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Kerstin Hall

@kerstinhall.bsky.social
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Nebula and Locus Award nominated author of Asunder. Lead writer of Dressmaker. Repped by Jennifer Jackson at DMLA. Working on something weird and sequel-shaped. kerstinhall.com

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The Lexorcist @lexidarlingxoxo.bsky.social · 21h
I’m at the Pizza Hut. I’m at the house of leaves. I’m at the combi s n e a v t a i e o l n fo esuoh & tuh azzip
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
shirley jackson you tell em www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
ar and away the greatest menace to the writer—any writer, beginning or otherwise
—is the reader. The reader is, after all, a kind of silent partner in this whole business of writing, and a work of fiction is surely incomplete if it is never read. The reader is, in fact, the writer's only unrelenting, genuine enemy. He has everything on his side; all he has to do, after all, is shut his eyes, and any work of fiction becomes meaningless. Moreover, a reader has an advantage over a beginning writer in not being a beginning reader; before he takes up a story to read it, he can be presumed to have read everything from Shakespeare to Jack Kerouac. No matter whether he reads a story in manuscript as a great personal favor, or opens a magazine, or—kindest of all—goes into a bookstore and pays good money for a book, he is still an enemy to be defeated with any kind of dirty fighting that comes to the writer's mind.
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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Radiant Star is on special, let’s go!
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Radiant Star ebook by Ann Leckie - Rakuten Kobo
Read "Radiant Star" by Ann Leckie available from Rakuten Kobo. Space opera's sharpest mind returns to the world of the Imperial Radch in this brilliant standalone from award-winning a...
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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Homeward bound.
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
The first panel shows Sarah, the protagonist, working at a desk. A brain next to her says, "We need to take breaks!"
The second panel zooms in on Sarah's face. She is annoyed. She says, "What if I don't listen to you?"
The third panel shows the brain smiling.
The fourth panel shows the brain reaching towards a lever. The brain says, "I'LL MAKE YOU."
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Hope For The Planet @h4tp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We now have rigorous pooled data showing that even without active restoration efforts, cleared rainforest can rebound to 75% of their former species composition and 90% of species diversity within just thirty years. #goodnews
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Rainforest biodiversity rebounds within a single generation | The Optimist Daily
A major Ecuador study finds cleared rainforests can recover 90 percent of their species diversity in just 30 years, as long as humans leave the land alone.
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Flamebait @flame-bait.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Received my pre-ordered Spanish edition of @kerstinhall.bsky.social's Asunder, my fave book of 2024. A friend tells me the translation is very well done - my own Spanish comprehension extends to reading menus, a vocab in which Asunder is sadly lacking. Buying all the Asunders until I get my sequel.
Cover of Esquirlas (Asunder) by Kerstin Hall. A girl in patched clothing stands in front of a railing, with a cityscape behind.
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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The sky is big out here.
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IGN @ign.com · 25/09/2026
Dressmaker, an indie game where you run a boutique and design dresses, is taking over Steam, becoming one of the platform’s Top 10 best-selling games mere days after its release. bit.ly/3VPlUeM
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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I‘ve been off-the-grid for two days, and so I didn’t know how Dressmaker’s release had gone. I checked in with the team today, and…. 7th????? ON STEAM???? GLOBALLY??????
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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Out today!
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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Road tripping.
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Dressmaker is out tomorrow! My current guilty pleasure is watching streamers playing the opening quests, because I like it when they giggle at my jokes. 🥰 I think this guy is my current favourite, though.
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Dressmaker | Worth Your Time and Money (Overview)
YouTube video by The Scarlet Seeker
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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I’m back! I did not die, and I only wanted to throw up once!
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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
2 hour AMRAP challenge this mornings! wish me luck, it’s been an honour and a privilege, tell my family I love them, etc.
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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Bad publishing news is bad.
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sephirAmy @sephiramy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
how about some good news: new cat just dropped!!!!
a photo of a small, spotted wild cat, with orange fur and brown circular markings, staring up with big golden eyes.Meet the First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 Years

A small, spotted tiger cat from Bolivia may just be the beginning of a wave of new small cat species.

This 10-year-old male tiger cat is the first of his species (named Leopardus tilcayo) known to science. He is approximately 18 inches from head to end of body and weighs only 3 pounds, making him smaller than the average domestic cat. This video was captured at the Senda Verde Animal Refuge in Bolivia’s Yungas region, where he currently resides.
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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is so good.
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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
After being closed to queries for a year and a half (omg) I’m finally opening back up, writer friends! Wishlist here! www.ericsmithrocks.com/mswl
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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
as a reader of historical romances i have to say the thing where she makes him give up his elaborate revenge plot to prove his love?? baffling. unrealistic. girl this is a group project now
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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 14/09/2026
[clears throat] I am, in fact, pretty damn good at what I do. Thanks for asking.
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Alex White @alexwhite.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Hey. If a small press wants to give you a digital-only, royalty-based multibook deal for books that haven't yet been written, run. Lots of small presses use this royalty structure because they have no assets, and this allows them to offload nearly all risk to you.
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Cameron Reed (she|they) @lateonsetgirl.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
For 24 hours, the ebook of WHAT WE ARE SEEKING is on sale for $2.99 everywhere Tor ebooks are sold, or at least everywhere I checked. I expect there'll be an official promo post later, but I wanted to get the word out as early as possible. www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
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What We Are Seeking ebook by Cameron Reed - Rakuten Kobo
Read "What We Are Seeking" by Cameron Reed available from Rakuten Kobo. A New Yorker Best Book of 2026 From Cameron Reed, the acclaimed author of The Fortunate Fall, comes a soaring novel of q...
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
When creating PDFs, avoid using "Print to PDF." A screen reader user may still be able to access the text of PDFs created this way, but heading structure, alternative text, and any other tag structure will be lost. Using "Save As" or "Export" can preserve these tags.
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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The review/streaming embargo thing for Dressmaker lifts on Monday, which means that some of my story stuff could finallllllllly become public, and I‘m very excited.
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Dressmaker on Steam
Become a dressmaker! Choose fabric, cut out patterns, and sew them all together to satisfy (or sabotage!) townsfolk in this cozy crafting game inspired by real dressmaking.
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Rowan Hooper @rowhoop.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Something to cling to and promote the hell out of: leveraging POSITIVE TIPPING POINTS www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Climate solutions most likely to reach ‘positive tipping points’ revealed by scientists
Global shift towards clean electricity could trigger ‘cascade’ of progress, helping reduce air pollution, cut waste and revive oceans
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Carol Cao @carolcao.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
their story✨
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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The type of person who makes these comments always seems to presume that everyone should be gravely sympathetic about their inability to write well—like they are battling a tragic chronic condition—and the thing is, I could not give less of a shit.
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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Do any non-US writers know what to fill in on the Anthropic case page for SSN/TIN? (It automatically inserts a dash into my SA Tax ID when I fill that in, which suggests my correct, undashed tax number is not an accepted format.)
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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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What to do if i have theories?
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Solaire 🔜 GATEway FATE 🐏 @solairelunaire.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
i must not fear The Project
tumblr post by gailynovelry:
"The fastest way to accomplish The Project is to cease being afraid of The Project. The Project cannot maim you. The Project cannot kill you. The Project is more afraid of you than you are of it. It is okay if The Project turns out differently from how it was in your head, and it is okay if it has flaws. You are capable of engaging with The Project."
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Leigh Forbes @writeleighso.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Nepal-Tibet flash flood: Two workers pulled alive from hydropower tunnel nine days after disaster: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
In the centre of the image is a mud-covered man, wrapped in an orange flexible stretcher, which is carried by a host of rescue workers (wearing orange hi-vis vests and red, yellow, or orange helmets). The man in the stretcher has his hands raised in a gesture of prayer.
