you are into poetry and enjoy liminal spaces and metaphors that cut like a razor, give it a shot. I don't think people read outside their comfort zone enough!
December 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Just finished Tidal Lock by Lindsay Hill, a gorgeous prose poem novel. I've never read anything like it. If you are into poetry and enjoy liminal spaces and metaphors that cut like a razor, give it a shot. I don't think people read outside their comfort zone enough!
“Tenth of December”
“Wasn’t overcoming this feeling of fear what truly distinguished the brave?”
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December 11, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Thrilled to announce that my short story, Horn of Plenty, will appear in the spring issue of The Pinch Journal. Look for more info in March, when you can pick up a copy of your own!
@pinchjournal.bsky.social
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December 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Thrilled to announce that my short story, Horn of Plenty, will appear in the spring issue of The Pinch Journal. Look for more info in March, when you can pick up a copy of your own!
@pinchjournal.bsky.social
@pinchjournal.bsky.social
A great holiday gift for the writer in your life: author photos! Nobody wants to self promote.
December 4, 2025 at 5:39 AM
A great holiday gift for the writer in your life: author photos! Nobody wants to self promote.