K.L. Schroeder
@klschroeder.bsky.social
Science fiction + horror writer.
PhD microbiologist.
🔭🔬 🇨🇦 🇸🇪
they/them
PhD microbiologist.
🔭🔬 🇨🇦 🇸🇪
they/them
oh look at the 178th (!) book Jam read! thank you for reading, i hope you enjoyed the story 🖤🦎
178.- No One to Hold the Distant Dead, by @klschroeder.bsky.social (pub by @psychopomp.com)
November 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
oh look at the 178th (!) book Jam read! thank you for reading, i hope you enjoyed the story 🖤🦎
Reposted by K.L. Schroeder
it's hard for us to express how much we love this book
"lovely and melancholy" @acwise.bsky.social
"searing, intensely evocative" @davegoodman.bsky.social
"a moving elegy" @ivygrimes.bsky.social
YES
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
"lovely and melancholy" @acwise.bsky.social
"searing, intensely evocative" @davegoodman.bsky.social
"a moving elegy" @ivygrimes.bsky.social
YES
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
No One To Hold The Distant Dead | Psychopomp
As extinction takes species after species, Inga and the people of Nordenmark must find a way to survive, and a reason to live, in the spaces death leaves behind.
psychopomp.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
it's hard for us to express how much we love this book
"lovely and melancholy" @acwise.bsky.social
"searing, intensely evocative" @davegoodman.bsky.social
"a moving elegy" @ivygrimes.bsky.social
YES
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
"lovely and melancholy" @acwise.bsky.social
"searing, intensely evocative" @davegoodman.bsky.social
"a moving elegy" @ivygrimes.bsky.social
YES
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
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If you love books like THE IMPOSSIBLE RESURRECTION OF GRIEF by Octavia Cade, ANNIHILATION by Jeff Vandermeer, BLACKFISH CITY by Sam J. Miller, THE WORD FOR WORLD IS FOREST by LeGuin, or if you simply trust that I have impeccable taste (🤷), then please check it out: psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
No One To Hold The Distant Dead | Psychopomp
As extinction takes species after species, Inga and the people of Nordenmark must find a way to survive, and a reason to live, in the spaces death leaves behind.
psychopomp.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
If you love books like THE IMPOSSIBLE RESURRECTION OF GRIEF by Octavia Cade, ANNIHILATION by Jeff Vandermeer, BLACKFISH CITY by Sam J. Miller, THE WORD FOR WORLD IS FOREST by LeGuin, or if you simply trust that I have impeccable taste (🤷), then please check it out: psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
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IT'S ALIVE 💀🦎🦌🧠
It was a pleasure and a privilege to edit this book with
@klschroeder.bsky.social, one that I fell in love with straight from the submissions pile. A quiet, aching story that radiates a love of all life while looking death, personal and species-wide, right in the eyes.
It was a pleasure and a privilege to edit this book with
@klschroeder.bsky.social, one that I fell in love with straight from the submissions pile. A quiet, aching story that radiates a love of all life while looking death, personal and species-wide, right in the eyes.
HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY
to the absolutely BEAUTIFUL
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social!!!!
download instantly OR get a print copy and it ships next week 🖤
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
to the absolutely BEAUTIFUL
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social!!!!
download instantly OR get a print copy and it ships next week 🖤
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
No One To Hold The Distant Dead | Psychopomp
As extinction takes species after species, Inga and the people of Nordenmark must find a way to survive, and a reason to live, in the spaces death leaves behind.
psychopomp.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
IT'S ALIVE 💀🦎🦌🧠
It was a pleasure and a privilege to edit this book with
@klschroeder.bsky.social, one that I fell in love with straight from the submissions pile. A quiet, aching story that radiates a love of all life while looking death, personal and species-wide, right in the eyes.
It was a pleasure and a privilege to edit this book with
@klschroeder.bsky.social, one that I fell in love with straight from the submissions pile. A quiet, aching story that radiates a love of all life while looking death, personal and species-wide, right in the eyes.
