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Emppu
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Writer of fantasy from Finland. Can be found gathering dust at keyboard, while gothic metal plays softly in the background.
Silver honorary and two honorary mentions from Writers of the Future.
(Posts in both English and Finnish).
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Pleased to see two Purple Sandpipers on the rocks at Rhos-on-Sea in North Wales this morning at high tide. Roosting with Turnstones for #BirdsSeenIn2026
The Purple Sandpiper is a small wader with orange legs. General colour scheme is dark grey above and light grey below.
January 17, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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melissawright.bsky.social
The Kickstarter campaign for A Necromancer’s Guide to Grave Mistakes is live!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mel...
Mock-up of A Necromancer’s Guide to Grave Mistakes limited edition hardcover showing an illustration of the heroine in a nighttime graveyard holding an undead badger on the cover and mouse icons on the page edge. A Necromancer’s Guide to Grave Mistakes blurbs including AGGRESSIVELY ADORABLE. From USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR SARAH K.L. WILSON SPARKLING, QUIRKY WIT. From USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR ALISHA KLAPHEKE And DELIGHTFUL, FUNNY, And CHARMING. From author JA ANDREWS A Necromancer’s Guide to Grave Mistakes trope list including Necromantic That's my Emotional Support Corpse Reluctant Allies Who Can't Stop Finding Reasons to Touch High Quality kissing No One’s Protecting their Reputations Found Underground Family Surly Badger He Falls First but He Falls into Water a Lot A NECROMANCER'S GUIDE TO GRAVE MISTAKES DELUXE LIMITED EDITION HARDCOVER features including METALLIC FOIL CASE PREMIUM PAPER DIAMOND 3D DUST JACKET METALLIC FOIL DUST JACKET SPRAYED EDGE DESIGN INTERIOR ART ILLUSTRATED END PAPERS INCLUDES SIGNED BOOK PLATE and foil bookmark
January 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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www.kickstarter.com/projects/768...
Don't miss your chance to get 100 gripping fantasy short stories spread over five sensational collections.
#darkfantasy #fantasy #contemporaryfantasy #urbanfantasy #shortstory #shortstories #fantasyshortstories #fantasybooks #kickstarterproject #kickstarterbooks
January 13, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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🤎🪱 Dirt You Shall Become 🪱🤎
99c for just a few more days!

5 short stories about creepy, eerie, and dark gardens.
Two of them based on real events* 👀

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*my own struggle with weeds and deer.
Snippet from Murder she grew, short story in Dirt You Shall Become: Susanne really hadn’t meant to become a murderer, but on that day – that godforsaken piece-of-a-shit day – where Niels’ snores kept her up all night, her hip ached for hours, the coffee machine went up in smoke, the car blew a tire on the way to the store, the cat puked on her favorite quilt, and when she finally sat down in peace with her crochet needle, Niels stomped through the study, complaining about some inconceivable little beetle that had eaten his favorite rose – ah, well... She snapped. Trope map for Dirt You Shall Become. Cover in the middle, white font title, shovel and pink peony in the background. Text: “A wood chipper not being used for wood… Spooky summer gardens, sinister toads, zombie deer? Zombie deer, lovecraftien horror, creepy gnomes, an evil compost, just a little bit of comedy, weeds you can’t get rid of.”
January 13, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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writerdebbie.bsky.social
My "Dismally Dead" #Kickstarter is now live!
Welcome to Dismal Notch! Every disgruntled ghost and ghoul, were- and witch is drawn to our town. You will be too!
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Dismally Dead: A MAKE 100 Paranormal Cozy
Welcome to Dismal Notch! Every disgruntled ghost and ghoul, were- and witch is drawn to our town. You will be too!
www.kickstarter.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:24 PM
wanderrealms.bsky.social
It's basically a place where corrupted magic gathered, took the form of several factories and began manufacturing monsters/altering people into monsters.
wanderrealms.bsky.social Emppu @wanderrealms.bsky.social · 9d
I have a dark magic paper factory, -wood pulp factory, -waterwheel, -water hammer, and a vampiric manor being slowly eaten by fantasy-space.
wanderrealms.bsky.social Emppu @wanderrealms.bsky.social · 9d
Had On the Wane by Sirenia stuck in my head for two days. Now writing another monstrous pair for the gothic metal and factories inspired dark fantasy world.
January 8, 2026 at 2:01 PM
wanderrealms.bsky.social
I have a dark magic paper factory, -wood pulp factory, -waterwheel, -water hammer, and a vampiric manor being slowly eaten by fantasy-space.
wanderrealms.bsky.social Emppu @wanderrealms.bsky.social · 9d
Had On the Wane by Sirenia stuck in my head for two days. Now writing another monstrous pair for the gothic metal and factories inspired dark fantasy world.
January 8, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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loish.bsky.social
That feeling when you realize you’re in a dream 💭
December 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
wanderrealms.bsky.social
Had On the Wane by Sirenia stuck in my head for two days. Now writing another monstrous pair for the gothic metal and factories inspired dark fantasy world.
January 8, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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blazeward.bsky.social
and we are LIVE!!!!!

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Make 100 - 2026 Collection
100 short stories by Blaze Ward, spanning genres from fantasy to thriller to science fiction.
www.kickstarter.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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kristinerusch.bsky.social
Wow! We hit our first stretch goal on the Detectives Collide Kickstarter in eight hours. That means backers get an extra short story from me and from Dean in addition to the 100 detective stories in the books! Lots of #reading, folks! Thanks, backers!

#booksky

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DETECTIVES COLLIDE: A Make 100 Kickstarter
100 Short Stories in 5 Volumes... 50 from Kristine Kathryn Rusch and 50 from Dean Wesley Smith
www.kickstarter.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:37 AM
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kristinerusch.bsky.social
I originally wrote today's #Free #Fiction Monday story for a historical crime anthology edited by the great Lawrence Block. Now, this story will be a part of Detectives Collide, a series of 5 books that Dean Wesley Smith & I are Kickstarting tomorrow. Enjoy!

#booksky

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Free Fiction Monday: Still Life 1931
Years ago, Lurleen helped the NAACP investigate lynchings. She stopped when she met her husband, but never forgot the work…or the caution it required. After his death, Lurleen finds herself struggl…
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January 5, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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kristinerusch.bsky.social
My Recommended #Reading list just went live. This all the good stuff I read in December, and spoiler alert! Not all of it was published in 2025. I dove into my TBR pile and found a series that I hadn't read before...

#booksky
#books

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Recommended Reading List: December 2025
Hah! The first Recommended Reading List that’s been on time in months (years?). I finished it in December, and am putting it up as soon as I can. Feels good. All of this, except for this litt…
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January 3, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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kristinerusch.bsky.social
This week’s #Free #Fiction story was on the shortlist for best crime story of the year.

Enjoy!

#booksky
#reading

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Free Fiction Monday: Ugly Sweaters And The Year-End Circus
Prosecuting Attorney Pippa de Leon needs months to bring down a senator who killed a bicyclist in a hit and run. But a tyrannical judge decides to clear every case off her docket by the first of th…
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December 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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puhakkatanke.bsky.social
Komee kuutamo. Ja pirun kylmä.
Kuutamo sinisellä taivaalla, puita vierellä.
December 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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teppovm.bsky.social
Jäätyy...
December 31, 2025 at 12:10 PM
wanderrealms.bsky.social
Their meetcute is free to read in The Pink Hydra magazine volume 2, number 2
www.thepinkhydra.com/issues/02022...
December 31, 2025 at 5:55 PM
wanderrealms.bsky.social
Made a timeline for Jalo and Viti's short stories. I seem to have written six of them this year without realizing.
December 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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kristiinainen.bsky.social
Elämässä on se hyvä juttu, että jos ei ole muuta naurunaihetta niin aina voi nauraa itselleen. 😊
December 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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jussipseppala.bsky.social
Ilmainen vinkki uudeksi vuodeksi.
December 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
wanderrealms.bsky.social
I did read Dean Wesley Smith, Kristine Grayson/Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Carol Goodman, James S.A Corey, Stefon Mears' short stories, Icy Sedgwick short stories, a lot of Patricia McKillip's stories and Christine Pope's Beauty and the Beast retelling.
wanderrealms.bsky.social Emppu @wanderrealms.bsky.social · 17d
Also I should keep a Read -list.
If you asked me what I read last year the answer would be....give me a day or two to compile a list.
wanderrealms.bsky.social Emppu @wanderrealms.bsky.social · 17d
I'm not making New Years Resolutions this year. Instead I just started reading more books and doomscrolling less, in early december.

I'm going to try and maintain the habit as long as I can.
December 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
wanderrealms.bsky.social
Also I should keep a Read -list.
If you asked me what I read last year the answer would be....give me a day or two to compile a list.
wanderrealms.bsky.social Emppu @wanderrealms.bsky.social · 17d
I'm not making New Years Resolutions this year. Instead I just started reading more books and doomscrolling less, in early december.

I'm going to try and maintain the habit as long as I can.
December 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
wanderrealms.bsky.social
I'm not making New Years Resolutions this year. Instead I just started reading more books and doomscrolling less, in early december.

I'm going to try and maintain the habit as long as I can.
December 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
wanderrealms.bsky.social
The fireworks started almost immediately at 18.00 here (Helsinki, Finland).
December 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
wanderrealms.bsky.social
New Years Eve tradition: eating homemade blinis with family. Ate 5, am now full of buckwheat, sout cream, fish roe, onions, and pickles.
December 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM