Nicole Sune Sbitani
@nsune.bsky.social
Mostly microfiction, with little sprinkles of personality between. #amwriting #amreading Personal account, not representative of Department of State or USG.
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New writers: DO NOT give away your subsidiary tv/film/merch/derivative rights for a $300 short.
Not even for legacy mag cred.
Not even for legacy mag cred.
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
New writers: DO NOT give away your subsidiary tv/film/merch/derivative rights for a $300 short.
Not even for legacy mag cred.
Not even for legacy mag cred.
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What y'all need to understand is that "writing for the market" is flatly bonkers in traditional publishing, because "the market" when you start writing is not the same "market" that will be there when you finish the book, much less when they finally release it 2 years later.
Just write a good book.
Just write a good book.
November 19, 2025 at 2:39 AM
What y'all need to understand is that "writing for the market" is flatly bonkers in traditional publishing, because "the market" when you start writing is not the same "market" that will be there when you finish the book, much less when they finally release it 2 years later.
Just write a good book.
Just write a good book.
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repeat after me:
the year is almost ending, but good things are still flowing my way. i've accomplished more than i often acknowledge. the work i've done on myself is visible in every corner of my life. i've grown, evolved & i am so proud of who i've become
the year is almost ending, but good things are still flowing my way. i've accomplished more than i often acknowledge. the work i've done on myself is visible in every corner of my life. i've grown, evolved & i am so proud of who i've become
November 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
repeat after me:
the year is almost ending, but good things are still flowing my way. i've accomplished more than i often acknowledge. the work i've done on myself is visible in every corner of my life. i've grown, evolved & i am so proud of who i've become
the year is almost ending, but good things are still flowing my way. i've accomplished more than i often acknowledge. the work i've done on myself is visible in every corner of my life. i've grown, evolved & i am so proud of who i've become
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'To crip something is to bend, compress, twist, subvert, and imbue disabled wisdom into systems, institutions, and cultures. As I’ve done before as a physically disabled person, I will now crip the world ... It takes a tremendous amount of emotional and physical labor to crip the world.'
What ‘Crip Time’ Means to Disabled People Like Me
Becoming a nonspeaking person changed my relationship with time and with other people.
www.teenvogue.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
'To crip something is to bend, compress, twist, subvert, and imbue disabled wisdom into systems, institutions, and cultures. As I’ve done before as a physically disabled person, I will now crip the world ... It takes a tremendous amount of emotional and physical labor to crip the world.'
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This feels like an ad written, directed *and* acted by people who have
1. Never played a game
2. Never watched anyone play a game
3. Never seen anyone interact with Alexa
4. Never seen anyone interact full stop
5. Never been alone in a room?
1. Never played a game
2. Never watched anyone play a game
3. Never seen anyone interact with Alexa
4. Never seen anyone interact full stop
5. Never been alone in a room?
November 16, 2025 at 7:34 AM
This feels like an ad written, directed *and* acted by people who have
1. Never played a game
2. Never watched anyone play a game
3. Never seen anyone interact with Alexa
4. Never seen anyone interact full stop
5. Never been alone in a room?
1. Never played a game
2. Never watched anyone play a game
3. Never seen anyone interact with Alexa
4. Never seen anyone interact full stop
5. Never been alone in a room?
"Just #transport me."
"Where to?"
"Anywhere but here."
"One delightful alternate realm, coming right up!"
#vss365
"Where to?"
"Anywhere but here."
"One delightful alternate realm, coming right up!"
#vss365
November 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
"Just #transport me."
"Where to?"
"Anywhere but here."
"One delightful alternate realm, coming right up!"
#vss365
"Where to?"
"Anywhere but here."
"One delightful alternate realm, coming right up!"
#vss365
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crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
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ahhhh my book is published today, ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
this one is a real labour of passion - I think it is genuinely important to understand the information crisis that we're living through and how and why it makes us all feel anxious and angry
www.penguin.co.uk/books/469677...
this one is a real labour of passion - I think it is genuinely important to understand the information crisis that we're living through and how and why it makes us all feel anxious and angry
www.penguin.co.uk/books/469677...
Don’t Burn Anyone at the Stake Today
What’s the most useful thing you could know about your own life?
In this era-defining book, developed from her groundbreaking Radio 4 essay series, Naomi Alderman turns her boundless curiosity and in...
www.penguin.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
ahhhh my book is published today, ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
this one is a real labour of passion - I think it is genuinely important to understand the information crisis that we're living through and how and why it makes us all feel anxious and angry
www.penguin.co.uk/books/469677...
this one is a real labour of passion - I think it is genuinely important to understand the information crisis that we're living through and how and why it makes us all feel anxious and angry
www.penguin.co.uk/books/469677...
They said no one would read it. She wrote anyway.
They said it didn't hit market trends. She wrote anyway.
They said it was too ambitious for a new author. She wrote anyway.
They said it wouldn't be real #literature. She wrote anyway.
She wrote anyway.
She wrote.
Anyway...
#vss365
They said it didn't hit market trends. She wrote anyway.
They said it was too ambitious for a new author. She wrote anyway.
They said it wouldn't be real #literature. She wrote anyway.
She wrote anyway.
She wrote.
Anyway...
#vss365
November 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
They said no one would read it. She wrote anyway.
They said it didn't hit market trends. She wrote anyway.
They said it was too ambitious for a new author. She wrote anyway.
They said it wouldn't be real #literature. She wrote anyway.
She wrote anyway.
She wrote.
Anyway...
#vss365
They said it didn't hit market trends. She wrote anyway.
They said it was too ambitious for a new author. She wrote anyway.
They said it wouldn't be real #literature. She wrote anyway.
She wrote anyway.
She wrote.
Anyway...
#vss365
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It's always funny when young folks read or watch some unique, groundbreaking thing from 30-40 years ago and they're like "Yeah this is pretty cliched overdone stuff" 🫠
November 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
It's always funny when young folks read or watch some unique, groundbreaking thing from 30-40 years ago and they're like "Yeah this is pretty cliched overdone stuff" 🫠
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Let me show you the difference between a $40 hoodie and a ~$100 hoodie. 🧵
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Let me show you the difference between a $40 hoodie and a ~$100 hoodie. 🧵
"There are things in life you cannot #measure."
"You mean like love?"
"No, you fool. I love you exactly 87.3."
"That low?!"
"Well, you forgot to pick up the groceries. Normally you're in the 90s."
"Thanks..?"
"Anyway, there are things in life you cannot measure... Like stupidity."
"Come on!"
#vss365
"You mean like love?"
"No, you fool. I love you exactly 87.3."
"That low?!"
"Well, you forgot to pick up the groceries. Normally you're in the 90s."
"Thanks..?"
"Anyway, there are things in life you cannot measure... Like stupidity."
"Come on!"
#vss365
November 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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In this house we ask if someone's games are properly saved when we take turns on the Steam Deck or Switch 2 because we're a loving family who looks after each other's progress.
November 12, 2025 at 4:08 AM
In this house we ask if someone's games are properly saved when we take turns on the Steam Deck or Switch 2 because we're a loving family who looks after each other's progress.
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performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
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My mentions are full of people telling me not just about the books but about moments in their lives reading gave them, ppl who passed these titles along, the accidental match making of a book and reader in random shops and libraries, and of course, how words on a page made them into someone new 😭❤️
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 1:43 AM
My mentions are full of people telling me not just about the books but about moments in their lives reading gave them, ppl who passed these titles along, the accidental match making of a book and reader in random shops and libraries, and of course, how words on a page made them into someone new 😭❤️
All I wanted to be was #famous. Back then, being a content creator seemed so fun.
But now I see the cruel comments on the backs of my eyelids when I try to sleep. I feel the pressure to post 24/7... or the audience might move on and never come back. I perform so much I forget how to stop.
#vss365
But now I see the cruel comments on the backs of my eyelids when I try to sleep. I feel the pressure to post 24/7... or the audience might move on and never come back. I perform so much I forget how to stop.