Reposted by K.L. Schroeder
HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY
to the absolutely BEAUTIFUL
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social!!!!
download instantly OR get a print copy and it ships next week 🖤
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
to the absolutely BEAUTIFUL
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social!!!!
download instantly OR get a print copy and it ships next week 🖤
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
No One To Hold The Distant Dead | Psychopomp
As extinction takes species after species, Inga and the people of Nordenmark must find a way to survive, and a reason to live, in the spaces death leaves behind.
psychopomp.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY
to the absolutely BEAUTIFUL
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social!!!!
download instantly OR get a print copy and it ships next week 🖤
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
to the absolutely BEAUTIFUL
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social!!!!
download instantly OR get a print copy and it ships next week 🖤
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
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Happy book birthday to @klschroeder.bsky.social! No One to Hold the Distant Dead is a lovely novella that contemplates what it means to mourn an entire planet and how one finds hope when things seem hopeless.
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
No One To Hold The Distant Dead | Psychopomp
As extinction takes species after species, Inga and the people of Nordenmark must find a way to survive, and a reason to live, in the spaces death leaves behind.
psychopomp.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Happy book birthday to @klschroeder.bsky.social! No One to Hold the Distant Dead is a lovely novella that contemplates what it means to mourn an entire planet and how one finds hope when things seem hopeless.
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
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I absolutely loved this novella by @klschroeder.bsky.social - highly recommended. My full blurb:
"No One To Hold The Distant Dead is a searing, intensely evocative novella."
(cont'd in next post)
"No One To Hold The Distant Dead is a searing, intensely evocative novella."
(cont'd in next post)
"A lovely and melancholy exploration of loss, grief, and care for the dead." — @acwise.bsky.social
"a searing, intensely evocative novella." —@davegoodman.bsky.social
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social
GRAB YOURS TODAY 🙌🖤
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
"a searing, intensely evocative novella." —@davegoodman.bsky.social
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social
GRAB YOURS TODAY 🙌🖤
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
No One To Hold The Distant Dead | Psychopomp
As extinction takes species after species, Inga and the people of Nordenmark must find a way to survive, and a reason to live, in the spaces death leaves behind.
psychopomp.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I absolutely loved this novella by @klschroeder.bsky.social - highly recommended. My full blurb:
"No One To Hold The Distant Dead is a searing, intensely evocative novella."
(cont'd in next post)
"No One To Hold The Distant Dead is a searing, intensely evocative novella."
(cont'd in next post)
Reposted by K.L. Schroeder
"A lovely and melancholy exploration of loss, grief, and care for the dead." — @acwise.bsky.social
"a searing, intensely evocative novella." —@davegoodman.bsky.social
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social
GRAB YOURS TODAY 🙌🖤
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
"a searing, intensely evocative novella." —@davegoodman.bsky.social
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social
GRAB YOURS TODAY 🙌🖤
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
No One To Hold The Distant Dead | Psychopomp
As extinction takes species after species, Inga and the people of Nordenmark must find a way to survive, and a reason to live, in the spaces death leaves behind.
psychopomp.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
"A lovely and melancholy exploration of loss, grief, and care for the dead." — @acwise.bsky.social
"a searing, intensely evocative novella." —@davegoodman.bsky.social
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social
GRAB YOURS TODAY 🙌🖤
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
"a searing, intensely evocative novella." —@davegoodman.bsky.social
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social
GRAB YOURS TODAY 🙌🖤
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
aww 🖤 i think it was you who brought the extraordinary Nico!
we're so excited to share this story with you all, go grab a preorder to find out why 👀🖤🦎
we're so excited to share this story with you all, go grab a preorder to find out why 👀🖤🦎
Working with and taking to @klschroeder.bsky.social has been nothing short of extraordinary. This novella is about the love of life and the ecology of death and also GOTHS IN SPACE. So get hype, folks!
"There really was a very big preserved tapeworm in a jar with ‘YUM’ written on it."
hey, it's @nicasio.bsky.social interviewing @klschroeder.bsky.social about their forthcoming novella
NO ONE TO HOLD THE DISTANT DEAD
read on (YUM)
and preorder too!
psychopomp.com/no-one-to-ho...
hey, it's @nicasio.bsky.social interviewing @klschroeder.bsky.social about their forthcoming novella
NO ONE TO HOLD THE DISTANT DEAD
read on (YUM)
and preorder too!
psychopomp.com/no-one-to-ho...
November 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
aww 🖤 i think it was you who brought the extraordinary Nico!
we're so excited to share this story with you all, go grab a preorder to find out why 👀🖤🦎
we're so excited to share this story with you all, go grab a preorder to find out why 👀🖤🦎
Reposted by K.L. Schroeder
Echoes of Flesh - project is still alive
September 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Echoes of Flesh - project is still alive
Reposted by K.L. Schroeder
"There really was a very big preserved tapeworm in a jar with ‘YUM’ written on it."
hey, it's @nicasio.bsky.social interviewing @klschroeder.bsky.social about their forthcoming novella
NO ONE TO HOLD THE DISTANT DEAD
read on (YUM)
and preorder too!
psychopomp.com/no-one-to-ho...
hey, it's @nicasio.bsky.social interviewing @klschroeder.bsky.social about their forthcoming novella
NO ONE TO HOLD THE DISTANT DEAD
read on (YUM)
and preorder too!
psychopomp.com/no-one-to-ho...
No One to Hold the Distant Dead: A Cover Reveal - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Inga Nyström chose to leave Earth and help the colony of Nordenmark escape a looming ecological disaster.
psychopomp.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
"There really was a very big preserved tapeworm in a jar with ‘YUM’ written on it."
hey, it's @nicasio.bsky.social interviewing @klschroeder.bsky.social about their forthcoming novella
NO ONE TO HOLD THE DISTANT DEAD
read on (YUM)
and preorder too!
psychopomp.com/no-one-to-ho...
hey, it's @nicasio.bsky.social interviewing @klschroeder.bsky.social about their forthcoming novella
NO ONE TO HOLD THE DISTANT DEAD
read on (YUM)
and preorder too!
psychopomp.com/no-one-to-ho...
Reposted by K.L. Schroeder
When I read this novella in submissions, I knew we had to have it. The story is dark and timely, focusing on damaged systems: bodies and planets, human and animal. We are more alike than not, every person a world being ravaged by changing climates: environmental, emotional.
our latest novella by @klschroeder.bsky.social is
- avail for preorder
- cover revealed
- f*cking exquisite
check out the cover
check out the author interview
pre order the book TODAY
it's really really good you can TOTALLY TRUST US ON THIS
psychopomp.com/no-one-to-ho...
- avail for preorder
- cover revealed
- f*cking exquisite
check out the cover
check out the author interview
pre order the book TODAY
it's really really good you can TOTALLY TRUST US ON THIS
psychopomp.com/no-one-to-ho...
No One to Hold the Distant Dead: A Cover Reveal - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Inga Nyström chose to leave Earth and help the colony of Nordenmark escape a looming ecological disaster.
psychopomp.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
When I read this novella in submissions, I knew we had to have it. The story is dark and timely, focusing on damaged systems: bodies and planets, human and animal. We are more alike than not, every person a world being ravaged by changing climates: environmental, emotional.
its here!! would you also like to also fall in love with a lizard named Hecate? 🦎🖤 get thee to the preorder :)
our latest novella by @klschroeder.bsky.social is
- avail for preorder
- cover revealed
- f*cking exquisite
check out the cover
check out the author interview
pre order the book TODAY
it's really really good you can TOTALLY TRUST US ON THIS
psychopomp.com/no-one-to-ho...
- avail for preorder
- cover revealed
- f*cking exquisite
check out the cover
check out the author interview
pre order the book TODAY
it's really really good you can TOTALLY TRUST US ON THIS
psychopomp.com/no-one-to-ho...
No One to Hold the Distant Dead: A Cover Reveal - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Inga Nyström chose to leave Earth and help the colony of Nordenmark escape a looming ecological disaster.
psychopomp.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
its here!! would you also like to also fall in love with a lizard named Hecate? 🦎🖤 get thee to the preorder :)
Reposted by K.L. Schroeder
As unofficial town sorcerer, I'm sending out a mild, ineffective charm that will help you meet a rather colossal friendly dog.
November 3, 2025 at 5:23 AM
As unofficial town sorcerer, I'm sending out a mild, ineffective charm that will help you meet a rather colossal friendly dog.
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"into the dark"
Bei Interesse schreib mich gerne an🩵
#FarbkartenDoodle #Art #bsnm #kleineKunstklasse #Herz&Blut
Bei Interesse schreib mich gerne an🩵
#FarbkartenDoodle #Art #bsnm #kleineKunstklasse #Herz&Blut
October 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
"into the dark"
Bei Interesse schreib mich gerne an🩵
#FarbkartenDoodle #Art #bsnm #kleineKunstklasse #Herz&Blut
Bei Interesse schreib mich gerne an🩵
#FarbkartenDoodle #Art #bsnm #kleineKunstklasse #Herz&Blut
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I'm back and the highschool kids were fabulous. They brainstormed ideas with pencil and paper and talked abt story ideas, had insightful questions, asked me abt writers block, asked me how to write the middle of books asked what exactly do publishers do? Lol 💀
Girl writing/reading is not dead yet.
Girl writing/reading is not dead yet.
Every day I see articles here about gen Z and Alpha using chatgpt to write and now today I'm off to talk to a grade 12 creative writing class. I think they might let some younger grades watch.
This will probably be my most discerning audience and one of my most important.
Never write off the kids🖤
This will probably be my most discerning audience and one of my most important.
Never write off the kids🖤
October 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I'm back and the highschool kids were fabulous. They brainstormed ideas with pencil and paper and talked abt story ideas, had insightful questions, asked me abt writers block, asked me how to write the middle of books asked what exactly do publishers do? Lol 💀
Girl writing/reading is not dead yet.
Girl writing/reading is not dead yet.
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Everything will eventually be worn down with time. All we can do is try our best to hold on.
October 14, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Everything will eventually be worn down with time. All we can do is try our best to hold on.
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Friends and friendlies on here: don't stop talking about your lives and joys. I know some folk are quiet or staying away what with *everything* but posts about cats and books and funny shaped puddles are essential to us getting through it. And shouldn't be drowned out by the fash.
September 16, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Friends and friendlies on here: don't stop talking about your lives and joys. I know some folk are quiet or staying away what with *everything* but posts about cats and books and funny shaped puddles are essential to us getting through it. And shouldn't be drowned out by the fash.
this is so beautiful ❤️ congratulations El!
Today is the UK launch of Pantomime (El’s Version), meaning the first book of the Micah Grey trilogy is now out on both sides of the pond. I’d been daydreaming for years of being to somehow resurrect this series that means so much to me. (Part 1)
September 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
this is so beautiful ❤️ congratulations El!
kind of speechless to read this after years of reading Dave's excellent SF! thank you so much, im glad you're enjoying it 🤩📚 @psychopomp.com
I'm currently reading an ARC of 'No One To Hold The Distant Dead' by @klschroeder.bsky.social, part of the 2025 novella lineup from @psychopomp.com and it's *phenomenal* - the distant future generation ship disembodied neural-transfer-core I didn't know I needed.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
No One to Hold the Distant Dead
Inga Nyström signed up to leave the Earth behind and he…
www.goodreads.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
kind of speechless to read this after years of reading Dave's excellent SF! thank you so much, im glad you're enjoying it 🤩📚 @psychopomp.com
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Kein Meer mehr.
Aber Reflexionen
Aber Reflexionen
August 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Kein Meer mehr.
Aber Reflexionen
Aber Reflexionen
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No One to Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social arrives this fall:
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
No One to Hold the Distant Dead
Inga Nyström signed up to leave the Earth behind and he…
www.goodreads.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
No One to Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social arrives this fall:
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
a fantastic article on Nordic dark speculative fiction -- which includes the upcoming 'No One to Hold our Distant Dead' in some incredible company. thank you Maria!
My latest What to Read column at Ruadán Books is all about Nordic Dark Speculative Fiction: ruadanbooks.com/what-to-read...
August 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
a fantastic article on Nordic dark speculative fiction -- which includes the upcoming 'No One to Hold our Distant Dead' in some incredible company. thank you Maria!
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I'm editing a new anthology of sci fi written by sex workers for @workinggirlspress.bsky.social. It's called Liquid Silver (after the club/brothel in Tank Girl) and I'm so excited to see what my SW babes are writing!
July 5, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I'm editing a new anthology of sci fi written by sex workers for @workinggirlspress.bsky.social. It's called Liquid Silver (after the club/brothel in Tank Girl) and I'm so excited to see what my SW babes are writing!