Kate Tooley
@katetooley.bsky.social
Assoc. Ed. at Uncharted Mag | Writing about gays, ghosts and gay ghosts 🏳️🌈 👻
http://bio.site/katetooley/
http://bio.site/katetooley/
2026 is looking up!! 🤩🤩🤩
really, truly elated to share that my novelette about a boy and a merrow and a dead father’s soul in the form of a lobster will appear one day in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social 🦞
this story is near to my heart and for it to find a home at Kaleidotrope is… huge. best birthday month gift ever.
this story is near to my heart and for it to find a home at Kaleidotrope is… huge. best birthday month gift ever.
December 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
2026 is looking up!! 🤩🤩🤩
Haven’t picked a reading, but appreciate that this is probably the one place the erotic lesbian cheese story might be appropriate….
NY, this is going to be so weird and good! 2PM Sun at a chill little place right off the street. Come hang with @raxkingisdead.bsky.social, @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social, @saralippmann.bsky.social, @camilleuadams.bsky.social, @katetooley.bsky.social, @michelleghenry.bsky.social, and me. ❤️
November 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Haven’t picked a reading, but appreciate that this is probably the one place the erotic lesbian cheese story might be appropriate….
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Some good news.
Today, a coalition of seven charitable foundations announced the launch of the Literary Arts Fund, a historic philanthropic investment of at least $50 million to strengthen the nonprofit literary arts field in the U.S.
October 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Some good news.
Wohoooooo!!! Yes @livesinpages.bsky.social congrats! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
VCCA is pleased to announce that fiction writer ✨ Christopher Gonzalez ✨ has been named the 2025 recipient of VCCA’s Steven Petrow and Julie Petrow-Cohen LGBTQ+ Fellowship! vcca.com/christopher-gonzalez 🧡 @livesinpages.bsky.social #VCCAFellows #MtSanAngelo #writingresidency
Christopher Gonzalez Named 2025 Recipient of VCCA’s Steven Petrow and Julie Petrow-Cohen LGBTQ+ Fellowship
This annual fellowship supports the residency of an LGBTQ+ writer working in any genre at VCCA’s artist retreat in the foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains.
vcca.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Wohoooooo!!! Yes @livesinpages.bsky.social congrats! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
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Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
October 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
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ICYMI: Our first issue launched yesterday at www.broadripplereview.com.
In conjunction with our first issue, we are happy to announce our prize winners.
Our fiction winner is L.B. Browne's "The Dress Department" and our nonfiction winner is Angela Townsend's 'Write Until You Pray."
In conjunction with our first issue, we are happy to announce our prize winners.
Our fiction winner is L.B. Browne's "The Dress Department" and our nonfiction winner is Angela Townsend's 'Write Until You Pray."
October 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
ICYMI: Our first issue launched yesterday at www.broadripplereview.com.
In conjunction with our first issue, we are happy to announce our prize winners.
Our fiction winner is L.B. Browne's "The Dress Department" and our nonfiction winner is Angela Townsend's 'Write Until You Pray."
In conjunction with our first issue, we are happy to announce our prize winners.
Our fiction winner is L.B. Browne's "The Dress Department" and our nonfiction winner is Angela Townsend's 'Write Until You Pray."
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My book is coming out in January. if you're interested in pitching a review of it or an interview with me, I'd be delighted and grateful 🥺 it's speculative short stories. There's monsters, outer space, and pie!
This beauty thinks you'd like it:
This beauty thinks you'd like it:
October 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
My book is coming out in January. if you're interested in pitching a review of it or an interview with me, I'd be delighted and grateful 🥺 it's speculative short stories. There's monsters, outer space, and pie!
This beauty thinks you'd like it:
This beauty thinks you'd like it:
A little dog for your timeline.
October 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A little dog for your timeline.
Reading in such 10/10 company 😊😍☺️
NY friends, come hang November 16th!
@camilleuadams.bsky.social @michelleghenry.bsky.social @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social @raxkingisdead.bsky.social @saralippmann.bsky.social @katetooley.bsky.social
@camilleuadams.bsky.social @michelleghenry.bsky.social @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social @raxkingisdead.bsky.social @saralippmann.bsky.social @katetooley.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Reading in such 10/10 company 😊😍☺️
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NY friends, come hang November 16th!
@camilleuadams.bsky.social @michelleghenry.bsky.social @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social @raxkingisdead.bsky.social @saralippmann.bsky.social @katetooley.bsky.social
@camilleuadams.bsky.social @michelleghenry.bsky.social @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social @raxkingisdead.bsky.social @saralippmann.bsky.social @katetooley.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
NY friends, come hang November 16th!
@camilleuadams.bsky.social @michelleghenry.bsky.social @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social @raxkingisdead.bsky.social @saralippmann.bsky.social @katetooley.bsky.social
@camilleuadams.bsky.social @michelleghenry.bsky.social @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social @raxkingisdead.bsky.social @saralippmann.bsky.social @katetooley.bsky.social
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The @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference is coming back to DC on April 18, 2026, and we're open for registration! It's $95, and that includes the one-day conference, 1 book, 1 meeting w an editor, and your choice of literary stuff from our partner presses. www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
October 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference is coming back to DC on April 18, 2026, and we're open for registration! It's $95, and that includes the one-day conference, 1 book, 1 meeting w an editor, and your choice of literary stuff from our partner presses. www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
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Lana Lin's book launch live right now!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_fA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_fA...
October 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Lana Lin's book launch live right now!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_fA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_fA...
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Wonderful to attend a reading by @andrewporter01.bsky.social and @sallywenmao.bsky.social moderated by @mdbell79.bsky.social at Changing Hands in Tempe yesterday. And it was great to see you @stephanieaustin.bsky.social @sabrinahicks.bsky.social @rudribhattpatel.bsky.social @karakahnke.bsky.social 💜
September 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Wonderful to attend a reading by @andrewporter01.bsky.social and @sallywenmao.bsky.social moderated by @mdbell79.bsky.social at Changing Hands in Tempe yesterday. And it was great to see you @stephanieaustin.bsky.social @sabrinahicks.bsky.social @rudribhattpatel.bsky.social @karakahnke.bsky.social 💜
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It is my pleasure to share that @andrewporter01.bsky.social will be the Guest Selecting Editor for the @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50 2026! Andrew Porter's latest book, The Imagined Life, has received many accolades and has been called, "One of the best books of the year," by Esquire.
September 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
It is my pleasure to share that @andrewporter01.bsky.social will be the Guest Selecting Editor for the @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50 2026! Andrew Porter's latest book, The Imagined Life, has received many accolades and has been called, "One of the best books of the year," by Esquire.
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BOOK LAUNCH TONIGHT! 7pm ET! THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF H. LAN THAO LAM!
Lana Lin will be in conversation with @moniquetruong.bsky.social at Books Are Magic (& streaming online, too).
www.booksaremagic.net/events/32868...
Lana Lin will be in conversation with @moniquetruong.bsky.social at Books Are Magic (& streaming online, too).
www.booksaremagic.net/events/32868...
Lana Lin: The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam w/ Monique Truong | Books Are Magic
Your Favorite Indie Bookstore!
www.booksaremagic.net
October 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
BOOK LAUNCH TONIGHT! 7pm ET! THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF H. LAN THAO LAM!
Lana Lin will be in conversation with @moniquetruong.bsky.social at Books Are Magic (& streaming online, too).
www.booksaremagic.net/events/32868...
Lana Lin will be in conversation with @moniquetruong.bsky.social at Books Are Magic (& streaming online, too).
www.booksaremagic.net/events/32868...
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Last day of the sale!
PSSST. In advance of Tuesday's pub day, @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social is having a quick sale on our two fall titles: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF H. LAN THAO LAM by Lana Lin and THE ENDLESS WEEK by Laura Vazquez trans. by Alex Niemi!
Hurry! Two more days! www.nyrb.com/collections/...
Hurry! Two more days! www.nyrb.com/collections/...
September 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Last day of the sale!
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new from @kylietcheung.bsky.social in @teenvogue.com: recently, men have impersonated plainclothes ICE agents to assault women—only possible, she argues, because state agents commit violence with impunity.
"To be clear, men wouldn’t be posing as ICE agents and assaulting women if ICE didn’t exist."
"To be clear, men wouldn’t be posing as ICE agents and assaulting women if ICE didn’t exist."
How ICE Raids Are Making It Easier for Civilian Men to Assault Immigrant Women
"This phenomenon is only possible because of the outsized power that state agents have always had to abuse and control women and victims' bodies," argues Kylie Cheung.
www.teenvogue.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
new from @kylietcheung.bsky.social in @teenvogue.com: recently, men have impersonated plainclothes ICE agents to assault women—only possible, she argues, because state agents commit violence with impunity.
"To be clear, men wouldn’t be posing as ICE agents and assaulting women if ICE didn’t exist."
