Makeda (she/her)
@makedakb.bsky.social
writer. failed language learner. editor. 🇬🇾. ANTI AI “ART”.
codexian. words in a few places. Slush reader at @UncannyMagazine.
Same username everywhere else.
codexian. words in a few places. Slush reader at @UncannyMagazine.
Same username everywhere else.
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Psychopomp is one of the best publishing teams on the planet and I love being a part of it.
They consistently put out amazing work. But most of all, they are such good people.
Please support The Deadlands if you're able. We can't lose another. ❤️❤️
They consistently put out amazing work. But most of all, they are such good people.
Please support The Deadlands if you're able. We can't lose another. ❤️❤️
a post about Psychopomp in 2026
please read and share
thank you very much
please read and share
thank you very much
what's next for Psychopomp - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
what to expect from Psychopomp (and The Deadlands and Fantasy Magazine) in 2026.
psychopomp.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Psychopomp is one of the best publishing teams on the planet and I love being a part of it.
They consistently put out amazing work. But most of all, they are such good people.
Please support The Deadlands if you're able. We can't lose another. ❤️❤️
They consistently put out amazing work. But most of all, they are such good people.
Please support The Deadlands if you're able. We can't lose another. ❤️❤️
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So this happened. Today has been such a rollercoaster. Hug all your friends tight and celebrate every little joy when you can <3
The Award for Best Short Story goes to Loneliness Universe by Eugenia Triantafyllou, Uncanny Magazine.
November 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
So this happened. Today has been such a rollercoaster. Hug all your friends tight and celebrate every little joy when you can <3
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My litmag Frazzled Lit is open for submissions till 31st Ocober. Loving what is coming in so far! But we'd especially love to see more #poetry from the #poetrycommunity!
@louloumach.bsky.social @paulwritespoems.bsky.social
Reshares appreciated!
@frazzledlit.bsky.social
www.frazzledlit.com
@louloumach.bsky.social @paulwritespoems.bsky.social
Reshares appreciated!
@frazzledlit.bsky.social
www.frazzledlit.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
My litmag Frazzled Lit is open for submissions till 31st Ocober. Loving what is coming in so far! But we'd especially love to see more #poetry from the #poetrycommunity!
@louloumach.bsky.social @paulwritespoems.bsky.social
Reshares appreciated!
@frazzledlit.bsky.social
www.frazzledlit.com
@louloumach.bsky.social @paulwritespoems.bsky.social
Reshares appreciated!
@frazzledlit.bsky.social
www.frazzledlit.com
Four Horsemen of Short Fiction Submissions:
1. No simultaneous submissions and no we don’t give feedback after having your story for a year.
2. No, we only pay through PayPal. (Fuck you)
3. You have to pay us to submit and we’re non-paying.
4. If we don’t respond, it means no. But we may respond.
1. No simultaneous submissions and no we don’t give feedback after having your story for a year.
2. No, we only pay through PayPal. (Fuck you)
3. You have to pay us to submit and we’re non-paying.
4. If we don’t respond, it means no. But we may respond.
October 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Four Horsemen of Short Fiction Submissions:
1. No simultaneous submissions and no we don’t give feedback after having your story for a year.
2. No, we only pay through PayPal. (Fuck you)
3. You have to pay us to submit and we’re non-paying.
4. If we don’t respond, it means no. But we may respond.
1. No simultaneous submissions and no we don’t give feedback after having your story for a year.
2. No, we only pay through PayPal. (Fuck you)
3. You have to pay us to submit and we’re non-paying.
4. If we don’t respond, it means no. But we may respond.
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Interview with the Vampire, my drama queens.
October 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Interview with the Vampire, my drama queens.
Two new poems out, give them a read if poetry is your thing!
‘Morningstar’ is an ode to gift of wake. ‘I WOULD FIT’ is a hungry cry for love wrapped up in need, want and human desperation.
elliemagazine.cargo.site/makeda
eunoiareview.wordpress.com/2025/09/28/i...
‘Morningstar’ is an ode to gift of wake. ‘I WOULD FIT’ is a hungry cry for love wrapped up in need, want and human desperation.
elliemagazine.cargo.site/makeda
eunoiareview.wordpress.com/2025/09/28/i...
September 30, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Two new poems out, give them a read if poetry is your thing!
‘Morningstar’ is an ode to gift of wake. ‘I WOULD FIT’ is a hungry cry for love wrapped up in need, want and human desperation.
elliemagazine.cargo.site/makeda
eunoiareview.wordpress.com/2025/09/28/i...
‘Morningstar’ is an ode to gift of wake. ‘I WOULD FIT’ is a hungry cry for love wrapped up in need, want and human desperation.
elliemagazine.cargo.site/makeda
eunoiareview.wordpress.com/2025/09/28/i...
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ICYMI, PLEASE REPOST! "Uncanny Magazine Is Looking for Submissions Editors Once Again!" buff.ly/7Ol5DQu
August 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
ICYMI, PLEASE REPOST! "Uncanny Magazine Is Looking for Submissions Editors Once Again!" buff.ly/7Ol5DQu
August 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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PLEASE REPOST! WRITERS! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Short Story Submissions from August 25 to September 8! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Poetry Submissions from August 9 to August 26. WE WANT TO SEE YOUR SHINY WORDS! buff.ly/9AyStcb
August 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
PLEASE REPOST! WRITERS! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Short Story Submissions from August 25 to September 8! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Poetry Submissions from August 9 to August 26. WE WANT TO SEE YOUR SHINY WORDS! buff.ly/9AyStcb
Grief is a weird thing. Logically, I know this person I love is gone, illogically when I hear their voice again in a recording I begin to bawl like a baby.
August 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Grief is a weird thing. Logically, I know this person I love is gone, illogically when I hear their voice again in a recording I begin to bawl like a baby.
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Thinking about this quote a lot at the moment.
December 11, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Thinking about this quote a lot at the moment.
December 3, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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You know what would **really** disrupt the publishing industry?
Fair contracts and decent pay for authors.
No AI training without the creator’s consent.
Artists and translators on the cover.
No NDAs for ghostwriters.
Fair contracts and decent pay for authors.
No AI training without the creator’s consent.
Artists and translators on the cover.
No NDAs for ghostwriters.
November 27, 2024 at 2:04 PM
You know what would **really** disrupt the publishing industry?
Fair contracts and decent pay for authors.
No AI training without the creator’s consent.
Artists and translators on the cover.
No NDAs for ghostwriters.
Fair contracts and decent pay for authors.
No AI training without the creator’s consent.
Artists and translators on the cover.
No NDAs for ghostwriters.
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So, I'm not good at asking for help, but here goes. At the end of the year, I'm having surgery that will put me on medical leave for 6 weeks. If you can spare a few bucks to help me keep financially afloat, I'd hella appreciate it.
PayPal: @ bookjockeyalex
Venmo: @ AlexBrown73
PayPal: @ bookjockeyalex
Venmo: @ AlexBrown73
November 26, 2024 at 4:01 PM
So, I'm not good at asking for help, but here goes. At the end of the year, I'm having surgery that will put me on medical leave for 6 weeks. If you can spare a few bucks to help me keep financially afloat, I'd hella appreciate it.
PayPal: @ bookjockeyalex
Venmo: @ AlexBrown73
PayPal: @ bookjockeyalex
Venmo: @ AlexBrown73
You know what, heck yeah
if jared leto can look at all the things he's done and still have the confidence to start a cult, you can absolutely finish that short story or drawing you're working on
November 23, 2024 at 12:51 AM
You know what, heck yeah
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Fanfiction etiquette is incredibly simple, actually. Don't like it, don't read it. No one is forcing you to, which is why it looks ridiculous to complain about it, especially if you were content warned. AO3 tags + "exclude" is one of the greatest reading tools ever. Use them properly and voila!
November 22, 2024 at 9:47 AM
Fanfiction etiquette is incredibly simple, actually. Don't like it, don't read it. No one is forcing you to, which is why it looks ridiculous to complain about it, especially if you were content warned. AO3 tags + "exclude" is one of the greatest reading tools ever. Use them properly and voila!
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I’m putting together an anthology of horror tales set during the Scientific Revolution. This is an open call that begins January 1. See below for details. Here’s the WIP cover if you’d like to know the mood of the project:
November 21, 2024 at 11:46 AM
I’m putting together an anthology of horror tales set during the Scientific Revolution. This is an open call that begins January 1. See below for details. Here’s the WIP cover if you’d like to know the mood of the project:
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Excited to share this to #BookSky
My debut novel, WE KILL THE FLAME, is coming in 2025 from @HarperCollins.bsky.social!
You are cordially invited to a twisty thriller set in a wealthy Black boarding school, featuring sapphic cheerleaders, female rage & debutante balls!
This is my dream come true!
My debut novel, WE KILL THE FLAME, is coming in 2025 from @HarperCollins.bsky.social!
You are cordially invited to a twisty thriller set in a wealthy Black boarding school, featuring sapphic cheerleaders, female rage & debutante balls!
This is my dream come true!
November 20, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Excited to share this to #BookSky
My debut novel, WE KILL THE FLAME, is coming in 2025 from @HarperCollins.bsky.social!
You are cordially invited to a twisty thriller set in a wealthy Black boarding school, featuring sapphic cheerleaders, female rage & debutante balls!
This is my dream come true!
My debut novel, WE KILL THE FLAME, is coming in 2025 from @HarperCollins.bsky.social!
You are cordially invited to a twisty thriller set in a wealthy Black boarding school, featuring sapphic cheerleaders, female rage & debutante balls!
This is my dream come true!
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I just started this #scifibook set in the future, and you wanna why I’m loving it so much so far? Because the MC loves to read and refers to authors like #NKJemisin and books like #Legendborn as classics and I absolutely love that.
#BlackAuthors #Blackbooksky #speculativefiction
#BlackAuthors #Blackbooksky #speculativefiction
November 16, 2024 at 8:31 PM
I just started this #scifibook set in the future, and you wanna why I’m loving it so much so far? Because the MC loves to read and refers to authors like #NKJemisin and books like #Legendborn as classics and I absolutely love that.
#BlackAuthors #Blackbooksky #speculativefiction
#BlackAuthors #Blackbooksky #speculativefiction
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I have something to write that’s hard so I read a lot of books and articles to get ready to write and anyway my garage is now organized for winter.
November 17, 2024 at 3:48 AM
I have something to write that’s hard so I read a lot of books and articles to get ready to write and anyway my garage is now organized for winter.
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hello hi this is social media team of: the DEADLANDS
have we told you lately about how you can support us
and our mission to publish a DEATH MAGAZINE??
we are TWO patrons away from hitting 70% of our goal to break even...
can we make it happen today?
join us, and get PRINT ISSUES 👀👀🖤
#THEDEADL
have we told you lately about how you can support us
and our mission to publish a DEATH MAGAZINE??
we are TWO patrons away from hitting 70% of our goal to break even...
can we make it happen today?
join us, and get PRINT ISSUES 👀👀🖤
#THEDEADL
Get more from The Deadlands on Patreon
a zine containing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry about Death
thedeadlands.com
November 16, 2024 at 3:01 PM
hello hi this is social media team of: the DEADLANDS
have we told you lately about how you can support us
and our mission to publish a DEATH MAGAZINE??
we are TWO patrons away from hitting 70% of our goal to break even...
can we make it happen today?
join us, and get PRINT ISSUES 👀👀🖤
#THEDEADL
have we told you lately about how you can support us
and our mission to publish a DEATH MAGAZINE??
we are TWO patrons away from hitting 70% of our goal to break even...
can we make it happen today?
join us, and get PRINT ISSUES 👀👀🖤
#THEDEADL
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Your Friday reminder that submissions are OPEN for our 2025 Unthemed issues! @davaun.bsky.social is back in the editor chair and eager to read your work.
Don't self reject!
Guidelines here: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
Don't self reject!
Guidelines here: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
November 15, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Your Friday reminder that submissions are OPEN for our 2025 Unthemed issues! @davaun.bsky.social is back in the editor chair and eager to read your work.
Don't self reject!
Guidelines here: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
Don't self reject!
Guidelines here: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
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If you are a writer working on a #queryletter, I've got resources for you!
• Query tips and a template: www.aealexander.com/post/how-to-...
• Examples by authors: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/6143...
• Comp-finder databases for sci-fi, fantasy, and horror: www.aealexander.com/comp-finder-...
• Query tips and a template: www.aealexander.com/post/how-to-...
• Examples by authors: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/6143...
• Comp-finder databases for sci-fi, fantasy, and horror: www.aealexander.com/comp-finder-...
How to Write a Query Letter
Tips and a template you can use to get your novel in front of literary agents.
www.aealexander.com
November 13, 2024 at 8:22 PM
If you are a writer working on a #queryletter, I've got resources for you!
• Query tips and a template: www.aealexander.com/post/how-to-...
• Examples by authors: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/6143...
• Comp-finder databases for sci-fi, fantasy, and horror: www.aealexander.com/comp-finder-...
• Query tips and a template: www.aealexander.com/post/how-to-...
• Examples by authors: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/6143...
• Comp-finder databases for sci-fi, fantasy, and horror: www.aealexander.com/comp-finder-...
#BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
Day 1.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
Day 1.
November 13, 2024 at 3:06 PM
#BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
Day 1.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
Day 1.