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Amanda Helms
@amandaghelms.bsky.social
Writer of SFF and sometimes H. Fiction in/forthcoming from LIGHTSPEED, Uncanny, FIYAH & elsewhere. Editor at Diabolical Plots. Parent. Biracial. She/her. Rep: Paul Lucas
TSADB x Snowpiercer
When she’s hired to manage the spirit powering a nonstop train, a mixed-race woman must navigate her distrustful white boss, her estranged father, a handsome, secretive coworker… and the spirit itself, who doesn’t want to be governed at all.
#BluePit📖 #OS #F #A #OV #POC #Agented
January 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Narnia X Gilmore Girls

A widowed mom follows her 16yo thru a magic portal, where she learns her daughter is engaged a 500yo fire-powered fairy king. Widow Mom is NOT ok w/ that. Awesome idea to ally w/ the king’s hot bone-lord rival to stop the marriage, right?

#BluePit📖 #W #A #F #HU #Agented
January 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
#wipsnips - “qualify”

Mother-daughter bonding is not going well.
December 8, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Considering my #wip includes bone magic, I had a surfeit of riches to choose from for today’s #WIPSnips #rib. Even so I went with this one:
December 5, 2024 at 2:13 AM
Behold, the murder birb and its fresh kill
November 26, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Hello new followers! I write SFF and sometimes H. (Though the H is becoming more frequent than the SF of late, as with "A Carapace of Coral.")
Sometimes the things I write get published and thus become award-eligible, such as the pieces listed here (links available on my website):
November 13, 2024 at 4:33 PM
The 5yo enjoyed making gingerbread ninjas on her snow day! Despite (because of?) the few decapitations and dismemberments
November 8, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Ballot has been accepted and counted! I love Colorado’s system and ability to track your ballot.
October 29, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Hello new followers! I’m Amanda and I write SFFH. I’m currently at #WFC2024 and have events TODAY!
•Monstrous Mothers panel at 11:00am ET in the Grand Ballroom

•A reading at 5:00pm ET in Olmstead

And here are some photos from earlier in the week! Ooh Niagara, so pretty
October 19, 2024 at 1:05 PM
And now I’m in Niagara! Had a great time today walking around. One more day of sightseeing then I’ll be attending the con Thursday! Hoping to see some folks there!
October 16, 2024 at 12:13 AM
I'm extremely late with this, but I'm on a few panels this weekend @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social! The first is TODAY at 3:00pmET/1:00pm MT! Join us for The Role of Strength and Femininity in SFF and Other Speculative Genres!
September 27, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Who’s gonna be the next mayor of NYC? Wrong answers only
September 26, 2024 at 7:33 PM
I took the lazy way of waiting for my phone app to update on its own. Nice to be a bsky-certified elder! How do you do fellow kids, etc
September 17, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Then, immediately after at 11:30 PT I'm shifting virtual rooms to cohost the Parent Authors meetup! Parent authors, come chat! #Nebulas2024
June 8, 2024 at 2:11 PM
I'm extremely late announcing this, but for #Nebulas2024 attendees, I'm on the virtual Grow from No panel today at 10:30 PT! Rejection is a given when seeking publication. Come hear some tips for moving forward! (Spite. For me, sometimes it's spite.)
June 8, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Pulled it together despite sinusitis and bronchitis to make an awards eligibility post. Behold my square, it contains the works I published this year that are eligible for the award-shaped things. I'm particularly fond of "The House, the Witch, and Sugarcane Stalks," just saying.

Links to follow.
December 19, 2023 at 8:34 PM