Maria Haskins
@mariahaskins.com
Swedish-Canadian SFFH writer. Editor at Ruadán Books. Part of Many Worlds. She/her. Work in Best Horror of the Year, Lightspeed, Deadlands & more. 📚: WOLVES & GIRLS+SIX DREAMS ABOUT THE TRAIN🔗 http://linktr.ee/MariaHaskins Rep: Eric Showers.
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Maria Haskins
@mariahaskins.com
· Oct 11
Six Dreams About the Train and Other Stories
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mariahaskins.com
I write speculative fiction (fantasy, science fiction, horror & points in-between), and I also write reviews & essays.
My short fiction is available in two short story collections:
🛤️ SIX DREAMS ABOUT THE TRAIN: mariahaskins.com/six-dreams-a...
🐺 WOLVES & GIRLS: mariahaskins.com/wolves-and-g...
My short fiction is available in two short story collections:
🛤️ SIX DREAMS ABOUT THE TRAIN: mariahaskins.com/six-dreams-a...
🐺 WOLVES & GIRLS: mariahaskins.com/wolves-and-g...
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THREAD.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
THREAD.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
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writing a horror movie about a jewish exorcist whose catchphrase is “dybbuk stops here”
December 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
writing a horror movie about a jewish exorcist whose catchphrase is “dybbuk stops here”
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Authors been dunking on this all day, but let me say to my fellow white men: there are roughly 95M of us in America. NINETY. FIVE. MILLION. If you can't answer the question of what makes YOU unique in the year of our Lord 2025, during peak Attention Economy, God help you cause less diversity won't.
This shit is made up, actually
December 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Authors been dunking on this all day, but let me say to my fellow white men: there are roughly 95M of us in America. NINETY. FIVE. MILLION. If you can't answer the question of what makes YOU unique in the year of our Lord 2025, during peak Attention Economy, God help you cause less diversity won't.
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Imagine watching a classic Christmas special with your family and being unable to think about anything other than your hatred of immigrants
December 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Imagine watching a classic Christmas special with your family and being unable to think about anything other than your hatred of immigrants
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Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
December 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
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I'm also just somewhat befuddled by someone trying to "break in" at a fantasy convention in the 2020s. like, what is the imagined scenario here, rappelling down from the ventilation shaft to hijack somebody's three-martini lunch and wow them with your elevator pitch
They have come to the convention hoping to "break in" and then find themselves -- shocker! -- a "nobody in the book world." Yeah no shit! We all are! I have gently told guys like this a million times that it takes most of us *years* of hard work but they do not believe that could be true for them. +
December 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I'm also just somewhat befuddled by someone trying to "break in" at a fantasy convention in the 2020s. like, what is the imagined scenario here, rappelling down from the ventilation shaft to hijack somebody's three-martini lunch and wow them with your elevator pitch
Me and oldest kiddo on the Skytrain.
December 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Me and oldest kiddo on the Skytrain.
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Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
December 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
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After winning the @ursulakleguin.com Prize for Fiction 2025, @vajra.me talked to @cxorlando.bsky.social @reactorsff.bsky.social to discuss RAKESFALL, a sprawling narrative about reincarnation, revolution, and recollection, as well as his approach to writing the fantastic!
reactormag.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
After winning the @ursulakleguin.com Prize for Fiction 2025, @vajra.me talked to @cxorlando.bsky.social @reactorsff.bsky.social to discuss RAKESFALL, a sprawling narrative about reincarnation, revolution, and recollection, as well as his approach to writing the fantastic!
Vancouver with dramatic skies.
December 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Vancouver with dramatic skies.
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Brandon Sanderson has sold 50 million books. There is no limit to what cishet white men can achieve if they put their minds to it! #inspiration #hope
This shit is made up, actually
December 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Brandon Sanderson has sold 50 million books. There is no limit to what cishet white men can achieve if they put their minds to it! #inspiration #hope
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Talking to one of these types at a con who asked how I 'got in' with so many 'famous writers' who I'd been talking to and I said "we made friends before anyone knew who we were decades ago by striking up interesting conversations and enjoying each other's company" and he kept re-asking the question.
They have come to the convention hoping to "break in" and then find themselves -- shocker! -- a "nobody in the book world." Yeah no shit! We all are! I have gently told guys like this a million times that it takes most of us *years* of hard work but they do not believe that could be true for them. +
December 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Talking to one of these types at a con who asked how I 'got in' with so many 'famous writers' who I'd been talking to and I said "we made friends before anyone knew who we were decades ago by striking up interesting conversations and enjoying each other's company" and he kept re-asking the question.
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There is a person who eventually turned out to be an infamous level asshole, but the first time someone introduced me to him I had my name tag flipped backwards so he didn't think I was important and he literally looked me up and down and turned away.
Later he tried to walk that back but you can't.
Later he tried to walk that back but you can't.
Talking to one of these types at a con who asked how I 'got in' with so many 'famous writers' who I'd been talking to and I said "we made friends before anyone knew who we were decades ago by striking up interesting conversations and enjoying each other's company" and he kept re-asking the question.
They have come to the convention hoping to "break in" and then find themselves -- shocker! -- a "nobody in the book world." Yeah no shit! We all are! I have gently told guys like this a million times that it takes most of us *years* of hard work but they do not believe that could be true for them. +
December 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
There is a person who eventually turned out to be an infamous level asshole, but the first time someone introduced me to him I had my name tag flipped backwards so he didn't think I was important and he literally looked me up and down and turned away.
Later he tried to walk that back but you can't.
Later he tried to walk that back but you can't.
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It’s a white guy who has never read anything in the genre absolutely outraged nobody comes up to the booth he set up in the corner of the book fair to sell his self published fantasy book “the nipples of grimdark” for 30 dollars per signed copy
December 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It’s a white guy who has never read anything in the genre absolutely outraged nobody comes up to the booth he set up in the corner of the book fair to sell his self published fantasy book “the nipples of grimdark” for 30 dollars per signed copy
Listen, 99% of us are nobodies. How many writers are you "competing" with to reach "somebody" status (lol)? A LOT. I know people, some of them NOT white men!, who bust their asses producing some of the most exquisite and outstanding fiction you've ever read and they are STILL treated like nobodies.
This shit is made up, actually
December 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Listen, 99% of us are nobodies. How many writers are you "competing" with to reach "somebody" status (lol)? A LOT. I know people, some of them NOT white men!, who bust their asses producing some of the most exquisite and outstanding fiction you've ever read and they are STILL treated like nobodies.
I hope McIntyre plays in the pictured outfit too.
Park City native and hockey goalie Colten McIntyre suited up for his first-ever National Hockey League game Tuesday, Dec. 23.
Park City goalie dons Mammoth jersey for first NHL appearance
Park City native and hockey goalie Colten McIntyre suited up for his first-ever National Hockey League game Tuesday, Dec. 23.
www.sltrib.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I hope McIntyre plays in the pictured outfit too.
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The fact the Menswear Guy is actively dunking on the Bsky user base now instead of just cross-posting the threads where he does that to Twitter users should terrify all of us.
true. that's bc you've allowed your sense of style to be narrowly defined by fashion brands, instead of thinking about it in terms of cultural history. over the course of the 20th century, many groups have dressed well, even if they didn't conform to fashion trends or bourgeois respectability
December 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The fact the Menswear Guy is actively dunking on the Bsky user base now instead of just cross-posting the threads where he does that to Twitter users should terrify all of us.
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Over at the Bad Place, Rod Dreher was complaining that the Pope never discussed his book. He gets into it with someone who replied, because his book is, he says, really important. Reply guy: “You need to remember that he’s the Pope, and you’re someone arguing on Twitter with a cartoon rabbit.”
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Over at the Bad Place, Rod Dreher was complaining that the Pope never discussed his book. He gets into it with someone who replied, because his book is, he says, really important. Reply guy: “You need to remember that he’s the Pope, and you’re someone arguing on Twitter with a cartoon rabbit.”
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We are approaching the deadline for our End of Year goal!
Consider making a donation to Locus at bwc.io/locus2025 and see it doubled via our match challenge!
We can't do it without you!
All links in bio.
Consider making a donation to Locus at bwc.io/locus2025 and see it doubled via our match challenge!
We can't do it without you!
All links in bio.
December 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We are approaching the deadline for our End of Year goal!
Consider making a donation to Locus at bwc.io/locus2025 and see it doubled via our match challenge!
We can't do it without you!
All links in bio.
Consider making a donation to Locus at bwc.io/locus2025 and see it doubled via our match challenge!
We can't do it without you!
All links in bio.
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I like to imagine that there is a rivalry between two top ham-sniffers: one, a meticulous keeper of precise traditions, the other a brash bad-boy with a colossal nose.
July 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I like to imagine that there is a rivalry between two top ham-sniffers: one, a meticulous keeper of precise traditions, the other a brash bad-boy with a colossal nose.
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you’re gonna need a tinier tim
December 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
you’re gonna need a tinier tim
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QRP to reintroduce yourself!
I'm Torres, a freelance fantasy illustrator. I work mostly with graphite and digital color.
I love fairy tales and whimsical vibes in eerie and moody atmosphere 🍂
I'm Torres, a freelance fantasy illustrator. I work mostly with graphite and digital color.
I love fairy tales and whimsical vibes in eerie and moody atmosphere 🍂
December 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
QRP to reintroduce yourself!
I'm Torres, a freelance fantasy illustrator. I work mostly with graphite and digital color.
I love fairy tales and whimsical vibes in eerie and moody atmosphere 🍂
I'm Torres, a freelance fantasy illustrator. I work mostly with graphite and digital color.
I love fairy tales and whimsical vibes in eerie and moody atmosphere 🍂
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SEASON'S GREASONS
December 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
SEASON'S GREASONS
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human face available corner of 40th and madison, se portland. hurry.
December 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
human face available corner of 40th and madison, se portland. hurry.