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Kathleen Powell @kathleen-powell.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The anthology with my debut short story has just won an NYC Big Book Award!

Kathleen Powell @kathleen-powell.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Writers of the Future is offering the full audio of my cheese-eating dragon story as a special giveaway when you sign up for their newsletter! Listen to “Saffron and Marigolds” for free at the QR code below, and stop by LAcon V to get the full anthology, or find it anywhere books are sold.

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Kathleen Powell @kathleen-powell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It’s flash fiction day! If you’ve ever wondered about the forbidden sport of mouse fencing, today’s Letter from Lost Things offers a peek at a small world. And I may have an exciting publishing update tucked inside…

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The Author in August

Misfits, mice, free flash fiction, & exciting announcements

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Kathleen Powell @kathleen-powell.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Before and after Saturday’s signing:

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Kathleen Powell @kathleen-powell.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Thank you to everyone who made my first local author signing such a success! It was lovely to meet real-life readers.

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Meeting an Author’s Heroes: The Readers

The Barnes & Noble Book Signing

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Kathleen Powell @kathleen-powell.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

It’s today! See you soon with books, release goodies, and stories. ☺️

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Kathleen Powell @kathleen-powell.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

One day. Just one more day until book signing!

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Kathleen Powell @kathleen-powell.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Four days to book signing… ☺️

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Kathleen Powell @kathleen-powell.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

My book box arrived from the publisher and I got a glimpse of the extra goodies tucked inside… Can’t wait to share them with readers on the 18th!

Two copies of Writers of the Future Volume 42 rest in the top of a cardboard box packed to the brim with books.

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Michael T. Kuester @michaeltkuester.com · 07/07/2026

If you live in or around Springfield, MO, get to Barnes & Noble on Saturday, July 18. You can get your very own copy of Writers of the Future, Vol. 42, signed by the incomparable Kathleen Powell, author of "Saffron and Marigolds"!

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Kathleen Powell @kathleen-powell.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I’m so pleased to announce my first local book signing is just two weeks away! Come meet me at the Springfield Barnes & Noble on July 18 to get your very own signed copy of Writers of the Future Volume 42! #WOTF42 #NewAuthor #BookSigning #fantasy #sciencefiction

Book Signing: Kathleen Powell, author of “Saffron and Marigolds.” Saturday, July 18, 1-5 p.m., at Barnes & Noble, 3055 South Glenstone, Springfield, MO.

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Kathleen Powell @kathleen-powell.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

In need of a little flash fiction to brighten your Tuesday? Today’s author newsletter includes the first fictional letter from lost things. ✉️ #NewAuthor #microfiction

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The Author in June (+flash fiction)

It has been 63 days since I became a professionally published author.

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Kathleen Powell @kathleen-powell.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Not one, but two copies! And someone checked them out! ☺️ Happy reading, friends!

Writers of the Future Vol. 42 marked as checked out.

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Kathleen Powell @kathleen-powell.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Cheers to everyone pitching your weird and wonderful words today! ☺️

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Kathleen Powell @kathleen-powell.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Look what @jnsidari.bsky.social made! In case you were wondering what kind of stories you’ll find in Writers of the Future Volume 42…or just love a good Venn diagram. Or both. ☺️ 💙📚🐉 #WOTF42 #WritersoftheFuture

A Venn diagram showing the overlap of sci-fi, noir-thriller, and fantasy, featuring the stories of L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 42.

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Nathan Deiwert @artofdeiwert.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

@michaeltkuester.com and myself will be doing a book signing for Vol. 42 of Writers of the Future! Michael wrote the story “In Living Color” which I illustrated!

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Kathleen Powell @kathleen-powell.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

My library is getting a copy of the anthology I’m in! ☺️ It feels so good that Arthur and Wantley are coming home to Springfield, right where the story of an ordinary baker and his cheese-loving dragon began. 💙📚🐉 #newauthor #newrelease #library #WritersoftheFuture #WOTF42

Interior art by Bafu from L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 42, featuring a young man in a hoodie interrupting his reading to give a large but friendly red dragon a hug.

The cover of L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 42, featuring a gold dragon and two warrior women dressed in yellow. Art by Ciruelo.

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Kathleen Powell @kathleen-powell.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

It’s always a pleasure to be in a bookstore, but when one is looking for 42 (the Writers of the Future book, not the answer to life, the universe, and everything) as a newly published author… Well, I think it’s to my credit I stayed as focused as I did. 💙📚 #WritersoftheFuture #NewAuthor #blog

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Bookstore Visits

from the misadventures of a freshly professional author

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Mike Strickland @stricklandia.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

99¢ ebook sale! 📕 WRITERS OF THE FUTURE VOL. 42, containing my cyberpunk love story "As Long as You Both Shall Live," is currently on sale for 99¢ (ebook) on Amazon! 15 stories and full-color illustrations: what a deal!

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Kathleen Powell @kathleen-powell.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

*award-winning science fiction ☺️

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Kathleen Powell @kathleen-powell.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Now to make my bio look as cool and professional as my 11 other anthology coauthors…

A blank image area followed by the name “Kathleen Powell.”

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Kathleen Powell @kathleen-powell.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

@jnsidari.bsky.social !!! Our dragon stories made it to #1!! Huge thank you to everyone who has been reading! ☺️

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Kathleen Powell @kathleen-powell.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Writers of the Future Volume 42 is out today!! Get ready for dragons, VR, wild escapes, time travel, spaceships, ghost dogs, and everything in between. And it’s out in audiobook format, too! #WOTF42 #WritersoftheFuture #newbook #NewRelease 💙📚🐉🚀🤖

Writers of the Future Volume 42, featuring a dragon cover by artist Ciruelo.

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Kathleen Powell @kathleen-powell.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I have failed to join the Goodreads author program by offering insufficient proof I am, indeed, myself. …why do I have a feeling this is going to keep happening? The Fae are laughing at me, aren’t they?

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Thomas R. Eggenberger (Author) @thomas-eggenberger.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

#QuestPit #F #Q Title: Sharp 97k words, Contemporary Fantasy

“Only one question remained, and everything hinged on it.
What was the true nature of a clear plastic shower curtain?”

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Tales & Feathers Magazine @talesfeathers.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Hello friends. 👀 It's time for a ✨Tales & Feathers Kickstarter Campaign!!✨ It's all thanks to YOU, wonderful readers, that we've been able to publish our little magazine, and now we need your support to fund Year 5 and beyond. 💚 Sign up below to be notified the moment the campaign goes live!

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Coming soon: Tales & Feathers: A Pro Slice of Life Fantasy Mag | Year 5+

Fund the future of our pro-rate quiet slice of life fantasy market.

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Nathan Deiwert @artofdeiwert.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Today, Writers of the Future Volume 42 has officially released! Here is the illustration I did for the book! “In Living Color” 13x21 oil on board Illustrated for @michaeltkuester.com story, In Living Color Michael’s story is such a gripping tale where August can enter pictures to solve crimes!

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Kathleen Powell @kathleen-powell.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

And it’s already hit #1 in Science Fiction Anthologies! Congratulations to @stricklandia.bsky.social , @michaeltkuester.com , @thomas-eggenberger.bsky.social , @mightyshst.bsky.social , our sci-fi writers, for getting us there! My friendly dragon and I will keep after the fantasy charts. :)

Amazon Hot New Releases page, featuring L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 42 at no. 1 on the New Releases in Science Fiction Anthologies page.

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Thomas R. Eggenberger (Author) @thomas-eggenberger.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Pick up a copy of Writers of the Future vol. 42 (available now!) for my time-stop story "A Ready-Made Bubble of Light," plus 11 other award-winning tales by exciting new authors! Also includes a new story by Orson Scott Card of Ender's Game fame! www.amazon.com/Ron-Hubbard-...

