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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Please meet Rufus, Mr. Legs, the girls, and little squishes We were acquainted today 😎

Various coloured sea anemones on a rock wall

Multicolored jellyfish with a dark background

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

✨ Story time! “Recipe for Escaping the God of the Cove” is live with The Ex-Puritan! ✨ 🌊 Horror scifi canlit slipstream 🌊 Marriage falls apart in nature 🌊 Spooky God with jokes 🌊 Unreliable narrator 🌊 The cat lives THANK YOU to @anuja-v.bsky.social for plucking this strange tale from the slush 🖤

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

As someone who thrives on character, environment, and vibes, I have started an emergency practice: A plot notebook. I am not allowed to worldbuild here. Or character outline. Or write pretty passages. This is plot motivation station. ONLY 🙏🙏🙏

A notebook reads: speaker in the woodland quiet plot workbook

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

So… WE BOUGHT A HOME ?!?! With a little red door. And a pear tree. Wow. 🏡

A blue haired nonbinary person and a blonde woman sit outside a semi with a red door.

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

📣📣📣 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT !! Piper has been promoted to executive level (We got her a cat couch)

A brown and orange tabby sits on a pink couch made for cats and small dogs

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

LESS THAN $100 ($60 US) TO $10K CA FOR TALES & FEATHERS !!!!!! And we’re down to less than TWO days to make it to $13K CAD ($9.4K US) and fund TWO more years of our pro paying slice of life fantasy market 💜✨ EVERY share gets us closer to another new story 💜

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I got to see Joe Hisaishi conduct tonight— And it is one of the most magical experiences ✨💜 Wow.

Golden light shines on the wood stage at Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall, where the symphony orchestra is arranged

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

So I am thriving while exploring Nova Scotia ✨🦞🌊

Many east coast houses and boats sitting on the water with a large cloud hanging in a blue sky

A single yellow home in a red field with a blue sky above

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

As promised: I dyed my hair BLUE And here is a picture 🥰 (I’m so pleased)

A blue haired nonbinary person with clear glasses and a brightly coloured comic book shirt smiles at the camera

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Went on an indie bookstore adventure in the rain today for indie bookstore day 👀👀👀👀👀👀 (I did not need more to read but THERE ARE ALWAYS MORE BOOKS TO ACQUIRE AND ASPIRE TO READ)

The black moody storefront of Type Books

Little Ghost’s sign outside their storefront

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The way the NYT doesn’t know anything about the millennial cosplay community

A screenshot of the new NYT game “cross play”

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Piper says: why play Pokopia when you could pet Piper? 🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐

A relaxed and happy tabby cat getting pats

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Analogue solo writing date today ft. my first taste of South Indian filtered coffee (spoiler: delicious) The non-speculative project continues to expand greatly. I anticipate draft 0 will be 100+ pages 🥲

Coffee, macarons and a writing notebook sit on a wooden table

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Extremely obsessed with this PRETTY new pendant I hung in my office today ✨✨✨

A paper lantern pendant in a cozy office hanging over a daybed with floral pattern, covered in pillows

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Back home. Ambience set. Time to take this seriously 🧐 Aiming for 2,000 words before 10PM EST !! Timer starts…NOW !

A blank page on a monitor, atop a desk with a mechanical keyboard, flowery teapot, and candle.

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

250 words of novel accomplished !! Now the coffee shop is closing. HOMEWARDS !! Then more novel tonight. (Also look how cool this space is?! I love it here)

Mid century modern furniture and brick walls make up this warm cafe interior

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Solo writing date #2 this weekend!! This morning I procrastinated my way into fully making croquettes. But my partner handles dishes, so I now have excuse. Today we tackle the novel 😤

A MacBook and a flat white sit on a light wood table with a blurred paining in the background

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Took myself out on my first writing date in weeks ✨ Today’s task: shine up an old short !

A MacBook and red coffee cup sit on a light wood table, with many plants behind

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

My picture is bad but the lettuce wraps were DELICIOOOOOUUUSSSS

Dinner spread of lettuce leaves, ground meat and pickled onions

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

It’s only a half slice tho so I have to get really lucky !!!!