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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Genuinely happy to see that the sequel to “A Rather Vengeful Accord” seems to be releasing next March. Now, if the publisher would just send me an ARC…
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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 03/09/2026
"I have an idea for a novel, so I want an author to write it for me! / I need an AI to write it for me!"--bitch, ideas are ten a penny, yours is almost certainly derivative, it's all in the treatment anyway, you won't get rich, and there is no global novel shortage that makes yours important. ~fin~
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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I just remembered how when I put this on Twitter back in the day, someone told me you’re not supposed to clean a snake with soap, as if this was meant as a guide to the care and feeding of your serpent
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
An Afternoon Tea, 2026 by Elena Wuest (Germany, b.1977). Oil, canvas | 110 × 110 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Michael Curry 🏴🇵🇸 @mkcurry.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I am not currently open to queries (except by referral). That is likely to change sometime in the next few months! I will definitely post about that here well before I re-open, and also update my page on the DMLA website. maassagency.com/michael-curry [Updated for pinning.]
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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Dressmaker has new key art and it’s prettttttyyyy.
Key art for Dressmaker, by Carole Mellow. (Carolina? Honestly, I am not clear on the artist’s name, but here is their website: https://www.carolemellow.com/) It features a dreamy looking woman measuring the bust of a dress on a mannequin.
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mindflakes @mindflakes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Just poured my friend a bubbling green drink that emitted a cloud of vapor in the shape of a cackling skull, but he refused to drink it. After I spent so long working on my cool skull drink! It did contain poison though
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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
love to get tagged in a "i ❤️ your work so much! no matter what the haters are saying" type post. like aww thank you so-- the what now
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Erion Makuo @erionmakuo.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
✨ Cover illustration for the last issue of Apparition Literary Magazine. Unfortunately, I don't think it ever got released before the magazine closed. A bit more about the illo in thread! #illlustration
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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
It’s my birthday! Which means that it’s also, per silly family tradition, lovingly-decorated-cake day.
Seal cake with fluffy toy seal that inspired it.Adorable gum paste seal.More cake.
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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This cake is about 90% apple by volume, and it really shouldn’t work, but it DOES.
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Meera Sodha’s recipe for Limmat’s apple cake | Meera Sodha recipes
With its sweet, caramelised edge and soft, creamy apple centre, you’ll be thinking about this cake for months after the first bite
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Erin Hanson @erinhansonartist.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The famous maple tree at the Portland Japanese Garden is captured here in vivid hues of red, orange, and gold. Maple Zen by Erin Hanson, 2021 Oil on canvas 27 x 48 in www.erinhanson.com/portfolio/ma... #autumnal #fall #treeclub #painter #pnw #nature #art @bsky.art
The famous maple tree at the Portland Japanese Garden is captured here in vivid hues of red, orange and gold. The gnarled, twisted branches create abstract shapes between the autumn leaves. Each brush stroke is thick and impressionistic, creating a mosaic of color and texture across the canvas.

Maple Zen
by Erin Hanson, 2021
Oil on canvas
27 x 48 in
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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
BIG news this morning: Moderna and Merck say their mRNA cancer “vaccine” worked in a late-stage melanoma trial www.statnews.com/2026/08/19/m...
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Moderna and Merck say mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in late-stage melanoma trial
A personalized mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in a late-stage melanoma study, results that could herald a new, powerful approach in oncology.
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Isabel Cañas @isabelcanas.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Yearning! Mercury poisoning! Demonic possession! THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ is now available in paperback (the best reading medium, imo) wherever books are sold! ...but there's even more coming your way soon. I have written 200,000 words of new fiction this year. I have so MUCH to tell you!!
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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Hey hey, we made The Guardian! 🥂 www.theguardian.com/games/2026/a...
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Dressmaker – a canvas for the creativity of dream dress design
Co-created by a developer and his sewing-obsessed partner, this design game is ‘the most technically challenging’ its lead programmer has ever made
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