Casey Banks
@caseybanks.bsky.social
Hello! I love reading & writing about supernatural horror, science fiction, and fantasy. My favorite stories are about normal people in wild situations, wild people in normal situations, or just all-around madness.
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Eligibility post in case you missed it! More on each in my newsletter: buttondown.com/tkrex/archiv...
It’s my 2025 award-eligible stories! Featuring @reckoningmag.bsky.social @factorfourmagazine.com @susankayequinn.bsky.social @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social @unchartedmag.bsky.social @morningtransport.bsky.social
Links in my latest newsletter: buttondown.com/tkrex/archiv...
Links in my latest newsletter: buttondown.com/tkrex/archiv...
January 11, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Eligibility post in case you missed it! More on each in my newsletter: buttondown.com/tkrex/archiv...
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For anyone writing short fiction and hoping to get published, if you're not already using SUBMISSION GRINDER, it's pretty much going to change your life.
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January 10, 2026 at 5:33 PM
For anyone writing short fiction and hoping to get published, if you're not already using SUBMISSION GRINDER, it's pretty much going to change your life.
share.google/6mKznpItVubP...
share.google/6mKznpItVubP...
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i made a guide on how to write, draw, and print a doujinshi/fanzine/whatever you want to call it.
this is a crash course on literally everything i know about making doujinshi. it's over 40 pages long. i hope you like it.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
this is a crash course on literally everything i know about making doujinshi. it's over 40 pages long. i hope you like it.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
January 10, 2026 at 1:32 AM
i made a guide on how to write, draw, and print a doujinshi/fanzine/whatever you want to call it.
this is a crash course on literally everything i know about making doujinshi. it's over 40 pages long. i hope you like it.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
this is a crash course on literally everything i know about making doujinshi. it's over 40 pages long. i hope you like it.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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What a great piece by Cory Doctorow on writing and education and AI use among students. This struck a clear bell:
January 8, 2026 at 12:34 AM
What a great piece by Cory Doctorow on writing and education and AI use among students. This struck a clear bell:
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If I for some reason ever pass
And they try to make my wife a roommate
Or a shadow in my life
Let it be known she was my heart.
She was my everything.
Not a shadow
But the whole sun.
And they try to make my wife a roommate
Or a shadow in my life
Let it be known she was my heart.
She was my everything.
Not a shadow
But the whole sun.
January 8, 2026 at 4:13 AM
If I for some reason ever pass
And they try to make my wife a roommate
Or a shadow in my life
Let it be known she was my heart.
She was my everything.
Not a shadow
But the whole sun.
And they try to make my wife a roommate
Or a shadow in my life
Let it be known she was my heart.
She was my everything.
Not a shadow
But the whole sun.
Thinking about the time I spite read Gone With the Wind when I was 12 because my 7th grade English teacher said I probably wouldn’t be able to.
The absolute glee that woman kept to herself knowing she successfully tricked me into knowledge.
The absolute glee that woman kept to herself knowing she successfully tricked me into knowledge.
January 2, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Thinking about the time I spite read Gone With the Wind when I was 12 because my 7th grade English teacher said I probably wouldn’t be able to.
The absolute glee that woman kept to herself knowing she successfully tricked me into knowledge.
The absolute glee that woman kept to herself knowing she successfully tricked me into knowledge.
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This set of observations is produced by my scrolling Reddit and otherwise listening to people talk about "how to write."
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
December 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This set of observations is produced by my scrolling Reddit and otherwise listening to people talk about "how to write."
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
Poets are incredible. No other person on earth can say ‘I woke up this morning and fell in love with a dead mouse’ without looking like a manic. A poet writes it and its the most beautiful thing I’ve read all day. www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
The Poetry Foundation
Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.
www.poetryfoundation.org
December 31, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Poets are incredible. No other person on earth can say ‘I woke up this morning and fell in love with a dead mouse’ without looking like a manic. A poet writes it and its the most beautiful thing I’ve read all day. www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
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Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
My Open Letter To That Open Letter About AI In Writing And Publishing
The tl;dr before you get into this post is this: the SFWA came out, said that some AI usage was okay enough in books for the authors of those books to not to be disqualified from winning a Nebula a…
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December 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
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Hell yeah @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social and @chesyaburke.bsky.social coediting!
Fam heads up on a call for submissions: please share with a Black Horror writer who you know would eat this up. Look at that dream editing duo: @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social and @chesyaburke.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥 Deadline January 14th, 2026...!
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
Black Horror | Call for Submissions
We are very excited to announce a new call for submissions which is now open!
blog.flametreepublishing.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Hell yeah @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social and @chesyaburke.bsky.social coediting!
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STOP
open a blank doc/notebook
write down every single indulgent, melodramatic, cliché, "I will buy a book with this thing every time" trope that you're a sucker for
guess what
if you can do it well
you can do it
WRITE what YOU want to READ, friends
eat your damn dessert
open a blank doc/notebook
write down every single indulgent, melodramatic, cliché, "I will buy a book with this thing every time" trope that you're a sucker for
guess what
if you can do it well
you can do it
WRITE what YOU want to READ, friends
eat your damn dessert
October 31, 2024 at 8:16 PM
STOP
open a blank doc/notebook
write down every single indulgent, melodramatic, cliché, "I will buy a book with this thing every time" trope that you're a sucker for
guess what
if you can do it well
you can do it
WRITE what YOU want to READ, friends
eat your damn dessert
open a blank doc/notebook
write down every single indulgent, melodramatic, cliché, "I will buy a book with this thing every time" trope that you're a sucker for
guess what
if you can do it well
you can do it
WRITE what YOU want to READ, friends
eat your damn dessert
Hooray! This collection has so many stories that I love. It’s impossible to have only one favorite.
The pre-order page for my debut solarpunk collection, The Wildcraft Drones, is now live @stelliform.press !!
www.stelliform.press/index.php/pr...
www.stelliform.press/index.php/pr...
The Wildcraft Drones by T. K. Rex ⋆ Stelliform Press
Read about short story collection THE WILDCRAFT DRONES by T. K. Rex, linked stories about the evolution of sentient drones and a transformed humanity.
www.stelliform.press
December 11, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Hooray! This collection has so many stories that I love. It’s impossible to have only one favorite.
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The pre-order page for my debut solarpunk collection, The Wildcraft Drones, is now live @stelliform.press !!
www.stelliform.press/index.php/pr...
www.stelliform.press/index.php/pr...
The Wildcraft Drones by T. K. Rex ⋆ Stelliform Press
Read about short story collection THE WILDCRAFT DRONES by T. K. Rex, linked stories about the evolution of sentient drones and a transformed humanity.
www.stelliform.press
December 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The pre-order page for my debut solarpunk collection, The Wildcraft Drones, is now live @stelliform.press !!
www.stelliform.press/index.php/pr...
www.stelliform.press/index.php/pr...
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I'll be doing an online workshop on character creation and development for Blue Stoop on December 7th! Interested? Register and pay here: www.bluestoop.org/classes/p/nk...
Finding the Heart of Your Story, a masterclass with N.K. Jemisin — Blue Stoop
Building a character is building a world of one; defining them, shaping them, and changing them is what a story is for. In this craft-first virtual masterclass, award winning author N. K. Jemisin will...
www.bluestoop.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I'll be doing an online workshop on character creation and development for Blue Stoop on December 7th! Interested? Register and pay here: www.bluestoop.org/classes/p/nk...
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I’ve been a FreeTaxUSA proselytizer for years and years and I strongly encourage everyone to make the switch. same kind of step by step “for dummies” interface, even for my complicated freelancer taxes, and you don’t have to give your money to one of our most evil lobbyists
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I’ve been a FreeTaxUSA proselytizer for years and years and I strongly encourage everyone to make the switch. same kind of step by step “for dummies” interface, even for my complicated freelancer taxes, and you don’t have to give your money to one of our most evil lobbyists
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Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
November 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
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A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
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One of the best things to recognise in yourself as a creative person is when you are Sauceless.
Not art blocked. Not struggling with a difficult creative problem.
Being Sauceless is when you've done good work but have been staring at it for too long, and risk making it worse through noodling.
Not art blocked. Not struggling with a difficult creative problem.
Being Sauceless is when you've done good work but have been staring at it for too long, and risk making it worse through noodling.
November 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
One of the best things to recognise in yourself as a creative person is when you are Sauceless.
Not art blocked. Not struggling with a difficult creative problem.
Being Sauceless is when you've done good work but have been staring at it for too long, and risk making it worse through noodling.
Not art blocked. Not struggling with a difficult creative problem.
Being Sauceless is when you've done good work but have been staring at it for too long, and risk making it worse through noodling.
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If you were at TwitchCon and experienced or witnessed harassment, especially from IRL streamers, I'd like to speak with you for a story.
Please signal boost.
Please signal boost.
October 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
If you were at TwitchCon and experienced or witnessed harassment, especially from IRL streamers, I'd like to speak with you for a story.
Please signal boost.
Please signal boost.
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Weird. I interacted for the first time with @maryrobinettekowal.com on Bluesky 4 days ago (about novel structure) and Tuesday a student in my Writing Fiction class emailed me this link she had used to prepare for the course and to think about structuring her story. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bleh...
Lecture #7: Short Stories — With Special Guest Instructor Mary Robinette Kowal
YouTube video by Brandon Sanderson
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October 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Weird. I interacted for the first time with @maryrobinettekowal.com on Bluesky 4 days ago (about novel structure) and Tuesday a student in my Writing Fiction class emailed me this link she had used to prepare for the course and to think about structuring her story. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bleh...
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Doing a LitCrawl! Months ago I was given a prompt and asked to curate a lineup. @prioryruins.bsky.social @chloehsmith.bsky.social @nmamatas.bsky.social & Giovanna Lomanto said yes! We were granted the power to change one literary event from history. What did we change? How is the world different?!
October 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Doing a LitCrawl! Months ago I was given a prompt and asked to curate a lineup. @prioryruins.bsky.social @chloehsmith.bsky.social @nmamatas.bsky.social & Giovanna Lomanto said yes! We were granted the power to change one literary event from history. What did we change? How is the world different?!
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This freshly-hatched horror story has possibly my favorite title of any story I've ever written. I give you....
"Courtney Lovecraft's Book of the Dead"
Free to read, at @nightmare-magazine.com !!
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/cour...
"Courtney Lovecraft's Book of the Dead"
Free to read, at @nightmare-magazine.com !!
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/cour...
Courtney Lovecraft’s Book of the Dead - Nightmare Magazine
Honey, the spirits are here with us tonight and they are deeply disappointed. [audience laughter] Momma, do you not own a mirror? Did you think you looked cute when you walked out of your house tonigh...
www.nightmare-magazine.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This freshly-hatched horror story has possibly my favorite title of any story I've ever written. I give you....
"Courtney Lovecraft's Book of the Dead"
Free to read, at @nightmare-magazine.com !!
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/cour...
"Courtney Lovecraft's Book of the Dead"
Free to read, at @nightmare-magazine.com !!
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/cour...
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Heads up! I'm doing TWO Litquake events this week.
TUES 10/14 @ Koret Auditorium, SF Public Library: talking banned books w/ Kate Folk, Elena Darling-Hammond & moderator Becka Robbins
THURS 10/16 @ Lost Church SF: Queer Magic w/ Michelle Tea, Caitlin Starling & moderator Evette Davis.
PARTY!!!!
TUES 10/14 @ Koret Auditorium, SF Public Library: talking banned books w/ Kate Folk, Elena Darling-Hammond & moderator Becka Robbins
THURS 10/16 @ Lost Church SF: Queer Magic w/ Michelle Tea, Caitlin Starling & moderator Evette Davis.
PARTY!!!!
October 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Heads up! I'm doing TWO Litquake events this week.
TUES 10/14 @ Koret Auditorium, SF Public Library: talking banned books w/ Kate Folk, Elena Darling-Hammond & moderator Becka Robbins
THURS 10/16 @ Lost Church SF: Queer Magic w/ Michelle Tea, Caitlin Starling & moderator Evette Davis.
PARTY!!!!
TUES 10/14 @ Koret Auditorium, SF Public Library: talking banned books w/ Kate Folk, Elena Darling-Hammond & moderator Becka Robbins
THURS 10/16 @ Lost Church SF: Queer Magic w/ Michelle Tea, Caitlin Starling & moderator Evette Davis.
PARTY!!!!
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I am so tired of people equating "edge" with "good" writing, and people implying I can't be a serious writer because of the things I love. Bradbury himself inoculated himself early against such foolishness. Love what you love. Write what you love. Tell everyone else to fuck the fuck off.
October 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I am so tired of people equating "edge" with "good" writing, and people implying I can't be a serious writer because of the things I love. Bradbury himself inoculated himself early against such foolishness. Love what you love. Write what you love. Tell everyone else to fuck the fuck off.