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Salena Casha
@salenacasha.bsky.social
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writer. runner. product manager. 1×WigleafTop50 selection, 2xPushcart nom, 2×BOTN nom, 2xBSF nom.

Join the waitlist for Teresa 2.0 here: teresaseesyou.com
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📣Fellow Sci-Fi Writers📣: looking for 2 - 3 folks willing to write a cover blurb for a dual POV novellete (11,000 words, ~36 pgs double spaced, all about space travel & testy team dynamics), due for publication in 2026! DM me for the details (I'll pay a nominal fee for your time and eyes)🙏
November 27, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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"With Love" by @salenacasha.bsky.social, Fall Contest 2024 Finalist (Theme: Flirt), in case you missed it
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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She's live! Read all about @jaimedilleditor.bsky.social here: open.substack.com/pub/salenaca...
An Interview with An Editor
I am beyond excited to introduce you all to Jaime Dill, the developmental editor who saw an early version of Teresa 2.0 and brought out its beating heart.
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November 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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second window's funds raised: a whopping $2,709.32, for a total of $3,628.88. you people rule! I've got lots of reading to do, I'll randomly select the merch winners when I'm done!
havehashad.com HAD @havehashad.com · 12d
Happy HAD Friday! 2 submission windows today for those who make some kind of donation to a cause! Link will work from 10-11am and 7-8pm Eastern. Where are you donating? havehashad.submittable.com/submit/34166...
Submission call to benefit... causes. You pick the cause. We don't need your money, but lots of other people do. Make a donation to a cause that really needs it. Reply to our post with links to give others ideas. Include a screenshot/picture of your donation (from today, of any amount) with your submission. I'm gonna open two windows today (Friday, November 14th): from 10-11am Eastern, and 7-8pm Eastern; no limit, no scramble, no lost sleep (hopefully!) If you don't have spare cash at the moment, HAD still appreciates you. Screenshot an impassioned letter about something you care about to your city counselor, school board, governor or whatever. Writing-wise: no theme, no restrictions. Short is nice, we like publishing short. Also, we'll select at random one submitter to win a merch article of their choosing, (including the sold-out HADt!) <3 crowjonah
November 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
salenacasha.bsky.social
Psst, there's some exciting new content dropping on salenacasha.substack.com tomorrow, namely an interview with editor extraordinare and all around lovely human, @jaimedilleditor.bsky.social ! It goes live at 10AM ET, so a perfect read to have with your morning coffee.
Salena’s Monthly Writing Update | Salena Casha | Substack
New writing from yours truly. Click to read Salena’s Monthly Writing Update, by Salena Casha, a Substack publication. Launched 3 years ago.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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After REJECTION FALL 2025, I received not one but *two* super secret contract offers today! Cannot wait to share them once I sign on the dotted line but until then, enjoy a bit of Kristen Wiig
a woman wearing a colorful sweater is raising her hands in the air
ALT: a woman wearing a colorful sweater is raising her hands in the air
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November 11, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Running an interview series from my substack promoting female and nonbinary indie authors (and their books) who write in scifi/speculative genres! If you fit the bill, DM me and I'll add you to the series/send you the qs. I promise, they are fun!

#indie #selfpub #scifi #specfic
November 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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1266 words this morning for a short story (and maybe 100 towards a new novel). Good chaotic this November, no goal except to write something every day.
November 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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October didn't disappoint: three pieces of flash⚡️ out in the world with @vialofboneszine.bsky.social @surelymag.bsky.social & Writer's Hour Mag and a Best of the Net nom from F(r)iction. Read all about it here! open.substack.com/pub/salenaca...

#microfiction #aicommentary #meditation #magicrealism
Writing Update: October 2025
October, brought to you by three pieces of flash and a Best of the Net nomination.
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November 3, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Adore technothrillers? Skeptical of AI? Interested in being an ARC reader and love a good queue?!

Teresa 2.0 might be for you. Get yourself on that waitlist:

teresaseesyou.com

#AI #technothriller #indie #arc #therapy #coverreveal #nearfuture #thefutureishere #scifi
Waitlist for Teresa 2.0
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October 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Proud of us☠️
havehashad.com HAD @havehashad.com · Oct 26
good job, sickos
#smallpoemsunday has reached its submission cap. The project is now closed.
October 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Curious about my querying stats so far for Teresa 2.0 Will See You Now? Want a peek at some real-life personalized rejections? Take a read on my substack here: open.substack.com/pub/salenaca...
Querying: the trials and tribulations
A breakdown of the querying process by the numbers, and why I'm considering self-publishing.
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October 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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There's really nothing quite like this feeling😶‍🌫️. Thank you a million times over to the folks who put their heart and souls into literary magazines and lift their authors up in the process❤️best of luck to all the nominees!
Best of the net nominee list on a gradient of sea glass green to light pink from f(r)iction including How I Imagine Two People I Know From Instagram Met by Salena Casha, Bloodlines by Nelly Leonidis, and Anatomical Venus at the Gynecologist by Jade Hurter
October 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Another feature from @surelymag.bsky.social. do not sleep on this issue surelymag.com/a-story-abou...
October 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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surelymag.bsky.social
issue 32 starts with the cozily surreal A Story About a Fire by Salena Casha
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blue text on a cream-colored background reads: The screen is haunted by an emerald field or a bouquet of healed coral set somewhere none of us can afford to fly to and subsequently ruin (or maybe, maybe, what I see on the screen isn't even real, but I can't contend with that on a Monday. — Salena Casha, "A Story About a Fire"
September 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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First standalone book review of Empire of AI and why it matters to my WIP is live! salenacasha.substack.com/p/a-review-o...
A Review of Karen Hao's Empire of AI
A review of Empire of AI and why it matters to my WIP.
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September 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Lucky to have my coffeeshop observations (second set this month!) included by @mosspuppymag.bsky.social !

Read it here: www.mosspuppymag.com/pop-up-issue...
August 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Guess what? It's here! The Cedar pop-up issue curated with Kelli Lage is live for your viewing on our website. Feel free to check it out here: www.mosspuppymag.com/pop-up-issue...
August 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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It me!
gooseberrypielit.bsky.social Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social · Aug 20
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Prospective Roommate #13

—story link in comments
August 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Always aiming to be a little bit creepy. Thanks for the share, @tomljanovic.bsky.social !
tomljanovic.bsky.social T.L. Tomljanovic @tomljanovic.bsky.social · Aug 18
“who even sits in the dark in someone else’s house when he doesn’t even live there?”

Funny and a little creepy. Read this micro by @salenacasha.bsky.social
salenacasha.bsky.social Salena Casha @salenacasha.bsky.social · Aug 16
Dream publication loading with @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social It's a riff on a conversation I heard at a coffeeshop once, read it here:

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August 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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You make for the parallel bars base and you’re almost there when you feel it: a push between your shoulder blades. —"Freeze" by @salenacasha.bsky.social in case you missed it

https://www.fiveminutelit.com/freeze
August 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Dream publication loading with @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social It's a riff on a conversation I heard at a coffeeshop once, read it here:

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Prospective Roommate #13 - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Pexels.com: photo by Jess Perges by Salena Casha So, I’m the type of person that really values alone time and, like, I haven’t watched TV in over a decade – I don’t really don’t enjoy being in, like, ...
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August 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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"I don’t really don’t enjoy being in, like, the same space as one because of the #vibes and also I had a really bad experience once"

Love the tone of voice in this gem from @salenacasha.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social

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Prospective Roommate #13 - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Pexels.com: photo by Jess Perges by Salena Casha So, I’m the type of person that really values alone time and, like, I haven’t watched TV in over a decade – I don’t really don’t enjoy being in, like, ...
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August 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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When Ariel Morelli first began replacing therapists with AI, she was just doing her job. As her boss ramps up engagement, Ariel must decide: say nothing or stop the algorithm before it drives a patient to do something they can’t take back.

THE LOOKING GLASS (77K)

#bluepit #BluePit📖 #A #OS #SF #WF
July 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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June newsletter has arrived with pubs from @foofarawpress.bsky.social , @natflashfictionday.bsky.social, @zoeticpress.bsky.social, F(r)iction, & Brilliant Flash Fiction❤️ salenacasha.substack.com/p/writing-up...
Writing Update: June 2025
A slew of new fiction debuted from yours truly in June, so I'd be honored if you added these short stories to your summer reading list.
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July 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM