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Rio Lombana @riolombana.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I’ll be teaching on The Art of Brevity: Writing and publishing short speculative fiction, with my co-teacher @kaitlinschmidt4.bsky.social Our classes include a generative workshop portion, which I’m especially excited about in the context of micro fiction. You can walk away with a complete story!

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Rio Lombana @riolombana.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Have you heard of the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus? You know, the Great One who moves beneath the earth? No? Well, if you want to hear the Word of Our Tentacled Lord and Savior, my short story "Other Gods" is published today in the inaugural issue of the Pacific Northwest Gothic magazine.

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volume one - PACIFIC NORTHWEST GOTHIC

Samples from Volume I Lapis Corvos Allie MariniPoetry Allie Marini is a former Florida woman now living in the PNW. She is a cross-genre writer, visual artist, maker, and tarot reader. She runs Creepy...

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Rio Lombana @riolombana.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

ime nonviolent communication can solve a lot of relationship problems. but, um. not all of them. at least, not problems that ride in with the storm and settle into the whites of your girlfriend's eyes ...anyway, please enjoy Kaitlin's and my cowritten sapphic horror story, it's free to read!

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Rio Lombana @riolombana.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Issue 4 of Adventitious is out! In it is "Life Imitates," Kaitlin's and my coauthored sapphic horror story in which therapy speak is how they get ya, and self-gaslighting invites in more than mere self-doubt... Subscribe to read it now, or be patient and read it later—if they don't get ya first.

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Adventitious | A Speculative Short Fiction Magazine - Adventitious.

Adventitious is a speculative short fiction magazine publishing boundary-defying stories, novellas, and unclassifiable work.

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Kaitlin Schmidt @kaitlinschmidt4.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Here's where to find me at @laworldcon.bsky.social this year! Thrilled to be a panelist again and excited to nerd out about speculative fiction.

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VL-ADventitious. @adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Introducing...the astounding cover for Issue Four (out Aug 1) by artist Kevin McKie! I've never seen anything like it. 😍📸 It's part of a larger graphic novel project Kevin is creating, which you can see on Insta. www.instagram.com/mckie.illust... He also sells prints! www.etsy.com/listing/4522...

A vintage-toned comic book-style magazine cover on warm terracotta-peach paper. The masthead reads "adventitious / Issue Four" in bold yellow-green lettering with a small teal astronaut figure perched on the letter "d." The main image shows a camera-headed robot's hand holding a large-format camera pointed directly at the viewer while in an overgrown, jungle-like landscape with yellow flowers and lush greenery. To the upper right, an inset panel depicts a stack of layered transparency sheets in blue, yellow, and teal, arranged in an exploded-diagram style. Below, three field-note-style panels with handwritten caption text (rendered in a fictional script) show: a crablike alien figure with an exposed brain struggling in a rocky orange landscape; a blue frog-like creature on a stick; and a close-up of a large caterpillar or larva with iridescent markings beside a dark egg or pod. The overall palette is muted and warm with pops of teal and yellow, evoking mid-century scientific illustration crossed with underground comics.

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Kaitlin Schmidt @kaitlinschmidt4.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Can’t wait to be published in the fourth issue of Adventitious with @riolombana.bsky.social 😍😍😍

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Rio Lombana @riolombana.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

"I'll love you in every lifetime." Is that a promise, or a threat? This is my favorite story I've ever written. I'm honored to see it (and hear it!) in Escape Pod.

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Rio Lombana @riolombana.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

ECONOMY OF MOVEMENT Remi's peaceful life as a nun is interrupted when an invisible wall appears, sweeping her across her magical, shifting world like a 3D sidescroller. To break this curse, she’ll have to confront the Mapmaker Themself—the god who created her world. #WSPit #W #A #F #LGBT #ND

ECONOMY OF MOVEMENT against a fantasy map backdrop

PITCH
Remi's peaceful life as a nun is interrupted when an invisible wall appears, sweeping her across her magical, shifting world like a 3D sidescroller. To escape this curse, she’ll have to break her vow of silence, not fall in love with (or murder) the chatterbox traveling with her, and confront the Mapmaker Themself—the god who created her world.

HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE X DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL
bi 4 bi
golden retriever boyfriend
travelogue but they’re in a sidescroller
god: fmk??

FIRST LINE
The monastery’s map had just gone out of date again when Remi found another crack in the world.

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Kaitlin Schmidt @kaitlinschmidt4.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

I loved writing this with you. And no I’M a hack and YOU’RE brilliant shut up

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Rio Lombana @riolombana.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Hugo noms are open, and I'd love to put forth "Be Kind and Rewind" for your consideration. One year ago, on Valentine's day, Wyngraf published a story about queer/trans love that I coauthored with my lovely partner @kaitlinschmidt4.bsky.social. I'm a hack, but she made our story brilliant anyway.

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Wyngraf Romance Special 2025 by Wyngraf

Three new stories of cozy fantasy romance!

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Kaitlin Schmidt @kaitlinschmidt4.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

I had the time of my life at Worldcon! I volunteered, met new friends, added books to my TBR list, and spoke on panels. It was a delight to nerd out in Editing as an Art Form, giggle my way through Twenty Years of Twilight, and regroup with my writing group at the end of the day. @seattlein2025.org

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Rio Lombana @riolombana.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

I’m so pleased to finally be able to share my winning NYC Midnight story with everyone. I write about grief often—it’s how I process, and how I work though my fears. This story was no exception.

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Editorial Freelancers Association @efafreelancers.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Need an editor for you queer romance? Look no further than EFA member Kaitlin Schmidt! You can know she gets it, as she recently published her own queer romance, The Cartomancer's Curse. Connect with Kaitlin today!

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www.kaitlin-schmidt.com
Meet EFA member Kaitlin (she/her)
Kaitlin is a teacher-turned-editor who loves working on speculative fiction, especially stories of queer romance.

Recently, Kaitlin published The Cartomancer's Curse, a cozy sapphic romantasy in which a grumpy card-reader and a sunshine thief are forced to work together to undo a curse.

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