KS Walker

⚡New Story!⚡ 'Til Earth and Heaven Ring' is a historical piece in @strangehorizons.bsky.social Afrosurrealism special issue! Inspired by Robert Smalls' self-emancipation, this is a story about strangeness, risk, art, and of course, about freedom. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

btw i am ON THE COVER and WITHIN THE PAGES of the next GRIMDARK MAGAZINE ISSUE. live october 1st. if you know me this is a dream come true and basically the only publication i ever wanted to, ahem, crack. 🙏🏻🙏🏻

We need to talk about how terrifying parenting is. Like, having to wake up in the middle of the night (peak time for the spooky) to care for them. Only to realize your child may be the spooky thing? @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social writes about this in today's piece: www.darkertimes.com/parenting-a-...

*takes deep breath* *ululates* WE ARE OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS hornedlarkpress.moksha.io/publication/...

Cats out of the bag! Stay tuned to find out who all coming to The Cookout

NEW DRINK ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talkin about THE SORCERER OF THE WILDEEPS by Kai Ashante Wilson. This is a science-fantasy sword & sorcery novella of profound poetry & ardent action, as a caravan crosses a deadly magical expanse. A landmark of queer fantasy. Our drink is Demoniac.

Submissions for FIYAH #40 are OPEN! Deadline July 31. Get more info about "Conjuring Academies & Spellbound Scholars" at the link! fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/

Author Eden Royce @edenroyce.bsky.social presents an artful piece of perfection at a high cost… An original chilling story arrives in the latest edition of Estate of Fright. 🏚️😱 Get your free subscription before YOUR time is up! ➡️ www.manorhq.com/eof 🎨 Benedetta Cutrone

We’ll be open for submissions next month. Novellas, y’all! Novellas in which authoritarianism is defeated. That’s our jam. We love to see it. Fantasy or sci-fi, you pick. Wanna see what we like? Check out THE FINAL CHRONICLE OF YENEH by @jomiles.bsky.social or COYOTE RUN by @lilithsaintcrow.com.

No future without trans people. No future without immigrants. No future without strangers who become loved ones.

Submissions are opening today! We are seeking speculative fiction by immigrant/diaspora writers for upcoming issues. Open to short stories under 5,000 words; translations under 3,500 words from any language into English; and flash fiction under 1,500 words. Accepted stories are paid USD$0.10/word.

Our Kickstarter is live! Help support another year of speculative fiction by immigrant & diaspora writers over at @Kickstarter. 🧡 With your help, we can keep funding our work, expand to regular author interviews, raise our artist pay, & more! Support us at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...

NH is a treasure. Two titles I've read this year and loved: 'The Mystery of the Bitten Peach' by Cecilia Tan and 'Redundancies and Potentials' by @domsdickey.bsky.social

It's a lingering question with portal fantasies: what about those left behind? "What Are We If I Stay" by KS Walker is a quiet, thoughtful exploration of this idea, and has an ending that will knock your socks off.

Portals #1 drops in October and will open to submissions on June 22nd! It will be co-edited by the incredible Angel Leal and Jess Cho, who are looking for horror fiction/poetry by trans authors. All proceeds from sales of this installment will go to Trans Lifeline. 🏳️‍⚧️ (3/8)

"I Am Frankelda" is coming to Netflix on June 12. A Mexican stop-motion feature film by Arturo & Roy Ambriz (Cinema Fantasma).

Cover reveal😍❤️

ANATHEMA opens to submissions this June and you should meet our editorial team! Amina Kayani (she/her) is a queer Muhajir writer from the South. She’s published all over and can't wait to see what stories you send her way! #SFF #queer #bipoc #kickstarter #qtpoc

Devastating. FIYAH was the first home for my short fiction. FIYAH has been more than just a magazine, it's a movement. Unapologetically creating space for Black spec fic, sharing their platform and creating the tools for accountability and transparency in the SFFH short fiction ecosystem.

I legit feel so lucky to exist in the same timeline as this film, this performance.

In the mood for a space opera adventure reviewers have affectionately called “tear-apart-the-empire-with-your-bare-hands wish fulfillment”? THE SPLINTER IN THE SKY eBook is currently 1.99 *again*! ✨ bookshop.org/p/books/the-... ✨ www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

What a joy! Thank you so much @lmanusos.bsky.social !

My chaotic-timed newsletter continues with, "Don't Forget the Winter Stories." Eligibility season is upon us, and I highlight kickass stories by @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social, @renanbernardo.com, @translunarytree.bsky.social, and Sarah Chin. buttondown.com/LyndsieWrite...

Are we still writing up our fall curriculum? Put me on your syllabus! metrowestwriters.myshopify.com/products/aut...

