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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱

@emabate.bsky.social
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a troubadour of sorts. stories in underbelly press, necksnap mag, and folklore review

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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
see my blog for more thoughts on how the hunger games engages with american roots music !! perhaps I will write another soon… strawberryrevue.wordpress.com/2024/06/26/h...
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How The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Engages with District 12’s Appalachian Roots
As a lover of both science fiction and folk music, the release of The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes immediately drew my attention. In this The Hunger Games preque…
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If willi carlisle isn’t on the soundtrack for the next hunger games film, it’ll be a real missed opportunity. I’d love to see them venture into some more alternative forms of roots music (folk punk!) for the next project
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
this story builds off the tale of the Witch of North Pepperell, a local legend that may or may not be true but persists in the archive nevertheless. I’m so grateful for @crowkeys.bsky.social giving it a lovely home in such great company. I hope you enjoy it 🩶✨🪾
About the Legend
The village of North Pepperell was founded by colonial settlers in the eighteenth century. It was located in Massachusetts, between the Nissitissit River and the New Hampshire border.

According to local legend, an eccentric woman was banished from the village on allegations of witchcraft. During her flight, she cursed the village, leading to its demise and abandonment.

The tale of "The Witch's Prophecy" survives today through a story recorded by Florence Sibley in 1910.
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I’m so delighted that my haunted little flash “A Portrait of the Missing Miss Lovejoy as Daphne” is now published with Crow & Cross Keys!
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I love this!!
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I visited @aviarybooks.bsky.social recently and was so delighted to discover their zines and ephemera section! I was so glad to find a space for local authors and small, wonderful works of literature. Indie New England writers forever 🥰
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NECKSNAP MAGAZINE @necksnapmag.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
ISSUE THREE OUT NOW! 🖤🗣️ go give it a read! Work from: Olive Burns Zoe Adrien Lapa Shantell Powell @shanmonster.bsky.social Jon Steinhagen @jonsteinhagen.bsky.social Darby Myr Angel Rosen @axiopoeticus.bsky.social Josie Levin & an interview with: Grace Krilanovich @gracekrilanovich.bsky.social
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I love this story!! I really enjoy the way you approached the themes of growing and moving on in portal fantasy… I’ve been telling all my friends to read it!
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
I love the immersive world you’ve created!
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
YES!! can’t wait 👻
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
SO ready !!
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
this is such a stellar story. The perfect combination of eerie futurism and contemporary commentary ✨
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
link to read !!! beneaththegardenmag.squarespace.com/issues-1
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issues — Beneath the Garden Magazine
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
a snippet from my story “The Twilight Jury,” out now in issue 3 of @btgardenmag.bsky.social !!! so honored to have my work featured alongside such incredible pieces! happy psychopomp summer 🐻
Marcy thinks of Tyler, now somewhere between the wheel and the windshield, and how the still rabbit before her is not the only casualty of this wreck. She then comes to the realization that Tyler's wellbeing means nothing to the creatures gathered before her. They have only seen this mess before them, and everything between them from their understanding to their mere biology is lost in translation. Marcy will have to plead her case best she can in words she does not understand. She opens her mouth, a sea of copper and red salt escaping her lips. She speaks the only word that comes to her, knowing it would bring her great difficulty to say anything else.
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NECKSNAP MAGAZINE @necksnapmag.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
just under two weeks left to submit to our Emerging Voices in Speculative Horror Contest! 🗣️ $300 grand prize to the winner! more deats on our w e b s i t e
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I have a story shaped thing out in @btgardenmag.bsky.social today. It’s inspired by an 18th century Irish poem, “Cúirt an Mheán Oíche,” and the anxiety of driving in New England winters. Thank you to the wonderful editors for seeing something in my approach to the aisling !
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Beneath the Garden Magazine | SUBS OPEN DEC 1 2025 @btgardenmag.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
⋆。˚🌿•✧˖° Issue 03 Out Now! 。𖦹⋆🍃✧°. It’s finally here! Thank you to everyone who submitted and trusted us with their work! The magazine would be empty without your words! To see Issue 03, go to our website linked in our bio! Thank you for growing this garden with us! ❀˖°
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
this is the kind of thing that inspired whiteboard doodlers in my maritime studies classes. I miss them so much.
whiteboard doodle with the quote “Does the whale’s magnitude diminish? — Will he perish? Persist.” with one whale illustrated above the quote, and one illustrated below
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
so excited to see these!!
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NECKSNAP MAGAZINE @necksnapmag.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
SUBS OPEN!
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
this is an incredible, moving piece. Thank you so much for sharing it.
