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Abigail Kemske 🍁
@abigailkemske.bsky.social
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🚀 Speculative fiction writer from MN

✏️ Apex, The Dark, Flame Tree Press, Nature: Futures, The Saturday Evening Post & more

🌿 sometimes moss

✨HWA, SFWA, Codex

AbigailKemske.com 🌳 https://linktr.ee/abigailkemske
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When making a list of stories to submit is almost poetry. 😅
Handwritten list: “Mother’s, fingers, Fire, sounds.
November 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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The void beckons you.
A black smoke Maine coon kitten looks out from a railing.
November 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Now what?
A black smoke Maine coon kitten lays on a notebook with writing on it, blocking the photographer’s hand holding a purple pen from writing anything else, looking at the camera all innocent and cute.
November 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Wrote this masterpiece on a writer’s group chat awhile back. Really feeling these vibes today re: @diabolicalplots.com 🤣
Text that reads: An Ode to the Submission Grinder Bold on the grinder What’s that you say? The tug of hope That will betray For bold means nothing It has no sway The mags you see May read with disarray. The hopes you had Pushed down asunder The bold bequeaths your Dreams and wonder. When the time comes That dreaded R The bold ones lost And gone afar You’ll miss your bolds Wherever they are.
November 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Hades waiting on my subs like…
A black smoke Maine coon cat named Hades settles in underneath a laptop on a stand, looking sleepily at the camera.
November 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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#shelfie time! So proud of my growing collection of print publications. Pubs by @angrygablepress.bsky.social @stanchion.bsky.social @inanothertimemag.bsky.social and more all containing stories be me. 🤩

You can find links to these and all my publications on my website: AbigailKemske.com
Photo of a bookshelf and a stack of books: friction issue #24 oceans, Flame Tree Press Robots Past and Future, In Another Time #2, Stanchion, Extrasensory Overload, Black Lily Zine, and Harvest the Night.
November 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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The aurora was pretty insane tonight!
Aurora borealis showing pinks and greens in the night sky. Aurora bureaus showing bright green in the sky. Aurora borealis bright green blob.
November 12, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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My agent keeping me on task…for pets.
A black smoke Maine coon cat sits on a desk behind a computer looking very cute.
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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💫 Here’s a list of my award eligible stories from this year! 💫

(Had to update/repost this because of the surprise last minute publication!)

See my website or LinkTree for more info on these stories. Contact me if you’re a voting member and need a copy.

Thanks for reading!
Graphic of 2025 award eligible stories by Abigail Kemske: Someone to Feed You (apex), The earth will not consume our bones (nature:futures), The Darkness Inside Her (Harvest the Night), Threaded Lives (Saturday evening post), Still Waters (friction), The Beast of Boma Road (Fraidy Cat Quarterly). Graphic of Abigail Kemske’s award eligibility, Astounding Award, first year of eligibility.
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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The definition of trapped. 😸
A black cat snuggling with owner. A black cat snuggling with owner, sleepy face. A black cat snuggling with owner.
November 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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It's award eligibility season! Here's a list of everything I've published in 2025. This is also my first year of eligibility for the Astounding Award! 💫

Follow the thread below for links and info on my stories. Or see my website/linktree in my bio. 🔗

DM me for copies. 👩‍💻

Thank you for reading! 🙏
Graphic with pictures of space in background that reads: Abigail Kemske 2025 Award Eligibility. Short fiction - Nebula, Hugo, Locus & Stoker. "The earth will not consume our bones" (SF / 956 w) Nature: Futures, Sept 2025. "Someone to Feed You" (H / 900 w) Apex Magazine issue #148, Jan 2025. "Still Waters" (SFF / 6500 w) Friction issue #24: Oceans, July 2025. "The Beast of Boma Road" (H / 4200 w) Fraidy Cat quarterly issue #7: Rage, Nov 2025. "The Darkness Inside Her" (h / 3500 w) Harvestt he Night: An Anthology of Folk Horror - CM Muller, Oct 2025. A graphic with stars in space in the background that reads: Abigail Kemske 2025 Award Eligibility Astounding Award. First year of eligibility.
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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🌙Look at this beauty!🌙 Contributor copy came!! Contains my story “The Darkness Inside Her” - a woman’s strange encounter in the woods invokes a strange hunger within her. 👄

HARVEST THE NIGHT: AN ANTHOLOGY OF FOLK HORROR out now! Link below.🌾
Abigail Kemske smiling and holding a copy of Harvest the Night anthology. She wears a mint green sweater and the leaves are golden yellow in the background. Photo of Harvest the Night with glass pumpkins and leaves arranged around it. Interior photo of Harvest the Night showing title page for the story “The Darkness Inside Her.”
November 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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🎃 ThE hArVeSt BeGiNs! 🎃 It's release day for HARVEST THE NIGHT: AN ANTHOLOGY OF FOLK HORROR edited by C.M. Muller. My story "The Darkness Inside Her" features strange moss, a forest nap, and too many mouths. Check it out! chthonicmatter.wordpress.com
Graphic with HARVEST THE NIGHT cover, with images of a skull, moss, and moths. A quote from the story “The Darkness Inside Her” by Abigail Kemske: “Something flutters past her field of sight. A flash of white. Another brown. Yellow. An eclipse of moths emerge from the moss. Perch on the skull.” Graphic on HARVEST THE NIGHT cover and list of authors: Sam Dawson, EC Dorgan, Tracy Fahey, Douglas Ford, Abigail Kemske, K. Wallace King, Joe Koch, Dexter McLeod, Lisa Moore-Smith, H.V. Patterson, Renae Rhoads, Shannon Scott, Luke F. Shepherd, Katherine Traylor.
October 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Happy National Cat day to Hades and Mr. Benedict Flufferbatch! 🐈‍⬛🐈
A young Maine coon cat with black fur on his face and legs, and grey fur on his body, playfully looks at the camera as he plays with a green mouse toy. A white long haired Maine coon cat lays on top of small pumpkins and rocks
October 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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We have a new kitty! 6 months old and adjusting to us and our home. We are taking it real slow before introducing him to Benny. Haven’t settled on a name yet, but I’m sure he’ll also have his own insta account soon too. 😹🐈‍⬛💕
A 6th month old Maine Coon Cat looking very cute and playful. Has black fur on face and legs, grey smokey long fur on his body. A 6th month old Maine Coon Cat looking very dapper. Has black fur on face and legs and tail, grey smokey long fur on his body.
October 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Balancing a teapot on your head is really not easy. Wirt and Greg from Over the Garden Wall.
Photo of a man wearing a red cone shaped hat and a navy blue wool cape and a woman with a white blouse, green overall dress, a teapot upside down on her head and holding a stuffed frog.
October 26, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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Local MPLS friends! You can now check out the anthology I’m in at the Hennepin County Library!! Find my story “Family Portrait” inside. 🤖

I’m in my local library!!! 😭😭😭

🔗 hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
Screen shot from Hennepin County Library’s website for the book Robots Past & Future.
October 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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My child introduced me to brookies and said the ones at school were awful, so of course we made our own and I am obsessed! My two favorite treats in one?? HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS??
Photo of a pan of brookies (brownie/cookie dessert.)
October 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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✨🌙 COMING SOON! 🌙✨
“Harvest the Night: an Anthology of Folk Horror” edited by CM Muller expected release on Halloween!

Featuring my story “The Darkness Inside Her” which may have you questioning that soft, enticing moss in the forest. 🌳
Graphic on HARVEST THE NIGHT cover and list of authors: Sam Dawson, EC Dorgan, Tracy Fahey, Douglas Ford, Abigail Kemske, K. Wallace King, Joe Koch, Dexter McLeod, Lisa Moore-Smith, H.V. Patterson, Renae Rhoads, Shannon Scott, Luke F. Shepherd, Katherine Traylor. Graphic with HARVEST THE NIGHT cover, with images of a skull, moss, and moths. A quote from the story “The Darkness Inside Her” by Abigail Kemske: “Something flutters past her field of sight. A flash of white. Another brown. Yellow. An eclipse of moths emerge from the moss. Perch on the skull.”
October 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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It took me a couple days, but I found it! Right on my desktop too. 😂
Screen capture of a document icon on a computer desktop titled “the actual one to edit”
October 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Which one is it?!?! I DON'T ReMeMbErrrrrr.
screenshot of text: document labels that read: DRAFT DRAFT 2 DRAFT 3.pages DRAFT 4.pages DRAFT 5 - Killer P DRAFT 5 THIS ONE DRAFT THIS ONE ReDraft.pages
September 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Discovered this lil guy on my car right AFTER a car wash. Alive, but probably terrified. Squeaky clean too. 🧼
Picture of a brown spider resting on a car window.
September 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Mr Benedict Flufferbatch reminds you all to look for the light and to have a great Thursday.
A photo of a white floofy cat looking off to the side toward the light with a hopeful expression, sitting with his paws hanging over the edge of a dresser.
September 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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SENSE OF IMPENDING DOOM! iykyk 🤪
Screen grab of submission grinder submissions with several pending responses in yellow and red, with days of active submissions ranging from 78-421 days.
September 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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I saw some other fun stuff today too!
White mushrooms growing on a log White mushrooms growing out of the ground, one with a black underside to the cap.
September 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM