Fab
@knifewitch.bsky.social
literary agent @kiagency.bsky.social **closed to unsolicited queries** ex Grimdark Magazine, ex medievalist. queer. she/they (header is a Rovina Cai illustration from Spear)
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· Dec 18
Fabienne Schwizer – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website
www.manuscriptwishlist.com
I’ll be reopening to queries in January - please see my freshly updated MSWL and submission guidelines at the link. I can’t wait to read all your fantastic projects. ✨✨✨
Getting an adhd diagnosis at 5
Going to a book launch at 6:30
The author: this one is for the adhd girlies
I feel perceived
Going to a book launch at 6:30
The author: this one is for the adhd girlies
I feel perceived
January 29, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Getting an adhd diagnosis at 5
Going to a book launch at 6:30
The author: this one is for the adhd girlies
I feel perceived
Going to a book launch at 6:30
The author: this one is for the adhd girlies
I feel perceived
I don’t think I’ve ever pressed the full request button faster. It’s horrifying, it’s beautiful and hey, can there ever be too many cannibal books?
@knifewitch.bsky.social is thrilled to welcome @vfernandesauthor.bsky.social and her gorgeous, gross horror novel to Ki.
More: www.ki-agency.co.uk/post/vivian-...
More: www.ki-agency.co.uk/post/vivian-...
Vivian Fernandes joins Ki | Ki Agency
www.ki-agency.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 12:08 PM
I don’t think I’ve ever pressed the full request button faster. It’s horrifying, it’s beautiful and hey, can there ever be too many cannibal books?
So grateful that this weekend’s editing is a revolutionary, anti-colonial, political fantasy that feeds my rage at the world
January 25, 2026 at 9:05 AM
So grateful that this weekend’s editing is a revolutionary, anti-colonial, political fantasy that feeds my rage at the world
Listen to Stew.
I read The Everlasting. I did not have a good time. I wrote about why I think it's a deeply, deeply problematic novel here. I'm pretty nervous about posting this because my response is very emotional and quite specifically mine but there it is.
A review of the deeply problematic, The Everlasting
I wrote this review because I feel like I live in a time where we have to draw attention to narratives that abuse our sentiments about right and wrong, that use sleight of hand to have us accept da…
stewarthotston.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Listen to Stew.
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Absolutely delighted to see my acid-western-queer-romance novella, FOR THE ROAD on the BSFA longlist!
It's a mega year (go check it out) but would be extremely honoured if you'd consider chucking in a nomination towards some of my rawest, strangest writing:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
It's a mega year (go check it out) but would be extremely honoured if you'd consider chucking in a nomination towards some of my rawest, strangest writing:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
January 22, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Absolutely delighted to see my acid-western-queer-romance novella, FOR THE ROAD on the BSFA longlist!
It's a mega year (go check it out) but would be extremely honoured if you'd consider chucking in a nomination towards some of my rawest, strangest writing:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
It's a mega year (go check it out) but would be extremely honoured if you'd consider chucking in a nomination towards some of my rawest, strangest writing:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Look, I'm going to tell you a secret. If you buy an e-book while it's on sale, you never have to read it. If you have $2 to spare & want to help that particular author, you can just chuck the book into the oubliette of your TBR. Every sale helps. The author will never know, but you gave them a gift.
January 21, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Look, I'm going to tell you a secret. If you buy an e-book while it's on sale, you never have to read it. If you have $2 to spare & want to help that particular author, you can just chuck the book into the oubliette of your TBR. Every sale helps. The author will never know, but you gave them a gift.
Going to Waterstones to look at cannibal books is not something I ever expected to be part of my job
January 21, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Going to Waterstones to look at cannibal books is not something I ever expected to be part of my job
I couldn’t be more thrilled. UTAMA, a historical fantasy about Singapore’s founding myth was one of my standout reads of 2025 and we’ve got big plans!
More exciting news: Fab has signed Ng Yi-Sheng. He is the author of brilliant UTAMA (Epigram Books) and writes the most beautiful prose.
Read more: www.ki-agency.co.uk/post/ng-yi-s...
Read more: www.ki-agency.co.uk/post/ng-yi-s...
Ng Yi-Sheng joins Ki | Ki Agency
www.ki-agency.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I couldn’t be more thrilled. UTAMA, a historical fantasy about Singapore’s founding myth was one of my standout reads of 2025 and we’ve got big plans!
I guess my sister can stay
January 18, 2026 at 7:55 PM
I guess my sister can stay
Six and a half years of life in the UK and this last trip to Switzerland has shown cars driving on the right now confuse me.
January 18, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Six and a half years of life in the UK and this last trip to Switzerland has shown cars driving on the right now confuse me.
Spending the weekend with friends who have forbidden me from doing anything work related. In theory, great idea but dammit I’m 30 pages from the end of a manuscript I’m obsessed with
January 16, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Spending the weekend with friends who have forbidden me from doing anything work related. In theory, great idea but dammit I’m 30 pages from the end of a manuscript I’m obsessed with
The delight when your author tells you they’re comping their new project to one of your favourite books of all time, unknowingly
January 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
The delight when your author tells you they’re comping their new project to one of your favourite books of all time, unknowingly
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Strange Horizons fiction submissions open next Monday!
The window will be open for 48 hours from 3 p.m. UTC on January 19th 2026 to 3 p.m. UTC on January 21st 2026.
There will be no cap.
More information on submitting, including the link to our Moksha portal ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
The window will be open for 48 hours from 3 p.m. UTC on January 19th 2026 to 3 p.m. UTC on January 21st 2026.
There will be no cap.
More information on submitting, including the link to our Moksha portal ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
January 12, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Strange Horizons fiction submissions open next Monday!
The window will be open for 48 hours from 3 p.m. UTC on January 19th 2026 to 3 p.m. UTC on January 21st 2026.
There will be no cap.
More information on submitting, including the link to our Moksha portal ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
The window will be open for 48 hours from 3 p.m. UTC on January 19th 2026 to 3 p.m. UTC on January 21st 2026.
There will be no cap.
More information on submitting, including the link to our Moksha portal ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
Writing retreats are great and all, but where are my editing retreats for agents and editors?
January 12, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Writing retreats are great and all, but where are my editing retreats for agents and editors?
No one’s expecting me to get work done while it’s snowing, right?
January 6, 2026 at 12:05 PM
No one’s expecting me to get work done while it’s snowing, right?
Leaving my laptop and notebook in the office over nights has done wonders for my work-life balance, who’d have thought
January 5, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Leaving my laptop and notebook in the office over nights has done wonders for my work-life balance, who’d have thought
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Doing work planning for the next six months and looks like I'll have slots available for freelance work, esp around Feb-April. So if you need someone to write STUFF or do narrative /story consulting, HMU!
Things I've worked on over past few years (and am not NDAd about) include!
Things I've worked on over past few years (and am not NDAd about) include!
January 2, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Doing work planning for the next six months and looks like I'll have slots available for freelance work, esp around Feb-April. So if you need someone to write STUFF or do narrative /story consulting, HMU!
Things I've worked on over past few years (and am not NDAd about) include!
Things I've worked on over past few years (and am not NDAd about) include!
Never thought I’d miss Swiss noise regulation laws
January 1, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Never thought I’d miss Swiss noise regulation laws
And I’m officially open to queries again ✨ looking forward to diving into some great stories. QueryTracker.net/query/fabien...
Query Fabienne Schwizer at Ki Agency
QueryTracker.net
January 1, 2026 at 11:13 AM
And I’m officially open to queries again ✨ looking forward to diving into some great stories. QueryTracker.net/query/fabien...
Meant to edit today, got dragged into the gay hockey show instead
December 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Meant to edit today, got dragged into the gay hockey show instead
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Since everything is awful and it’s nearly Christmas, who’d like some pictures of ship’s cats? Don’t worry dog lovers, a canine thread’s coming soon! Let’s start with Tiddles, sitting in his favourite spot on the carrier HMS Victorious in 1943 (he liked playing with the bell rope)
📷 IWM A 10646
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📷 IWM A 10646
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December 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Since everything is awful and it’s nearly Christmas, who’d like some pictures of ship’s cats? Don’t worry dog lovers, a canine thread’s coming soon! Let’s start with Tiddles, sitting in his favourite spot on the carrier HMS Victorious in 1943 (he liked playing with the bell rope)
📷 IWM A 10646
🧵1/17
📷 IWM A 10646
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We'll be reading stories for ✨ What Elegant Stars: Queer Tales of Impossible Style ✨ from January 15th to April 15th.
Give us stories of satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars.
<6k words. 8¢/word. simsub ☑️. multiple submissions 🚫.
www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
Give us stories of satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars.
<6k words. 8¢/word. simsub ☑️. multiple submissions 🚫.
www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
December 20, 2025 at 2:18 AM
We'll be reading stories for ✨ What Elegant Stars: Queer Tales of Impossible Style ✨ from January 15th to April 15th.
Give us stories of satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars.
<6k words. 8¢/word. simsub ☑️. multiple submissions 🚫.
www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
Give us stories of satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars.
<6k words. 8¢/word. simsub ☑️. multiple submissions 🚫.
www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
But in more positive things, send your queer spec short fic to these awesome people.
Also there are 11 more days to submit your queer speculative stories already published in 2025!
The editors love reading far and wide, so please especially consider submitting work from journals and anthologies they might not be aware of.
www.neonhemlock.com/were-here
The editors love reading far and wide, so please especially consider submitting work from journals and anthologies they might not be aware of.
www.neonhemlock.com/were-here
we're here — neon hemlock
www.neonhemlock.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
But in more positive things, send your queer spec short fic to these awesome people.
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Thanks to @sfwa.org for being so responsive to concerns around the Nebula Awards and LLM use. The Nebula should honor human creativity, as the revised rules now state. However, we also don't want to see writers tripped up on eligibility or hit by witch hunts over minor LLM usage like spell check. 1/
Thoughts on the Nebula Awards, LLM usage, and where we draw the line | Jason Sanford's Genre Grapevine
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December 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Thanks to @sfwa.org for being so responsive to concerns around the Nebula Awards and LLM use. The Nebula should honor human creativity, as the revised rules now state. However, we also don't want to see writers tripped up on eligibility or hit by witch hunts over minor LLM usage like spell check. 1/
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Honestly, though, begs the question... why did this even occur? Everyone involved should be fired or quit or whatever the process is. I'm not actually thankful they rescinded it so much as wanting accountability for why it even happened in the first place.
And just like that, SFWA capitulates. Keep fighting. It works.
December 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Honestly, though, begs the question... why did this even occur? Everyone involved should be fired or quit or whatever the process is. I'm not actually thankful they rescinded it so much as wanting accountability for why it even happened in the first place.