Valerie Kemp
@valeriekwrites.bsky.social
Recovering academic, former filmmaker, current genetic genealogist. I write speculative fiction for all ages. Stories in Haven Spec, Apex, Cast of Wonders, Voyage YA and more! Viable Paradise 2022 alum
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If you're looking for a distraction today, here is my first ever awards eligibility list! Both stories are ~1500 words.
"Reciprocity" in Haven Spec (Issue 16 - July 2024)
www.havenspec.com/reciprocity
"What the Crows Know" in Worlds of Possibility (Oct 2024)
www.juliarios.com/introducing-...
"Reciprocity" in Haven Spec (Issue 16 - July 2024)
www.havenspec.com/reciprocity
"What the Crows Know" in Worlds of Possibility (Oct 2024)
www.juliarios.com/introducing-...
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I have news! My debut novel is coming soon!
November 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I have news! My debut novel is coming soon!
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Would you like a nice relaxing audiobook about meeting the family? (and investigating murders!)
In the tradition of the Vera Wong books, except with a murder/diplomacy m/m couple trying to solve things without adding *more* dead bodies to the tally.
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In the tradition of the Vera Wong books, except with a murder/diplomacy m/m couple trying to solve things without adding *more* dead bodies to the tally.
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50% OFF Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders: A Dragons and Blades Story
From the author of the critically acclaimed Dominion of the Fallen trilogy comes a tale of dragons, and Fallen angels—and also kissing, sarcasm, and stabbing.
Lunar New Year should be a t...
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August 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Would you like a nice relaxing audiobook about meeting the family? (and investigating murders!)
In the tradition of the Vera Wong books, except with a murder/diplomacy m/m couple trying to solve things without adding *more* dead bodies to the tally.
www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
In the tradition of the Vera Wong books, except with a murder/diplomacy m/m couple trying to solve things without adding *more* dead bodies to the tally.
www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
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Gabe is 38% towards his goal. Can you help him get to the NHD national competition?
Last year, I shared a gofundme for one of our students that made it to nationals for the National History Day competition. This year, his younger brother is going. Our first junior high student to make it to Nationals! There is no funding for travel and registration. Please help!
gofund.me/5d6ef6f5
gofund.me/5d6ef6f5
Donate to Gabriel's journey to Nationals!, organized by Ranel Heard
Hello! My name is Ranel Heard and I am the proud mother of Gabriel Heard. Gabriel is in th… Ranel Heard needs your support for Gabriel's journey to Nationals!
gofund.me
May 8, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Gabe is 38% towards his goal. Can you help him get to the NHD national competition?
One of my former cohort mates is looking to interview people who miss Vine for their dissertation. If you’re one of those people and have time, let them know! It even pays a little! tinyurl.com/vinestudy
May 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
One of my former cohort mates is looking to interview people who miss Vine for their dissertation. If you’re one of those people and have time, let them know! It even pays a little! tinyurl.com/vinestudy
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New LinkedIn post on apologies www.linkedin.com/posts/kriste...
Kristen Harrison, PhD on LinkedIn: I was told once that the time to apologize is when you have violated your…
I was told once that the time to apologize is when you have violated your own standards of behavior. It's great advice, for two reasons.
First, many of us…
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March 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
New LinkedIn post on apologies www.linkedin.com/posts/kriste...
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Really enjoyed this story!
My story, “What the Crows Know” from the October issue of Worlds of Possibility is recommended in the January issue of @locusmag.bsky.social!
locusmag.com/2025/02/shor...
locusmag.com/2025/02/shor...
Escape Pod, Worlds of Possibility, and Samovar: Short Fiction Reviews by Charles Payseur
Escape Pod 10/31/24 Worlds of Possibility 10/24 Samovar 10/28/24 Escape Pod celebrated Halloween with Addison Smith’s “Mother Death Learns a Trick”, which finds the narrator passing by an old AI r…
locusmag.com
February 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Really enjoyed this story!
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Check out “What the Crows Know” by @valeriekwrites (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:id6dcjme2d5mmckfae7ewrpg" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@valeriekwrites.bsky.social) from Worlds of Possibility, “Because Flora Had Existed. And I Had Loved Her” by @annadixit from @samovarmag, and more short fic recs from @ClowderofTwo here - locusmag.com/2025/02...
Escape Pod, Worlds of Possibility, and Samovar: Short Fiction Reviews by Charles Payseur
Escape Pod 10/31/24 Worlds of Possibility 10/24 Samovar 10/28/24 Escape Pod celebrated Halloween with Addison Smith’s “Mother Death Learns a Trick”, which finds the narrator passing by an old AI r…
locusmag.com
February 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Check out “What the Crows Know” by @valeriekwrites (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:id6dcjme2d5mmckfae7ewrpg" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@valeriekwrites.bsky.social) from Worlds of Possibility, “Because Flora Had Existed. And I Had Loved Her” by @annadixit from @samovarmag, and more short fic recs from @ClowderofTwo here - locusmag.com/2025/02...
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As it should be! If you haven't read it yet, you need to seek out this issue immediately.
My story, “What the Crows Know” from the October issue of Worlds of Possibility is recommended in the January issue of @locusmag.bsky.social!
locusmag.com/2025/02/shor...
locusmag.com/2025/02/shor...
Escape Pod, Worlds of Possibility, and Samovar: Short Fiction Reviews by Charles Payseur
Escape Pod 10/31/24 Worlds of Possibility 10/24 Samovar 10/28/24 Escape Pod celebrated Halloween with Addison Smith’s “Mother Death Learns a Trick”, which finds the narrator passing by an old AI r…
locusmag.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
As it should be! If you haven't read it yet, you need to seek out this issue immediately.
My story, “What the Crows Know” from the October issue of Worlds of Possibility is recommended in the January issue of @locusmag.bsky.social!
locusmag.com/2025/02/shor...
locusmag.com/2025/02/shor...
Escape Pod, Worlds of Possibility, and Samovar: Short Fiction Reviews by Charles Payseur
Escape Pod 10/31/24 Worlds of Possibility 10/24 Samovar 10/28/24 Escape Pod celebrated Halloween with Addison Smith’s “Mother Death Learns a Trick”, which finds the narrator passing by an old AI r…
locusmag.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
My story, “What the Crows Know” from the October issue of Worlds of Possibility is recommended in the January issue of @locusmag.bsky.social!
locusmag.com/2025/02/shor...
locusmag.com/2025/02/shor...
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Escape Pod, Worlds of Possibility, and Samovar: Short Fiction Reviews by Charles Payseur locusmag.com/2025/02...
Escape Pod, Worlds of Possibility, and Samovar: Short Fiction Reviews by Charles Payseur
Escape Pod 10/31/24 Worlds of Possibility 10/24 Samovar 10/28/24 Escape Pod celebrated Halloween with Addison Smith’s “Mother Death Learns a Trick”, which finds the narrator passing by an old AI r…
locusmag.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Escape Pod, Worlds of Possibility, and Samovar: Short Fiction Reviews by Charles Payseur locusmag.com/2025/02...
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Our Kickstarter launches ✨TOMORROW✨!
We have eight pieces of fiction and eight pieces of poetry lined up, plus five pieces of cover art (snippets of which are included in our banner below)!
In this thread are the titles and bylines of what we have so far, so please support us tomorrow!
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We have eight pieces of fiction and eight pieces of poetry lined up, plus five pieces of cover art (snippets of which are included in our banner below)!
In this thread are the titles and bylines of what we have so far, so please support us tomorrow!
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January 31, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Our Kickstarter launches ✨TOMORROW✨!
We have eight pieces of fiction and eight pieces of poetry lined up, plus five pieces of cover art (snippets of which are included in our banner below)!
In this thread are the titles and bylines of what we have so far, so please support us tomorrow!
1/ 🧵
We have eight pieces of fiction and eight pieces of poetry lined up, plus five pieces of cover art (snippets of which are included in our banner below)!
In this thread are the titles and bylines of what we have so far, so please support us tomorrow!
1/ 🧵
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hey!
Fantasy Magazine is currently open to submissions from BIPOC writers (today through Jan 25th)
send us your fantastic stories!
full guidelines here (PLEASE read the full guidelines before submitting)
Fantasy Magazine is currently open to submissions from BIPOC writers (today through Jan 25th)
send us your fantastic stories!
full guidelines here (PLEASE read the full guidelines before submitting)
Fantasy Magazine Guidelines - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
updated January 22, 2025
psychopomp.com
January 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
hey!
Fantasy Magazine is currently open to submissions from BIPOC writers (today through Jan 25th)
send us your fantastic stories!
full guidelines here (PLEASE read the full guidelines before submitting)
Fantasy Magazine is currently open to submissions from BIPOC writers (today through Jan 25th)
send us your fantastic stories!
full guidelines here (PLEASE read the full guidelines before submitting)
🤯 Thrilled to discover that my flash story “What the Crows Know” in the October 2024 issue Worlds of Possibility made this list! @omgjulia.bsky.social
ICYMI: I released my 2024 recommended reading list a little while ago and you can check out the 108 stories that I really liked here: www.patreon.com/posts/2025-r...
2025 Recommended Reading List | Charles Payseur
Get more from Charles Payseur on Patreon
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January 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
🤯 Thrilled to discover that my flash story “What the Crows Know” in the October 2024 issue Worlds of Possibility made this list! @omgjulia.bsky.social
I miss the mall. Especially as a hang out spot for teens, even though I wouldn’t be doing the hanging.
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
January 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I miss the mall. Especially as a hang out spot for teens, even though I wouldn’t be doing the hanging.
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New book! By me! Making Amends is out today--a novel in stories. Bet you can't read just one. This link has an excerpt: aqueductpress.blogspot.com/2025/01/nisi...
Nisi Shawl's Making Amends
Back in 2004, Nisi Shawl's "The Deep End" appeared in So Long Been Dreaming, an anthology edited by Nalo Hopkinson. This story, which move...
aqueductpress.blogspot.com
January 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
New book! By me! Making Amends is out today--a novel in stories. Bet you can't read just one. This link has an excerpt: aqueductpress.blogspot.com/2025/01/nisi...
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INSULIN NEEDED - if anyone can spare insulin, especially the more shelf-stable pens, please bring them to:
Bernie's Coffee Shop
6101 Wilshire Blvd
before 6pm today
Bernie's Coffee Shop
6101 Wilshire Blvd
before 6pm today
January 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
INSULIN NEEDED - if anyone can spare insulin, especially the more shelf-stable pens, please bring them to:
Bernie's Coffee Shop
6101 Wilshire Blvd
before 6pm today
Bernie's Coffee Shop
6101 Wilshire Blvd
before 6pm today
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Book launch day! BREATH OF THE DRAGON, the YA martial arts fantasy novel I wrote with Shannon Lee, is now available in print, audio, and ebook wherever books are sold. 🐉🔥 Enjoy my homage to Bruce Lee and love letter to kungfu epics
January 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Book launch day! BREATH OF THE DRAGON, the YA martial arts fantasy novel I wrote with Shannon Lee, is now available in print, audio, and ebook wherever books are sold. 🐉🔥 Enjoy my homage to Bruce Lee and love letter to kungfu epics
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My brand new adult novel LESSONS IN MAGIC AND DISASTER comes out in August.
🌟 a young trans witch teaches her mother magic
🌟 flashbacks to the mom's youth as a queer activist
🌟 Dark Academia storyline about a queer novel from 1747
🌟 queer families and rediscovering desire in the midst of trauma
🌟 a young trans witch teaches her mother magic
🌟 flashbacks to the mom's youth as a queer activist
🌟 Dark Academia storyline about a queer novel from 1747
🌟 queer families and rediscovering desire in the midst of trauma
We're thrilled to announce Lessons in Magic and Disaster, a new adult novel from @charliejane.bsky.social about a grad student witch who must teach her mother magic before family secrets destroy them both 📖🪄
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Announcing Lessons In Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders - Reactor
A young witch teaches her mother how to do magic—with very unexpected results...
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January 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
My brand new adult novel LESSONS IN MAGIC AND DISASTER comes out in August.
🌟 a young trans witch teaches her mother magic
🌟 flashbacks to the mom's youth as a queer activist
🌟 Dark Academia storyline about a queer novel from 1747
🌟 queer families and rediscovering desire in the midst of trauma
🌟 a young trans witch teaches her mother magic
🌟 flashbacks to the mom's youth as a queer activist
🌟 Dark Academia storyline about a queer novel from 1747
🌟 queer families and rediscovering desire in the midst of trauma
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Post your queen 👑
December 29, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Post your queen 👑
Hey girl are you my WIP? Because you got me feeling some big emotions but I have no idea what you’re trying to accomplish right now
hey girl 😏 are you my WIP? because i know all my attempts at fixing you are futile and i probably should have moved on by now but i simply cannot because i regrettably made a commitment
Hey girl 😏 are you my WIP? Because you're all over the place and need a LOT of work
December 29, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Hey girl are you my WIP? Because you got me feeling some big emotions but I have no idea what you’re trying to accomplish right now
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I put together a list of some of my favorite short fiction of 2024. If you're thinking about awards and catching up on reading, I have suggestions for you!
acwise.net/favorite-sho...
acwise.net/favorite-sho...
Favorite Short Fiction of 2024 – acwise.net
acwise.net
December 29, 2024 at 3:35 PM
I put together a list of some of my favorite short fiction of 2024. If you're thinking about awards and catching up on reading, I have suggestions for you!
acwise.net/favorite-sho...
acwise.net/favorite-sho...
Finished a full draft of a short story for the first(!) time this year and feel like I can climb mountains. Whoo! Now to get it ready for a 12/31 sub deadline!
December 29, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Finished a full draft of a short story for the first(!) time this year and feel like I can climb mountains. Whoo! Now to get it ready for a 12/31 sub deadline!
Is it me or was the Doctor Who Christmas Special… not great? I was very tired when I watched. This is a sincere question.
December 28, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Is it me or was the Doctor Who Christmas Special… not great? I was very tired when I watched. This is a sincere question.
I need the full version of this right now!
Ran into a gospel remix of the 12 Days of Christmas on the clock app last night and almost caught the Holy Ghost 🎄YESSUH
December 23, 2024 at 4:26 PM
I need the full version of this right now!