Holly Kybett Smith
@kybettie.bsky.social
Queer femme horror writer. Intersectional feminist. Chronically ill but we persevere. The 'Ky' rhymes with 👁️. (she/her) 🖤
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💎The Glass Delusion 💎 by @kybettie.bsky.social
When a famous actress falls ill, Winnie starts to exhibit similar symptoms. Are the symptoms real, or has she fallen under the same delusion?
Get your copy of Issue Nine now!
When a famous actress falls ill, Winnie starts to exhibit similar symptoms. Are the symptoms real, or has she fallen under the same delusion?
Get your copy of Issue Nine now!
October 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
💎The Glass Delusion 💎 by @kybettie.bsky.social
When a famous actress falls ill, Winnie starts to exhibit similar symptoms. Are the symptoms real, or has she fallen under the same delusion?
Get your copy of Issue Nine now!
When a famous actress falls ill, Winnie starts to exhibit similar symptoms. Are the symptoms real, or has she fallen under the same delusion?
Get your copy of Issue Nine now!
I got annoyed enough about this that I decided to write an article.
September 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I got annoyed enough about this that I decided to write an article.
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now introducing the WRITERS of #BloodAndBrocade ! yes ! this project will feature BOTH illustrations and pieces of writing, both fiction and nonfiction, centered around the theme of vampiric fashion. can't wait to see what they cook up! ✍️🧵
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September 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
now introducing the WRITERS of #BloodAndBrocade ! yes ! this project will feature BOTH illustrations and pieces of writing, both fiction and nonfiction, centered around the theme of vampiric fashion. can't wait to see what they cook up! ✍️🧵
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Controversial take maybe but “Weird Girl Lit” to me feels like one of those terms that starts out well-intentioned but rapidly veers into belittling territory.
September 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Controversial take maybe but “Weird Girl Lit” to me feels like one of those terms that starts out well-intentioned but rapidly veers into belittling territory.
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if every single service and transaction is monitored for its adherence to fundamentalist christian ethics, and every piece of media has to go through those services or transactions, you could very quickly find yourself in a world where no queer art or publication is possible to obtain or distribute
payment processor censorship is one reason we must resist the idea of a cashless all-digital society
July 24, 2025 at 3:21 AM
if every single service and transaction is monitored for its adherence to fundamentalist christian ethics, and every piece of media has to go through those services or transactions, you could very quickly find yourself in a world where no queer art or publication is possible to obtain or distribute
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Let’s change gears. Do some good
Sign this. Make it go viral. Protect sex workers. End payment processor discrimination
action.aclu.org/petition/mas...
Sign this. Make it go viral. Protect sex workers. End payment processor discrimination
action.aclu.org/petition/mas...
Mastercard: Sex Work is Work. End Your Unjust Policy.
Mastercard's new policy unfairly targets the adult content industry, making sex workers more vulnerable, especially Black trans women. It must be stopped.
action.aclu.org
July 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Let’s change gears. Do some good
Sign this. Make it go viral. Protect sex workers. End payment processor discrimination
action.aclu.org/petition/mas...
Sign this. Make it go viral. Protect sex workers. End payment processor discrimination
action.aclu.org/petition/mas...
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Writing a novel was the most frustrating, bleak experience but I did it. So I'm writing a novella, which I'd done previously to the novel, and now I can say: oh this? I can do that.
The struggle is important. It builds the muscle.
In art you must struggle (I don't mean financially) to improve.
The struggle is important. It builds the muscle.
In art you must struggle (I don't mean financially) to improve.
if i can be y’all’s dad for a second:
one of the most important things I’ve learned is that acquiring a skill is literally uncomfortable
that awful moment where you feel confused and stupid and embarrassed? it means you’re about to learn something. and it’s *mandatory* if you want to get better
one of the most important things I’ve learned is that acquiring a skill is literally uncomfortable
that awful moment where you feel confused and stupid and embarrassed? it means you’re about to learn something. and it’s *mandatory* if you want to get better
I am surrounded by people who are outsourcing their own thinking to ChatGPT and they are quickly and obviously becoming dependent on it for even the most banal tasks. Once again, the "figuring it out" is the important part. Yes, you can use a crane to lift weights but you will not get stronger
June 19, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Writing a novel was the most frustrating, bleak experience but I did it. So I'm writing a novella, which I'd done previously to the novel, and now I can say: oh this? I can do that.
The struggle is important. It builds the muscle.
In art you must struggle (I don't mean financially) to improve.
The struggle is important. It builds the muscle.
In art you must struggle (I don't mean financially) to improve.
Talking to people who still determinedly support AI despite all of this makes me feel like Cassandra.
As a teacher, I can’t help but see ignoring the screaming of educators about the impact of AI on critical thinking as connected with all the other devaluing of education and devaluing educators. Which is all connected to so many more things.
June 20, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Talking to people who still determinedly support AI despite all of this makes me feel like Cassandra.
Excited to announce that I have an event coming up!!
If you're in or around Portsmouth (UK) on the 17th July and enjoy queer horror, come along. There will be a seminar and a writing workshop. Also snacks.
If you're in or around Portsmouth (UK) on the 17th July and enjoy queer horror, come along. There will be a seminar and a writing workshop. Also snacks.
Monsters From the Closet: A Queer Horror Workshop
A 2-hour session exploring the rich history of queer horror writing and the power of harnessing what scares us.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
June 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Excited to announce that I have an event coming up!!
If you're in or around Portsmouth (UK) on the 17th July and enjoy queer horror, come along. There will be a seminar and a writing workshop. Also snacks.
If you're in or around Portsmouth (UK) on the 17th July and enjoy queer horror, come along. There will be a seminar and a writing workshop. Also snacks.
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There's been some hay made in the press about the sheer volume of horror films this year, but when was the last time there were this many must see original films worth going out to a theater for? This an incredible year for horror and film in general. So proud to get to run with this pack of films!
June 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
There's been some hay made in the press about the sheer volume of horror films this year, but when was the last time there were this many must see original films worth going out to a theater for? This an incredible year for horror and film in general. So proud to get to run with this pack of films!
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Gotta be a few more horror lovers out there who want to read a new John Darnielle and a new Grady Hendrix and a new Alison Rumfitt, right? Who also love lore and weird shit?
The final week of the Eden Book Society begins. 7 days until the vault closes. Join the society today to unearth 100 years of unseen horror.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...
#horror #horrorbooks #edenbooksociety
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...
#horror #horrorbooks #edenbooksociety
June 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Gotta be a few more horror lovers out there who want to read a new John Darnielle and a new Grady Hendrix and a new Alison Rumfitt, right? Who also love lore and weird shit?
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Days like today can make it hard to write. I find that when the world wants me to curl into a ball and doomscroll, pouring that sadness, that rage, that raw contempt, onto the page itself not only helps, but sharpens my words and sometimes even makes them better. Don’t be afraid to write angry.
June 3, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Days like today can make it hard to write. I find that when the world wants me to curl into a ball and doomscroll, pouring that sadness, that rage, that raw contempt, onto the page itself not only helps, but sharpens my words and sometimes even makes them better. Don’t be afraid to write angry.
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A beautiful rendition of womenswear echoing the style of their fashionable male counterparts here in #1790s style. The tailoring of silk stripes with embroidered waistcoat beneath but following the contours of the cinched waist #museetissuslyon #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
June 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A beautiful rendition of womenswear echoing the style of their fashionable male counterparts here in #1790s style. The tailoring of silk stripes with embroidered waistcoat beneath but following the contours of the cinched waist #museetissuslyon #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Absolutely.
At the end of the day, don’t we all just want to spend hours and hours exploring bookstores, museums, greenhouses, art galleries, and libraries?
May 31, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Absolutely.
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Excited screech!!
And she’s here!!! Issue Nine is currently winging her way out into the world 🐟 🦷
We are so excited about this issue; not only is it a massive banger but it is so good to be BACK!
We are so excited about this issue; not only is it a massive banger but it is so good to be BACK!
May 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Excited screech!!
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My friends are glorious, beautiful miracles. I don't expect them to cater to me. I don't want to be friends with a black hole that just spits out what I want to hear?
I want friends to ramble about their interests so I can silently be like this 😍 while they talk?
I want to give? Not just take?
I want friends to ramble about their interests so I can silently be like this 😍 while they talk?
I want to give? Not just take?
"Buy a program that tells you what you want to hear and call it companionship, only $15 a month"
I at first thought this was an image criticizing the slop machine, not an ad for it.
And it presents socializing, a cornerstone of our species, as a burden. Because that's how social media treats it.
I at first thought this was an image criticizing the slop machine, not an ad for it.
And it presents socializing, a cornerstone of our species, as a burden. Because that's how social media treats it.
May 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
My friends are glorious, beautiful miracles. I don't expect them to cater to me. I don't want to be friends with a black hole that just spits out what I want to hear?
I want friends to ramble about their interests so I can silently be like this 😍 while they talk?
I want to give? Not just take?
I want friends to ramble about their interests so I can silently be like this 😍 while they talk?
I want to give? Not just take?
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Sunday lounging late 19th century style with a soft pink #1890s tea gown, trimmed with a cloud of lace at the shoulders and some wide pleats at the waist. Much enforced rest at the moment so I could do with a wardrobe of these #kobefashionmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
May 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Sunday lounging late 19th century style with a soft pink #1890s tea gown, trimmed with a cloud of lace at the shoulders and some wide pleats at the waist. Much enforced rest at the moment so I could do with a wardrobe of these #kobefashionmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
*long yawn*
I accidentally stayed up until 4am writing horror again.
I accidentally stayed up until 4am writing horror again.
May 22, 2025 at 3:19 AM
*long yawn*
I accidentally stayed up until 4am writing horror again.
I accidentally stayed up until 4am writing horror again.
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Delighted to be published in Issue 9 of @extrateethmag.bsky.social! Come to the launch at @portybooks.bsky.social 04/06! I'll be reading my story "Washed Up" where a desperate cockler unearths something terrible from the sand!
Copies available to pre-order at: www.extrateeth.co.uk/shop/issuenine
Copies available to pre-order at: www.extrateeth.co.uk/shop/issuenine
Extra Teeth: Issue Nine (May 2025) — Extra Teeth
Issue Nine // May 2025 To subscribe to Extra Teeth on a rolling basis, click here . Guest Illustrator: KMG Contributors: Amy Twigg Suki Hollywood Julie Galante Katie Webster Gráinne O’...
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May 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Delighted to be published in Issue 9 of @extrateethmag.bsky.social! Come to the launch at @portybooks.bsky.social 04/06! I'll be reading my story "Washed Up" where a desperate cockler unearths something terrible from the sand!
Copies available to pre-order at: www.extrateeth.co.uk/shop/issuenine
Copies available to pre-order at: www.extrateeth.co.uk/shop/issuenine
Incredibly excited to be a part of this! 🖤
In my short story, you'll find complicated teenage girlhood, the cult of celebrity and a lot of broken glass.
In my short story, you'll find complicated teenage girlhood, the cult of celebrity and a lot of broken glass.
ANNOUNCING: ISSUE NINE!
FICTION
Amy Twigg
Suki Hollywood
Julie Galente
Katie Webster
@spacedolphin93.bsky.social
Vanessa Santos
Beina Xu
@kybettie.bsky.social
Nazaret Ranea
@jacquestsiantar.bsky.social
NONFICTION
@lwhalen.bsky.social
Paul McQuade
Art by: KMG
FICTION
Amy Twigg
Suki Hollywood
Julie Galente
Katie Webster
@spacedolphin93.bsky.social
Vanessa Santos
Beina Xu
@kybettie.bsky.social
Nazaret Ranea
@jacquestsiantar.bsky.social
NONFICTION
@lwhalen.bsky.social
Paul McQuade
Art by: KMG
May 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Incredibly excited to be a part of this! 🖤
In my short story, you'll find complicated teenage girlhood, the cult of celebrity and a lot of broken glass.
In my short story, you'll find complicated teenage girlhood, the cult of celebrity and a lot of broken glass.
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As always pre-orders play a vital role in keeping the magazine going, so please treat yourself today! 🐟 🦷 🐟
www.extrateeth.co.uk/shop/issuenine
www.extrateeth.co.uk/shop/issuenine
Extra Teeth: Issue Nine (May 2025) — Extra Teeth
Issue Nine // May 2025 To subscribe to Extra Teeth on a rolling basis, click here . Guest Illustrator: KMG Contributors: Amy Twigg Suki Hollywood Julie Galante Katie Webster Gráinne O’...
www.extrateeth.co.uk
May 15, 2025 at 10:12 AM
As always pre-orders play a vital role in keeping the magazine going, so please treat yourself today! 🐟 🦷 🐟
www.extrateeth.co.uk/shop/issuenine
www.extrateeth.co.uk/shop/issuenine
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Hey I don't know if anyone's ever said this before, but, writing a novel... is kind of difficult.
May 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Hey I don't know if anyone's ever said this before, but, writing a novel... is kind of difficult.
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ive always thought of my life as a creative project im always kinda tinkering with. i am the artist, the project is making my life beautiful and happy, and that helps a lot when i feel stuck or bored.
If you’re over 30, quote this with some life advice 🤌🏼
May 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
ive always thought of my life as a creative project im always kinda tinkering with. i am the artist, the project is making my life beautiful and happy, and that helps a lot when i feel stuck or bored.