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Folklore Review @folklorereview.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Our fourth issue—Winter Solstice: Dead of Winter—is OUT NOW!!! That means you HAVE TO make a hot chocolate immediately, cozy up in a fuzzy blanket, and enjoy these frosty works (or else!!!) #folklorereview #folklore #literary #literarymagazine #literaryjournal
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
so, so excited for this— please check it out if you haven’t yet!! 👻
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
I really enjoyed the fiction piece as well as the bittersweet reflection on defunct literary magazines. I’m glad you were able to save and reshare your story!
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
congrats!! It’s a fantastic piece. what a stunning and haunting ending.
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
I’m so thankful for everybody who has supported my writing, from my instructors to my editors to my readers. You can read the stories or order a copy here on Flooded Pine Press’s website!! floodedpinepress.com
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Flooded Pine Press
Flooded Pine Press publishes writing toward livable tomorrows.
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
I feel honored to work with the spectacular editors @floodedpinepress.bsky.social, who were the best at supporting my vision for this project. They summarized these stories perfectly as parables that approach climate fiction “from the side.”
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
My chapbook features three speculative stories that imagine different futures in the New England Anthropocene. There are ghosts of forgotten Massachusetts authors, eternal blizzards, and a mysterious prophet (that turns out to be Bob Dylan recordings).
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
is it too late to say that my short story collection CURATORS OF ABSENCE came out this summer??
my chapbook, CURATORS OF ABSENCE, with a cyanotype blue cover, being held with a shipyard in the background
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
not yet, but it’s on my list!! I need to look into some of the other books on your display too! they all look great!
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
The Bog Wife!! 🙌 I read it around this time last year and haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. Insanely spooky and good!
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Rhiannon Giddens @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
It has stood the test of time, and remains a stirring mirror to society. Thank you Paul for your artistry, and thank you Juilliard for having us!
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Paul Simon's 'American Tune' Is Having a Resurgence in Chaotic Times
Paul Simon and Rhiannon Giddens performed 'American Tune' in New York; the 1973 song is having a resurgence during uncertain times in the country.
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
this is a fantastic analogy. thank you for making my submission journey feel more whimsical
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
so strange getting a tiered rejection from one flash fiction publisher and then a form rejection from another saying my piece ‘isn’t flash fiction’.
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Kenyon Review @kenyonreview.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
"Ecogodliness" by Felicia Zamora is a true stunner of a poem. What a gift it is to receive it—read and listen to it (we highly recommend both!) at the link in our bio. kenyonreview.org/piece/ecogod...
From Ecogodliness by Felicia ZamoraAuthor photo for Felicia Zamora
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
congrats!!! so excited to read :)
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Congrats!! I’m so excited to hear more about it!!
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
sooo excited for this and the cover looks so cool!!!
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Swati @swati2610.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
From creation folklore to ecological paradoxes, one thread remains - the delicate balance between nature and us. Read my piece ‘The Balance of Chaos’ @folklorereview.bsky.social ✨️ www.folklorereview.com/swati-singh-... ✨️ #writingcommunity #nature
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Nonfiction_Swati Singh — Folklore Review
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
I love this piece so much. Thank you for sharing!
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NECKSNAP MAGAZINE @necksnapmag.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
ISSUE ONE IS OUT NOW! ➡️ necksnapmag.com/issues/issue-one/
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
strawberry revue is my blog where I analyze folk music of the past and present as literature :) kinda niche but I love writing for it and always appreciate new readers!
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
hi btw I research folk music and if you’ve finished the new hunger games book and are wondering just how accurate the series’ portrayal of protest and work songs is, do I have a blog post for you
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How The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Engages with District 12’s Appalachian Roots
As a lover of both science fiction and folk music, the release of The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes immediately drew my attention. In this The Hunger Games preque…
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
this is so real 🥲
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
I love this, I’m so excited to add a bunch of these to my tbr :)
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
crazy number of submissions!!! I’m so excited to read the next issue!!
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Folklore Review @folklorereview.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Spread the word! 🗣️
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
sounds fascinating! congrats!
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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
once again, if you have a spooky story waiting for submission, you don’t want to miss the opportunity to work with necksnap!!
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