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Jamie Lackey

@jamielackey.bsky.social

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SF/F author of 200+ stories, 2 novels, 6 novellas, 1 novelette, and 5 collections. Likes reading, gaming, hiking. 80% tea. Lives in a 3-cat household. Asexual agnostic socialist. She/her. www.jamielackey.com

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Air and Nothingness Press @aanpress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Join me, @jessicapixie.bsky.social and @jamielackey.bsky.social on Nov. 7th (2-3:30p) at the Swissvale Library for a Lit Fest. We'll all be reading poetry and their will be promised snacks, and books from all of us for sale as well. A portion of AaN sales will go to supporting my local library.

Poster showing photos of the 3 of us, the date and time info and a paragraph asking people to join us to hear us read, Q/A and light snacks and book signings.

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Air and Nothingness Press @aanpress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Part of my day job, not connected to AaN, is to design books for authors, poets, and organizations. After 30+ years I know a few things. If you are looking to have a cover or book designed, I can help. No AI slop ever. 100% human designer. DM or email me.

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Flash Point SF @flashpointsf.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Issue #4 is live! flashpointsf.com/2026/08/28/i...

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Featuring “Memoirs of the Spontaneous Combustion Marching Band” by Jamie Lackey

Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

We watched Babette's Feast last night. A friend recommended it when I told him about how much I loved The Taste of Things. It was lovely and a little bittersweet, and if you like movies about food and haven't seen it, you should definitely check it out.

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Air and Nothingness Press @aanpress.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Keep the surge going: 95% to SG1 & 81% to SG2. Each Stretch Goal adds 3 more authors to each book. You all are a most excellent community.

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Air and Nothingness Press @aanpress.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

With the KS campaign reaching its base funding goal, a reminder that open calls are now posted for "Are You Everything Alright" and "Endings" - info here: aanpress.com/submissions.... These books will be a go, so please consider sending something when the submission period begins September 1, 2026.

Cover image: All gray and red tones, a figure stands bleeding in the middle of a road of red swirls in a busy city of traffic. Text blocks isolated in black.

Cover layout with the title horizontally spread across both french flaps, both sides of the cover and the spine. The image is of a medusa snake headed techno god with their arms spread wide and torso dissolving into pixels, floating over a lone hero standing on a rock outcropping.

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

PLEASE REPOST AND SHARE WIDELY!!! We need your help once again, you magnificent Space Unicorns! Behold the Uncanny Magazine Year 13: The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU! Kickstarter!!! buff.ly/Gab1zWu

Uncanny Magazine Year 12 Covers by Paul Lewin, Katy Shuttleworth, and Galen Dara

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 05/08/2026

Because it apparently needs to be said: I have never fucking used the AI/LLM/chatbot/plagiarism machine and I never fucking will. If you use it, I think you're a bad person.

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Air and Nothingness Press @aanpress.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Did you know @jessicapixie.bsky.social needs two more backers to reach her KS base goal? Help her make that happen and go beyond www.kickstarter.com/projects/119... #ks #kickstarter #cats #watercolor #artist #illustrator

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Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Got our GenCon badges, now for my favorite latte.

An iced maple miso caramel latte from Tinker Coffee Co

Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I didn't get any good pictures of the bears we saw, but this guy posed very nicely for me.

A large black bird on a fence post.

Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

We hiked a bit of the Appalachia Trail today and helped another hiker move this little guy off the trail.

A dark gray salamander clinging onto an outstretched finger

Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Check out this lovely box turtle from the Stonewall Jackson Dam visitor center. It feels very Forest God to me. www.jamielackey.com/the-forest-g...

A box turtle, looking toward the camera.

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Air and Nothingness Press @aanpress.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

"AaNX Issue 03 - Epistolary Twistolary" Stories by @bextraterrestrial.bsky.social , @beatriceiker.bsky.social , and @jamielackey.bsky.social mashing together a world myth, an American folk song, and the epistolary genre - aanpress.com/aanorder.htm...

Masthead showing the project title and authors names with graphics that remind you of old Victorian signage painting.

