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Kate Maruyama @katemaru.bsky.social · 7h

Come write with us from your wildest imagination in a stunning location. www.eventbrite.com/e/tales-of-t...

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Crystal Lake Publishing @crystallake.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Author Daniel Reynolds won Crystal Lake’s most recent flash contest and has agreed to host. “The theme of the month is...? Over here: www.patreon.com/CLP/posts/th...

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Cynthia Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I am here! I am late! Latina time! See you soon!

SOMETHING
FOLLOWED US HOME
HAUNTING BROOKLYN
Alex Segura
Friday, October 2
Ananda Lima
Cynthia Pelayo
The Twisted Spine
Leopoldo Goût
306 Grand St,
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Zoraida Córdova
SOMETHING
FOLLOWED
US
HOME
Cymihla Pelayo
Brenda Lazaro
Agustina Bazterrica, Isabel Canas, Marlana Enriquez, and others
LATINE
LO QUE
NOS SIGUID
CASA
Cynhla Pelayo
Brenda Lezana
Agusia Bazierrica, Isabel Catas y Mariana Enriquez, entre oros
the twisted
spine

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Kate Maruyama @katemaru.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today’s Substack! Happen season with Tuscan beef stew, exploring hauntings, & happy happy launch day to SOMETHING FOLLOWED US HOME, edited by @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social w/ fab stores from @anandalima.bsky.social @lilliamrivera and more! @atriabooks.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/katemaru...

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Kate Maruyama @katemaru.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Tomorrow night West Hollywood Library!! @ladeziree.latinsky.app @stevenreigns.bsky.social Los Angeles History, peruse and poetry. @bookswellclub

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Kate Maruyama @katemaru.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

WE FINISHED THE THING!!! W/ @lpkindred.bsky.social Picture 1: two writers working, picture 2: two writers finishing ROOM FOR MAGIC:A SPECULATIVE NOVELLA ON MAKING SPECULATIVE NOVELLAS AN ENORMOUS THANK YOU to all of our Beta readers & to @justkeepwriting.bsky.social for the inspo & support!

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Kate Maruyama @katemaru.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

www.eventbrite.com/e/tales-of-w...

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Kate Maruyama @katemaru.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Had to listen to five hours of blasting Fx Nws in the icee office, but 7 people are going home to their families tomorrow thanks to CLUE: Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice today, the record for bonds in one day for this org. www.cluejustice.org/detained-imm...

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DETAINED IMMIGRANT BOND FUND - Clue Justice

Join us for prayer and song weekly in Orange County and Los Angeles.Read More

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Kate Maruyama @katemaru.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

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Girl In Trouble Stories @girlintroublelit.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

A delightfully disturbing new short story by Kate Maruyama on Girl In Trouble Stories this month! Follow Kate on IG and Threads @katemaruyama and on Bluesky @katemaru.bsky.social, or find her on Substack at Kate Maruyama. girlintroublestories.substack.com/p/charlene-b...

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Kate Maruyama @katemaru.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Ever have a friend who’s just a little TOO into your problems? Meet Charlene. And thanks so much to Janis Robertson and the @girlintroublelit.bsky.social team for publishing this! open.substack.com/pub/girlintr...

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Charlene by Kate Maruyama

Short Story Series | Every month Girl In Trouble presents short fiction for your troublemaking pleasure.

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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

One final ICYMI for the weekend crowd of the latest episode of Eating the Fantastic with guest @katemaru.bsky.social. Eavesdrop on our meal and find out about the 350-page novel she turned into a short story (and what she learned from the process) — plus more. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

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It’s time for an Italian lunch with Kate Maruyama in Episode 288 of Eating the Fantastic ‹ Scott Edelman

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Kate Maruyama @katemaru.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

While I was busy at csssa, this episode of Eating the Fantastic dropped! @scottedelman and I discuss ALTERATIONS @runningwildpressllc and THE COLLECTIVE @writlargeprojects , the sticky business of curating author letters We recorded this stokercon_official back in June! pod.link/1083737796

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Eating the Fantastic

Listen to Eating the Fantastic wherever you get your podcasts!

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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Coming tomorrow morning — a new episode of the Hugo Award finalist fancast Eating the Fantastic, during which you'll be able to take a seat at the table for the second of my StokerCon meals — lunch with @katemaru.bsky.social. I hope you'll decide to tag along and eavesdrop! pod.link/1083737796

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A bit of the menu listing the pasta dishes: Tagliatelle with Gorgonzola Cream Sauce, Spaghetti & Red Sauce, Spaghetti & Meatballs, Cacio e Pepe, Pork Sugo, etc.

Kate across the table from me in a blue blouse holding up a round white plate on which is a serving of pomegranate blueberry mousse.

