Helena Ramsaroop
@hramsaroop.bsky.social
ha-lay-na • She/her • Freelance editor, reviewer & bioarchaeologist •📝 in Strange Horizons, ARB, Canthius & The Fiddlehead • Assistant Editor for Augur Society • Copy Editor for Muslim Literary Festival • Reader for khōréō 🍉🇬🇾🇨🇦
https://linktr.ee/hramsaroop
https://linktr.ee/hramsaroop
Pinned
Helena Ramsaroop
@hramsaroop.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Hi! I’m Helena and I’m a freelance editor. I have an editing certificate from Simon Fraser University and I’m the recipient of @editorscanada.bsky.social’s 2024 Claudette Upton Scholarship—a national award that recognizes a promising emerging editor. 🧵
Reposted by Helena Ramsaroop
Some of you may know that I curate a huge reading list if Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror. It is not up to date… Please comment if you identify as Palestinian, or if you know of something that should be in the list! Please share for visibility. soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...
Read Palestinian Speculative Fiction Reading List
The following is a growing reading list for the #ReadPalestinianSpecFic challenge. This is a work in progress to create a list of all available Palestinian speculative fiction. Novels: Novels by Na…
soniasulaiman.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Some of you may know that I curate a huge reading list if Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror. It is not up to date… Please comment if you identify as Palestinian, or if you know of something that should be in the list! Please share for visibility. soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...
Reposted by Helena Ramsaroop
Check out the must-read short fiction of October 2025 if you:
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: October 2025 - Reactor
This month's short fiction recommendations include ghosts and grief, recipes and multiverses...
reactormag.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Check out the must-read short fiction of October 2025 if you:
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
Reposted by Helena Ramsaroop
GTA friends I will be at this Canadian-Caribbean showcase on Dec 14 discussing Writing Speculative Fiction with Terese Mason Pierre and Lue Palmer! All of it is free. There are workshops on poetry, self pubbing, non fiction, short stories etc!
come say hi? 😀
diasporadialogues.com/diaspora-dia...
come say hi? 😀
diasporadialogues.com/diaspora-dia...
Diaspora Dialogues Presents the 2025 Canadian-Caribbean Literary Showcase - Diaspora Dialogues
The Canadian-Caribbean Literary Showcase is a three-day celebration of Caribbean voices and their influence on Canadian literature, art, and culture. Over the course of the showcase, audiences are inv...
diasporadialogues.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
GTA friends I will be at this Canadian-Caribbean showcase on Dec 14 discussing Writing Speculative Fiction with Terese Mason Pierre and Lue Palmer! All of it is free. There are workshops on poetry, self pubbing, non fiction, short stories etc!
come say hi? 😀
diasporadialogues.com/diaspora-dia...
come say hi? 😀
diasporadialogues.com/diaspora-dia...
Reposted by Helena Ramsaroop
We’re so honoured to be BACK as an Ontario Arts Council Recommender for grants this year! 🎊
We’re interested in receiving applications for various lengths of SFF & dreamy realism projects, including:
⭐️ fiction
⭐️ poetry
⭐️ short fiction
We’re interested in receiving applications for various lengths of SFF & dreamy realism projects, including:
⭐️ fiction
⭐️ poetry
⭐️ short fiction
November 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
We’re so honoured to be BACK as an Ontario Arts Council Recommender for grants this year! 🎊
We’re interested in receiving applications for various lengths of SFF & dreamy realism projects, including:
⭐️ fiction
⭐️ poetry
⭐️ short fiction
We’re interested in receiving applications for various lengths of SFF & dreamy realism projects, including:
⭐️ fiction
⭐️ poetry
⭐️ short fiction
Reposted by Helena Ramsaroop
Reposted by Helena Ramsaroop
Looking for something to curl up with this fall? Check out our newly released Augur Issue 8.2! ✨
Also, you can find 2 FREE samples on our site! 📚💫
🔗 Link in bio!
Also, you can find 2 FREE samples on our site! 📚💫
🔗 Link in bio!
Augur Issue 8.2 is NOW LIVE! 🎊 & you can find 2 FREE pieces on our site!
Discover...
🔥 an elemental aftermath of an affair
🦖 a monstrous hymn of awe and destruction
🍯 devastation dripped in honey and rain
& so much more!
🔗 Starting reading here: augursociety.org/augur-issue-...
🧵
Discover...
🔥 an elemental aftermath of an affair
🦖 a monstrous hymn of awe and destruction
🍯 devastation dripped in honey and rain
& so much more!
🔗 Starting reading here: augursociety.org/augur-issue-...
🧵
November 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Looking for something to curl up with this fall? Check out our newly released Augur Issue 8.2! ✨
Also, you can find 2 FREE samples on our site! 📚💫
🔗 Link in bio!
