KS Walker
@kswalkerwrites.bsky.social
Spec fic. Bikes.Books.
Words in Uncanny, F&SF, FIYAH, Apex and elsewhere
VP 2022
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Words in Uncanny, F&SF, FIYAH, Apex and elsewhere
VP 2022
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KS Walker
@kswalkerwrites.bsky.social
· Jul 3
Till Earth and Heaven Ring
The first time Theo saw the Henrietta up close—dead of night, moon hanging low like ripe fruit behind the foremast, shrouded in fog—well, he felt something. Something fear-shaped but with a finer p…
strangehorizons.com
⚡New Story!⚡
'Til Earth and Heaven Ring' is a historical piece in @strangehorizons.bsky.social Afrosurrealism special issue!
Inspired by Robert Smalls' self-emancipation, this is a story about strangeness, risk, art, and of course, about freedom.
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
'Til Earth and Heaven Ring' is a historical piece in @strangehorizons.bsky.social Afrosurrealism special issue!
Inspired by Robert Smalls' self-emancipation, this is a story about strangeness, risk, art, and of course, about freedom.
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
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Violet Lichen Books (@apexmag.bsky.social's sister imprint) is open to novella queries until the witching hour on Halloween! 🖤🎃🌿
We're looking for speculative ecofiction, folk horror, Weird & New Weird, and surreal SF.
Guidelines violetlichen.com/submissions
Portal querytracker.net/query/Violet...
We're looking for speculative ecofiction, folk horror, Weird & New Weird, and surreal SF.
Guidelines violetlichen.com/submissions
Portal querytracker.net/query/Violet...
October 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Violet Lichen Books (@apexmag.bsky.social's sister imprint) is open to novella queries until the witching hour on Halloween! 🖤🎃🌿
We're looking for speculative ecofiction, folk horror, Weird & New Weird, and surreal SF.
Guidelines violetlichen.com/submissions
Portal querytracker.net/query/Violet...
We're looking for speculative ecofiction, folk horror, Weird & New Weird, and surreal SF.
Guidelines violetlichen.com/submissions
Portal querytracker.net/query/Violet...
Are we still writing up our fall curriculum?
Put me on your syllabus!
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Put me on your syllabus!
metrowestwriters.myshopify.com/products/aut...
Author K.S. Walker teaches Playing in the Sandbox: Experiments with Fo
In this class we will explore ways to experiment with form in short stories and novels. We will look at examples from short stories, poetry and novels and discuss what makes these forms compelling and...
metrowestwriters.myshopify.com
October 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Are we still writing up our fall curriculum?
Put me on your syllabus!
metrowestwriters.myshopify.com/products/aut...
Put me on your syllabus!
metrowestwriters.myshopify.com/products/aut...
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On Tuesday, October 21st—Ursula's birthday—we'll announce the recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! Join Theo Downes-Le Guin and guest host Ebon Moss-Bachrach on YouTube for a live announcement at 9 am PDT.
The announcement will happen here: www.youtube.com/@ursula.k.le...
The announcement will happen here: www.youtube.com/@ursula.k.le...
October 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
On Tuesday, October 21st—Ursula's birthday—we'll announce the recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! Join Theo Downes-Le Guin and guest host Ebon Moss-Bachrach on YouTube for a live announcement at 9 am PDT.
The announcement will happen here: www.youtube.com/@ursula.k.le...
The announcement will happen here: www.youtube.com/@ursula.k.le...
me, to big kid: Watcha working on? Your comic?
big kid: City Kitties (said as if I should def know what City Kitties is)
me: Sooo...not your comic?
big kid: No, it's my *book* (said as if I should def know she started writing a book twelve minutes ago)
...
big kid: it's mostly about squirrels
big kid: City Kitties (said as if I should def know what City Kitties is)
me: Sooo...not your comic?
big kid: No, it's my *book* (said as if I should def know she started writing a book twelve minutes ago)
...
big kid: it's mostly about squirrels
October 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
me, to big kid: Watcha working on? Your comic?
big kid: City Kitties (said as if I should def know what City Kitties is)
me: Sooo...not your comic?
