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Jennifer Hudak
@jenniferhudak.bsky.social
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Nebula-nominated writer of SFF, drinker of tea. Aging mermaid far from her natural habitat. SFWA/Codex/VP2022. She/her
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Look what I lack in pretty design skills I make up for in writing skills
AWARDS CONSIDERATION Jennifer Hudak "Written On the Subway Walls" in The Sunday Morning Transport "Echo Syndrome" in Small Wonders "The Last Time Gladys Howled At the Moon" in Strange Horizons "Holding Patterns" in Escape Pod links and more stories at JenniferHudakWrites.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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I give you

THE GARBAGE PLATE

(aka Trash Plate, Junkyard Plate, Rubbish Plate, just Plate, or--at my favorite vegan restaurant, Compost Plate.)
The original Garbage Plate from Nick Tahou Hots: two hamburger patties on top of piles of home fries, macaroni salad, and baked beans, with meat sauce dumped on top of the whole thing.
November 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the ULP strike
Me standing on a green lawn with a castle in the background, shutting my eyes as a giant (and gorgeous) brown hawk alights on my gloved hand
November 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Convincing you to read my short story with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(“Written on the Subway Walls” in @morningtransport.bsky.social )
Written on the Subway Walls, by Jennifer Hudak. When machinery cleaved rock and stone, I was born. When steel scraped against soil, creating open space where there had been only darkness, the earth whispered, Look!
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Anyway as you can see the problem has been rectified.
A Siamese cat snuggled contentedly on a light gray blanket with multicolored polka dots. You can’t tell from the photo but the bed beneath the blanket is heated. My foot in a purple sock is resting on the edge of the blanket, sneaking some heat
November 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Aahh it’s release day for BASFF! Look at this gorgeous cover 😍 Thanks again to @gavingrant.bsky.social and @kellylink.bsky.social for pubbing ”The Witch Trap” in LCRW, and to @johnjosephadams.com and @nnedi.bsky.social for selecting it for this book 😭🥹🩵

@marinerbooks.bsky.social
The cover of The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, edited by Nnedi Okorafor: lots is colorful circles on a black background. The book open to the page that contains my story, “The Witch Trap”
October 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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I had a fabulous time hearing @kristinaten.bsky.social read from her new collection last night. Cootie catchers, ring pops and Capri Sun pouches, friendship bracelets and candy necklaces—and Kristina’s gorgeous words. Grab the collection if you haven’t already!
October 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Don't be afraid to move outside the stencils. Even if it isn't as neat--get a bit messy! Be loosey-goosey. Make your own mark. Do what you need to feel fully yourself: in your body, in your art, in your writing. Make things that no one but you could have made. I can't wait to see them.
A rustic board decorated with a stencil-painted seascape, with gray mountains in the background, a white lighthouse and a small red house on a black outcropping, and a small white sailboat in the water. Also in the water is a large free-hand-painted green tentacle, rising out of the depths, about to cause destruction.
August 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Portrait of a cat who meowed and meowed until he got exactly what he wanted
A Siamese cat sits in a light gray cat sling held by his owner. His front paws hang over the edge and his tail is poking up between his paws. He looks very pleased with himself. The same cat is getting comfortably sleepy; his eyes are starting to close. The cat is settling further down into the sling, his eyes nearly closed.
August 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Important news: Loki is 19 years old today! Birthday activities will include
- napping in the sun
- being generally adored
- MEOWING VERY LOUDLY
- getting stoned on catnip
Siamese cat napping on a cranberry-and-cream patterned rug. View of my leg beyond a laptop screen; a Siamese cat is resting his cheek against my ankle A Siamese cat sits on a sunny windowsill, partially obscured by large potted plants A Siamese cat looks directly up at you! Yes you! With his big blue eyes
July 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Post a book you love from the 1970s
Cover of the book Lady Oracle by Margaret Atwood. It's blue with some white and red geometric lines and a dark purple tilted rectangle in the background; in the foreground, off to the center left, is a small an off-white rectangle with a sketch of a woman's face and some colorful abstract shapes. A quote from Vogue to the right of the title: "Margaret Atwood is one of the most intelligent and talented writers to set herself the task of deciphering life in the late twentieth century." On the bottom right is the text, "The fascinating story of a writer who fakes her own death..."
July 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Haha yup
July 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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WAKE UP LOKI! YOU’RE ALMOST OUT OF THE SUNBEAM!!! WAKE UUUUPPPP!!!! 😱
A Siamese cat naps on a patterned rug; while he’s been sleeping, the sunbeam he was lying in has drifted and he’s now only half in the light. Potential disaster!!!
May 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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OMG my story "The Witch Trap" will be included in @marinerbooks.bsky.social The Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy 2024!!! Thanks once again to @gavingrant.bsky.social and @kellylink.bsky.social for pulling this story out of the slush, and to @nnedi.bsky.social for selecting it for BASFF💙😭😁
Cover of The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2025, edited by Nnedi Okorafor. The cover has lots of multicolored circles in different sizes on a black background; the title on the top is in a white box, and the "edited by Nnedi Okorafor" is in a purple box.
May 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Look at the (literal) fruits of my autumn garden neglect: all these lettuces that self-sowed from last year’s crop!
A raised garden bed with beautiful wee lettuces growing higgledy-piggledy
May 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Loki would like to tell you all he loves you and is rooting for you. Also if you could give him some tuna he’d be grateful since his family is somehow refusing this adorable face
Photo taken from above of a Siamese cat plaintively looking up at the camera with a “FEED ME” look on his face
March 31, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Hey all! I'm taking part in a @swsworlds.bsky.social reading on April 4, 12 noon EDT -- one hour of words from 6 SFFH writers! Come see us? Deets and registration (free!) here: strongwomenstrangeworlds.weebly.com/index.html
Strong Women Strange Worlds presents First Friday QuickReads of Sci Fi, Fantasy, and Horror by Alethea Lyons, Kendra Preston Leonard, Darcie Little Badger, Elliott Gish, Diane Billas, and Jennifer Hudak. April 4, 12 noon EDT. Free on Zoom
March 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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HEEEYYY
so