#vss365
November 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Hi! I'm Nicole Sune Sbitani, and I write speculative fiction: mostly dark scifi, but I also dabble in horror and fantasy. My seal is buried at the bottom of a mother-of-pearl chest and locks away the secrets every family hides.
Ah, good evening, friend. Dr. Bedlam, at your service. Our esoteric laboratory has just opened. Come in, we are doing vital work on studying the cosmic unknown. Tell us, what do you write, and what seal do you own that contains a Terrible Truth hidden from Humanity?
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
November 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Hi! I'm Nicole Sune Sbitani, and I write speculative fiction: mostly dark scifi, but I also dabble in horror and fantasy. My seal is buried at the bottom of a mother-of-pearl chest and locks away the secrets every family hides.
They took our papers and our things. They removed us from our lands and our homes. They said we simply lacked the proper #education and we were lucky that the state would invest so much in fixing us. We could only take refuge in our memories, which-- despite our best efforts--began to fade.
#vss365
#vss365
November 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
They took our papers and our things. They removed us from our lands and our homes. They said we simply lacked the proper #education and we were lucky that the state would invest so much in fixing us. We could only take refuge in our memories, which-- despite our best efforts--began to fade.
#vss365
#vss365
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The Apex Book Company submission window is now open! 📚✍️
We're looking for surreal stories with unknowable horror, lush prose, and unique POVs. Please email your cover letter and manuscript to apexbooksubmissions@gmail.com.
Full submission details: www.apexbookcompany.com/pages/submis...
We're looking for surreal stories with unknowable horror, lush prose, and unique POVs. Please email your cover letter and manuscript to apexbooksubmissions@gmail.com.
Full submission details: www.apexbookcompany.com/pages/submis...
Submissions
2025 has been a standout year in terms of the amazing projects we've been able to publish at Apex Book Company. We've had the pleasure of giving homes to titles such as ChloroPhilia, The Map of Lost P...
www.apexbookcompany.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The Apex Book Company submission window is now open! 📚✍️
We're looking for surreal stories with unknowable horror, lush prose, and unique POVs. Please email your cover letter and manuscript to apexbooksubmissions@gmail.com.
Full submission details: www.apexbookcompany.com/pages/submis...
We're looking for surreal stories with unknowable horror, lush prose, and unique POVs. Please email your cover letter and manuscript to apexbooksubmissions@gmail.com.
Full submission details: www.apexbookcompany.com/pages/submis...
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there's an unbreakable ancient bond between writers mentally preparing to write what's next and our characters mentally preparing for whatever the hell we have planned next
November 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
there's an unbreakable ancient bond between writers mentally preparing to write what's next and our characters mentally preparing for whatever the hell we have planned next
November 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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I legitimately hate how every website seems to think that what I want more than anything else in this world is yet another inbox to monitor and take responsibility for.
November 2, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I legitimately hate how every website seems to think that what I want more than anything else in this world is yet another inbox to monitor and take responsibility for.
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Hey US and Canada folks! My Nebula, World Fantasy & Locus award nominated novel SHIGIDI will (finally!) be out in paperback on Nov 4. If you couldn't get the hardcover when it came out (understandably so!) here's your chance.
Its got African gods + a succubus + a heist at the British museum!
Its got African gods + a succubus + a heist at the British museum!
October 31, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Hey US and Canada folks! My Nebula, World Fantasy & Locus award nominated novel SHIGIDI will (finally!) be out in paperback on Nov 4. If you couldn't get the hardcover when it came out (understandably so!) here's your chance.
Its got African gods + a succubus + a heist at the British museum!
Its got African gods + a succubus + a heist at the British museum!
I conjured a pointy hat and placed it on my head just the right amount of crooked.
I enchanted my skirts so that when I twirled, sparks flew.
I braided newt tails into my hair.
I dusted my lashes with spider legs.
It's time to show all the other witches that I mean #business.
#vss365
I enchanted my skirts so that when I twirled, sparks flew.
I braided newt tails into my hair.
I dusted my lashes with spider legs.
It's time to show all the other witches that I mean #business.
#vss365
November 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM