Ani King (they/them)
@aniking.bsky.social
Michigan writer and stuff. gender noncompliant. Spicy about AI. Anti-Subst*ck.
https://aniking.net
— Family Night: Stories (Mason Jar Press, 2026)
— SmokeLong Submissions Editor
— EiC: syntaxandsalt.com (permanently closed)
https://aniking.net
— Family Night: Stories (Mason Jar Press, 2026)
— SmokeLong Submissions Editor
— EiC: syntaxandsalt.com (permanently closed)
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So honored to be nominated in such great company by @doesithavepockets.bsky.social for the @monarch.gay awards! You can read my piece here:
www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/ani-...
www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/ani-...
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A surprise drop for your weekend reading pleasure! Check out our special reprint issue: SINNERS, SAINTS & HAINTS! Guest editors: @edenroyce.bsky.social + @shakeemasmalls.bsky.social Cover by @goblinprincete.bsky.social
Black authors been IN these genre streets, don't let anyone say otherwise 🔥🔥🔥
Black authors been IN these genre streets, don't let anyone say otherwise 🔥🔥🔥
November 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
A surprise drop for your weekend reading pleasure! Check out our special reprint issue: SINNERS, SAINTS & HAINTS! Guest editors: @edenroyce.bsky.social + @shakeemasmalls.bsky.social Cover by @goblinprincete.bsky.social
Black authors been IN these genre streets, don't let anyone say otherwise 🔥🔥🔥
Black authors been IN these genre streets, don't let anyone say otherwise 🔥🔥🔥
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I wrote about why a @wawog.bsky.social -led coalition is targeting the Opinion section of the New York Times with a boycott and strike, why I as a freelancer and former contributor am standing in the picket line with hundreds of others, & what it means to draw a line: www.newarab.com/opinion/no-o...
November 14, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I wrote about why a @wawog.bsky.social -led coalition is targeting the Opinion section of the New York Times with a boycott and strike, why I as a freelancer and former contributor am standing in the picket line with hundreds of others, & what it means to draw a line: www.newarab.com/opinion/no-o...
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7.512 hours left to enter! Word limit: 250. Grand Prize: $1000. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025 - SmokeLong Quarterly
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is now an annual competition celebrating and compensating the best micro fiction and nonfiction online. The grand prize winner of The Mikey is automatical...
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November 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
7.512 hours left to enter! Word limit: 250. Grand Prize: $1000. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
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Such fantastic readings! @pleomorphic2.bsky.social and her kick ass recipe story, rollicking recitation of movie endings by @marioaliberto3.bsky.social, menopausal sisters from @dawnsteffler.bsky.social, not to mention the witches in Costco from @hughbehmsteinberg.bsky.social 😆 What a night!
Please join Meg Pokrass and me for the PROSE GARDEN, Sat. November 15, 2 PM EST.
Mario Aliberto III, Dawn Tasaka Steffler, Sumitra Singam, Coleman Bigelow, Keith J. Powell, Jeff Friedman, Christine H. Chen, Hugh Behm-Steinberg
Please register here for zoom link:
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Mario Aliberto III, Dawn Tasaka Steffler, Sumitra Singam, Coleman Bigelow, Keith J. Powell, Jeff Friedman, Christine H. Chen, Hugh Behm-Steinberg
Please register here for zoom link:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Such fantastic readings! @pleomorphic2.bsky.social and her kick ass recipe story, rollicking recitation of movie endings by @marioaliberto3.bsky.social, menopausal sisters from @dawnsteffler.bsky.social, not to mention the witches in Costco from @hughbehmsteinberg.bsky.social 😆 What a night!
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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A tiny story of the warm, sweet shock of being loved by the indefatigable and lion-hearted @pleomorphic2.bsky.social
There’s joy in the words and in the sureness of the writing. Let your heart skip along just a little with this one
templeinacity.com/flash-fictio...
There’s joy in the words and in the sureness of the writing. Let your heart skip along just a little with this one
templeinacity.com/flash-fictio...
Temple in a city literary journal
You-and-Kate in a Field, Loving me flash fiction by writer Sumitra Singam. Published in Temple in a city literary journal.
templeinacity.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A tiny story of the warm, sweet shock of being loved by the indefatigable and lion-hearted @pleomorphic2.bsky.social
There’s joy in the words and in the sureness of the writing. Let your heart skip along just a little with this one
templeinacity.com/flash-fictio...
There’s joy in the words and in the sureness of the writing. Let your heart skip along just a little with this one
templeinacity.com/flash-fictio...
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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Oh hey! You can now add An Honour and A Privilege—our extremely fun AND educational collaborative craft book—to your Goodreads list!
An Honour & a Privilege
Discover and share books you love on Goodreads.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Oh hey! You can now add An Honour and A Privilege—our extremely fun AND educational collaborative craft book—to your Goodreads list!
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YEAH THE BIGGER JOY IS WHEN UR SMART FRIEND & FELLOW WRITER LIKES YOUR BOOK 😭 this is the most generous thread
Truly is there any bigger joy than reading a friend’s smart, nuanced, passionate book and being suffused with love and pride and critical hope? I think not
Also: I cried a lot!
Also: I cried a lot!
November 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
YEAH THE BIGGER JOY IS WHEN UR SMART FRIEND & FELLOW WRITER LIKES YOUR BOOK 😭 this is the most generous thread
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Just a day and some change left to enter! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025 - SmokeLong Quarterly
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is now an annual competition celebrating and compensating the best micro fiction and nonfiction online. The grand prize winner of The Mikey is automatical...
www.smokelong.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Just a day and some change left to enter! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
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Huge congratulations to our former flash editor @eshanisurya.bsky.social on her debut book RAVISHING!🎉
What a fantastic night at Books Are Magic to celebrate @eshanisurya.bsky.social & her stunning debut RAVISHING! I could have listened to @roxanegay.bsky.social & Eshani talk all night. So much warmth, wit, and insight in that room.
November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Huge congratulations to our former flash editor @eshanisurya.bsky.social on her debut book RAVISHING!🎉
I’m so honored! Dang, this list though!!
Announcing our (first!) Pushcart Prize nominees! 🐈⬛🏆🐈⬛
@lumchanmfa.bsky.social @aniking.bsky.social @tiffmzlee.bsky.social @freybytheway.bsky.social @dianelp.bsky.social @ezhang77.bsky.social
@lumchanmfa.bsky.social @aniking.bsky.social @tiffmzlee.bsky.social @freybytheway.bsky.social @dianelp.bsky.social @ezhang77.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I’m so honored! Dang, this list though!!
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On hey would you like sapphic longing/enemies to lovers ?
This way
This way
Reading 2025 fiction?
Try the short story "The Breaker of Mountains and Rivers" by Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com!
You can read it here!
buff.ly/HznhrfP
Try the short story "The Breaker of Mountains and Rivers" by Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com!
You can read it here!
buff.ly/HznhrfP
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
On hey would you like sapphic longing/enemies to lovers ?
This way
This way
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I was considering canceling my Wild Life: Kathy Fish stories inspired asynchronous workshop, but if we can get a few more people to sign up, we'll have a great, intimate group! It starts 11/30 and costs $135. DM if interested! More details on my website!
November 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I was considering canceling my Wild Life: Kathy Fish stories inspired asynchronous workshop, but if we can get a few more people to sign up, we'll have a great, intimate group! It starts 11/30 and costs $135. DM if interested! More details on my website!
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We are thrilled to announce our PEN/Robert J. Dau Emerging Writer Nominations!
🌟"Where to Look" by Brian Lynch
🌟"The Blue Jays Are Imported" by Peter Alsante
🌟"Terminal Break" by Emily Drew
🌟"Eighth Place" by Sarai Abram
🌟"Where to Look" by Brian Lynch
🌟"The Blue Jays Are Imported" by Peter Alsante
🌟"Terminal Break" by Emily Drew
🌟"Eighth Place" by Sarai Abram
November 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM
We are thrilled to announce our PEN/Robert J. Dau Emerging Writer Nominations!
🌟"Where to Look" by Brian Lynch
🌟"The Blue Jays Are Imported" by Peter Alsante
🌟"Terminal Break" by Emily Drew
🌟"Eighth Place" by Sarai Abram
🌟"Where to Look" by Brian Lynch
🌟"The Blue Jays Are Imported" by Peter Alsante
🌟"Terminal Break" by Emily Drew
🌟"Eighth Place" by Sarai Abram
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"Vidya didn’t like Indian crowds—the heat, the disorder, the pushing and shoving, everyone asserting their own needs at once..." Eight Kinds of Embrace: 4. Piditakam by Gitanjali Kolanad #flashfiction #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/14/e...
November 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
"Vidya didn’t like Indian crowds—the heat, the disorder, the pushing and shoving, everyone asserting their own needs at once..." Eight Kinds of Embrace: 4. Piditakam by Gitanjali Kolanad #flashfiction #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/14/e...
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Humans, we are so pleased to share a new feature with you: Claudine’s Bookshelf!
Easily scroll through our ever-growing list of recommended chapbooks to find your next great read!!
Please consider passing this along to your book-loving friends. 💚🐈⬛📚🙏🏼
www.claudineliterary.net/bookshelf
Easily scroll through our ever-growing list of recommended chapbooks to find your next great read!!
Please consider passing this along to your book-loving friends. 💚🐈⬛📚🙏🏼
www.claudineliterary.net/bookshelf
Bookshelf | Claudine: A Literary Magazine
www.claudineliterary.net
November 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Humans, we are so pleased to share a new feature with you: Claudine’s Bookshelf!
Easily scroll through our ever-growing list of recommended chapbooks to find your next great read!!
