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Emmi Khor - Writer
@emmikhor.bsky.social
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Writer, Reader, Ponderer - between yawns and coffee.
✳️ linktr.ee/emmikhor
✳️ Aurealis 2024 Finalist | Best Australian Yarn shortlist 2024
✳️ Speculative, surreal, literary in:
Inner Worlds | Factor Four | Cast of Wonders | Fictive Dream | Blood+Honey
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Emmi Khor - Writer @emmikhor.bsky.social · Sep 29
I wrote a teensy thing 🥹
Thanks @fictivedream.bsky.social for taking it in and the Yeah Nah team hosted by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social for the feedback that helped make this little piece 💖

#microfiction #speculative #flashfiction #specfic #literary #litfic #writesky
fictivedream.bsky.social Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · Sep 29
"The old coat is gone, shed for something entirely new." Shedding by Emmi Khor @emmikhor.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/09/29/m...
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This was a hilarious read!! And because, parenting problems are universal and transcendent 😅

Thanks V.H. Chen for this great read published by @flashfictiononline.bsky.social

Enjoy this read!
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/gift...

#flashfiction #fantasy #shortstories
Gifts from on High
ChatLegend Scroll LogsMonth of the Weasel, Third-DayExHeroGirl:Dad. Did you have to send a recorder through the gift portal? TranscendantChaos:Ah, it’s there already! Good. Should I send a dizi? Or…
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November 26, 2025 at 1:20 AM
emmikhor.bsky.social
A quiet read that says so much without saying a word at all. A quiet read by @mattkendrick.bsky.social that's worth the goosebumps it leaves!

#literary #flashfiction #shortstory #aging
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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mattkendrick.bsky.social
My last workshop of the year is a silly safari through humorous techniques. Feels like we all need a bit of levity after the year we've had. We'll look at daffynitions, spoonerisms, comic triples and much more.

Tues 2nd Dec 7pm GMT

OR Sat 6th Dec 9am GMT

www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
Write Beyond the Lightbulb. Funny Bones. Infusing your Prose with Humorous Techniques. Online workshop on daffynitions, spoonerisms, comic triples and more
November 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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gooseberrypielit.bsky.social
Congratulations to our nominees for Best Small Fictions 2026

@pleomorphic2.bsky.social
@writesofkathryn.bsky.social
@mczyzniejewski.bsky.social
Mikki Aronoff
@chrisscott.bsky.social
Best Small Fictions Nominations 2026 - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine is thrilled to nominate the following for Best Small Fictions 2026:
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November 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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pleomorphic2.bsky.social
Thank you so much, @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social for this nom. This piece was written in a @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social workshop and is forthcoming on 14 Dec 🧡🧡🥰
bloodhoneylit.bsky.social Blood+Honey @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social · 4d
BEST MICROFICTION 2026 NOMINEES!!!
November 22, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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I love this story. 💖🔥

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HEART FALLOUT
We deposit the hip shards in the tin can my mother reserves for these incidents. It is a recycled red bean paste can. If you lean in and sniff, you can still smell the red bean paste. There is a la…
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November 13, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Submissions are 🐝NOW OPEN🐝 to participate in the WriteHive Mentorship program! You have until November 16 to find a mentor for your publishing path (trad, self, small press, serialization, etc). Don't miss out: writehive.org/writehive-me...
WriteHive Mentorship Program - WriteHive
WriteHive is excited to announce another way to break down barriers in publishing. Our new Mentorship Program has various mentorships
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November 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
emmikhor.bsky.social
My writing buddy blitzes through manuscript edits in five days; I've managed two chapters in that time 😂 Each to their own pace!

(To be fair, she'd gotten a full request... So, deadlines!)

Wishing you all a productive #writing session!

#5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #writesky #writerslife
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November 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
emmikhor.bsky.social
"How will I put her back together after her skin has been ripped away?"

This piece hits hard for new mothers and women out there! Check out this piece by @sagetyrtle.bsky.social !

yourimpossiblevoice.com/a-list-of-th...

#literary #shortstory #flashfiction #womenslit
A List of the Reasons Women Feel Shame | Your Impossible Voice
By Sage Tyrtle — "The bus driver brakes hard and I stumble, my 37 weeks pregnant belly stumbles, my whole big self stumbles into a woman in a baseball hat who mutters fat bitch and I open my mouth to ...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
emmikhor.bsky.social
This piece says so much with so little 😭 Check out poetry by @shanaross.bsky.social published in @thedeadlands.com

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#poetry #hope #dying
I had a dream and in the dream I knew I was dreaming so I believed I could change things - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
This could be a good day.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Ex Partum by @slashnburnett.bsky.social 🥕
It’s called a carrot. They grow in the ground, and they have lots of nutrients, and they’re great for teething babies to chomp on. You might find bits of it in her shit later, though. quoted over off-white bar. Image shows surreal depiction of a repetitive interior. Ex Partum by emma burnett, sci-fi novella, coming June 2026, Atthis Arts, Detroit Michigan
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Let's embrace this November chill and kick off promoting Issue 9 with Counting To A Hundred by Aishatu Ado.

The cold will find its way to you, decide what you want to give it.
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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mycelialwriter.bsky.social
✨ The Chrysillium Tree Giveaway! ✨

To celebrate Star of Shalik’s release in 2 months, I’m giving away 3 TCT book boxes filled w/magical goodies.🌿📖

Open to U.S. readers only.

To enter:
1️⃣ Follow me
2️⃣ Like + Repost
3️⃣ say hello in comments!

Winners announced Saturday 11/15! 💫
#FantasyBooks #Giveaway
November 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
emmikhor.bsky.social
There's no official nano, but I'm inspired by other people's wins to finish a second draft this month! 🥳

Do you have a writing goal too?? Wishing you a productive #writing session!

#5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #writingnow #writerslife #nanowrimo #novelwriting #writesky
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November 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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locusmag.bsky.social
Locus is a magazine built for & by readers AND writers. Get insider news about which magazines are publishing what kind of story, as well as our reviewers' favorite books of the year. Immerse yourself in our community, we would love to have you. linktr.ee/locusmagazine
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November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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strangehorizons.bsky.social
The reviews are in!

Eat the Ones you Love by Sarah Maria Griffin
reviewed by Nileena Sunil

The Demon by Victory Witherkeigh
reviewed by Subham Rai

Field Of Frights by Christina Hagmann
reviewed by Racheal Chie

Link to latest issue in bio!

#speculativefiction #specfic #horror #sff #bookreviews
Left cover of Eat the Ones you Love by Sarah Maria Griffin featuring plants including an orchid and Venus fly trap with eyes in them. Right REVIEWS Quote "I found the first-person narration from the point of view of the plant to be convincingly menacing. In fact, these aspects—which stress the malevolent, stalkery characteristics of the plant—provide an interesting contrast to the much softer tale of Shell finding love, community, and newfound purpose." reviewer: Nileena Sunil 3 November 2025 Strange Horizons Left cover of The Demon by Victory Witherkeigh featuring a string of miniature skulls curing through fire. Right REVIEWS Quote "Witherkeigh doesn’t offer easy answers; her protagonist doesn’t escape her punishment but learns to carry it. This refusal of closure is what makes The Demon linger. It’s a story for anyone who’s felt like a stranger in their own skin—a reminder that identity, like a demon, is both a burden and a strange, stubborn gift." reviewer: Subham Rai 3 November 2025 Strange Horizons Left cover of Field Of Frights by Christina Hagmann featuring a figure in a black suit and white shirt with a white mask over their head sitting on a yellow arm chair in a field of yellow wheat. Right REVIEWS Quote "It speaks deeply to the field of hurts we have inside us, the unresolved traumas that linger and control us. Unaddressed, they become a barrier preventing us from moving forward in life. These barriers force us to face the monsters within us, kill them, and be victorious, but that can only be done if we know what they are." reviewer: Racheal Chie 3 November 2025 Strange Horizons
November 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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khoreo.bsky.social
🚨 November submissions are OPEN! We're seeking bold, subversive fiction on:

🔁 Cycles of revolution

💥 Revolution as a starting point

🌿 Quiet revolutions & resistance

📢 Disability, class & revolution

Submit now! www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
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November 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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wyrdscience.bsky.social
I feel like a stuck record sometimes griping about how people promote themselves in tabletop land (or more often don't) so you could do a lot worse than listen to this for some solid advice

have to say I disagree, very mildly, with a couple of Ryan's points about how to contact people but that's...
theweeklyscroll.com The Weekly Scroll @theweeklyscroll.com · 17d
New ep

Ryan sits down with Clayton Notestine of @explorersdesign.bsky.social to follow up his recent article on How to Promote Your Work with our take on Self-Promotion, including the Do's and Don'ts of reaching out to bloggers and podcasters.
EP 291 | We Talk SELF-PROMO with Clayton Notestine
YouTube video by The Weekly Scroll
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November 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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kercoby.bsky.social
Delightful time launching Year’s Best Canadian SFF today at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social !!

Many thanks to @ourmankoto.bsky.social for the work put into bringing this antho to life, and congrats to my fellow TOC members ✨

Always love an excuse to read a little slice of a tale 🪞
A nonbinary person in a soft brown hat stands in a SFF bookstore with a copy of Best Canadian SFF open in front of their face
November 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
emmikhor.bsky.social
I just enjoyed this awesome story by @esichr.bsky.social published in @innerworlds.bsky.social
Try out this sci-fi read... It'll leave you thinking!

inner-worlds.ghost.io/they-promise...

#shortstory #sciencefiction #scifi #amreading #shortstories
They Promised This Would Be Beautiful by Elena Sichrovsky
Your mentor once described a Bridge as being close to sacred. Inhale against the pull of time, they said. Let past, present, and future flood your molecules.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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khoreo.bsky.social
November submissions are OPEN!

The theme for the November submission period is REVOLUTIONS!

We pay $0.10/word! More info on how to submit is on our website: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
Exploding colors with overlayed text reading: Submissions open on November 1 and run until November 30th under the theme Revolutions.
November 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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thehorrorzine.bsky.social
Best-selling "Mojo" author Joe R. Lansdale gives us valuable writing tips, including what to do if you don't feel motivated to write!

www.thehorrorzine.com/Special/Lans...

#thehorrorzine #writingcommunity #horrorcommunity #5amwritersclub #halloween #joelansdale
Joe R Lansdale The Horror Zine
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November 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Change is... good? Huh... who knew????

But yeah, we got some like, changes coming!

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Change to Our Submission Periods - Trollbreath Magazine
Longer Submission Period Coming in 2026!
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November 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
emmikhor.bsky.social
The sadness of losing a grandmother to old age and in the same instance, gaining their memories, is beautifully done by @abigailkemske.bsky.social in this story.

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#shortstory #speculative
Threaded Lives | The Saturday Evening Post
A grandmother shares the patchwork stories of her life with her granddaughter.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
emmikhor.bsky.social
Oooh, I love this reflective pause! My fave is this quiet piece because I want to believe that even in this darker world we're now in, there's still hope for something beautiful to emerge.

Thanks for this pause moment! ✨💖

factorfourmag.com/a-little-res...

#speculative #flashfiction #fantasy
November 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM