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KT Wagner @ktwagner.bsky.social · 5d

I have another short story out today!

Hell Itself Magazine @hellitself.bsky.social · 5d

Today from Hell Itself, @ktwagner.bsky.social brings us a bittersweet tale about the language of flowers:

hellitself.com/on-the-rainy...

On the Rainy Side of the Mountain They Grow Columbine, Nightshade, and Stinging Nettle – Hell Itself

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crboltz.bsky.social @crboltz.bsky.social · 5d

@hellitself.bsky.social posted another fantastic story today: "On the Rainy Sid of the Mountain..." by @ktwagner.bsky.social. I really really loved the story. (And the person I most want to recommend it to is not on bsky so I'll have to send an email.) hellitself.com/on-the-rainy...

On the Rainy Side of the Mountain They Grow Columbine, Nightshade, and Stinging Nettle – Hell Itself

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KT Wagner @ktwagner.bsky.social · 8d

It's release day for Choices: An Anthology of Reproductive Horror from Renaissance Press. My story is "With Child" www.goodreads.com/book/show/23... #choicesanthology #sciencefiction

Red paint background with the cover for Choices: An Anthology of Reproductive Horror on the left. The cover lists the editor, Dianna Gunn, the author of the foreward, Alex Woodroe, and the names of the authors: R Haven, Ondine Mayor, Enoli Lee, Ash Vale, Justine White, Kelli Etheridge, Ava Victoria Black, Allay Rei, Soyam Siddha, Sam Rosewilde, A.H. Davison, Meg Calendaria, KT Wagner, Anne Wilkins, Bogi Takacs, Amanda Cecelia Lang, Elise Scott, Mia Dalia, Raluca Balasa.

The right side says: A human-shaped figure lies on a table in the centre of the room. Astrid. A pale green cotton sheet flows over her breasts, flat stomach, and full hips. Lifelike in every way, except no adult female human can claim a functioning uterus. The state is thorough, funneling a lot of resources to ensure this is the case. Women cannot be trusted with the future of mankind.
~ Excerpt from With Child by KT Wagner

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PseudoPod @pseudopod.org · 12d

35 days to Halloween…

a cobblestone street with pumpkins and candles on it

Alt: a cobblestone street at night with pumpkins and candles, leaves falling to the ground

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KT Wagner @ktwagner.bsky.social · 14d

My story "With Child" is in Choices: An anthology of reproductive horror! I'm taking part in the October 5th virtual launch.

Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 14d

On October 5th, Renaissance Press will be hosting a YouTube release party livestream, featuring several #ChoicesAnthology authors chatting about the experience of writing their stories & being in Choices + an audience Q&A

Sign up to be notified when we go live: www.youtube.com/live/N1-gnbv...

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Choices Online Launch

YouTube video by RenaissanceBP

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KT Wagner @ktwagner.bsky.social · Aug 31

Check out Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2026 by Andrew S. Fuller on @kickstarter.com I've backed it. www.kickstarter.com/projects/asf...

Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2026

A digital literary magazine of horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction.

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KT Wagner @ktwagner.bsky.social · Aug 29

Are you up for a scary writing challenge? @nycmidnight.bsky.social Scary Story Challenge on October 31st! nycmidnight.com/scary

Scary Story Challenge — nycmidnight

The Scary Story Challenge is a creative writing competition that challenges writers worldwide to create scary short stories based on assigned prompts in 48 hours.

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KT Wagner @ktwagner.bsky.social · Aug 23

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Fractured Reveries: A Storied Imaginarium Salon

Fractured Reveries: A Storied Imaginarium Salon [Bissett, Carina, Pang, Allison, Colwell, Alison, Conradt, Chelsea, Wagner, KT, Markov, Haralambi, Sulway, Nike, Tomova, Daniela, Yardley, Mercedes M, Bissett, Carina] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Fractured Reveries: A Storied Imaginarium Salon

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KT Wagner @ktwagner.bsky.social · Aug 23

Wonderful review of Fractured Reveries:

"A powerful and timely anthology told with razor-sharp, devastating prose. Perfect for fans of dark fantasy, fairy tales, and stories of resistance." ~ Gwendolyn Kiste, 4-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Haunting of Velkwood & Reluctant Immortals

Cover of Fractured Reveries: A Storied Imaginarium Salon edited by Carina Bissett. anthology

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KT Wagner @ktwagner.bsky.social · Aug 5

I rec'd the autoreply earlier. I was going to resubmit tomorrow, but I'm happy to hear my story is safely in the queue. Otherwise, it would have been the 51st rejection for this little story.🙃

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KT Wagner @ktwagner.bsky.social · Jul 19

Never thought about it before, but I think this is true for me too. 🙃

Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · Jul 19

My toxic trait is that I trust anyone completely who has a beautiful garden. If you want to murder me, just grow a nice patch of peonies in your backyard and ask me if I wanna look at them.

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Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · Jul 19

Yesterday @citymystic.bsky.social sent this to me and I’m just so grateful to have been able to live the kind of life where people immediately think of me when they come across headlines like “Yeti Blood Oath Divides Denver Seminary”

‘Yeti blood oath’ divides Denver seminary

‘A well-intended moment, it clearly went badly wrong and never should have happened.’

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KT Wagner @ktwagner.bsky.social · Jul 18

Excellent! And congrats to you, too. I look forward to reading your story.

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KT Wagner @ktwagner.bsky.social · Jun 30

I'm looking forward to teaching a writing workshop at the virtual Off Topic Publishing conference in August about one of my favourite topics: The Power of Writing Prompts and Constraints. @offtopicpublishing.bsky.social offtopicpublishing.com/conference

Picture of KT Wagner with text: Featured Speaker, The Power of Writing Prompts & Constraints - August 10th, 2025 13:40-14:35pm EDT Online offtopicpublishing.com/conference

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KT Wagner @ktwagner.bsky.social · Jun 29

I don't think they do, yet. Try Erick's website erickmertzwriting.com/back-into-th...

“Back Into the Ground” A Horror Anthology

Caretaker Press is proud to announce "Back Into The Ground", a horror anthology of stories inspired by the Pacific Northwest, is open for submissions.

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KT Wagner @ktwagner.bsky.social · Jun 29

My story "The Drowning Pool" is upcoming in the anthology "Back Into The Ground: Horror Inspired by the Pacific Northwest" from Caretaker Press.

Release date: July 24th. The anthology is currently available for Kindle pre-order. It will be available in print (details forthcoming).

Cover image: Back Into the Ground, A collection of horror inspired by the Pacific Northwest. Caretaker Press. Edited by James Strayer and Erick Mertz

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Straith 🍉 @straith.ca · Jun 29

On a dark and stormy night, a kid watches their grandmother take matters into her own hands and avenge her husband—by murdering Death itself 💀🖤🌩️

My latest short story, "The Fishwife Who Killed Death", is out now in On Spec: ko-fi.com/s/ad25118618

On Spec Magazine VOL 35 No 2 Issue #132 - On Spec Magazine's Ko-fi Shop

Award-winning magazine of the Fantastic, since 1989. New fiction and poetry, cartoon and art, with a beautiful cover by Dan O'Driscoll.

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KT Wagner @ktwagner.bsky.social · Jun 27

My contributor copy of Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology from Essential Dreams Press, edited by @thisjulieday.bsky.social, @carinabissett.bsky.social , and Craig L. Gidney, has arrived!!! All original stories, including mine. The main character of "Zugunruhe" is a Canada goose. 😀

KT Wagner holding up a copy of Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology

Opening page of KT Wagner's story Zugunruhe

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Julie C. Day (Essential Dreams Press) is sleepy @thisjulieday.bsky.social · Jun 21

10 days! Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology ships JULY 1st! I'm thrilled with how it turned out. These authors are fire!
tanithleestoryteller.com
@marthawells.com @csecooney.bsky.social @nisishawl.bsky.social @mythicdelirium.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social @mayadeane.bsky.social and more

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KT Wagner @ktwagner.bsky.social · Jun 21

I'm teaching a workshop - The Power of Writing Prompts & Constraints - as part of Off Topic Publishing's 2025 online Conference, the weekend of August 9th and 10th. Check out the entire schedule at the link and join me! @offtopicpublishing.bsky.social

offtopicpublishing.com/conference/

Poster for Off Topic 2025 Writing Conference

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · Jun 13

My first GenAI Grapevine column is out and examines if generative AI will change how people think and experience the world, a look at the manipulative language used to promote AI, if James Frey's the new posterboy for writers using AI, plus other news and info. www.patreon.com/posts/131375...

GenAI Grapevine for June 2025 | Jason Sanford

Get more from Jason Sanford on Patreon

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KT Wagner @ktwagner.bsky.social · Jun 8

www.siwc.ca

Surrey International Writers' Conference | Professional Development

SiWC is the most comprehensive writing conference of its kind in Canada, helping writers in all genres from beginners to experts the opportunity to improve their craft and expose their work.

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A.C. Wise @acwise.bsky.social · Jun 8

I just posted a review of the forthcoming Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology edited by @thisjulieday.bsky.social, @carinabissett.bsky.social, and Craig Laurance Gidney. It's a lovely anthology and it'll be out in July!

acwise.net/review-story...

Review: Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology – acwise.net

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KT Wagner @ktwagner.bsky.social · Jun 8

A.C. Wise reviewed Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute anthology, and mentioned my story “Zugunruhe” as a favourite, among others! I'm thrilled to be part of this Essential Dreams Press anthology coming out in July.

acwise.net/review-story...

Review: Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology – acwise.net

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KT Wagner @ktwagner.bsky.social · Jun 7

Looking forward to it! (Attending virtually)

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