Kate's gluten-free Pork Sugo (rigatoni, braised pork, san marzanos, parmesan cheese)

The Eating the Fantastic icon depicting a flying saucer lifting a burger, chicken leg and donut in its tractor beam.

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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

For those who like knowing how Eating the Fantastic's podcast sausage is made — editing the raw audio for next Friday's episode took 876 snips, removing 13 minutes and 55 seconds of the extraneous so my StokerCon chat with @katemaru.bsky.social will be more pleasing. Join us! pod.link/1083737796

A screen grab of the horizontal strip of the sound waves of our voices in GarageBand, reflecting those snips and a time stamp of 01:25:32.630.

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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Ended the night editing my way to the 30-minute mark in the raw audio from my StokerCon lunch with @katemaru.bsky.social. If you'd care to be among the first to join us at the table when our conversation goes live as Episode 288 of my Eating the Fantastic podcast, subscribe! pod.link/1083737796

A screen grab of the sound waves of our voices in GarageBand showing all the snips and a time stamp of 30:06.710.

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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Drove to Baltimore listening to my next Eating the Fantastic guest @katemaru.bsky.social interview past Eating the Fantastic guest @vmspod.bsky.social — and to my great surprise, heard my name! Community is everywhere, if we let it in chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-6...

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Episode 680 – Kate Maruyama and Me

Virtual Memories Show 680: Kate Maruyama and Me BLARDY BLARDY BLARDY During my recent LA weekend, I asked author, pal, and past guest Kate Maruyama if she’d be interested in interviewing me, and fo…

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Kate Maruyama @katemaru.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Wisdom from editor/agent @arleysorg.bsky.social on Eating the Fantastic w/ @scottedelman.bsky.social Thoughts on managing a con while working past social anxiety, the publishing industry & myopia, and tons of other encouragements from one of my fave humans. Tune in! I’m on next week;)

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Kate Maruyama @katemaru.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

If you do not have friends and family immediately at risk (trigger warning ) please read & share this writer’s ordeal in detention. He was taken out front of his house in front of his family & was shuffled between facilities for 2 1/2 yrs www.cluejustice.org/livingthrough/

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Living Through ICE Detention: A Personal Account of Systemic Failure and Human Cost - Clue Justice

by Anonymous Over two years ago I was picked up by ICE agents, detained in front of my home, family and kids. Without notice or warning, I was snatched onto a plane with no idea as to the destination ...

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Kate Maruyama @katemaru.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees for the Shirley. Jackson Awards! What a lot of amazing reading this year. May your rocks lift your books!

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Kate Maruyama @katemaru.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Hey @readercon ! @copperdogbooks is carrying THE SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD nominees books! Pick up the tastiest reading of the year in the book room!

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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

On this final day of June, let it be known that coming next month on Eating the Fantastic, you'll be able to chat and chew with @somtoihezue.bsky.social, @arleysorg.bsky.social, and @katemaru.bsky.social. Subscribe now for your chance to eavesdrop on these wise and witty guests! pod.link/1083737796

Photos of my three guests across the table from me: Somto seen over the urn of his Molcajete, Arley holding up his deconstructed carrot cake, and Kate holding up a pomegranate blueberry mousse.

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Kate Maruyama @katemaru.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

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Living Through ICE Detention: A Personal Account of Systemic Failure and Human Cost - Clue Justice

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Gil Roth & his Virtual Memories Show @vmspod.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Met some friends today in LA & recorded some podcasts: 1. Fezzik at rest 2. me & #JonathanAmes auditioning for a new season of True Detective 3. me & @katemaru.bsky.social after she turned the tables and did the interviewing

photo of cutest little dog in the world, dozing with his head on the arm of an upholstered chair

2 white men in selfie: left, in a black T-shirt and navy shirt-jacket; right, in a straw hat, big sunglasses, and green work-shirt. They look like they're auditioning for a cop show

double-selfie of white man and woman: he is in black T-shirt and the light from his right side puts an insane glint in his eye; she is in a patterned shirt, wears glasses, and has blue streaks in her dark hair. Behind them is a framed piece of art: 28 tiles spelling out the alphabet and 2 characters, each painted with a different Hollywood figure.

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Kate Maruyama @katemaru.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

We did the thing!!! ROOM FOR MAGIC: a Speculative Novella about Making Speculative Novellas is complete and, after writing a section about beta readers, it’s off to beta readers! So grateful our brains met, LP, even if it was right before you moved!<3 @lpkindred.bsky.social

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 17/06/2026

TALES FROM THE MENU is open for submissions. 🩸🍽️ Theme: Cannibalism 📖 3,000–5,000 words 💰 $3 per accepted story 📚 Contributor copy included 📅 July 31, 2026 horrortree.com/taking-submi... #Horror #DarkFiction

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Kate Maruyama @katemaru.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

We are FINISHING this book in my new second favorite city. #roomformagic #chicago @lpkindred.bsky.social

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Kate Maruyama @katemaru.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Happy happy launch to @talyajankovits ! This beautiful book is available to you today from @runningwildpress Follow Talya’s long publishing journey @talyajankovits

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Kate Maruyama @katemaru.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I am so often humbled by my students. Please enjoy Destiny Ruiz's flash fiction, Statue. briefincorrect.substack.com/p/statue @briefincorrect.bsky.social

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Statue

Fiction: by Destiny Ruiz

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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

My first task on returning from StokerCon to verify the audio from my Eating the Fantastic chats with @arleysorg.bsky.social, @katemaru.bsky.social, Jamal Hodge, and Todd Sanders of @aanpress.bsky.social had been captured clearly. Subscribe to join them on future episodes! pod.link/1083737796

A two by two grid of photos of the four guests with whom I recorded during StokerCon, all across the table from me during our meals: Arley Sorg, Kate Maruyama, Jamal Hodge, and Todd Sanders.

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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Back at StokerCon after a truly stellar five-course vegetarian tasting menu with @arleysorg.bsky.social at EVY restaurant. I’m sorry I can’t share the food itself with you — but I can share the inspiring conversation on a future episode of Eating the Fantastic. Please join us! pod.link/1083737796

Arley across the table from me holding up his Carrot Cake )Cream Cheese Ice Cream| Carrot Top Parfait | Carrot-Almond Crumble).

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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Wonderful time chatting about old Hollywood and new books at DiAnoia’s Eatery with @katemaru.bsky.social, a conversation on which you’ll be able to eavesdrop on an upcoming episode of Eating the Fantastic. I hope you’ll subscribe to be among the first take a seat at the table. pod.link/1083737796

Kaye across the table from me in a blue blouse holding up a round white plate on which is a serving of pomegranate blueberry mousse.

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Kate Maruyama @katemaru.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Happy happy launch day to Desiree Zamorano!!! AMARISA’S COOKING POT is full of magical speculative stories celebrating Mexican culture! @universitynevadapress @womenwhosubmit bookshop.org/p/books/amar...

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Amarisa's Cooking Pot: Tales of Life in All Its Wonders

Tales of Life in All Its Wonders

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Kate Maruyama @katemaru.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Massachusetts locals! It’s give back night Thursday May 28 @copperdogbooks ! Proceeds from book purchases go to the @shirleyjacksonawards ! Support Dark literature everywhere! This sale counts for all online sales during that time period at copperdogsbook.com!

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Kate Maruyama @katemaru.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Massachusetts locals! It’s give back night Thursday May 28 @copperdogbooks.bsky.social ! Proceeds from book purchases go to the @shirleyjacksonawards ! Support and indie bookstore, get to know the good folks there and you’ll be supporting Dark literature everywhere!

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Story Hour @storyhour.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Hey, would you like to hear two of this year’s Hugo-nominated stories—read by their authors? Samantha Mills and Thomas Ha are bringing us just that! Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! @samtasticbooks.com @thomasha.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com

Head-and-shoulders color photo of writer Samantha Mills, a fair-skinned woman with brown hair parted on one side, worn long and in loose curls and waves. She wears a black embroidered top and teardrop-shaped pendant on a black cord. She pose before a blurred interior of bookshelves and looks directly into the camera, smiling warmly.

Head-and-shoulders color photo of writer Thomas Ha, a man of mixed Korean/Irish ancestry who has fair skin, brown eyes, a five-o’clock shadow, and thick black hair worn short and swept back from his forehead. He wears a heathered charcoal tee and gold-tone wire-rimmed glasses. He stands in front of a tree and a building sided with unfinished wood; the building appears to be in near-darkness, although the light on him is bright and casts only soft shadows. He looks directly into the camera, smiling faintly.

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Ai Jiang || 江艾🎐 @aijiang.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

📘 Book lovers! Spend an hour listening to live #AuthorReadings via Zoom featuring #womenauthors #fictionbywomen #enbyauthors. 6 authors, 8 minutes each - it’s fast, it’s fun, and best of all #FreeBooks! #ScienceFiction, #Fantasy, #Horror, #SWSWQR

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Kate Maruyama @katemaru.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Young readers know where it's at. Read JJ Wilson's complex take on the three little pigs. www.culturaldaily.com/jj-wilson-th... and thanks to @chiwan.bsky.social Choi for continuing to publish young voices Cultural Daily

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JJ Wilson: “The Pigs and Wolf” - Cultural Daily

“As I saw the look on your face, I couldn’t help but wonder, is my smile too sharp or just my teeth? Am I friend or foe?

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Kate Maruyama @katemaru.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Can’t even tell you how excited I am about this pile of pages. @lpkindred.bsky.social we are closer than you know!!

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