"To be clear, men wouldn’t be posing as ICE agents and assaulting women if ICE didn’t exist."
Finally managed to lure @writesloud.bsky.social to nyc - come hang!
Come hanggggg
Chatting up @alinaetc.bsky.social @adrianf.bsky.social @raxkingisdead.bsky.social @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social @saralippmann.bsky.social @katetooley.bsky.social and more! ❤️
Chatting up @alinaetc.bsky.social @adrianf.bsky.social @raxkingisdead.bsky.social @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social @saralippmann.bsky.social @katetooley.bsky.social and more! ❤️
September 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Finally managed to lure @writesloud.bsky.social to nyc - come hang!
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Okay, and here is the crowdfunding campaign for my next project, which now I guess is going to have to be amazing and foundational and wildly essential and move us all: www.gofundme.com/f/help-nisi-... Help how you can. That's what I'm doing.
Donate to Help Nisi Shawl write the book of her dream!, organized by Eileen Gunn
Nisi Shawl, a wise and wonderful writer of science fiction and fantasy, had a… Eileen Gunn needs your support for Help Nisi Shawl write the book of her dream!
www.gofundme.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Okay, and here is the crowdfunding campaign for my next project, which now I guess is going to have to be amazing and foundational and wildly essential and move us all: www.gofundme.com/f/help-nisi-... Help how you can. That's what I'm doing.
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Every time @thenation.com publishes the writing of Lujayn, a teen in the Gaza Strip, I hold my breath while reading. If you read one thing today, make it this: "Don’t you dare preach “child protection” to our children while they are bombed and starved in front of the whole world."
I’m a Teenager In Gaza. And I Am Starving.
What hits you first is the exhaustion carved into every face. The sickly pallor. The terrifying weight loss ravaging everyone—yes, including me.
www.thenation.com
August 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Every time @thenation.com publishes the writing of Lujayn, a teen in the Gaza Strip, I hold my breath while reading. If you read one thing today, make it this: "Don’t you dare preach “child protection” to our children while they are bombed and starved in front of the whole world."
Super kind shoutout from the lovely Stephanie!
A love letter of a story and one of my all time favorites to do at readings.
A love letter of a story and one of my all time favorites to do at readings.
I've lost track of what day we're on for the @smokelong.bsky.social Archive Challenge...
This one from @wigleaf.bsky.social is a bit more recent, by @katetooley.bsky.social. The lyrical language creates a mist of ambiguity, like looking at a streetlamp through fog
wigleaf.com/202301bodies...
This one from @wigleaf.bsky.social is a bit more recent, by @katetooley.bsky.social. The lyrical language creates a mist of ambiguity, like looking at a streetlamp through fog
wigleaf.com/202301bodies...
July 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Super kind shoutout from the lovely Stephanie!
A love letter of a story and one of my all time favorites to do at readings.
A love letter of a story and one of my all time favorites to do at readings.
Super honored to have worked with the truly lovely @laughingyeti.bsky.social and this great group of readers. So much amazing work out there 😍
The Wigleaf Top 50 2025 will be up soon. This is the final one helmed by Shome Dasgupta, who has done so much for the series. Huge thanks @laughingyeti.bsky.social 🙏
June 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Super honored to have worked with the truly lovely @laughingyeti.bsky.social and this great group of readers. So much amazing work out there 😍
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The Wigleaf Top 50 2025 will be up soon. This is the final one helmed by Shome Dasgupta, who has done so much for the series. Huge thanks @laughingyeti.bsky.social 🙏
June 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The Wigleaf Top 50 2025 will be up soon. This is the final one helmed by Shome Dasgupta, who has done so much for the series. Huge thanks @laughingyeti.bsky.social 🙏
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“My sister isn’t on speaking terms with her gator, she’s on grouchy neighbor terms . . .”
Love this story by @katetooley.bsky.social in @tinymolecules.bsky.social 🐊💚
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
Love this story by @katetooley.bsky.social in @tinymolecules.bsky.social 🐊💚
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
twenty-three — Tiny Molecules
www.tinymolecules.com
April 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
“My sister isn’t on speaking terms with her gator, she’s on grouchy neighbor terms . . .”
Love this story by @katetooley.bsky.social in @tinymolecules.bsky.social 🐊💚
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
Love this story by @katetooley.bsky.social in @tinymolecules.bsky.social 🐊💚
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
Got a little thing in here 🐊
April 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Got a little thing in here 🐊