Kyle Carson
@kylecarson.bsky.social
Queer SFF/H writer, book reviewer, authenticity reader, social worker, retired sleep paralysis demon. He/Him 🏳️⚧️ kecarson.blogspot.com
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Kyle Carson
@kylecarson.bsky.social
· Dec 18
Hey new followers! A little about me: I’m a queer trans man from Canada, I write H/SFF, but my roots are in Kidlit. I worked in a youth detox/mental health facility for many yrs (4 on nights) and am writing a SF novel based on my experiences. I post about writing, politics, cats and nature. Welcome!
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“THE NON-ARTIST FIXATION ON HYPERREALISM AS THE PINNACLE OF ART IS CLEARLY PART OF THE REASON SO MANY ADULTS THINK THEY CANNOT DRAW OR CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE FAILURES, KAWAII, FOLK ART, DOODLES, OR OTHER EASIER ENTRY POINTS ARE CONSIDERED CHILDISH, WHICH IS WHY JAPANESE DRAWING BOOKS ARE BETTER…”
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
“THE NON-ARTIST FIXATION ON HYPERREALISM AS THE PINNACLE OF ART IS CLEARLY PART OF THE REASON SO MANY ADULTS THINK THEY CANNOT DRAW OR CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE FAILURES, KAWAII, FOLK ART, DOODLES, OR OTHER EASIER ENTRY POINTS ARE CONSIDERED CHILDISH, WHICH IS WHY JAPANESE DRAWING BOOKS ARE BETTER…”
Today on the blog: my review of Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix. All flair and no substance makes Horrorstor an underwhelming flop. kecarson.blogspot.com/2025/11/book...
#bookreview #horror #amreading
#bookreview #horror #amreading
Book Review: Horrorstor
writing, publishing, young adult, fiction, science fiction, fantasy, book reviews, author interviews, freelance editing, authenticity reader
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November 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Today on the blog: my review of Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix. All flair and no substance makes Horrorstor an underwhelming flop. kecarson.blogspot.com/2025/11/book...
#bookreview #horror #amreading
#bookreview #horror #amreading
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all these people protesting today in groups of a few dozen on the main streets of small towns in deep red Trump country - where they will absolutely take shit from their neighbors about it at church tomorrow or at work on Monday or next time they go to the grocery store - are braver than the Marines
October 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
all these people protesting today in groups of a few dozen on the main streets of small towns in deep red Trump country - where they will absolutely take shit from their neighbors about it at church tomorrow or at work on Monday or next time they go to the grocery store - are braver than the Marines
This line is getting cut from the ms, so I'll leave it here for you:
"She deserved someone better, someone who could gift her the moon and use it to show her the world."
#amediting #nightshitnovel
"She deserved someone better, someone who could gift her the moon and use it to show her the world."
#amediting #nightshitnovel
October 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This line is getting cut from the ms, so I'll leave it here for you:
"She deserved someone better, someone who could gift her the moon and use it to show her the world."
#amediting #nightshitnovel
"She deserved someone better, someone who could gift her the moon and use it to show her the world."
#amediting #nightshitnovel
The best part of printing your ms to do line edits is crumbling each page into a tiny ball when you're finished with it.
I should get one of those basketball net garbage pails, but instead I throw them on the floor like a mad trash gremlin.
I should get one of those basketball net garbage pails, but instead I throw them on the floor like a mad trash gremlin.
October 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
The best part of printing your ms to do line edits is crumbling each page into a tiny ball when you're finished with it.
I should get one of those basketball net garbage pails, but instead I throw them on the floor like a mad trash gremlin.
I should get one of those basketball net garbage pails, but instead I throw them on the floor like a mad trash gremlin.
It's done. After almost 2 years and 120K words, the first draft of the #nightshiftnovel is finally finished! I can't believe it's real. #amwriting
August 8, 2025 at 6:31 AM
It's done. After almost 2 years and 120K words, the first draft of the #nightshiftnovel is finally finished! I can't believe it's real. #amwriting
-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis
bugs deserve to escape toxic family, too
y'all ever think about how if a bug lands on your car and you drive like half a mile away, he/she'll probably will never see their family again?
July 30, 2025 at 5:30 AM
-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis
Today on the blog: my review of Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein. This was such a popular book when it first came out, but after finally reading it, I get why it was more popular with adults than teens. kecarson.blogspot.com/2025/07/book...
#amreading #yalit
#amreading #yalit
Book Review: Code Name Verity
writing, publishing, young adult, fiction, science fiction, fantasy, book reviews, author interviews, freelance editing, authenticity reader
kecarson.blogspot.com
July 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Today on the blog: my review of Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein. This was such a popular book when it first came out, but after finally reading it, I get why it was more popular with adults than teens. kecarson.blogspot.com/2025/07/book...
#amreading #yalit
#amreading #yalit
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💚 COMMON BONDS 2 is open for submissions! 💚
We are very excited to read what all of you wonderful writers have for us! We want short stories and poetry that:
- are SFF
- have an aromantic MC
- focus on a non-romantic relationship
Details here: claudiearseneault.com/call-for-sub...
🌈📚 🌈🚀💫
We are very excited to read what all of you wonderful writers have for us! We want short stories and poetry that:
- are SFF
- have an aromantic MC
- focus on a non-romantic relationship
Details here: claudiearseneault.com/call-for-sub...
🌈📚 🌈🚀💫
June 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
💚 COMMON BONDS 2 is open for submissions! 💚
We are very excited to read what all of you wonderful writers have for us! We want short stories and poetry that:
- are SFF
- have an aromantic MC
- focus on a non-romantic relationship
Details here: claudiearseneault.com/call-for-sub...
🌈📚 🌈🚀💫
We are very excited to read what all of you wonderful writers have for us! We want short stories and poetry that:
- are SFF
- have an aromantic MC
- focus on a non-romantic relationship
Details here: claudiearseneault.com/call-for-sub...
🌈📚 🌈🚀💫
I'm skeptical of this approach, because I experienced the opposite effect. A professor made us do this and I went in assuming AI would get things wrong - except everything it spit out was correct. I KNOW AI is untrustworthy, but that assign made me feel like I could trust AI, which is dangerous.
Teaching AI literacy.
(GenAI is wrong A LOT. And even though people tend to think it saves time, we now have randomized controlled trials that show situations where it takes *more* time even when participants self-report it's saving them time.)
(GenAI is wrong A LOT. And even though people tend to think it saves time, we now have randomized controlled trials that show situations where it takes *more* time even when participants self-report it's saving them time.)
July 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I'm skeptical of this approach, because I experienced the opposite effect. A professor made us do this and I went in assuming AI would get things wrong - except everything it spit out was correct. I KNOW AI is untrustworthy, but that assign made me feel like I could trust AI, which is dangerous.
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📣 Submissions are OPEN July 1 - 31 📣
We invite immigrant and diaspora authors to submit their stories & share their unique perspective through speculative fiction✨ www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
#SubmissionCall #SFF #writing #ScienceFiction
We invite immigrant and diaspora authors to submit their stories & share their unique perspective through speculative fiction✨ www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
#SubmissionCall #SFF #writing #ScienceFiction
July 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
📣 Submissions are OPEN July 1 - 31 📣
We invite immigrant and diaspora authors to submit their stories & share their unique perspective through speculative fiction✨ www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
#SubmissionCall #SFF #writing #ScienceFiction
We invite immigrant and diaspora authors to submit their stories & share their unique perspective through speculative fiction✨ www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
#SubmissionCall #SFF #writing #ScienceFiction
Someone's pouting cause I told her she can't eat my books.
July 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Someone's pouting cause I told her she can't eat my books.
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People living under fascism didn’t survive by giving up joy—they protected it.
They held onto the things fascism tried to erase: art, friendship, jokes, rituals, language, memory.
Not as escapism but as resistance. As proof they were still human.
Joy isn’t frivolous under fascism. It’s strategic.
They held onto the things fascism tried to erase: art, friendship, jokes, rituals, language, memory.
Not as escapism but as resistance. As proof they were still human.
Joy isn’t frivolous under fascism. It’s strategic.
July 4, 2025 at 5:01 AM
People living under fascism didn’t survive by giving up joy—they protected it.
They held onto the things fascism tried to erase: art, friendship, jokes, rituals, language, memory.
Not as escapism but as resistance. As proof they were still human.
Joy isn’t frivolous under fascism. It’s strategic.
They held onto the things fascism tried to erase: art, friendship, jokes, rituals, language, memory.
Not as escapism but as resistance. As proof they were still human.
Joy isn’t frivolous under fascism. It’s strategic.
She makes it so hard to get anything done. Annie isn't a lap cat, but she will lean on me until she's half on top of me, so she still manages to pin me down.