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Cryptic Frog @crypticfrogpub.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

An unexpected opportunity in @jamielackey.bsky.social’s “For Want of a Dog-Friendly Workplace" forces Tori to choose between leaving her distressing world forever, and her dog. “Tori checked her purse for the eighth time...” Continue reading at crypticfrogpublishing.wordpress.com/2026/07/06/i...

A black and white sketch of a dog. The dog stares intently with its light-colored eyes. One of its pointy ears perks up; the other bends slightly to the side. The dog's expression looks interested and maybe a little sad or like its begging for something. It looks like a pit bull mixed with some other breed.

Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I've finally got most of my ebook backlist up on the full array of non-Amazon places! And it's just in time for the Smashwords Summer Sale!

Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

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Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I got copies of my horror collection just in time for the Stokers!

Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Finished a new story tonight, feeling pretty good about it. I'm pretty sure it's the first thing I've written since my dad died that isn't, at its core, about my dad dying. It's nice to write about something else. To feel like I have more in me than grief.

Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

My new horror collection is now available to preorder! www.amazon.com/dp/B0H2HKZNP7

The Deer God and Other Stories

The Deer God and Other Stories - Kindle edition by Lackey, Jamie. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Deer God and Other Stories.

Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Managed about 400 words on a new short story tonight. It doesn't feel like much, but slow progress is better than no progress.

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Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Today is the last day to back the Kickstarter campaign for my new horror collection! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jam... #books #horror #horrorbooks #womeninhorrormonth #horrorwriter #booksky

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The Deer God and Other Stories

A collection of short horror fiction

Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Today is the last day to back the Kickstarter campaign for my new horror collection! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jam... #books #horror #horrorbooks #womeninhorrormonth #horrorwriter #booksky

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The Deer God and Other Stories

A collection of short horror fiction

Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Counting down in hours now, and we're just $44 away from my first stretch goal! Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who's backed so far, you are all wonderful. www.kickstarter.com/projects/jam... #books #horror #horrorbooks #womeninhorrormonth #horrorwriter #booksky

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The Deer God and Other Stories

A collection of short horror fiction

Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Things are still rough, but it's spring. Birds are singing. Flowers are pushing up out of the earth. And my Kickstarter is almost to my first stretch goal. www.kickstarter.com/projects/jam... #books #horror #horrorbooks #womeninhorrormonth #horrorwriter #booksky

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The Deer God and Other Stories

A collection of short horror fiction

Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Running a Kickstarter campaign is usually so stressful. This one has been a joy. If you like weird little horror stories, please check out The Deer God and Other Stories! #books #horror #womeninhorrormonth #booksky www.kickstarter.com/projects/jam...

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The Deer God and Other Stories

A collection of short horror fiction

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Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Happy Friday! It's been a slow week for the Kickstarter, so if you've been meaning to back now would be a great time! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jam...

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The Deer God and Other Stories

A collection of short horror fiction

Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

I'll be at the Northland Library's Local Author Fair on March 28th! Come and join me and check out some books!

Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Happy Friday! It's been a slow week for the Kickstarter, so if you've been meaning to back now would be a great time! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jam...

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The Deer God and Other Stories

A collection of short horror fiction

Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Running a Kickstarter is a lot like writing in a novel, in that the middle is the worst bit of both. If you haven't backed yet, you've got 2 weeks left! (and if you have, as always, thank you, you're wonderful) www.kickstarter.com/projects/jam...

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The Deer God and Other Stories

A collection of short horror fiction

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Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

I've come up with a couple of stretch goals! One of them is poems!

Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

I've come up with a couple of stretch goals! One of them is poems!

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Plott Hound Magazine @plotthoundmag.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

While our magazine primarily features short stories and flash fiction, we also love to find poetic gems such as "Feline Domestication" by @marysoonlee.bsky.social All of Issue 3 is now available and free to read on our website!

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“Feline Domestication” by Mary Soon Lee – Plott Hound Magazine

A sharp nose for amazing animal stories

Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

We're past 100% now! Can we keep the momentum going? Maybe! Possibly with your help! ❤️

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Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

We've made it to 100%!! I appreciate each and every backer so much! And now it's time to think about the possibility of stretch goals! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jam... #books #horror #horrorbooks #womeninhorrormonth #horrorwriter #booksky

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The Deer God and Other Stories

A collection of short horror fiction

Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Happy Women in Horror Month! As a woman in horror, I present the Kickstarter for my horror short story collection. =) It's getting so close to 100%!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jam... #books #horror #horrorbooks #womeninhorrormonth #horrorwriter #booksky

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The Deer God and Other Stories

A collection of short horror fiction

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Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

It's a lovely day here in Pittsburgh! A lovely day to back my new horror collection! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jam... #horror #booksky

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The Deer God and Other Stories

A collection of short horror fiction

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Air and Nothingness Press @aanpress.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

4 days left for the “Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity” anthology KS campaign: www.kickstarter.com/projects/526... - We are currently $683 from our 2nd Stretch Goal for a 24 author TOC. Check out the campaign/signal boost and help add addt’l authors #sff #fantasy #book #ks #booksky #tea #coffee

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Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity

A Hard SF anthology of stories involving tea or coffee, stars, and gravity.

Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

It's a lovely day here in Pittsburgh! A lovely day to back my new horror collection! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jam... #horror #booksky

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The Deer God and Other Stories

A collection of short horror fiction

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Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Happy Friday! It is a good evening to support weird/creepy/spooky fiction! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jam...

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The Deer God and Other Stories

A collection of short horror fiction

Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Happy Friday! It is a good evening to support weird/creepy/spooky fiction! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jam...

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The Deer God and Other Stories

A collection of short horror fiction

Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

3 days in, and the Kickstarter for my horror collection is going so well!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jam...

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The Deer God and Other Stories

A collection of short horror fiction

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Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

I've launched the Kickstarter campaign for my new horror short story collection! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jam...

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The Deer God and Other Stories

A collection of short horror fiction

Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

I've launched the Kickstarter campaign for my new horror short story collection! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jam...

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The Deer God and Other Stories

A collection of short horror fiction

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Air and Nothingness Press @aanpress.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

With 10 days left, the “Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity” anthology KS campaign: www.kickstarter.com/projects/526... - has met our first Stretch Goal and currently 88% to SG2. Check out the campaign and help add addt’l authors #sff #fantasy #book #ks #booksky #tea #coffee

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Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity

A Hard SF anthology of stories involving tea or coffee, stars, and gravity.

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Air and Nothingness Press @aanpress.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Issue 3 are stories combining an American Folk Song, world myth and epistolary fiction. Stories by @bextraterrestrial.bsky.social @jamielackey.bsky.social and Beatrice Winifred Iker - aanpress.com/aanorder.htm...

Full page spreads showing stories within diary elements, mock vacation post cards and letters on a prison bench

Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Cast of Wonders selected my story from last year "Sometimes it Happens That Way" as one of their staff picks! I really am very proud of this one, please check it out if you haven't yet! www.castofwonders.org/2026/02/cast...

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Cast of Wonders 679: Sometimes It Happens That Way (Staff Picks 2025) | Cast of Wonders

I stood on the platform bundled up in one of my pa’s old work coats, its stained, fraying cuffs hanging well past my fingertips. The acrid stink of magic was thick in the air, rolling off the engine…

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Small Spec Book Awards @specawards.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Nominated in fantasy for the 2026 Small Spec Book Awards: THE FOREST GODS by @jamielackey.bsky.social (@aanpress.bsky.social). Congratulations! #SSBA #SSBA2026

Book cover for The Forest Gods

Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

My very brief eligibility post! If you are a person who can nominate short stories for awards, please consider checking out "Sometimes It Happens That Way." It came out last year and I'm very proud of it. www.castofwonders.org/2025/02/cast...

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Cast of Wonders 631: Sometimes It Happens That Way | Cast of Wonders

I stood on the platform bundled up in one of my pa’s old work coats, its stained, fraying cuffs hanging well past my fingertips. The acrid stink of magic was thick in the air, rolling off the engine…

Jamie Lackey @jamielackey.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

I just backed Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/526...

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Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity

A Hard SF anthology of stories involving tea or coffee, stars, and gravity.