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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 42: Illustrated Edition Featuring the Next Generation of Science Fiction & Fantasy

— — — If 42 is the answer, these stories ask the questions worth thinking about. Discover fifteen unforgettable science fiction and fantasy short stories—illustrated in full color—feat...

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Michael T. Kuester @michaeltkuester.com · 28/04/2026

It's here: my debut as a published author! Writers of the Future, Vol. 42, featuring my award-winning story "In Living Color"! Head to wherever fine literature is sold to grab your copy today, and find your next favorite speculative fiction author! #WOTF42 #WritersoftheFuture

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Kathleen Powell @kathleen-powell.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

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JNSidari @jnsidari.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Let loose the dragons!

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Michael T. Kuester @michaeltkuester.com · 27/04/2026

Trust me when I say that, among all the wonderful stories in this anthology, Kathleen’s stands out.

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Kathleen Powell @kathleen-powell.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Mike is an unbelievably kind person for someone who writes such scary and evocative fiction, as evidenced by all the nice things he has to say about the other Volume 42 writers. Thank you, Mike. ☺️ #WOTF42 #WritersoftheFuture

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Kathleen Powell @kathleen-powell.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Home from Hollywood at last with my suitcase stuffed full of seashells, playing cards, books, art, and memories. And a beautiful award, of course. :) Thank you #WritersoftheFuture for the adventure! #WOTF42

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Kathleen Powell @kathleen-powell.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I am probably far too amused that Amazon credits an entirely different Kathleen Powell for my story in Writers of the Future Volume 42. She sounds like a legend, though. Traveling the world and living in Italy? I could only dream.

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Joel C. Scoberg @joel-c-scoberg.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Nebula nominations close the end of the week. If you're voting, I’d be honoured if you considered my novelette, “The Stench of Freedom,” from Writers of the Future Vol 41 (Galaxy Press, April 2025). It’s long-listed for the BSFA Award and ⭐️ ⭐️ recommendation by Tangent. Read it on my website below 😊

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I’m on the BSFA Award Long List! - Joel C. Scoberg

"The Stench of Freedom" has made the British Science Fiction Association Award 2026 Long List for Best Shorter Fiction Well, 2026 has been quite eventful already! I'm on the Long List for the BSFA Awa...

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Kathleen Powell @kathleen-powell.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

So incredibly honored to have written one of the four “dragon stories” to be published in the upcoming Writers of the Future anthology, with cover art by the wonderful Ciruelo. Everything about this still feels like a dream.

Cover of Writers of the Future Volume 42, featuring a golden dragon and two warrior women among the clouds, as painted by Ciruelo.

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Kathleen Powell @kathleen-powell.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

I just found out my university has secret tunnels running under the campus. You know, Mythology 101 style. I'm thrilled because it fits so well with future plans for a certain award-winning story. It's tempting me to run up there and breathlessly ask some perplexed secretary to let me see them...

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Kathleen Powell @kathleen-powell.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Hmm, what could be in this big yellow envelope from @baenbooks.bsky.social ? A shiny certificate? For me? :)

A 2025 Baen Fantasy Adventure Award certificate, edged in gold.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Happy Hobbit Day! Today's Classic Cover of the Day is The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, with a cover illustrated by Tolkien himself

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Mike Strickland @stricklandia.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

I was an interview guest yesterday on "The Author's Quill" radio show with fellow Writers of the Future winner @kathleen-powell.bsky.social ! www.youtube.com/live/zuxTHuT...

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Kathleen Powell @kathleen-powell.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

I've made my first ever podcast appearance! Thank you to Joe Montaldo and John Goodwin for making me feel welcome on The Author's Quill, and to @stricklandia.bsky.social for the company of another Volume 42 writer. (I can't wait to read your story now!)

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The Authors Quill Author Mike Strickland Author Kathleen Powell

YouTube video by UFO GODS & EXTRATERRESTRIALS

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Kathleen Powell @kathleen-powell.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Adding otherworldly words for worldbuilding depth is great fun until it’s time for declension. I have confused myself with plural/singular/collective at least twice, and I made the rules… (readers, please assume I know what I’m doing)

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