June 29, 2025 at 4:07 AM
She makes it so hard to get anything done. Annie isn't a lap cat, but she will lean on me until she's half on top of me, so she still manages to pin me down.
Today on the blog: my review of The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller. An introspective sci-fi that explores the psychological and interpersonal effects of quarantine. kecarson.blogspot.com/2025/06/book...
#amreading
#amreading
Book Review: The Memory of Animals
writing, publishing, young adult, fiction, science fiction, fantasy, book reviews, author interviews, freelance editing, authenticity reader
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June 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Today on the blog: my review of The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller. An introspective sci-fi that explores the psychological and interpersonal effects of quarantine. kecarson.blogspot.com/2025/06/book...
#amreading
#amreading
@carajamespearson.bsky.social hey Cara! Welcome to Bluesky!! 🥳 🥳 🎉
June 25, 2025 at 6:39 AM
@carajamespearson.bsky.social hey Cara! Welcome to Bluesky!! 🥳 🥳 🎉
Just passed the 100k mark in the #nightshiftnovel and I'm not even at the climax yet. This will easily end up being the longest book I've ever written. #amwriting
June 23, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Just passed the 100k mark in the #nightshiftnovel and I'm not even at the climax yet. This will easily end up being the longest book I've ever written. #amwriting
My story is in a literal bisexual crisis. I can't decide if I want my main character to end up with the male love interest or the female love interest.
My heart says MLI.
My head says FLI.
And the part of me that likes to suffer says BOTH. #nightshiftnovel
My heart says MLI.
My head says FLI.
And the part of me that likes to suffer says BOTH. #nightshiftnovel
June 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
My story is in a literal bisexual crisis. I can't decide if I want my main character to end up with the male love interest or the female love interest.
My heart says MLI.
My head says FLI.
And the part of me that likes to suffer says BOTH. #nightshiftnovel
My heart says MLI.
My head says FLI.
And the part of me that likes to suffer says BOTH. #nightshiftnovel
I got my passport in the mail today, which means that all my legal documents have been changed. My deadname is officially dead. Huzzah!!
darth vader talking to luke skywalker in a star wars scene
ALT: darth vader talking to luke skywalker in a star wars scene
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June 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I got my passport in the mail today, which means that all my legal documents have been changed. My deadname is officially dead. Huzzah!!
Cops wait for curfews to take effect so they have "grounds" for attacking peaceful protestors. That's why protests turn violent at night.
“But the protests always turn violent at night.”
Because by then the cops are bored nothing’s been happening so they start the violence themselves
Same thing happened in Ferguson. The George Floyd protests. On and on and on.
And the media just regurgitates the lie that it’s the protesters
Because by then the cops are bored nothing’s been happening so they start the violence themselves
Same thing happened in Ferguson. The George Floyd protests. On and on and on.
And the media just regurgitates the lie that it’s the protesters
June 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Cops wait for curfews to take effect so they have "grounds" for attacking peaceful protestors. That's why protests turn violent at night.
Ooh, this is hard. Umbreon was my fav during my emo teenage years, but gotta go with my first love:
June 12, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Ooh, this is hard. Umbreon was my fav during my emo teenage years, but gotta go with my first love:
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"Remember... even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward. And then remember this. The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that."
May 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
"Remember... even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward. And then remember this. The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that."
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📢 It's here! The Strange Horizons Fund Drive 2026 has begun! 📢
Help us raise the $20,000 we need to fund our fiction, poetry, and non-fiction for next year! Beyond that are our stretch goals including some compelling special issues!
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Strange Horizons 2026
A free weekly speculative fiction magazine with a global perspective.
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June 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
📢 It's here! The Strange Horizons Fund Drive 2026 has begun! 📢
Help us raise the $20,000 we need to fund our fiction, poetry, and non-fiction for next year! Beyond that are our stretch goals including some compelling special issues!
Donate at the link ⬇️
Help us raise the $20,000 we need to fund our fiction, poetry, and non-fiction for next year! Beyond that are our stretch goals including some compelling special issues!
Donate at the link ⬇️
Doctor Who is switching out doctors and companions so fast that I don't even get a chance to get attached before they're gone.
It's just a revolving door these days.
It's just a revolving door these days.
June 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Doctor Who is switching out doctors and companions so fast that I don't even get a chance to get attached before they're gone.
It's just a revolving door these days.
It's just a revolving door these days.