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Matthew Kressel
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Nebula & World Fantasy Award Finalist, SFF writer, coder, artist. Books: SPACE TRUCKER JESS, THE RAINSEEKERS, HISTORIES WITHIN US, KING OF SHARDS & QUEEN OF STATIC. Creator of Moksha submissions system. Co-host of Fantastic Fiction at KGB. 🥄 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈
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TONIGHT! Join us with Lara Elena Donnelly & Sam J. Miller* for our Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, 7pm at the KGB Bar NYC. Come one, come all!

* Mary Robinette Kowal could not make it because of a travel snafu.

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November 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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All the kids are doing it, so here's mine. The first sentence (or three) from my forthcoming novella, THE RAINSEEKERS, out this February from Tordotcom. Available for preorder.
THE LONG ROAD OUT Our march out to Hephaestus was long and bumpy, but when we arrived, and we set up the first tents, and Hanzila Olembe, our unofficial cook, brewed the first pots of black tea, delivering their warm bulbs to our frigid little fingers, an expectation grew among us—at least I sensed it did—as we looked at each other’s cold-flushed faces, that this would be worth it, that our long trek across these frigid Martian plains would not be for naught. We would be the first people to feel it rain on Mars. Mama thinks I’m mad. A young woman trekking out with a bunch of strangers, half of them high more than half the time (No, I’m not going to tell you who does what and when;
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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UPDATE: Due to a travel snafu, Mary Robinette Kowal had to cancel for tomorrow. The stupendous Sam J. Miller has agreed to read in her place, with Lara Elena Donnelly. Tomorrow! Come one, come all! @maryrobinettekowal.com @sentencebender.bsky.social @larazontally.bsky.social @datlow.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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This Wednesday! Join us with guests @maryrobinettekowal.com & @larazontally.bsky.social , Nov 12th, 7pm at the KGB Bar. Come one, come all! @datlow.bsky.social
Flyer advertising the Nov 12th Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series with headshots of Mary Robinette Kowal & Lara Elena Donnelly on a red tinted starfield.
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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“This story reminds me why I read science fiction. The Rainseekers is unflinching and profound, shedding light (and rain) on the search for purpose and wonder.” — @sarahpinsker.bsky.social Nebula and Hugo Award-winning author. @tordotcom.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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A little late for Halloween, but here is a new spooky 3d render I made, "Encounter on the Bridge." #noai
A 3d render. A foggy night in the woods. A stone bridge arches over a stream. There is a silhouetted figure on the bridge, backlit by strange green light. Fireflies glow in the foreground, out of focus.
November 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Next Wednesday, join us with guests Mary Robinette Kowal & Lara Elena Donnelly for our Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, Wed, Nov 12th, 7pm at the KGB Bar. Come one, come all! @maryrobinettekowal.com @datlow.bsky.social @larazontally.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Here's another one. You can tell its AI if you look at the writing on the mic.
October 31, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Facêboók is showing ÃĪ generated reels of people shouting (stupid) political opinions without flagging them as fake, and its total rage bait, and I've no idea if the traffic they're generating is real, but when folks lose the ability to discern reality, democracy suffers. Why are we OK with this?
October 31, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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You can also listen on YouTube, now with a video recording! www.youtube.com/watch?v=x92X...
A screenshot from a Zoom recording, with Mercurio D. Rivera, Matthew Kressel, and Kate Maruyama.
October 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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For our 15th Nerd Count Podcast episode, we welcome @katemaru.bsky.social to talk about teaching writing, unique voices, living in LA, reading for awards, and much more! Listen at your favorite pod site or links below. @mercuriodrivera.bsky.social
A black and white photo of Kate Maruyama is on the right. She looks very stylish and lowers her sunglasses over the bridge of her nose with her hand. Two of her books, The Collective, with an abstract purple and crimson cover, and Alterations, with a creepy old chair and tailor's mannequin for a cover, float to the left. Text reads "Kate Maruyama" .
October 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Our ridiculous Halloween costumes this year, Wendy and Kirsch from Alien: Earth.
October 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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The morning light right now...
Looking up from a low angle at three large windows. In the foreground is a soft chair and house plants. Outside, there are trees with leaves turning autumn colors, and above them the sky. The sun shines through the rightmost window, casting shadows from the tree on the frame.
October 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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A few pics from Tuesday's Brooklyn Books & Booze reading, guest hosted by @amygoldschlager.bsky.social. I had not one, but two Space Trucker Juices!
October 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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I'm reading TONIGHT at the Brooklyn Books & Booze reading series! Come get your one-night-only "Space Trucker Juice" (named after my novel SPACE TRUCKER JESS.) I'll have books for sale and I'll be reading a new short story. Excited!!
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October 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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No Kings symbol. A crown inside a "not allowed" red circle with a line crossing the crown.
October 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Thanks @mcflycahill90.bsky.social !!
October 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Here's some photos from Monday's Traveling SFF event at PT Knitwear, with @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social, @juliavee.bsky.social, @veronicarothbooks.com, and myself, hosted by @yumewrites.bsky.social. I was delighted to take part in this panel discussion on History and SF. And sign some books too!
October 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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In our latest episode of The Nerd Count Podcast, Mercurio and I welcome Shiva Kumar to talk about acting, writing, Indofuturisim and much more! Listen on your favorite pod site or the link in thread.
Shiva Kumar holding copies of his series, The Lanka Chronicles.
October 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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I would really like to live in a world that helps those with special needs, not cut programs that the most vulnerable among us rely on for their lives.
October 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Look what @yumewrites.bsky.social made for me! A teeny little copy of my novel, SPACE TRUCKER JESS.
A fingernail sized replica of the novel SPACE TRUCKER JESS is held between a person's thumb and index finger.
October 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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ANALOG magazine just posted this glowing review of SPACE TRUCKER JESS in their latest issue! analogsf.com/current-issu...
October 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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At PT Knitwear for @yumewrites.bsky.social's Traveling SFF series
October 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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TONIGHT! I'll be joining @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social , @veronicarothbooks.com, @juliavee.bsky.social and host @yumewrites.bsky.social at PT Knitwear in NYC for a panel on History and Speculation in SFF. Hope you can join us!
Full text of the Traveling SFF festival, with participants, dates, and details, can be found here: https://www.yumekitasei.com/travelingsffbookfestival?
October 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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A spooky fun night was had this October 8th, with guests Leanna Renee Hieber & Shveta Thakrar. Mercurio D. Rivera subbed for Ellen. Here are Mercurio and Matt’s photos from the event.

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Leanna Renee Hieber & Shveta Thakrar at the KGB Bar, holding up their books, illuminated by candlelight.
October 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM