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she/they 🍂Speculative fiction author & Associate Member SFWA. Chipping away at a novella, short stories, and several novels.

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Em 🍂 @emharriettwrites.bsky.social · 25d

I'm in this anthology! Any support is greatly appreciated 🧡 AWW consistently puts out excellent publications!

#anthology #kickstarter #indiepress #shortstory

All Worlds Wayfarer (Literary Magazine) @awwlitmag.bsky.social · 25d

🌑 It begins. 🌑

The Into the Dark Kickstarter is officially LIVE!
34 tales of dark fantasy & fantastical horror — haunting, harrowing, and unforgettable.

Back today and help us bring this anthology to life!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...
#IntoTheDark #Kickstarter #DarkFantasy #HorrorBooks

Into the Dark

A Dark Fantasy and Fantastical Horror Anthology

www.kickstarter.com

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All Worlds Wayfarer (Literary Magazine) @awwlitmag.bsky.social · 16h

We just hit 50% funded!
We can hit our goal! Just four more days left to get our entire collection of anthologies and magazines, plus have your name in our book as a contributor, stickers, bookmarks, interesting articles, amazing fiction and more!
Don't miss out!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

Into the Dark

A Dark Fantasy and Fantastical Horror Anthology

www.kickstarter.com

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Em 🍂 @emharriettwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Please consider supporting the #kickstarter for @awwlitmag.bsky.social Into the Dark anthology! In addition to my story, "The Antler Shed", you'll have a trove of dark fantasy stories to enjoy AND support an indie magazine! 😊

www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

#anthology #writing #publishing

Into the Dark

A Dark Fantasy and Fantastical Horror Anthology

www.kickstarter.com

Em 🍂 @emharriettwrites.bsky.social · 5d

September books, not a ton of reading time last month but I did finish a couple fun reads 📚
#booksky #reading #books #currentread

Two books side by side on a hardwood floor: "Emberclaw" by L. R. Lam, and "Cabin" by Patrick Hutchison

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All Worlds Wayfarer (Literary Magazine) @awwlitmag.bsky.social · 19d

🌑Our Kickstarter is live!🌑

Every pledge helps this book come to life & gives a small publisher traction to keep championing emerging authors.

Backers are investing in haunting stories & a thriving future for spec fiction!
Join us
www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...
#SmallPress #DarkFantasy #Horror

Great Rewards for Into the Dark Kickstarter Backers! Bookmarks, magnets, stickers, books and more!

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Em 🍂 @emharriettwrites.bsky.social · 25d

I'm in this anthology! Any support is greatly appreciated 🧡 AWW consistently puts out excellent publications!

#anthology #kickstarter #indiepress #shortstory

All Worlds Wayfarer (Literary Magazine) @awwlitmag.bsky.social · 25d

Into the Dark

A Dark Fantasy and Fantastical Horror Anthology

www.kickstarter.com

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Em 🍂 @emharriettwrites.bsky.social · Sep 3

Books in August! 📚
#booksky #reading #ayearofbooks #books

Five books: "The Chalice of the Gods" by Rick Riordan, "A Wolf for a Spell" by Karah Sutton, "Lu and Ren's Guide to Geozoology" by Angela Hseih, "Lapidarium" by Hettie Judah, and "Twelve Moons" by Mary Oliver.

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Em 🍂 @emharriettwrites.bsky.social · Aug 31

Fifth Season 👀

Em 🍂 @emharriettwrites.bsky.social · Aug 11

Small watercolor to announce my short story "A Mausoleum of Hand-Me-Down Memories" will be appearing in the Hope in a Grimdark World anthology from @inkedingraypress.bsky.social ! ✨️

#shortstory #publishing #publication #anthology #writingcommunity #writing
#watercolor #art

A square of metallic white watercolor pigment with three lines, one metallic silver, one metallic yellow, and one metallic orange. Text on paper nearby reads ""A Mausoleum of Hand-Me-Down Memories" @ Hope in a Grimdark World anthology Inked in Gray Press"

Em 🍂 @emharriettwrites.bsky.social · Aug 2

(Some of) the books I read this July! Many library books not pictured lol
📚 #booksky #reading #books

Three books: "The Wager" by David Grann, "Thud" by Terry Pratchett, and "Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame" by Neon Yang.

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Em 🍂 @emharriettwrites.bsky.social · Jul 2

I did! I liked the narrative structure and voice, and how the different plotlines wove together 🦊❄️ Enjoyable read!

Em 🍂 @emharriettwrites.bsky.social · Jul 2

Books I read in June! 📚
#booksky #books #reading

Four books: "The Fox Wife" by Yangsze Choo, "Beetle and the Chimera Carnival" by Aliza Layne, "North Woods" by Daniel Mason, and "Thief of the Heights" by Son M & Robin Yao

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Em 🍂 @emharriettwrites.bsky.social · Jul 2

"My Lover and the Blackthorn Tree", first published in 2022 by a now-defunct journal, is available to read again in After Happy Hour's 'Second Chances' reprint issue! 🍃
afterhappyhourreview.com/Issues.html

#shortstory #publication #reprint #fantasy #author #fantasyauthor

AHH! Issues

afterhappyhourreview.com

Em 🍂 @emharriettwrites.bsky.social · Jul 1

My story "The Cat, the Crow, and the Moth" is out today from My Galvanized Friend in their third issue! www.mygalvanizedfriend.org/current-issue

🐈‍⬛️💙🩶🤍
#shortstory #writing #writingcommunity #author #queerlit #YAfantasy #youngadult #speculativefiction #publication

Current Issue | My Galvanized Friend

Read the most recent edition of My Galvanized Friend's queer literary magazine.

www.mygalvanizedfriend.org

Em 🍂 @emharriettwrites.bsky.social · Jun 10

I love libraries 🧡📚

Em 🍂 @emharriettwrites.bsky.social · Jun 1

Making up for not many books last month, I read a ton this May!📚
#books #reading #booksky #currentreads #idkwhattagstouseanymore

Nine books: "Dragonfall" by L R Lam, "Heir" by Sabaa Tahir, "Darkly" by Marisha Pessl, "The Last Bookstore on Earth" by Lily Braun Arnold, "Sheine Lende" by Darcie Little Badger, "A Song For You And I" by K O'Neil, "Warriors" graphic novel 2 by Natalie Riess and Sara Goetter, "Rebis" by Irene Marchesini and Carlotta Dicataldo, and "Hourglass" by Barbara Mazzi

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Em 🍂 @emharriettwrites.bsky.social · May 23

I've got a queer fantasy short with a monster in the woods if that's up your alley: www.unchartedmag.com/stories/the-...

The Blue Hour - Uncharted

Do not go hunting in the blue hour. That is the creed Reid learned from childhood to their teenaged years, following the footsteps of their parents, treading lightly when winter falls and shuttering w...

www.unchartedmag.com

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Em 🍂 @emharriettwrites.bsky.social · May 15

Quick sketch to announce my short story "Perennial" will be in the 2025 Fall Into Fantasy anthology from @cloakedpress.bsky.social ! 💜🌿

#publication #sketch #cloakedpress #shortstory #writingcommunity #writersky #writersofbluesky

A pencil sketch of sage and rosemary leaves with swirls of graphite. Text reads "Perennial" @ Fall Into Fantasy 2025 Cloaked Press. A pencil is on the left.

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Em 🍂 @emharriettwrites.bsky.social · May 7

three was an overstatement but I'm on mug #2

Writers of Bluesky, what are your favorite drinks to have while writing or editing?🍵
#writers #writersky #writingcommunity #teatime

A mug of tea with a fox face on a wooden coaster, beside a notebook with "Draft 3 process" written on it. The wooden desk the mug is on has other pens, index cards, and art supplies in the background.

Em 🍂 @emharriettwrites.bsky.social · May 7

Getting ready to start my third draft revisions for this sci-fi project, very daunting, very exciting, I'll need at least three mugs of tea before the morning is out

A brown wooden desk with an array of objects: a leather tablet case, blue pens and markers, index cards, a binder clip, blue starry washi tape, a starry notebook, a yellow book, and a latte on a wooden coaster. The notebook reads "Written in the Stars". One index card reads "Chapter # Scene # What events happen in this scene? What is the scene goal? Which scene element(s) discovery, complication, reversal, resolution"

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Em 🍂 @emharriettwrites.bsky.social · May 6

Just finished another book on #writing that is definitely going to be part of my craft library-- "Refuse to Be Done" by Matt Bell. Really useful & insightful with strategies for writing longer form pieces & that process.

A book, "Refuse to be Done" by Matt Bell, on a brown wooden surface. Around it are a wooden coaster, dish with polished stones, and a quartz crystal.

Em 🍂 @emharriettwrites.bsky.social · May 4

This piece was nominated for the Red Mare Collection 2025! ❤️

Em 🍂 @emharriettwrites.bsky.social · May 2

I'm in this anthology! Very excited for the Kickstarter and release :) 🍂🦌

All Worlds Wayfarer (Literary Magazine) @awwlitmag.bsky.social · Apr 29

Into the Dark Anthology
34 character-driven dark fantasy and fantastical horror stories by some amazing authors!
Throw off the shackles of the safe and mundane and delve Into the Dark.
Kickstarter coming soon!

All World's Wayfarer Presents Into the Dark. Behind the text is a man holding a bow, his cape soaring behind him as he stands on the back of a flying dragon. The dragon's mouth is open, fire about to roll out.

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Em 🍂 @emharriettwrites.bsky.social · May 2

Not a lot of reading time this month, but I did finish this series by Katy Rose Pool!📖⚔️

#books #reading #booklover #currentread #booksky

Two books side by side: "As the Shadow Rises" and "Into the Dying Light", both by Katy Rose Pool.

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Em 🍂 @emharriettwrites.bsky.social · Apr 11

Sometimes an outline is a page or less of bullet points, and sometimes it's 6 pages of details and dialogue snippets because your pen was possessed

Em 🍂 @emharriettwrites.bsky.social · Apr 1

Books I read in March!📚
#books #reading #currentread #booklover #amreading

Three books side by side: "There Will Come A Darkness" by Katy Rose Pool, "Heavenly Tyrant" by Xiran Jay Zhao, and "The Underwood Tapes" by Amanda Dewitt.

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