A multi colour wheel with multiple writing rewards, including a lil sketch

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Ok I liked it more than I thought I would but also wow I’ve never seen a film so self-aware of being a film or an aesthetic so self-aware of being aesthetic or shock value so self-aware of being shock value

Jacob Elordi tilts back Margot Robbie’s head on the wuthering heights poster

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Had the loveliest time this weekend celebrating the launch of @thesuiway.bsky.social’s Iron Garden Sutra, and hearing about: ✨ Dead rat (not relevant to book) ✨ Corpse farms (kinda relevant) ✨ Wall staring competency (very relevant) Can’t wait to start reading 👀👀👀

The cover of the iron garden sutra by AD Sui

Sonia Urlando (moderator) and AD Sui sitting at a table with a blue check tablecloth

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

News from the inbox 👀👀 ✨🙀 got notified today that my climate SFF novel (not novella) is receiving two OAC recommender grants !! BIG thanks to @ontarioarts.bsky.social for running the program, and @ecwpress.bsky.social & @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social for recommending my work for funding 💜

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

My favourite cafe (queer! Community! Beautiful! Amazing drinks!) is closing today, but I managed to luck into a table after a two hour wait to get inside One more writing date 💜

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

So much snow in Toronto that I can no longer see my patio furniture There are four chairs and a table out there!

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I’m so stressed, how is this back

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

I have put my cat on a diet She would like to inform you she hates it

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Happy NY, writer folk! 🎊 Each year, to stay sane in an industry where I control little, I kick off writing with a bingo card of actions I do control. Words written % edited Applications completed Things submitted & this year, I’m sharing! 💜 One for shorts, one for novels—I hope they’re helpful :)

Bingo card for short fiction/general writing

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

the best NYE party is one with a structured activity (Playing wavelength @teresempierre.bsky.social’s until midnight)

A copper haired person with blue eyeshadow and wide glasses takes a selfie with the multicolor wavelength board game box

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

So do I pretend I’m 15 years younger and make maraschino Jell-O shots for the NYE party I’m going to

Maraschino cherries in clear jello cubes

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

VERY pleased with this year’s Christmas aesthetic 🎄✨

Gifts wrapped in craft paper stamped with plants sit beneath a Christmas tree

A close up shot of a Christmas tree decked with small mushrooms, glass ornaments, and wooden beads

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

And these are not small pages 🥸

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Ok but this Osmanthus Coffee—

A foamy experimental coffee on a wooden table

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Who can believe my train tism ass did NOT buy the $100 CHRISTMAS TRAIN (Not me) (It’s still there) (I could go back)

A red and green coloured train replica in a Homesense display

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

NEW OFFICE MUG !!!!!!! So educated

A dragon illustrated on a teal mug reads a stack of books

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Red alert: I changed my profile pic I AM STILL ME THO (Commissioned from the incredible @yellghoul.bsky.social)

A person with blue, pink and white hair and thick rimmed glasses gives finger guns to the viewer

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Delightful time launching Year’s Best Canadian SFF today at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social !! Many thanks to @ourmankoto.bsky.social for the work put into bringing this antho to life, and congrats to my fellow TOC members ✨ Always love an excuse to read a little slice of a tale 🪞

A nonbinary person in a soft brown hat stands in a SFF bookstore with a copy of Best Canadian SFF open in front of their face

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Tonight: Death Becomes Her watch party, ft. Halloween bloody sangria & charcuterie for days! More importantly: HOW HAVE I NEVER SEEN THIS MOVIE BEFORE?!

In an orange tinted room, death becomes her plays on the tv

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

The degree to which I’d love to publish something like this glorious movie It is so completely my shit

Sally and Gilly from Practical Magic in the middle of trying to raise Gilly’s ex from the dead

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Frothy hot chocolate to go with my annual rewatch of Practical Magic ✨🧙‍♀️

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Absolute peak Ontario fall weather out there today 😭

A forest path lined with trees in autumn colours

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

I destroyed this man twice today 😤⚔️

Art of Chronos from Hades 2, an angelic figure in black and gold

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Today I witnessed the strangest interpretation of As You Like It that I think I will ever see DYSTOPIAN As You Like It By intermission, I was ready to walk out By the end, I was delighted I am confused and baffled

A purple-lit circular stage with flowers and garlands

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

I hath been blessed by the softest pillow ever

A blonde person with oversized glasses holds an immense, soft sage pillow

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Another day, another round of revision notes

An Americano, manuscript and scone on a trendy checkerboard wood table

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