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Chloe Smith

@chloehsmith.bsky.social
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I write stories. I also teach middle school. Both can be fairly surreal. She/her. imaginary-research.com

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My quote of the day If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There's no way around these two things that I'm aware of, no shortcut. Stephen King
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Xero Reynolds 41/100 on Patreon @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.
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Chloe Smith @chloehsmith.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I have a new story ! "10 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Fire Me From This Job at the Galactic Hippodrome," just missed coming out, appropriately, on Labor Day, but you can still read it here: goblinsandgalaxies.com/ten-reasons-...
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Ten Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Fire Me from This Job at the Galactic Hippodrome  – Goblins & Galaxies Magazine
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Janna Layton @jannalayton.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I have a short story out in Swords & Sorcery!
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Happy Labour Day. Solidarity. (art by @rlmartstudio.bsky.social)
A pro-labour poster, with text at top 'The Labor Movement! The folks that brought you ...'  Underneath are stylized drawings of people of various ages, genders, and ethnicities holding signs reading 'overtime pay', 'living wage laws', 'parental leave', 'civil rights', 'domestic partner benefits', social security, child labour laws, paid vacations, pension benefits, OSHA, grievance procedures, workplace power, health benefits, workers comp, minimum wage, farm labor rights, unemployment insurance, the weekend.

Below is a quote: 'Power concedes nothing without a demand.  It never did and it never will' - Frederick Douglass.
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Chloe Smith @chloehsmith.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
So many, but I’ll start with: The Animal Family Swallows and Amazons Misty of Chincoteague Freddy the Detective The Hobbit The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Wren to the Rescue Dealing With Dragons Redwall All Creatures Great and Small
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Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Hello, book people! I am the book content editor for Reactor Mag and I'm looking for sci-fi, fantasy, horror, romantasy, and speculative books coming out in 2027! If you have an adult or YA SFF/H book out next year (or publicist), share the link/info here!
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Chloe Smith @chloehsmith.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Will you be at @laworldcon.bsky.social? I will! You can find me at one of these events
Infographic listing Chloe Smith’s worldcon schedule
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Chloe Smith @chloehsmith.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I finally sprang for a grown-up author website with my own domain name! You can now find a roundup of all my work and a little bit about me at imaginary-research.com
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Chloe Smith
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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 13/08/2026
A painting of a bird beside the text "this is just about the most unreasonable shit I've ever witnessed"
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Chloe Smith @chloehsmith.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
10 non-horror movies to get to know me: THE PHILADELPHIA STORY THE LADYKILLERS (original) SILK STOCKINGS STRICTLY BALLROOM TEN THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK INTO THE SPIDERVERSE HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (original) DELICATESSEN TOPSY TURVY
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Natania Barron ~ Fantasy Author @natania.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I think petrichor might actually soothe the soul.
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Chloe Smith @chloehsmith.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
When child-Chloe first read Le Guin’s The Tombs of Atuan, its story of searching for autonomy in a world of dark and unimaginable mysteries took hold of me and never let go.
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Armchair Classicist (Ryan Schaller) @armchairclassicist.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Truth. #History
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Chloe Smith @chloehsmith.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This story probes the depths of two pits of monstrosity: history and the deep sea
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Chloe Smith @chloehsmith.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
My story "Potential Energy," about a witch who lives at the top of the Tejon Pass and distributes mixed blessings to the hungry ambitious, is out in Covens, Cauldrons, and Curses Gone Right, alongside many other fine stories! eternalhauntedsummer.com/gorgons-gaze...
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Gorgon’s Gaze Press
Welcome to Gorgon’s Gaze Press, the home of collaborative storytelling. Beginning in Autumn 2025, Gorgon’s Gaze Press will release one new themed anthology every year: vampires, witches…
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Chloe Smith @chloehsmith.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
👀
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Chloe Smith @chloehsmith.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Every time I return to NYC, I marvel at the city’s combination of off-put and convenience, its unfriendly friendliness.
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Chloe Smith @chloehsmith.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Sometimes you just have a flee the manor in a nightgown… I had a great time talking Gothic novels at today’s #MetropolCon panel with @claudiarapp.bsky.social , @rflong.bsky.social, @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social and Rogelio Ribeiro
Cover of vintage gothic romance novel Ravenswood, with distressed-looking woman in a massive white dress running from a mansion, past a hedge maze.
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Chloe Smith @chloehsmith.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
show me a picture (of yourself) that captures your essence
Me, smiling through the face hole in a cardboard painting of a Halloween witch
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Yes it could be argued that keeping up with world events is important but alternatively can I interest you in hugging an ancient mossy boulder that looks like a face and quietly listening while it tells you stories from centuries cloaked in mist.
A lovely mossy boulder with a face. I walked past this venerable stone gentleman on Dartmoor when I was beginning to write my first novel, Villager, and it whispered all 104,000 words of the book to me. So now I have to pay it all of my royalties. Unfortunately my ex-publisher stopped paying me royalties last year. Understandable, the boulder was not happy. But now I have a new publisher and the book has been republished. So remember if you purchase a copy you will be helping a boulder to eat, pay the rent on his riverside moss garden, and feed his boulder family.
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Chloe Smith @chloehsmith.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
MC WordSmith Shuffalo 🟡🟡🟡🟡 🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡 🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡 🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡 🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2026/06/15?
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Play Shuffalo: Monday, June 15, 2026
Can you make a longer word with each new letter?
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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Grimdark: Everything is fucked Dying Earth: the world is fucked New Weird: A city is fucked Folk horror: A village is fucked Gothic: A castle or mansion is fucked but so are families 'Elevated' A24 horror: families are fucked Body Horror: You are fucked Vampires: vampires
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Chloe Smith @chloehsmith.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Jane Yolen (1939-1926) was one of the authors whose works sheltered me through the gauntlet of middle school and showed me the power, beauty, and brutality of storytelling. I would not be the person I am today without her words and stories inside me.
Original cover of Dragon’s Blood by Jane Yolen90s cover of The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane YolenOriginal cover of Briar Rose by Jane YolenOriginal cover of Merlin by Jane Yolen
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Chloe Smith @chloehsmith.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
My hot take: this series is more subtle and satisfying than ASOIAF.
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Chloe Smith @chloehsmith.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
School’s out for summer! #hotnovelsummer
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Chloe Smith @chloehsmith.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I guess you can’t actually depend on the red wheelbarrow
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Marcy @marcythewarrior.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Anthony Stewart Head will always be a real one for this. RIP www.thepinknews.com/2019/12/20/a...
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Heartwarming story of Buffy's Giles going out of his way for a young trans fan
Tired: J.K. Rowling supporting a woman with anti-trans views. Wired: Buffy actor Anthony Stewart-Head quietly going above and beyond for his trans fans.
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Chloe Smith @chloehsmith.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Why I didn’t go on in higher education:
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FAQ: The “Snake Fight” Portion of Your Thesis Defense
Q: Are the snakes big? A: We have lots of different snakes. The quality of your work determines which snake you will fight. The better your thesis is, the sm...
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Chloe Smith @chloehsmith.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
They are not good roommates
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Chloe Smith @chloehsmith.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
This is pretty much how I write science fiction
New Yorker cartoon by E. Flake of a beekeeper creating a complicated narrative backstory for the behavior or their bees
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Chloe Smith @chloehsmith.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
One week from the end of the school year, and I’m dangerously close to becoming Murderbot—though whether that’s so I could efficiently eliminate hostiles or secretly watch media while at work is anyone’s guess
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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Starts at 7! Very close to 16th street BART
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Chloe Smith @chloehsmith.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Happy Mother’s Day, Beowulf
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Chloe Smith @chloehsmith.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Contract signed—I’m so happy to announce that my story “Of His Bones Are Corals Made” will appear in a future issue of @reckoningmag.bsky.social . It’s about grief, loneliness, and reef-building sea sponges. I’m excited for ya’ll to read it!
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Chloe Smith @chloehsmith.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Moon shot, punk rock
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Chloe Smith @chloehsmith.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Or, how I spent last week
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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
There’s a good moon out there too if you’ve got clear skies 🌿
The almost full moon is mostly covered by bright clouds against a dark sky, with bare trees silhouetted against the moonlight.
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Wolf & Wyld's Queer Bookstore @wolfwyld.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
“Believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without having to step outside it.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
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Chloe Smith @chloehsmith.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
c.org/KKpRjckHDY
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Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Stop netflix from removing "She-Ra and the Princesses of Power"
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Chloe Smith @chloehsmith.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Bahahah
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Emmie Christie @emmiechristie33.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
11. Three-Lobed Burning Eye Volume IX @3lobedmag.com Part one of my favorites in this were: "Narrative of an Unnamed Supplicant" @chloehsmith.bsky.social "A Selection of Tissues" @klagor.bsky.social "Kintsukuroi of the Lucky Few" @hschofieldfic.bsky.social "Becomes the Color" @ecatherine.com
Cover art for Three-Lobed Burning Eye Volume IX. Image shows a tree of red and green with faces hanging off of it, and various creepy-esque shapes floating around.
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Chloe Smith @chloehsmith.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Contract signed, so I’m happy to announce that my story “Ten Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Fire Me from This Job at the Galactic Hippodrome” will appear in a future issue of @goblins-galaxies.bsky.social! It’s about surviving end-stage capitalism in spaaaaaace
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 06/11/2025
Well shone, Moon. Truly, the moon shines with a good grace.
The moon. Maybe a Super Moon.
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Chloe Smith @chloehsmith.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Signal boosting Apex Magazine 2026. They’re getting down to the wire… @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
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Apex Magazine 2026
An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.
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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
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?!
Promo graphic for the LitCrawl event “The World With Different Words” at Blondie’s Bar, 540 Valencia, San Francisco, October 25, 5 to 6 PM. Featuring Gwendolyn Maia Hicks, Giovanna Lomanto, Chloe Smith, Nick Mamatas, and T. K. Rex.
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lindsrn.bsky.social @lindsrn.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Your monthly reminder: Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write. The world needs your stories.
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Chloe Smith @chloehsmith.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
So great
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