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Kerry C. Byrne

@kercoby.bsky.social

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SFF writer—Year’s Best Canadian SFF, Fantasy Mag, THIS Mag. @SFWA. Banff Sci-fi ‘25. Aurora Finalist. Loves fairy tales, comics, video games, D&D. Publisher @augursociety — Augur Mag, Tales & Feathers Mag, Augur Books. Contact me via www.kerrycbyrne.com

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · Nov 17

✨ I have started a broad #CanSpec starter pack!

This isn’t JUST writers, authors, editors…

It’s also stores, booksellers, community organizers.

ANYONE in CanSpec (Canlit + Specfic) !

Reply for an add ✨ It’s very much only a rough beginning right now !

go.bsky.app/Q7MUTiT

Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 9h

Writing a book is actually kind of fun tho

Did we know this

Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 9h

Yes? 👀🖤

Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 9h

I keep meaning to!!! And forgetting!!

It may be time

Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 9h

YES

Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 9h

What would you say if I told you I have yet to see this 👀👀👀

Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 9h

THIRTY PAGES LEFT TO REVISE BEFORE WE ENTER REWRITE STATION

Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 10h

I think the heart of the post is that for a young person 10+ years ago, it was hard to find. I’m sure there was plenty a barely-20s me wasn’t aware of—it wasn’t a perfect phrasing for the feeling, as character count dooms. But I do wish this response was more generous to the intention 🙏

Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 15h

“Is this really the dynamic here though or just a fun line to write”

— me editing me

Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 18h

The loss will be loss, and it will be grieved.

But I don’t think it can be understated what an impact this mag has had on generations of writers and readers and editors.

The landscape is different because of them.

And if there’s any one reason to do this, that’s the one.

Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 18h

When I took my first writing workshop, On Spec was the only active SFF mag in Canada—and an inspiration when I launched Augur 3 years later.

That was 13 years ago.

They made space where there wasn’t for specfic in Canlit & set the stage for the many Canadian editors who’ve launched mags since.

On Spec Magazine @onspecmag.bsky.social · 1d

With our new issue, we are making the sad announcement that this will be the final year for On Spec. See www.onspec.ca for details.

Reposted by Kerry C. Byrne

Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 2d

WE'RE 30% FUNDED!! 🎉🎉🎉 Apex will be open to nonfiction pitches FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER! ✨

Want to unlock the next chapter of Apex? Please consider backing our Kickstarter and help us keep publishing the strange, surreal, shocking, beautiful stories you love!

Apex Magazine 2026

An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

www.kickstarter.com

Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 2d

Buddy!

Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 2d

I have officially smacked revision notes on 70 pages of the manuscript !!

34 to go before I head into reworking the first hundred pages 🙏

Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 2d

Work is really trying you this week eh

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 4d

it's here, The Deadlands fundraiser 💀

buy your very 2026 coin for the ferryman and help support us

we've got signed books, deadlands issues + psychopomp book bundles, and more coming soon!

please like + RT this to help spread the word

psychopomp.com/the-deadland...

behold!

Illustration of a white skull partially obscured by colorful mushrooms and plants. Different fungi sprout from and around the skull, including red mushrooms with white spots, yellow fan-shaped mushrooms, gray cluster mushrooms, and orange bulbous mushrooms, with green and purple plants filling the background. A ribbon at the bottom of the skull reads “ADMIT ONE.”

Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 4d

Realizing I have a bad habit of writing the things I don’t know about a manuscript INTO the protagonist of the manuscript 🙀😭

What a wild way for my ADHD to take the wheel (it would be too boring to stop and figure it out)

Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 4d

Clock me avidly looking up reviews during intermission to figure out wtf is going on (it helped a lot)

Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 5d

Yes !!

Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 5d

I have heard their Act I aesthetics are opposite!! I saw only this one though 👀 (And Sense and Sensibility)

Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 5d

Never 50 First Dates?!

Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 5d

Today I witnessed the strangest interpretation of As You Like It that I think I will ever see

DYSTOPIAN As You Like It

By intermission, I was ready to walk out

By the end, I was delighted

I am confused and baffled

A purple-lit circular stage with flowers and garlands

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 5d

K-Pop Demon Hunters is legitimately the global cultural phenomenon of 2025 and honestly there are far worse things to be a cultural touchstone this year than a trio of young women fighting literal soul-sucking hegemony through the power of their art

E. Perkins 🎃 @hauntedpumpkin.bsky.social · 5d

Oh crap, it's back at #1 in movies again today on Netflix too. That's awesome!

Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 5d

In my 20s I was so stressed that I couldn’t imagine wanting to remember them — but the 30s are SO much better and I wanna return to all of it !!

An excellent tip

Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 7d

I hath been blessed by the softest pillow ever

A blonde person with oversized glasses holds an immense, soft sage pillow

Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 7d

HAPPY BIRTHDAAAAAAY