big kid: No, it's my *book* (said as if I should def know she started writing a book twelve minutes ago)
...
big kid: it's mostly about squirrels
big kid: City Kitties (said as if I should def know what City Kitties is)
me: Sooo...not your comic?
big kid: No, it's my *book* (said as if I should def know she started writing a book twelve minutes ago)
...
big kid: it's mostly about squirrels
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!! 📢📢📢
We're hosting an AMA here with Apex Magazine Editor and EIC of Crepuscular @retreasure.bsky.social TOMORROW!! 📚✨
Got any writing, editing, or publishing questions burning a hole in your pocket? Reply to this post with your question, and Becky may select yours to answer!
We're hosting an AMA here with Apex Magazine Editor and EIC of Crepuscular @retreasure.bsky.social TOMORROW!! 📚✨
Got any writing, editing, or publishing questions burning a hole in your pocket? Reply to this post with your question, and Becky may select yours to answer!
a drawing of a question mark surrounded by magnifying glasses and circles
Alt: a drawing of a purple question mark surrounded by magnifying glasses and circles
media.tenor.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!! 📢📢📢
We're hosting an AMA here with Apex Magazine Editor and EIC of Crepuscular @retreasure.bsky.social TOMORROW!! 📚✨
Got any writing, editing, or publishing questions burning a hole in your pocket? Reply to this post with your question, and Becky may select yours to answer!
We're hosting an AMA here with Apex Magazine Editor and EIC of Crepuscular @retreasure.bsky.social TOMORROW!! 📚✨
Got any writing, editing, or publishing questions burning a hole in your pocket? Reply to this post with your question, and Becky may select yours to answer!
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It’s midnight! That means Witch You Would is OUT NOW AHHH!
Sorry I’m going to be insufferable for a minute. Also, please come to the party!
Sorry I’m going to be insufferable for a minute. Also, please come to the party!
September 2, 2025 at 4:11 AM
It’s midnight! That means Witch You Would is OUT NOW AHHH!
Sorry I’m going to be insufferable for a minute. Also, please come to the party!
Sorry I’m going to be insufferable for a minute. Also, please come to the party!
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A solarpunk heist thriller, free creative writing workshop and more in our new update #solarpunk #protopia solarpunkstories.substack.com/p/solarpunk-...
Solarpunk round up
New art, novels and more in our latest highlights of solarpunky stuff
solarpunkstories.substack.com
August 27, 2025 at 9:26 AM
A solarpunk heist thriller, free creative writing workshop and more in our new update #solarpunk #protopia solarpunkstories.substack.com/p/solarpunk-...
ICYMI! I have a new story out!
'Til Earth and Heaven Ring' draws on the real self-emancipation orchestrated by Robert Smalls in 1862, swirled with a budding romance, a dash of the uncanny, and interspersed with museum artifacts and interpretation.
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
'Til Earth and Heaven Ring' draws on the real self-emancipation orchestrated by Robert Smalls in 1862, swirled with a budding romance, a dash of the uncanny, and interspersed with museum artifacts and interpretation.
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
Till Earth and Heaven Ring
The first time Theo saw the Henrietta up close—dead of night, moon hanging low like ripe fruit behind the foremast, shrouded in fog—well, he felt something. Something fear-shaped but with a finer p…
strangehorizons.com
August 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
ICYMI! I have a new story out!
'Til Earth and Heaven Ring' draws on the real self-emancipation orchestrated by Robert Smalls in 1862, swirled with a budding romance, a dash of the uncanny, and interspersed with museum artifacts and interpretation.
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
'Til Earth and Heaven Ring' draws on the real self-emancipation orchestrated by Robert Smalls in 1862, swirled with a budding romance, a dash of the uncanny, and interspersed with museum artifacts and interpretation.
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
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moderately time-war coded
Can’t wait to introduce bird-based storage into my backup system
July 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
moderately time-war coded
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After a devastating battle, a reluctant rebel is forced to work with a dangerous enemy to save their world.
In the mood for a book about found family, fighting technofascism, and second chances? There are 100 free copies of The King Must Die available on GR: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
In the mood for a book about found family, fighting technofascism, and second chances? There are 100 free copies of The King Must Die available on GR: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
July 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
After a devastating battle, a reluctant rebel is forced to work with a dangerous enemy to save their world.
In the mood for a book about found family, fighting technofascism, and second chances? There are 100 free copies of The King Must Die available on GR: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
In the mood for a book about found family, fighting technofascism, and second chances? There are 100 free copies of The King Must Die available on GR: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
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We’re so excited to announce the official table of contents for SILK & FOXGLOVE🪻🔪🪷🔪We’re so grateful to all the authors who sent work in and we can’t for you all to read this collection @pegasusunder.bsky.social has curated 😍
#queer #indiehorror #queerpublishing #hedonebooks
#queer #indiehorror #queerpublishing #hedonebooks
July 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
We’re so excited to announce the official table of contents for SILK & FOXGLOVE🪻🔪🪷🔪We’re so grateful to all the authors who sent work in and we can’t for you all to read this collection @pegasusunder.bsky.social has curated 😍
#queer #indiehorror #queerpublishing #hedonebooks
#queer #indiehorror #queerpublishing #hedonebooks
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HEY SFF WRITERS 👋✨
We want your books.
So we can acquire them.
And print them.
For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨
Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words.
Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread.
Pass it on 👀
We want your books.
So we can acquire them.
And print them.
For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨
Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words.
Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread.
Pass it on 👀
July 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
HEY SFF WRITERS 👋✨
We want your books.
So we can acquire them.
And print them.
For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨
Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words.
Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread.
Pass it on 👀
We want your books.
So we can acquire them.
And print them.
For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨
Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words.
Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread.
Pass it on 👀
Hello new followers! So happy you're here! You'll find I mostly use bsky for updates (my own writing and others'!)
I'm also active on IG. But the best place to remain up to date on my work remains my newsletter: www.kswalker.net#contact
I'm also active on IG. But the best place to remain up to date on my work remains my newsletter: www.kswalker.net#contact
KS Walker
the website of speculative fiction author KS Walker
www.kswalker.net
July 8, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Hello new followers! So happy you're here! You'll find I mostly use bsky for updates (my own writing and others'!)
I'm also active on IG. But the best place to remain up to date on my work remains my newsletter: www.kswalker.net#contact
I'm also active on IG. But the best place to remain up to date on my work remains my newsletter: www.kswalker.net#contact
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My novel, The Canopy Keepers, was nominated for a Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award!!! 🥳 🙏 www.killernashville.com/2025-silver-...
2025 Silver Falchion Award Finalists — Killer Nashville
www.killernashville.com
July 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
My novel, The Canopy Keepers, was nominated for a Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award!!! 🥳 🙏 www.killernashville.com/2025-silver-...
Ope! Omwwwwww!!!
New story! "The Best Way to Survive a Tiger Attack" by A. W. Prihandita! buff.ly/7211uCO
July 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Ope! Omwwwwww!!!
⚡New Story!⚡
'Til Earth and Heaven Ring' is a historical piece in @strangehorizons.bsky.social Afrosurrealism special issue!
Inspired by Robert Smalls' self-emancipation, this is a story about strangeness, risk, art, and of course, about freedom.
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
'Til Earth and Heaven Ring' is a historical piece in @strangehorizons.bsky.social Afrosurrealism special issue!
Inspired by Robert Smalls' self-emancipation, this is a story about strangeness, risk, art, and of course, about freedom.
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
Till Earth and Heaven Ring
The first time Theo saw the Henrietta up close—dead of night, moon hanging low like ripe fruit behind the foremast, shrouded in fog—well, he felt something. Something fear-shaped but with a finer p…
strangehorizons.com
July 3, 2025 at 2:21 AM
⚡New Story!⚡
'Til Earth and Heaven Ring' is a historical piece in @strangehorizons.bsky.social Afrosurrealism special issue!
Inspired by Robert Smalls' self-emancipation, this is a story about strangeness, risk, art, and of course, about freedom.
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
'Til Earth and Heaven Ring' is a historical piece in @strangehorizons.bsky.social Afrosurrealism special issue!
Inspired by Robert Smalls' self-emancipation, this is a story about strangeness, risk, art, and of course, about freedom.
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
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"....Otto could not see through the hole, but he could see into it. And inside were multitudes. Far more there than could or should be contained in any single person. There was a vastness, yet as far as Otto could tell, it was full .… a bowl full of possibility."
Till Earth and Heaven Ring
The first time Theo saw the Henrietta up close—dead of night, moon hanging low like ripe fruit behind the foremast, shrouded in fog—well, he felt something. Something fear-shaped but with a finer p…
strangehorizons.com
July 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
"....Otto could not see through the hole, but he could see into it. And inside were multitudes. Far more there than could or should be contained in any single person. There was a vastness, yet as far as Otto could tell, it was full .… a bowl full of possibility."
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Here's some more AfroSurrealism for everyone!
SET IT OFF (1996) – FANS’ CUT
by NOVA CYPRESS BLACK
Till Earth and Heaven Ring
by K. S. Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social
Read these pieces at the link to the latest issue in our bio!
SET IT OFF (1996) – FANS’ CUT
by NOVA CYPRESS BLACK
Till Earth and Heaven Ring
by K. S. Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social
Read these pieces at the link to the latest issue in our bio!
July 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Here's some more AfroSurrealism for everyone!
SET IT OFF (1996) – FANS’ CUT
by NOVA CYPRESS BLACK
Till Earth and Heaven Ring
by K. S. Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social
Read these pieces at the link to the latest issue in our bio!
SET IT OFF (1996) – FANS’ CUT
by NOVA CYPRESS BLACK
Till Earth and Heaven Ring
by K. S. Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social
Read these pieces at the link to the latest issue in our bio!
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We're open to submissions this month by authors of historically marginalized backgrounds only!
We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and other folks whose voices must be heard!
www.havenspec.com/submit/
We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and other folks whose voices must be heard!
www.havenspec.com/submit/
Haven Spec Magazine, Submission Page
Fiction and Poetry for the 21st Century!
www.havenspec.com
July 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We're open to submissions this month by authors of historically marginalized backgrounds only!
We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and other folks whose voices must be heard!
www.havenspec.com/submit/
We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and other folks whose voices must be heard!
www.havenspec.com/submit/
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Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 2 is now available on our Patreon! Featuring arthropod stories from @eclosionk2.bsky.social, @mmschreier.bsky.social, @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social, @dianadima.com, @akatherineblack.bsky.social, @jennifleck.bsky.social, and Pauline Jérémie! 🪲🐛🐞🦀
June 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 2 is now available on our Patreon! Featuring arthropod stories from @eclosionk2.bsky.social, @mmschreier.bsky.social, @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social, @dianadima.com, @akatherineblack.bsky.social, @jennifleck.bsky.social, and Pauline Jérémie! 🪲🐛🐞🦀
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Hi all; I'm going to undergo a significant procedure later this year (sorry, would rather not disclose) and my husband's health insurance doesn't cover it. We're going to need funds for the care during and after. Any help would be much appreciated:
gogetfunding.com/medical-and-...
gogetfunding.com/medical-and-...
Medical and Post-Hospital Care for Vida Cruz-Borja
Hello, I am Vida Cruz-Borja, author of the Cirilo F. Bautista Award-winning Song of the Mango and Other New Myths and the IGNYTE Award-winning essay “We are the Mountain: A Look at the Inactive Protag...
gogetfunding.com
May 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Hi all; I'm going to undergo a significant procedure later this year (sorry, would rather not disclose) and my husband's health insurance doesn't cover it. We're going to need funds for the care during and after. Any help would be much appreciated:
gogetfunding.com/medical-and-...
gogetfunding.com/medical-and-...
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FEED US
(It has to be human and it has to be yours!)
Our submission period closes May 31st so get those short stories and poems watered, fertilized, and...cut?
We want spec that is focused on a long-term relationships. Bonus points if Canadian 🍁
www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g...
(It has to be human and it has to be yours!)
Our submission period closes May 31st so get those short stories and poems watered, fertilized, and...cut?
We want spec that is focused on a long-term relationships. Bonus points if Canadian 🍁
www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g...
a man is standing in front of a sign that says this is audrey
Alt: Clip from Little Shop of Horrors - Audrey 2 (the flesh eating plant) is cajoling Seymour to feed them blood
media.tenor.com
May 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
FEED US
(It has to be human and it has to be yours!)
Our submission period closes May 31st so get those short stories and poems watered, fertilized, and...cut?
We want spec that is focused on a long-term relationships. Bonus points if Canadian 🍁
www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g...
(It has to be human and it has to be yours!)
Our submission period closes May 31st so get those short stories and poems watered, fertilized, and...cut?
We want spec that is focused on a long-term relationships. Bonus points if Canadian 🍁
www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g...
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I’m incredibly excited to announce the authors for Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 2! 🦋🐞🐜🪲🦗🪰🕷️🦀
@akatherineblack.bsky.social
@dianadima.com
Joshua Green
Pauline Jérémie
@eclosionk2.bsky.social
@jennifleck.bsky.social
@mmschreier.bsky.social
@kswalkerwrites.bsky.social
#invertefest
@akatherineblack.bsky.social
@dianadima.com
Joshua Green
Pauline Jérémie
@eclosionk2.bsky.social
@jennifleck.bsky.social
@mmschreier.bsky.social
@kswalkerwrites.bsky.social
#invertefest
April 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I’m incredibly excited to announce the authors for Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 2! 🦋🐞🐜🪲🦗🪰🕷️🦀
@akatherineblack.bsky.social
@dianadima.com
Joshua Green
Pauline Jérémie
@eclosionk2.bsky.social
@jennifleck.bsky.social
@mmschreier.bsky.social
@kswalkerwrites.bsky.social
#invertefest
@akatherineblack.bsky.social
@dianadima.com
Joshua Green
Pauline Jérémie
@eclosionk2.bsky.social
@jennifleck.bsky.social
@mmschreier.bsky.social
@kswalkerwrites.bsky.social
#invertefest
March 1st! It's my birthday month and in true Aries fashion I like to celebrate ALL MONTH LONG 🎊
Celebrate with me in this thread by sharing something you made that you're proud of 🥰🥰🥰
Celebrate with me in this thread by sharing something you made that you're proud of 🥰🥰🥰
March 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
March 1st! It's my birthday month and in true Aries fashion I like to celebrate ALL MONTH LONG 🎊
Celebrate with me in this thread by sharing something you made that you're proud of 🥰🥰🥰
Celebrate with me in this thread by sharing something you made that you're proud of 🥰🥰🥰
STOP EVERYTHING. ✋🏾
One of my *favorite* short fiction writers has a novella coming out?
THIS MONTH?
@neonhemlock.bsky.social @domsdickey.bsky.social where have I been?????
One of my *favorite* short fiction writers has a novella coming out?
THIS MONTH?
@neonhemlock.bsky.social @domsdickey.bsky.social where have I been?????
Why yes, I just pre-ordered Redundancies & Potentials by @domsdickey.bsky.social, which comes out Feb 25. Super excited to read this novella.
For good measure, also ordered @bafflingmag.bsky.social years 2 and 3. Already have year 1 of this amazing magazine. www.neonhemlock.com/books/redund...
For good measure, also ordered @bafflingmag.bsky.social years 2 and 3. Already have year 1 of this amazing magazine. www.neonhemlock.com/books/redund...
Redundancies & Potentials by Dominique Dickey (pre-order) — neon hemlock
Publication date: February 25, 2025. An 8” x 5” novella. All redundancies and potentials must be disposed of in accordance with Agency guidelines. This ensures that we can continue to use TimeFax t...
www.neonhemlock.com
February 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
STOP EVERYTHING. ✋🏾
One of my *favorite* short fiction writers has a novella coming out?
THIS MONTH?
@neonhemlock.bsky.social @domsdickey.bsky.social where have I been?????
One of my *favorite* short fiction writers has a novella coming out?
THIS MONTH?
@neonhemlock.bsky.social @domsdickey.bsky.social where have I been?????