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Hayley Shucker

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Writer of short stories, flash, screenplays. Lover of musical theater, baking, and cats. Pub in Door is a Jar, Los Angeles Review, Reed Magazine etc hayleyshucker.com MFA Sarah Lawrence 2025 MA English CSULB 2016

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Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · Aug 9

New #flashfiction piece out in The Mersey Review! #iamawriter #writingcommunity
www.themerseyreview.com/issues/7/blo...

Blood Pudding — The Mersey Review

'Blood Pudding' by Hayley Shucker

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Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 11h

A multiple pov #thriller where you don't know who to trust! Learn to plant #mystery in this new post!
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#firstchapters #fiction #literature #books #readinglist #tbr #craftessay #craftanalysis #writingtips #writingcommunity

Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 1d

#writingtips #writingcommunity #tbr #fiction #literature #alicefeeney

Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow's craft lesson is a #thriller and a #mystery #novel
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Richie Narvaez @richienarvaez.bsky.social · 7d

Back in the Bronx on Oct. 18, for a panel on "The Author's Journey," with Lorraine Avila, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, and Theresa Varela. Part of the NYPL's Pathways to Publishing Day.
www.showclix.com/event/pathways

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Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 1d

I've also done 3 card draw for scene or plot arc ideas.

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Matthew David Goodwin @latinxfiles.bsky.social · 10d

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 31ST!

The Speculative Detective Agency
Co-Editors: Matthew David Goodwin and Richie Narvaez

Call for Stories:
tinyurl.com/2kw9kd85

The Kickstarter:
tinyurl.com/2x4rp52h

---TRUST THE MYSTERY---

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Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 3d

Let's use tarot cards to create characters with 4 readings and 7 brainstorming prompts.

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#firstchapters #fiction #literature #books #readinglist #tbr #craftessay #craftanalysis #writingtips #writingcommunity #writinglife #writingprompts

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Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 7d

Craft analysis of The Need by Helen Phillips.
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#firstchapters #fiction #literature #books #readinglist #tbr #craftessay #craftanalysis #writingtips #writingcommunity #writinglife #bookrecommendations #speculativefiction #horror
#thriller #mystery

Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 8d

Tomorrow I tackle The Need by Helen Phillips hayleyshucker.substack.com
#firstchapters #fiction #literature #books #readinglist #tbr #craftessay #craftanalysis #writingtips #writingcommunity #writinglife #bookrecommendations

Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 9d

Don't worry, it's a 2026 goal 💋

Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · Jun 26

There is no God, start a literary magazine

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 11d

It's not that you're not talented enough! It's that the literary world is an expensive pyramid scheme!

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Richie Narvaez @richienarvaez.bsky.social · 26d

Please support our Kickstarter for the Speculative Detective Agency anthology. This is going to be a fantastic book and in donating to the Kickstarter you also get the book at a discount. And maybe some swell rewards.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...

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Tin House @tinhouse.bsky.social · 9d

Autumn (Online) is calling! 🍂🍁

For the first time ever, Tin House is opening up our online faculty readings to the public! All readings are on Zoom and are free to attend.

Register here: forms.gle/NPQx38ksrxUJ...

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Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 10d

Check out The Speculative Detective Agency by Matthew David Goodwin on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
#speculativefiction #writingcommunity #anthology #shortstory #noir #detective

The Speculative Detective Agency

A Curious Collection of Mysterious Cases

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Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 16d

New first chapters craft essay coming Friday. hayleyshucker.substack.com
#writingtips #writingcommunity #craftanalysis #fiction #literature #poetry

Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 17d

I just backed The Speculative Detective Agency on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
#speculativefiction #independentbooks #books #indiebooks #novels #literature

The Speculative Detective Agency

A Curious Collection of Mysterious Cases

www.kickstarter.com

Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 21d

Have a coffee and a read
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#firstchapters #writingtips #writingcommunity #memoir #fiction #literature #books

I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

The First Chapter of McCurdy’s Chilling Mom-Centric Memoir

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Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 22d

New #firstchapters analysis dropping tomorrow. hayleyshucker.substack.com
#memoir #nonfiction #writingtips #writingcommunity #literature #fiction

Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 22d

I'll also be a guest on their podcast soon.

Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 24d

Weird little #flashfiction piece is live in issue 18 of Etched Onyx! Saw this little guy a few days after my acceptance email.
onyxpublications.com/new-yorkers/
#writer #pubday #writingcommunity

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Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 25d

A #memoir for my #firstchapters post this Friday. Subscribe hayleyshucker.substack.com
#imgladmymomdied #jennettemccurdy #writing #writingtips

Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 28d

Read how Mona Awad's Bunny melds sexualization and terror together in her creation of the Bunnies. open.substack.com/pub/hayleysh...
New #firstchapters craft essay now live. #writingcommunity #writingtips #fiction #literature #speculativefiction #darkacademia #thriller

Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · Sep 9

New #firstchapters craft analysis coming Friday. Subscribe hayleyshucker.substack.com
#writingtips #writingcommunity #craftanalysis #fiction #literature #novels #books #speculativefiction

Picture of the cover of the book Bunny by Mona Awad

Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · Sep 5

A new #firstchapters for Friday. This week I cover Domenica Ruta's newest novel All the Mothers.

#firstchapters #writingtips #writingcommunity #writing #fiction #literature #books #substack

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All The Mothers

The First Chapter of Ruta's Female-Empowering Novel

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · Sep 4

I can’t let go of a ten-year-old literary grudge… Am I the asshole? And other questions answered in this week’s Am I the Literary Asshole?

I Can’t Let Go of a Ten-Year-Old Literary Grudge: Am I the Asshole?

Howdy, campers! Welcome back to the latest installment of everyone’s favorite petty gossip rag, Am I the Literary Asshole?, a column that does NOT currently require a payment plan! I’m your host, K…

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