"The Witch Trap" is a Nebula nominee!!! I am freaking outttt and I'm just so so grateful to everyone who nominated this story of my heart! Thank you to @gavingrant.bsky.social and @kellylink.bsky.social for pulling it out of the slush 💙

(Also HOLY CRAP the entire category is STACKED)
A color photo of the cover of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet issue 48, and text reading: FINALIST-SHORT STORY The Witch Trap Jennifer Hudak NEBULA AWARD FINALISTS-SHORT STORY Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole Five Views of the Planet Tartarus We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read The V*mpire The Witch Trap Evan: A Remainder
March 13, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender:
Closeup photo of the face of Jonathan the tortoise, who is staring directly into the camera on the event of his 190th birthday. Other than a bit of dirt on his nose, he looks damn good for 190!
March 9, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Digging into a fantastic new craft book today by @henrylienauthor.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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While Loki has you here, he would just like to ask you to drink a water, eat a food, and maybe give yourself a little scritch on the ear. Because he loves you 🩵
A Siamese cat sits on a kitchen chair looking right at the camera, mouth partly open as if in mid-conversation
January 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Give the one ring to Rose Nylund you cowards
Actress Betty white posing as Rose Nylund in Golden Girls. She's wearing a fetching pale purple belted dress with white polka dots
December 24, 2024 at 4:01 PM
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It's not her. Check out her latest posts.
Screenshot of "Jamie Lee Curtis's" bluesky profile. The top two posts are "January 20 can't come fast enough! MAGA" and "Hey CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, BBC. I voted for Trump"
November 21, 2024 at 6:49 PM
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I'm bored!
GET TO KNOW MY Writing for every like, i will post one piece I wrote <3
November 19, 2024 at 2:43 PM
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My cat isn’t at all spoiled I don’t know what you’re talking about
I, a short woman with glasses and a ponytail, wearing an oversized ochre sweatshirt, carry my Siamese cat Loki in a gray sling. The cat, who is most definitely spoiled, looks contentedly at the camera
November 11, 2024 at 2:36 PM