Nadia Amatullah King
@nadiaaking.bsky.social
Writes Spec-Fic, Dark SF, & Horror
Multiethnic of the African Diaspora
is probably an alien 👾
https://linktr.ee/nadiaaking
Multiethnic of the African Diaspora
is probably an alien 👾
https://linktr.ee/nadiaaking
Pinned
The Black Refinery
Obee Carter. The man who ends the world, and the man who saves it. He wears the name on his uniform, though no one reads it. There’s a badge on his uniform, at the place that once held his heart.
strangehorizons.com
Pitched as black Robocop meets Gremlins, The Black Refinery is out on Strange Horizons!
It's my first publication!! And a pretty good show of the dark sci-fi, dark humor I enjoy so much 🖤💜
Available here:
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
It's my first publication!! And a pretty good show of the dark sci-fi, dark humor I enjoy so much 🖤💜
Available here:
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
Wait till they find out that Palestinians are Semites
Opposing 👏 actions 👏 of the 👏 Israeli 👏 government 👏 does not 👏 equal 👏 antisemitism
Under new head of Paramount David Ellison, the studio has drawn up a list of actors who opposed the Gaza genocide and will not allow them to appear in its films and TV shows.
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
November 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Wait till they find out that Palestinians are Semites
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You're invited to The Cookout @tco-anthology.bsky.social, an anthology of speculative fiction from the African diaspora! Both the campaign and submissions launch in February 2026. #readers #readingcommunity #authors #writingcommunity
Coming soon: The Cookout: A Speculative Fiction Anthology
Sci-fi, fantasy, & horror stories by Black authors, centering traditions of “the cookout” — the joy, the drama, and the delicious food.
www.kickstarter.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
You're invited to The Cookout @tco-anthology.bsky.social, an anthology of speculative fiction from the African diaspora! Both the campaign and submissions launch in February 2026. #readers #readingcommunity #authors #writingcommunity
Okay so this is the most I've ever harvested! So happy!! Not sure if I'm gonna make a jam or just splurge on them like candy 😋🌱
October 31, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Okay so this is the most I've ever harvested! So happy!! Not sure if I'm gonna make a jam or just splurge on them like candy 😋🌱
Okay this is cool 📌📌📌
🚪 Open Call - March 1–2, 2026!
Views From The Overlook seeks one new voice to join an anthology set in Stephen King’s world of The Shining.
💰 $2,000 USD advance + royalties
🕰️ 24-hour window: Mar 1–2, 2026
👉 horrortree.com/taking-submissions-views-from-the-overlook/
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
Views From The Overlook seeks one new voice to join an anthology set in Stephen King’s world of The Shining.
💰 $2,000 USD advance + royalties
🕰️ 24-hour window: Mar 1–2, 2026
👉 horrortree.com/taking-submissions-views-from-the-overlook/
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
October 31, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Okay this is cool 📌📌📌
I've become such a digital minimalist that I decided to code my own website! In HTML!! Very surprised since my tech skills are almost non-existent, but it's easier than expected. Right now it looks exactly as my Ghost/Carrd did, so I'm definitely calling this one a win! 😁
October 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I've become such a digital minimalist that I decided to code my own website! In HTML!! Very surprised since my tech skills are almost non-existent, but it's easier than expected. Right now it looks exactly as my Ghost/Carrd did, so I'm definitely calling this one a win! 😁
Escapist fiction is an art too.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Escapist fiction is an art too.
Morning reading 💕
September 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Morning reading 💕
My good friend got her first story published!! It's beautiful and sad and so sweet ❤
A celebration a bit too late 😅
This little SciFi short story of mine was published in 365tomorrows a month ago: 365tomorrows.com/2025/08/01/t...
Thanks @365tomorrows.bsky.social ! 😊
#SFF
This little SciFi short story of mine was published in 365tomorrows a month ago: 365tomorrows.com/2025/08/01/t...
Thanks @365tomorrows.bsky.social ! 😊
#SFF
The Color of Sunset - 365tomorrows
Author: Sarasi Jayasekara Sammy could see color. That was the part that bothered me. Not that he had all his organs intact while half my body had been replaced with machines. Nor that mama hadn’t spok...
365tomorrows.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:25 AM
My good friend got her first story published!! It's beautiful and sad and so sweet ❤
Sometimes, you just have to curl up with your childhood fave and a cup of chamomile tea before bed 😌
September 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Sometimes, you just have to curl up with your childhood fave and a cup of chamomile tea before bed 😌
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I never thought I’d see the day when I’d have to warn writers against submitting to Asimov’s, Analog, F&SF, Alfred Hitchcock’s, or Ellery Queen’s.
September 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I never thought I’d see the day when I’d have to warn writers against submitting to Asimov’s, Analog, F&SF, Alfred Hitchcock’s, or Ellery Queen’s.
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Weird?
August 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Weird?
Persimmom season is approaching! Hopefully I can get to them before the birds and the goats this time 😋🌱
August 27, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Persimmom season is approaching! Hopefully I can get to them before the birds and the goats this time 😋🌱
TIL the MS in MSNBC stands for Microsoft
August 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
TIL the MS in MSNBC stands for Microsoft
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the cool thing is, huge corporations have invested billions into AI, hoping it will pay off. so, if we manage to bully AI out of most spaces, those corporations will also lose billions of dollars. it's the best two-for-one special i can think of.
August 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
the cool thing is, huge corporations have invested billions into AI, hoping it will pay off. so, if we manage to bully AI out of most spaces, those corporations will also lose billions of dollars. it's the best two-for-one special i can think of.
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From a forthcoming essay by our beloved contributor & workshop participant & friend, Alaa Alqaisi.
An incredibly gifted writer, translator, & scholar. Being starved.
An incredibly gifted writer, translator, & scholar. Being starved.
July 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
From a forthcoming essay by our beloved contributor & workshop participant & friend, Alaa Alqaisi.
An incredibly gifted writer, translator, & scholar. Being starved.
An incredibly gifted writer, translator, & scholar. Being starved.
This was PERFECT in every way. I feel so seen
we love us a good list poem, & love this one today from Amy Colleen!
"–allergy symptoms in two year old
–two year old vomiting after eating watermelon
–two year old vomiting twice in an hour
–norovirus symptoms..."
https://www.havehashad.com/cu7jx
"–allergy symptoms in two year old
–two year old vomiting after eating watermelon
–two year old vomiting twice in an hour
–norovirus symptoms..."
https://www.havehashad.com/cu7jx
twelve hours of search history (in between vomits) by Amy Colleen
Chrome:// Search History –allergy symptoms in two year old –two year old vomiting after eating watermelon –two year old vomiting twice in an hour –norovirus symptoms in two year old –do i take a two…
www.havehashad.com
July 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This was PERFECT in every way. I feel so seen
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Our #OpenCall for Issue 3 submissions is closing July 21st! 🚜🛸🌿💫✏️
We are looking for original works that have actionable soil-based technologies as their premise.
Tractor Beam pays $1,000 for all accepted submissions. We prefer stories under 6,000 words or graphic novellas at 16 panels.
We are looking for original works that have actionable soil-based technologies as their premise.
Tractor Beam pays $1,000 for all accepted submissions. We prefer stories under 6,000 words or graphic novellas at 16 panels.
July 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Our #OpenCall for Issue 3 submissions is closing July 21st! 🚜🛸🌿💫✏️
We are looking for original works that have actionable soil-based technologies as their premise.
Tractor Beam pays $1,000 for all accepted submissions. We prefer stories under 6,000 words or graphic novellas at 16 panels.
We are looking for original works that have actionable soil-based technologies as their premise.
Tractor Beam pays $1,000 for all accepted submissions. We prefer stories under 6,000 words or graphic novellas at 16 panels.
Yess!! This is what I'm here for!! So excited for you, and congratulations!!! 🎉
The cat isn't the only thing out of the bag with this one...
I'm so excited for this and am incredibly grateful to @tenebrouspress.bsky.social for having a second dance with me. Mark your calendars in your neural implants, friends. Things are gonna get a little weird n mysterious next summer.
I'm so excited for this and am incredibly grateful to @tenebrouspress.bsky.social for having a second dance with me. Mark your calendars in your neural implants, friends. Things are gonna get a little weird n mysterious next summer.
July 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Yess!! This is what I'm here for!! So excited for you, and congratulations!!! 🎉
Deeply cathartic. Love it!
My new story, Look for the Helpers, is out now on Phano. It's a doozy and I appreciate @ammansabet.bsky.social giving it the right home.
www.phano.co/articles/loo...
www.phano.co/articles/loo...
Look for the Helpers
Her friends had done their part and of course she would too.
www.phano.co
July 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Deeply cathartic. Love it!
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You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳
July 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳
"Is there a secret for creating a world that feels eerie, or ever-so-slightly off?"
"The quickest way is probably to be a slightly off person."
I feel this in my soul. And this book is fantastic. Great interview @ivygrimes.bsky.social!!
"The quickest way is probably to be a slightly off person."
I feel this in my soul. And this book is fantastic. Great interview @ivygrimes.bsky.social!!
New Adam’s Notes intvu with Ivy Grimes adamsnotes.substack.com/p/q-and-a-wi...
July 7, 2025 at 5:35 AM
"Is there a secret for creating a world that feels eerie, or ever-so-slightly off?"
"The quickest way is probably to be a slightly off person."
I feel this in my soul. And this book is fantastic. Great interview @ivygrimes.bsky.social!!
"The quickest way is probably to be a slightly off person."
I feel this in my soul. And this book is fantastic. Great interview @ivygrimes.bsky.social!!
What movie did you see way too young?
The Exorcist. I had nightmares of it well into my teen years 🙃
The Exorcist. I had nightmares of it well into my teen years 🙃
July 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
What movie did you see way too young?
The Exorcist. I had nightmares of it well into my teen years 🙃
The Exorcist. I had nightmares of it well into my teen years 🙃
This just stirred a ton of ideas in 0.009 seconds 🤔
July 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This just stirred a ton of ideas in 0.009 seconds 🤔
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FYI, the Must Read Media digests are Analog, Asimov's, F&SF, Alfred Hitchcock's, and Ellery Queen. I have heard very Not Good things about the contracts and, for that matter, the negotiation process. Approach these legacy print magazines with extra caution.
Apparently the SFWA won't name names but I will: ANALOG. The new contract under Must Read Magazines includes a moral rights waiver. And they are rather insistent about it. I'm guessing this applies to all the digests under MRM now, though I haven't seen those contracts. DON'T JUST SIGN. NEGOTIATE.
July 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
FYI, the Must Read Media digests are Analog, Asimov's, F&SF, Alfred Hitchcock's, and Ellery Queen. I have heard very Not Good things about the contracts and, for that matter, the negotiation process. Approach these legacy print magazines with extra caution.
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If you want to stop funding everything Amazon does and stands for, you’ve come to the right place.
We’re Bookshop.org, an ethical alternative for buying books online. Every single purchase financially supports independent bookstores, allowing them to continue serving their communities.
We’re Bookshop.org, an ethical alternative for buying books online. Every single purchase financially supports independent bookstores, allowing them to continue serving their communities.
July 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
If you want to stop funding everything Amazon does and stands for, you’ve come to the right place.
We’re Bookshop.org, an ethical alternative for buying books online. Every single purchase financially supports independent bookstores, allowing them to continue serving their communities.
We’re Bookshop.org, an ethical alternative for buying books online. Every single purchase financially supports independent bookstores, allowing them to continue serving their communities.