Kristina Ten
@kristinaten.bsky.social
Writer, rusalka. TELL ME YOURS, I'LL TELL YOU MINE (Oct ‘25, Stillhouse Press). Stories in McSweeney's, Best American SFF, more. she/her 🌈!
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Kristina Ten
@kristinaten.bsky.social
· Oct 7
Today is pub day for Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine! However much writing can be a solitary act, putting a book out definitely isn’t. Thanks to Stillhouse Press and all of Tell Me Yours’ many champions.
My first book is out now. I hope you like it.
My first book is out now. I hope you like it.
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Hearing reports that some of you have not been informed that we are casting the net far and wide to determine the science fiction and fantasy favorites of the year. Here's me amending that:
Cast Your Vote for the Best SFF of the Year! - Reactor
Books! Movies! TV shows! Video games! Short fiction! And more!!
reactormag.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Hearing reports that some of you have not been informed that we are casting the net far and wide to determine the science fiction and fantasy favorites of the year. Here's me amending that:
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hey GUESS WHAT
my short story "Auguries," which first appeared in Gamut last year, has been reprinted at @podcastle.org and you can listen to it now!
podcastle.org/2025/12/02/p...
my short story "Auguries," which first appeared in Gamut last year, has been reprinted at @podcastle.org and you can listen to it now!
podcastle.org/2025/12/02/p...
PodCastle 920: Auguries - PodCastle
Auguries By Jennifer R. Donohue She screamed the first time, so loud that the old man who lived in the next apartment arrived at her door with surprising speed, cardigan thrown hastily over his untu...
podcastle.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
hey GUESS WHAT
my short story "Auguries," which first appeared in Gamut last year, has been reprinted at @podcastle.org and you can listen to it now!
podcastle.org/2025/12/02/p...
my short story "Auguries," which first appeared in Gamut last year, has been reprinted at @podcastle.org and you can listen to it now!
podcastle.org/2025/12/02/p...
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did you know that we published a NOTABLE SMALL PRESS BOOK this year??? 👀
it's ONE MESSAGE REMAINS by the AMAZING @premeemohamed.com 🎉🎉🎉
read the list, and get your own copy here ✨ psychopomp.com/one-message-...
lithub.com/100-notable-...
it's ONE MESSAGE REMAINS by the AMAZING @premeemohamed.com 🎉🎉🎉
read the list, and get your own copy here ✨ psychopomp.com/one-message-...
lithub.com/100-notable-...
100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025
The idea of 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024, after The New York Times’s annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Pengu…
lithub.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
did you know that we published a NOTABLE SMALL PRESS BOOK this year??? 👀
it's ONE MESSAGE REMAINS by the AMAZING @premeemohamed.com 🎉🎉🎉
read the list, and get your own copy here ✨ psychopomp.com/one-message-...
lithub.com/100-notable-...
it's ONE MESSAGE REMAINS by the AMAZING @premeemohamed.com 🎉🎉🎉
read the list, and get your own copy here ✨ psychopomp.com/one-message-...
lithub.com/100-notable-...
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Rabbit locomotion — Brehms Tierleben, 1914
November 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Rabbit locomotion — Brehms Tierleben, 1914
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Sure, we could keep talking up our incredible lineup of titles for 2026.
Or we could let badasses like @michaelwehunt.bsky.social & @haileypiperfights.bsky.social do it for us🖤☠️
OLYOKE by @endwellian.bsky.social is 1 of 9 titles in the Tenebrous 2026 Book Club!
Subscribe:
store.tenebrouspress.com
Or we could let badasses like @michaelwehunt.bsky.social & @haileypiperfights.bsky.social do it for us🖤☠️
OLYOKE by @endwellian.bsky.social is 1 of 9 titles in the Tenebrous 2026 Book Club!
Subscribe:
store.tenebrouspress.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Sure, we could keep talking up our incredible lineup of titles for 2026.
Or we could let badasses like @michaelwehunt.bsky.social & @haileypiperfights.bsky.social do it for us🖤☠️
OLYOKE by @endwellian.bsky.social is 1 of 9 titles in the Tenebrous 2026 Book Club!
Subscribe:
store.tenebrouspress.com
Or we could let badasses like @michaelwehunt.bsky.social & @haileypiperfights.bsky.social do it for us🖤☠️
OLYOKE by @endwellian.bsky.social is 1 of 9 titles in the Tenebrous 2026 Book Club!
Subscribe:
store.tenebrouspress.com
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So happy to see @thomasha.bsky.social's UNCERTAIN SONS make @theseaboardreview.ca's 'Best Books of 2025' list:
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-seaboa...
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-seaboa...
The Seaboard Review of Books: Best 2025 Picks
Our contributors pick their favourite reads from their 2025 reviews
www.theseaboardreview.ca
December 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
So happy to see @thomasha.bsky.social's UNCERTAIN SONS make @theseaboardreview.ca's 'Best Books of 2025' list:
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-seaboa...
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-seaboa...
If you find yourself near Book Moon in Western Mass, you can visit Tell Me Yours, I'll Tell You Mine and this very kind shelf talker!
(Jumped when I saw my last name on the book to the left, too, before I realized it's part of that title...)
(Jumped when I saw my last name on the book to the left, too, before I realized it's part of that title...)
December 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
If you find yourself near Book Moon in Western Mass, you can visit Tell Me Yours, I'll Tell You Mine and this very kind shelf talker!
(Jumped when I saw my last name on the book to the left, too, before I realized it's part of that title...)
(Jumped when I saw my last name on the book to the left, too, before I realized it's part of that title...)
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Fantastic book and an excellent author, who had tons of good advice and kindness to dispense when she stopped by the Writers & Books community writing group a few weeks ago. Definitely worth catching if you're in town and have a Thursday evening to spare!
This Thursday, I'll be at Writers & Books in conversation with fellow debut author @exlibris.bsky.social. If you're in/around Rochester, NY, I'd love to see you!
Remember: you can't spell "Rochester" without the Cool S 😉
Remember: you can't spell "Rochester" without the Cool S 😉
December 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Fantastic book and an excellent author, who had tons of good advice and kindness to dispense when she stopped by the Writers & Books community writing group a few weeks ago. Definitely worth catching if you're in town and have a Thursday evening to spare!
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Here is my 2025 award eligibility list, but it's not going to be entirely complete (for now), because I have a story coming out on... Dec 31.
* Book!
* The giant spider wants to help with your intersex healthcare, what could possibly go wrong
* Distributed haunting (you can also get some)
Thread~
* Book!
* The giant spider wants to help with your intersex healthcare, what could possibly go wrong
* Distributed haunting (you can also get some)
Thread~
December 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Here is my 2025 award eligibility list, but it's not going to be entirely complete (for now), because I have a story coming out on... Dec 31.
* Book!
* The giant spider wants to help with your intersex healthcare, what could possibly go wrong
* Distributed haunting (you can also get some)
Thread~
* Book!
* The giant spider wants to help with your intersex healthcare, what could possibly go wrong
* Distributed haunting (you can also get some)
Thread~
This Thursday, I'll be at Writers & Books in conversation with fellow debut author @exlibris.bsky.social. If you're in/around Rochester, NY, I'd love to see you!
Remember: you can't spell "Rochester" without the Cool S 😉
Remember: you can't spell "Rochester" without the Cool S 😉
December 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This Thursday, I'll be at Writers & Books in conversation with fellow debut author @exlibris.bsky.social. If you're in/around Rochester, NY, I'd love to see you!
Remember: you can't spell "Rochester" without the Cool S 😉
Remember: you can't spell "Rochester" without the Cool S 😉
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I will die before I let these avaricious fuckers deskill me for profit.
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I will die before I let these avaricious fuckers deskill me for profit.
happy hols from the 😇nice😇 list
yes that’s our decorative hand saw
yes that’s our decorative hand saw
November 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
happy hols from the 😇nice😇 list
yes that’s our decorative hand saw
yes that’s our decorative hand saw
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if you’re cold they’re cold
let your demons in
let your demons in
November 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
if you’re cold they’re cold
let your demons in
let your demons in
A handful of signed copies of
Tell Me Yours await their readers at the Pittsford, NY B&N, on the horror/dark fiction table right up front!
Pup tax since I forgot to grab a book pic:
Tell Me Yours await their readers at the Pittsford, NY B&N, on the horror/dark fiction table right up front!
Pup tax since I forgot to grab a book pic:
November 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
A handful of signed copies of
Tell Me Yours await their readers at the Pittsford, NY B&N, on the horror/dark fiction table right up front!
Pup tax since I forgot to grab a book pic:
Tell Me Yours await their readers at the Pittsford, NY B&N, on the horror/dark fiction table right up front!
Pup tax since I forgot to grab a book pic:
Spotted the new Fairy Tales issue of F(r)iction out in the wild at my local B&N! Featuring “Head of the Household,” my twisted story of an evil sorcerer and his tougher-than-he-bargained-for bride-to-be.
November 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Spotted the new Fairy Tales issue of F(r)iction out in the wild at my local B&N! Featuring “Head of the Household,” my twisted story of an evil sorcerer and his tougher-than-he-bargained-for bride-to-be.
Rochester, NY! Find me signing copies of Tell Me Yours at the Barnes & Noble in Pittsford Plaza all afternoon. I’m at the lilac table having my own personal lilac festival (of books) 💜
November 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Rochester, NY! Find me signing copies of Tell Me Yours at the Barnes & Noble in Pittsford Plaza all afternoon. I’m at the lilac table having my own personal lilac festival (of books) 💜
If you're in Western NY, you can find Tell Me Yours, I'll Tell You Mine at these indie bookstores this Small Business Saturday:
💗Ampersand, Unreliable Narrator, Bookeater, Book Culture, Bleak House, Evening House, Dog Eared💗
Farther east? Hit up All My Friends, Rough Draft, or The Twisted Spine.
💗Ampersand, Unreliable Narrator, Bookeater, Book Culture, Bleak House, Evening House, Dog Eared💗
Farther east? Hit up All My Friends, Rough Draft, or The Twisted Spine.
November 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
If you're in Western NY, you can find Tell Me Yours, I'll Tell You Mine at these indie bookstores this Small Business Saturday:
💗Ampersand, Unreliable Narrator, Bookeater, Book Culture, Bleak House, Evening House, Dog Eared💗
Farther east? Hit up All My Friends, Rough Draft, or The Twisted Spine.
💗Ampersand, Unreliable Narrator, Bookeater, Book Culture, Bleak House, Evening House, Dog Eared💗
Farther east? Hit up All My Friends, Rough Draft, or The Twisted Spine.
Sending the next installment of my newsletter this weekend, and it's a fun/weird one! You may subscribe at kristinaten dot com if you wish!
November 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Sending the next installment of my newsletter this weekend, and it's a fun/weird one! You may subscribe at kristinaten dot com if you wish!
Heard it’s a big shopping weekend or something? Saturday, stop by the Barnes & Noble in Pittsford, NY and pick up a signed copy of Tell Me Yours for the short story lover in your life. If you play me a song that isn’t store xmas music I’ll throw in an xtra surprise…
November 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Heard it’s a big shopping weekend or something? Saturday, stop by the Barnes & Noble in Pittsford, NY and pick up a signed copy of Tell Me Yours for the short story lover in your life. If you play me a song that isn’t store xmas music I’ll throw in an xtra surprise…
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PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! Do not ask me how my writing is going.
Because @lollardfish.bsky.social says we should promote our books: utpress.utexas.edu/9781477313138/
Loving Sports When They Don't Love You Back
Triumphant wins, gut-wrenching losses, last-second shots, underdogs, competition, and loyalty—it’s fun to be a fan. But when a football player takes a hi...
utpress.utexas.edu
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! Do not ask me how my writing is going.
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Thrilled for Screaming and Conjuring to be included in the @bloody-disgusting.com gift guide alongside books by @paultremblay.bsky.social @claymcleod.bsky.social @joe-hill.bsky.social @therealelvira.bsky.social and so many other wonderfully horrible folks. Thanks to @hauntedmeg.bsky.social
Holiday Gift Guide: 20 Must-Have Books for the Horror Fan
‘Tis the season of Black Friday deals and gift giving, and there is no shortage of novels, nonfiction books, graphic novels, and even cookbooks for the horror fan this year. If you’re unsure where to ...
bloody-disgusting.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Thrilled for Screaming and Conjuring to be included in the @bloody-disgusting.com gift guide alongside books by @paultremblay.bsky.social @claymcleod.bsky.social @joe-hill.bsky.social @therealelvira.bsky.social and so many other wonderfully horrible folks. Thanks to @hauntedmeg.bsky.social
Talked the widening of the horror umbrella, the pleasure-to-have-in-class to issues-with-authority pipeline, and why, contrary to what we’re taught in writing school, it might actually be okay for your characters to be loners who don’t want to get in a room with anybody.
Had a blast chatting with book editor and fellow author Carol Mitchell on Stillhouse Press's extremely well-named Moonshine Murmurs podcast!
Listen here: www.stillhousepress.org/podcast
Listen here: www.stillhousepress.org/podcast
November 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Talked the widening of the horror umbrella, the pleasure-to-have-in-class to issues-with-authority pipeline, and why, contrary to what we’re taught in writing school, it might actually be okay for your characters to be loners who don’t want to get in a room with anybody.
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DEAL ANNOUNCEMENT: It's gonna be a weird one, folks. Deeply personal, very grim. This themed collection is me strapped to a chair with an IV full of sodium pentathol as administered by @alexwoodroe.com (who was kind enough to write a foreword). If you've ever wanted The Boulerice Buffet, this is it
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
DEAL ANNOUNCEMENT: It's gonna be a weird one, folks. Deeply personal, very grim. This themed collection is me strapped to a chair with an IV full of sodium pentathol as administered by @alexwoodroe.com (who was kind enough to write a foreword). If you've ever wanted The Boulerice Buffet, this is it