Also, you can find 2 FREE samples on our site! 📚💫
🔗 Link in bio!
Reposted by Helena Ramsaroop
Our submissions are open to fiction exploring the theme of "Revolutions" 📣
Visit our website to read the full submission guidelines: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
Visit our website to read the full submission guidelines: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
November 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Our submissions are open to fiction exploring the theme of "Revolutions" 📣
Visit our website to read the full submission guidelines: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
Visit our website to read the full submission guidelines: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
Reposted by Helena Ramsaroop
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-...
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-...
November 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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-...
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-...
Reposted by Helena Ramsaroop
Augur Issue 8.2 is NOW LIVE! 🎊 & you can find 2 FREE pieces on our site!
Discover...
🔥 an elemental aftermath of an affair
🦖 a monstrous hymn of awe and destruction
🍯 devastation dripped in honey and rain
& so much more!
🔗 Starting reading here: augursociety.org/augur-issue-...
🧵
Discover...
🔥 an elemental aftermath of an affair
🦖 a monstrous hymn of awe and destruction
🍯 devastation dripped in honey and rain
& so much more!
🔗 Starting reading here: augursociety.org/augur-issue-...
🧵
October 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Augur Issue 8.2 is NOW LIVE! 🎊 & you can find 2 FREE pieces on our site!
Discover...
🔥 an elemental aftermath of an affair
🦖 a monstrous hymn of awe and destruction
🍯 devastation dripped in honey and rain
& so much more!
🔗 Starting reading here: augursociety.org/augur-issue-...
🧵
Discover...
🔥 an elemental aftermath of an affair
🦖 a monstrous hymn of awe and destruction
🍯 devastation dripped in honey and rain
& so much more!
🔗 Starting reading here: augursociety.org/augur-issue-...
🧵
Reposted by Helena Ramsaroop
NINE HOURS LEFT.
When support stops—as it has now—it stops for 21 FAMILIES. For the first time in six months we missed our goal last week. And we’ll miss it again this week.
One hundred Palestinians. Whom you can and DO help. Who are still in genocide and reliant on YOU.
Last check 496/1000….
When support stops—as it has now—it stops for 21 FAMILIES. For the first time in six months we missed our goal last week. And we’ll miss it again this week.
One hundred Palestinians. Whom you can and DO help. Who are still in genocide and reliant on YOU.
Last check 496/1000….
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…
chuffed.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NINE HOURS LEFT.
When support stops—as it has now—it stops for 21 FAMILIES. For the first time in six months we missed our goal last week. And we’ll miss it again this week.
One hundred Palestinians. Whom you can and DO help. Who are still in genocide and reliant on YOU.
Last check 496/1000….
When support stops—as it has now—it stops for 21 FAMILIES. For the first time in six months we missed our goal last week. And we’ll miss it again this week.
One hundred Palestinians. Whom you can and DO help. Who are still in genocide and reliant on YOU.
Last check 496/1000….
Reposted by Helena Ramsaroop
I've gone back and forth on whether to post about this -- part of me that is so, so tired of flaying open the details of our grief just to beg the world to care.
They killed my friend. They fucking killed him.
His wife is struggling immensely to feed their children. Anything you can donate helps.
They killed my friend. They fucking killed him.
His wife is struggling immensely to feed their children. Anything you can donate helps.
As Bluesky continues banning Palestinians, my friend Hani -- one of the kindest men you will ever meet -- and his family are starving on the street. Please donate if you can.
chuffed.org/project/help...
chuffed.org/project/help...
Help Hany’s Family Live
A note to charitable souls; payment by credit card is deeply appreciated but Stripe does take a 10-12% cut. If you are able to give by Paypal please consider doing so. - Sarah
chuffed.org
October 31, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I've gone back and forth on whether to post about this -- part of me that is so, so tired of flaying open the details of our grief just to beg the world to care.
They killed my friend. They fucking killed him.
His wife is struggling immensely to feed their children. Anything you can donate helps.
They killed my friend. They fucking killed him.
His wife is struggling immensely to feed their children. Anything you can donate helps.
Reposted by Helena Ramsaroop
Thank you to everyone who's shared & donated so far for your generosity. But Archita's stuck at 69% to her goal and has had only 1 donation since I last shared 2 days ago. Please keep sharing & donating so she can get some security in this terrible time.
Fellow Calcuttan writer/editor Archita Mittra is in desperate need of financial help. She recently lost her father, her home was damaged in the recent rains, & her mother's in hospital. They don't have insurance, & she's a freelancer. I can vouch for her. Please share widely & donate:
Donate to Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives, organized by tehseen baweja
Hey Everyone! My name is Tehseen and I publish an online magazine called T… tehseen baweja needs your support for Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives
www.gofundme.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Thank you to everyone who's shared & donated so far for your generosity. But Archita's stuck at 69% to her goal and has had only 1 donation since I last shared 2 days ago. Please keep sharing & donating so she can get some security in this terrible time.
Reposted by Helena Ramsaroop
hello, we are running a little behind on our fundraising yet again! help us pay back our volunteers a little faster while maintaining ongoing eSim usage in Gaza. #ConnectingGaza
@sfdirewolf.bsky.social @thellpsx.bsky.social
bit.ly/eSimsRUs
@sfdirewolf.bsky.social @thellpsx.bsky.social
bit.ly/eSimsRUs
Crips for eSims for Gaza
Crips for eSims for Gaza is a collaboration between Jane Shi, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Alice Wong.
bit.ly
October 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
hello, we are running a little behind on our fundraising yet again! help us pay back our volunteers a little faster while maintaining ongoing eSim usage in Gaza. #ConnectingGaza
@sfdirewolf.bsky.social @thellpsx.bsky.social
bit.ly/eSimsRUs
@sfdirewolf.bsky.social @thellpsx.bsky.social
bit.ly/eSimsRUs
Reposted by Helena Ramsaroop
If you can, please donate to help one of our regular contributors in this time of need.
Fellow Calcuttan writer/editor Archita Mittra is in desperate need of financial help. She recently lost her father, her home was damaged in the recent rains, & her mother's in hospital. They don't have insurance, & she's a freelancer. I can vouch for her. Please share widely & donate:
Donate to Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives, organized by tehseen baweja
Hey Everyone! My name is Tehseen and I publish an online magazine called T… tehseen baweja needs your support for Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives
www.gofundme.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
If you can, please donate to help one of our regular contributors in this time of need.
Reposted by Helena Ramsaroop
I am delighted and honoured to say that my second novel RAKESFALL has won the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! vajra.me/2025/10/21/r...
RAKESFALL wins the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
RAKESFALL wins the Le Guin Prize!
vajra.me
October 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I am delighted and honoured to say that my second novel RAKESFALL has won the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! vajra.me/2025/10/21/r...
Reposted by Helena Ramsaroop
Great thread. October is breast cancer awareness month here in the UK. Get into the habit of checking your breasts regularly - you know your body best. Finding a change and facing BC is terrifying, but dealing with it means more time: you'll want more time.
breastcancernow.org/about-breast...
breastcancernow.org/about-breast...
October 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Great thread. October is breast cancer awareness month here in the UK. Get into the habit of checking your breasts regularly - you know your body best. Finding a change and facing BC is terrifying, but dealing with it means more time: you'll want more time.
breastcancernow.org/about-breast...
breastcancernow.org/about-breast...
Reposted by Helena Ramsaroop
Ok yall we have four days to make this goal—please share! This giving circle channels reliable weekly support to six families & a camp. Most are now catastrophically displaced. They need:
- food (still a famine)
- tents
- supplies
Anything helps: 50/1500 by Saturday.
- food (still a famine)
- tents
- supplies
Anything helps: 50/1500 by Saturday.
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…
chuffed.org
October 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Ok yall we have four days to make this goal—please share! This giving circle channels reliable weekly support to six families & a camp. Most are now catastrophically displaced. They need:
- food (still a famine)
- tents
- supplies
Anything helps: 50/1500 by Saturday.
- food (still a famine)
- tents
- supplies
Anything helps: 50/1500 by Saturday.
Reposted by Helena Ramsaroop
Countess ebook is 33% off in Canada atm (it's $5.99 down from $8.99)...so if you been waiting and have a kobo you can save a bit!
www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...
www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...
Countess ebook by Suzan Palumbo - Rakuten Kobo
Read "Countess" by Suzan Palumbo available from Rakuten Kobo. A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella in which a betrayed captain seeks revenge on the interplanetary empire ...
www.kobo.com
September 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Countess ebook is 33% off in Canada atm (it's $5.99 down from $8.99)...so if you been waiting and have a kobo you can save a bit!
www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...
www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...
Reposted by Helena Ramsaroop
September 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Reposted by Helena Ramsaroop
One day left to apply for the Augur Editor role! You'd get to collaborate with an awesome team on putting our future issues together, for both Augur Magazine and @talesfeathers.bsky.social. Apps on our site!
✨ Augur Editor update ✨
The application deadline has been extended to SEPT 26th! 🚨
Don’t miss your chance to apply!
The application deadline has been extended to SEPT 26th! 🚨
Don’t miss your chance to apply!
Looking to join the Augur team? 👀 Now's your chance!
We are looking for dedicated, experienced, and compassionate folks to join our all-volunteer Editorial team! 💫🖋️ If you want to help shape the future of Augur magazine--APPLY NOW!
DEADLINE to submit your application is Sep 21 🗓️
🔗in bio!
We are looking for dedicated, experienced, and compassionate folks to join our all-volunteer Editorial team! 💫🖋️ If you want to help shape the future of Augur magazine--APPLY NOW!
DEADLINE to submit your application is Sep 21 🗓️
🔗in bio!
September 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
One day left to apply for the Augur Editor role! You'd get to collaborate with an awesome team on putting our future issues together, for both Augur Magazine and @talesfeathers.bsky.social. Apps on our site!
Reposted by Helena Ramsaroop
Issue 5.3 is out now! ❤️🔥 A special themed issue on Symbiosis—close relationships between species. The stories creatively explore their own take on this theme. Head over to our website to buy a copy & read the latest issue: www.khoreomag.com
This incredible cover is by @jocelynshort.bsky.social 🧡
This incredible cover is by @jocelynshort.bsky.social 🧡
September 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Issue 5.3 is out now! ❤️🔥 A special themed issue on Symbiosis—close relationships between species. The stories creatively explore their own take on this theme. Head over to our website to buy a copy & read the latest issue: www.khoreomag.com
This incredible cover is by @jocelynshort.bsky.social 🧡
This incredible cover is by @jocelynshort.bsky.social 🧡
Reposted by Helena Ramsaroop
Some of the responses to this are from people saying that her Boy Wizard books are mid and, my brothers and sister in Christ, not that I disagree with you here, but her books could've been the best goddamn pieces of literature in the world and you still should stop supporting this monster.
can the millennials finally let go of Harry Potter now that Rowling is literally fucking quoting Mein Kampf?
The Holocaust denier who has spent the last four years waging social violence against trans people and set up a BILLION POUND fund to wage lawfare against innocent people is now quoting Mein Kampf. But sure, tell me I need to widen my tent for people who disagree with me.
September 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Some of the responses to this are from people saying that her Boy Wizard books are mid and, my brothers and sister in Christ, not that I disagree with you here, but her books could've been the best goddamn pieces of literature in the world and you still should stop supporting this monster.
Reposted by Helena Ramsaroop
one of my contacts in G has been profusely thanking me for our diligent support because we've been keeping their eSim active since last summer. we are almost at 3 million CAD!
anyway this is what i've been thinking about rather than charlie kirk.
bit.ly/eSimsRUs
anyway this is what i've been thinking about rather than charlie kirk.
bit.ly/eSimsRUs
Crips for eSims for Gaza
Crips for eSims for Gaza is a collaboration between Jane Shi, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Alice Wong.
bit.ly
September 12, 2025 at 12:46 AM
one of my contacts in G has been profusely thanking me for our diligent support because we've been keeping their eSim active since last summer. we are almost at 3 million CAD!
anyway this is what i've been thinking about rather than charlie kirk.
bit.ly/eSimsRUs
anyway this is what i've been thinking about rather than charlie kirk.
bit.ly/eSimsRUs
Reposted by Helena Ramsaroop
Behold! The cover and TOC for our latest, GODS & MONSTERS, coming at you this October:
fiyahlitmag.com/2025/09/06/f...
fiyahlitmag.com/2025/09/06/f...
September 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Behold! The cover and TOC for our latest, GODS & MONSTERS, coming at you this October:
fiyahlitmag.com/2025/09/06/f...
fiyahlitmag.com/2025/09/06/f...
Reposted by Helena Ramsaroop
Looking to join the Augur team? 👀 Now's your chance!
We are looking for dedicated, experienced, and compassionate folks to join our all-volunteer Editorial team! 💫🖋️ If you want to help shape the future of Augur magazine--APPLY NOW!
DEADLINE to submit your application is Sep 21 🗓️
🔗in bio!
We are looking for dedicated, experienced, and compassionate folks to join our all-volunteer Editorial team! 💫🖋️ If you want to help shape the future of Augur magazine--APPLY NOW!
DEADLINE to submit your application is Sep 21 🗓️
🔗in bio!
September 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Looking to join the Augur team? 👀 Now's your chance!
We are looking for dedicated, experienced, and compassionate folks to join our all-volunteer Editorial team! 💫🖋️ If you want to help shape the future of Augur magazine--APPLY NOW!
DEADLINE to submit your application is Sep 21 🗓️
🔗in bio!
We are looking for dedicated, experienced, and compassionate folks to join our all-volunteer Editorial team! 💫🖋️ If you want to help shape the future of Augur magazine--APPLY NOW!
DEADLINE to submit your application is Sep 21 🗓️
🔗in bio!