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Thomas Ha

@thomasha.bsky.social

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Writer | UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES (2025) | Nebula, Ignyte, Hugo, Locus, Shirley Jackson Finalist | Best American SFF, Brave New Weird, Year's Best Dark Fantasy/Horror | Korean/Irish hapa. Dad o' 3. He/him. Rep: Michael Curry. thomashawrites.com

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 8d

My first collection, UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES, @undertow.bsky.social is now available. Kind words for it by Kelly Link, Brian Evenson, Jeff Ford, Premee Mohamed, John Wiswell, and more.

Cover, Ove Tøpfer, design, Vince Haig.

undertowpublications.com/shop/uncerta...
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Uncertain Sons and Other Stories — Undertow Publications

Sept. 2025 Cover art by Ove Tøpfer Trade paperback (284 pages) Uncertain Sons is a startling and masterful collection exploring familial love and trauma; societal and technological anxieties; ...

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 39m

Oh also! (I did not know this was announced, haha.) :D

See you online next year for WisCon!

WisCon on Bluesky @wiscon.bsky.social · 3d

Introducing our next Guest of Honor: Nebula Award Winning Author Premee Mohamed!
#WisCon2026 #Wiscon #premeemohamed #WisCONline2026

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nm whitley @nmwhitley.bsky.social · 2d

ICYMI i talked about stories by Carolyn Zhao @strangehorizons.bsky.social @suplexicon.bsky.social y.social @bruisermag.com @johnchrostek.com @hexliterary.bsky.social and Samanta Schweblin, plus songs by Stereolab, but not Goodnight Moon which I had nothing to say about buttondown.com/shortstoryre...

SHORT STORY REX Sept 2025

1. “The Heartbreak Hotel on Plutonic Planet”, Carolyn Zhao Got sucked in by this one’s sort-of free-associating whimsy, its deceptively naif je-ne-sais-quoi....

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 15h

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Skree Ghoulsen 🔜 LBX 105✨ @breebird33.bsky.social · 20d

bork! bork!

digital illustration of a somewhat composed figure in a 1890s gown adorned by ribbons with a wolf head mid-bark as eyes and fleshy tendrils erupt across her face and neck

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 2h

congrats!!

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 6h

thanks again!!

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Lyndsie Manusos @lmanusos.bsky.social · 7h

In my latest @bookriot.bsky.social, I list 6 Recent Horror Short Story Collections with work by @nadiabulkin.bsky.social, @comptonwrites.bsky.social, @thomasha.bsky.social, @haileypiperfights.bsky.social, Samanta Schweblin, and @kristinaten.bsky.social!

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6 Recent & Upcoming Knockout Horror Short Story Collections

Dabble in the abuses of power that happen everyday, read about Halloween pranks going horribly wrong, and more

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Dan Liimatta @danliimatta.bsky.social · 20h

#Daily 34 River | Sacred bones

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Anni Jyn @annijyn.com · 1d

laura palmer / everybody scream

a black abstract line art illustration of Laura palmer from David lynch’s twin peaks, screaming. she has white eyes and inside her eyeballs the words “fire walk with me” are written. the background is bright red.

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Alex Hanna-ween @alexhanna.bsky.social · 16h

As an instructor, I'd rather see your fever dream, No Doze-fueled 4AM essays written at an IHOP rather than anything generated by an LLM.

Hope this helps

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 18h

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
finn
wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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𝕾𝖙𝖗𝖆𝖓𝖌𝖊 𝕳𝖔𝖚𝖘𝖊 @strangehouse.bsky.social · 10d

Jester

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 17h

"Uncertain Sons is sure to be a collection that reverberates through the horror scene, and if you haven’t read Ha’s work before, you need to remedy that ASAP."

Many thanks to @lmanusos.bsky.social for the inclusion w/ some great recent collections. Yes, if you need to remedy ASAP, links below! Ty!

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scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social · 7d

Written 55 years ago, Schulz's heartfelt clarity cuts through the noise, even today.

h/t @tisserand.bsky.social

Scan of a typed letter from 1970, from Peanuts creator Charles Schulz, addressed to "Joel Lipton, 622 N. Foothill Road, Beverly Hills, Calif. 90210"

It reads:

"Dear Joel:

I think it is more difficult these days to define what makes a good citizen than it has ever been before. Certainly all any of us can do is follow our own conscience and retain faith in our democracy. Sometimes it is the very people who cry out the loudest in favor of getting back to what they call "American Virtues" who lack this faith in our country.

I believe that our greatest strength lies always in the protection of our smallest minorities.

Sincerely yours,

Charles M. Schulz"

At bottom is an illustration of Charlie Brown and Snoopy, a kite wrapped around the dog house.

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 21h

everyone hating on lumpy goo and flesh chunks

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CarsonDrewIt @carsondrewit.bsky.social · 22h

Traian's Curios

#dailysketch Day 124
#art #illustration

Technically took us two days to make, but I think it paid off. Really happy with how this one turned out!

A digital sketch of a woman behind the counter of a magical curio shop. A cat sleeps on the counter next to her while a dog sits on a stool trying to get her attention. There's also a frog with a crown. on the shelves behind her are various additional artefacts.

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 22h

yeah that part is a ride for sure

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 22h

i know my brain is broken because there's a part of it that thinks these flavors could work

Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 1d

"Kids! come down for dinner! The ham and bananas hollandaise is ready!"

Old 1970s dish of food for ham and bananas hollandaise

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 4d

Somersaulting in here to be like "There are war pteranodons in THE SIEGE OF BURNING GRASS but those are the least of everybody's problems for most of the book" :D

Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 4d

sci-fi has gotta bring back dudes riding pterodactyls, that was a whole vibe

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 1d

FFer Read of the Day: "Brainstem Disco, 2191" by @angelaliu.bsky.social in @clarkesworldmagazine.com

clarkesworldmagazine.com/liu_05_25/

Brainstem Disco, 2191 by Angela Liu

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 1d

thanks for having me on. really fun, nice, informal chat back and forth about Uncertain Sons a little, but honestly mostly just about approaches to short fic and other writing miscellany. had a really great time. thanks again!

Josh Gauthier @jgwriter.joshgauthierwriter.com · 1d

If you missed the livestream with @thomasha.bsky.social last night talking about writing and Uncertain Sons, you can watch the whole thing on YouTube. It was such a fun conversation. Give it a listen and be sure to also check out his story collection for yourself.

Writers and Readers - with Thomas Ha

YouTube video by Josh Gauthier

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 1d

ah, wow, thanks! happy you enjoyed it/got angry haha. much appreciated!

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 1d

just read “Window Boy” by @thomasha.bsky.social for the first time and I’m absolutely livid about how good it is clarkesworldmagazine.com/ha_08_23/

Window Boy by Thomas Ha

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

clarkesworldmagazine.com

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 1d

Oh whoa, nice. UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES (@undertow.bsky.social) is on New York Public Library's list of 2025 best adult horror. Many thanks to NYPL!

Best New Horror of 2025 for Adults

Our expert horror committee read more than 150 titles published since last Halloween to select their 20 favorites. There's something for everyone here—whether you're looking for jeepers, creepers, sca...

www.nypl.org

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 1d

little ghibli gentleman taking a nap

Orange tabby with front paws curled up under head like a little pillow

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Jack Klausner @jackklausner.bsky.social · 2d

My Weird Horror 11 story is now available to read online:

Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 2d

New story up at Weird Horror. @jackklausner.bsky.social's chilling "We Didn't Used to Be Like This." It's sublime.

www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/we-didnt-use...

Screen grab of page from weirdhorrormagazine.com showing the story, title and front cover. Black text on ochre nackgrounb

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