On Tuesday, October 21st—Ursula's birthday—we'll announce the recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! Join Theo Downes-Le Guin and guest host Ebon Moss-Bachrach on YouTube for a live announcement at 9 am PDT. The announcement will happen here: www.youtube.com/@ursula.k.le...

me, to big kid: Watcha working on? Your comic? big kid: City Kitties (said as if I should def know what City Kitties is) me: Sooo...not your comic? big kid: No, it's my *book* (said as if I should def know she started writing a book twelve minutes ago) ... big kid: it's mostly about squirrels

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!! 📢📢📢 We're hosting an AMA here with Apex Magazine Editor and EIC of Crepuscular @retreasure.bsky.social TOMORROW!! 📚✨ Got any writing, editing, or publishing questions burning a hole in your pocket? Reply to this post with your question, and Becky may select yours to answer!

It’s midnight! That means Witch You Would is OUT NOW AHHH! Sorry I’m going to be insufferable for a minute. Also, please come to the party!

A solarpunk heist thriller, free creative writing workshop and more in our new update #solarpunk #protopia solarpunkstories.substack.com/p/solarpunk-...

ICYMI! I have a new story out! 'Til Earth and Heaven Ring' draws on the real self-emancipation orchestrated by Robert Smalls in 1862, swirled with a budding romance, a dash of the uncanny, and interspersed with museum artifacts and interpretation. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

moderately time-war coded

After a devastating battle, a reluctant rebel is forced to work with a dangerous enemy to save their world. In the mood for a book about found family, fighting technofascism, and second chances? There are 100 free copies of The King Must Die available on GR: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

HEY SFF WRITERS 👋✨ We want your books. So we can acquire them. And print them. For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨ Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words. Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread. Pass it on 👀

Hello new followers! So happy you're here! You'll find I mostly use bsky for updates (my own writing and others'!) I'm also active on IG. But the best place to remain up to date on my work remains my newsletter: www.kswalker.net#contact

My novel, The Canopy Keepers, was nominated for a Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award!!! 🥳 🙏 www.killernashville.com/2025-silver-...

Ope! Omwwwwww!!!

"....Otto could not see through the hole, but he could see into it. And inside were multitudes. Far more there than could or should be contained in any single person. There was a vastness, yet as far as Otto could tell, it was full .… a bowl full of possibility."

Here's some more AfroSurrealism for everyone! SET IT OFF (1996) – FANS’ CUT  by NOVA CYPRESS BLACK Till Earth and Heaven Ring  by K. S. Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social Read these pieces at the link to the latest issue in our bio!

We're open to submissions this month by authors of historically marginalized backgrounds only! We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and other folks whose voices must be heard! www.havenspec.com/submit/

Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 2 is now available on our Patreon! Featuring arthropod stories from @eclosionk2.bsky.social, @mmschreier.bsky.social, @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social, @dianadima.com, @akatherineblack.bsky.social, @jennifleck.bsky.social, and Pauline Jérémie! 🪲🐛🐞🦀

Hi all; I'm going to undergo a significant procedure later this year (sorry, would rather not disclose) and my husband's health insurance doesn't cover it. We're going to need funds for the care during and after. Any help would be much appreciated: gogetfunding.com/medical-and-...

FEED US (It has to be human and it has to be yours!) Our submission period closes May 31st so get those short stories and poems watered, fertilized, and...cut? We want spec that is focused on a long-term relationships. Bonus points if Canadian 🍁 www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g...

I’m incredibly excited to announce the authors for Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 2! 🦋🐞🐜🪲🦗🪰🕷️🦀 @akatherineblack.bsky.social @dianadima.com Joshua Green Pauline Jérémie @eclosionk2.bsky.social @jennifleck.bsky.social @mmschreier.bsky.social @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social #invertefest

March 1st! It's my birthday month and in true Aries fashion I like to celebrate ALL MONTH LONG 🎊 Celebrate with me in this thread by sharing something you made that you're proud of 🥰🥰🥰

STOP EVERYTHING. ✋🏾 One of my *favorite* short fiction writers has a novella coming out? THIS MONTH? @neonhemlock.bsky.social @domsdickey.bsky.social where have I been?????

Happy Valentine's Day!✨💘 Doing award season reading? Looking for something with a hint of romance? Can I offer you ' Hands like Gold and Starlight'? www.uncannymagazine.com/article/hand... Please note I did not promise you an HEA 🫣 do not come for me 😆

Thrilled that we have a Spanish language version of this guide to protecting yourself and your community from ICE, in the hopes it can reach as many people who need it as possible. 51st.news/es/los-opera...

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