Please consider passing this along to your book-loving friends. 💚🐈⬛📚🙏🏼
www.claudineliterary.net/bookshelf
Easily scroll through our ever-growing list of recommended chapbooks to find your next great read!!
Please consider passing this along to your book-loving friends. 💚🐈⬛📚🙏🏼
www.claudineliterary.net/bookshelf
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A reminder about my class Reading Flash for @flashfictioninst.bsky.social, on Sunday, November 23, from 6 to 8pm ET.
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Reading Flash with Cheryl Pappas | Sunday, Nov. 23 | 3pm PST/6pm EST - Flash Fiction Institute
In this class, we will analyze and appreciate flash fiction by doing a deep study of exemplary flash fiction.
flashfictioninstitute.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A reminder about my class Reading Flash for @flashfictioninst.bsky.social, on Sunday, November 23, from 6 to 8pm ET.
flashfictioninstitute.com/product/read...
flashfictioninstitute.com/product/read...
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Oh, yeah. We're going there. Check out my talk on the history of Black horror this coming Tuesday at Duffer's Mill. www.simpletix.com/e/a-history-... #HorrorSky #FilmSky #BlackSky
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Oh, yeah. We're going there. Check out my talk on the history of Black horror this coming Tuesday at Duffer's Mill. www.simpletix.com/e/a-history-... #HorrorSky #FilmSky #BlackSky
New newsletter today! No raccoons (I know WUT???), but a few book recommendations (including “Bitter Over Sweet” by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social, “Lives of the Dead” by @fionamckay.bsky.social, and “Skin Thief” by @sillysyntax.bsky.social)
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Whoops! It’s November!
Hi folks, Thanks for sticking with me and my barely regular newsletter updates! I had all the plans to send something super cool last month, especially since...
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November 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
New newsletter today! No raccoons (I know WUT???), but a few book recommendations (including “Bitter Over Sweet” by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social, “Lives of the Dead” by @fionamckay.bsky.social, and “Skin Thief” by @sillysyntax.bsky.social)
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32nd Award is open now. Judge writer and educator John Brantingham. Early bird discounts open till mid Dec. Closes Feb 1st. £1460 in prizes. Anthology. Results end of Feb.
Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter
Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter
November 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
32nd Award is open now. Judge writer and educator John Brantingham. Early bird discounts open till mid Dec. Closes Feb 1st. £1460 in prizes. Anthology. Results end of Feb.
Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter
Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter
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Are you yearning for hope? Do you need some friends in the resistance? It's time to pre-order your copy of "We Will Rise Again," a glorious anthology of speculative fiction and essays about political protest and resistance. Coming 12/3! Perfect the holidays! www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
We Will Rise Again
From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...
www.simonandschuster.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Are you yearning for hope? Do you need some friends in the resistance? It's time to pre-order your copy of "We Will Rise Again," a glorious anthology of speculative fiction and essays about political protest and resistance. Coming 12/3! Perfect the holidays! www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
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Issue 37 is here l! Covert art by @writesofkathryn.bsky.social with
12 outstanding stories by
@claudiamonpere.bsky.social @jekwriter.bsky.social @thorntonforreal.bsky.social @maireadwrites.bsky.social @michelleross.bsky.social
@salgal.bsky.social @shemurph.bsky.social @stephieosaurus.bsky.social
12 outstanding stories by
@claudiamonpere.bsky.social @jekwriter.bsky.social @thorntonforreal.bsky.social @maireadwrites.bsky.social @michelleross.bsky.social
@salgal.bsky.social @shemurph.bsky.social @stephieosaurus.bsky.social
Issue 37 - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Kathryn Kulpa Stories
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November 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Issue 37 is here l! Covert art by @writesofkathryn.bsky.social with
12 outstanding stories by
@claudiamonpere.bsky.social @jekwriter.bsky.social @thorntonforreal.bsky.social @maireadwrites.bsky.social @michelleross.bsky.social
@salgal.bsky.social @shemurph.bsky.social @stephieosaurus.bsky.social
12 outstanding stories by
@claudiamonpere.bsky.social @jekwriter.bsky.social @thorntonforreal.bsky.social @maireadwrites.bsky.social @michelleross.bsky.social
@salgal.bsky.social @shemurph.bsky.social @stephieosaurus.bsky.social
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🚨 We're thrilled to share that Split Lip is number FOUR this year on Brecht De Poortere's flash ranking! We're honored to share the space with so many amazing lit mags! 🥰 buff.ly/bBTc3dY
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
🚨 We're thrilled to share that Split Lip is number FOUR this year on Brecht De Poortere's flash ranking! We're honored to share the space with so many amazing lit mags! 🥰 buff.ly/bBTc3dY
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Please join me for a zoom launch of my poetry collection on Wednesday November 19 at 7 pm EST.
Please register here for zoom link
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Please register here for zoom link
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November 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Please join me for a zoom launch of my poetry collection on Wednesday November 19 at 7 pm EST.
Please register here for zoom link
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Please register here for zoom link
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...