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Kit MacAllister @kittrick.bsky.social · 4h

The fall newsletter is out! If you want to take a look without committing to subscribing, you can view it online here👇. mailchi.mp/2aa1b2a09263...

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Store Your Sweetness

A fall newsletter update from Kit MacAllister

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

J.R. is an incredible writer. A literal Hugo- and Nebula-nominated author. You would be lucky to work with them.

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Marisca Pichette (she/they) @marisca.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Including my poem, “The Old Vagabond Club” 👻 Check it out @kaleidotrope.bsky.social !

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Kit MacAllister @kittrick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My poem, Good Morning Forgetfulness, is now out in the latest issue of @kaleidotrope.bsky.social! kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2026/...

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'Good Morning Forgetfulness' by Kit MacAllister

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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 01/10/2026

In this craft-focused webinar you'll sharpen your dialogue skills & learn how to represent dialect on the page through short lectures and hands-on exercises led by author, editor, & WtO co-author @nisishawl.bsky.social. 📅 Nov 21 🕘 10a–3:30p Pacific 💰 $175 writingtheother.com/dialogue-and...

on the right, Nisi Shawl, a light-skinned Black person stands in front of the ocean holding a magic wand and wearing the white clothing of a goddess incarnate. on the left, name of the class

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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Kit MacAllister @kittrick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Time to start draft 4! Look at this chonky boi!

A large 3 ring binder with a chunky manuscript in it.

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Kit MacAllister @kittrick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Woke up this morning to find that Threads had deleted my account for mysterious and important reasons. I will never know why. The entire thing was automated. I literally post only about writing, so who knows what the bots interpreted as against policy.

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Kit MacAllister @kittrick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Just got word that my poem, Good Morning Forgetfulness, will be coming out in Kaleidotrope's fall issue this October!

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Kit MacAllister @kittrick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Borne is a weird and wonderful novel.

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Charles Pulliam-Moore @charlespulliam.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The Emma Frost x Miss Piggy comic has hit the internet and it's so, so, so much more magnificent than I ever could have hoped for

Emma Frost: "Emma Frost, darling. I'm a telepath. May I read your mind to ascertain if you're telling the truth?"

Miss Piggy: "But of course, darling I am an open book, a tell-all memoir."

Emma Frost telepathically witnessing the entirety of Miss Piggy's life.

Wolverine: "Frost? She legit?"
Emma Frost: "She's..She's... She's everything. And I would die for her."

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Kit MacAllister @kittrick.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

It is done. 100k. Draft 3 is complete and I am officially on break until draft 4 begins.

Screenshot from Scrivener's Manuscript target screen which reads 100,019 of 100,000 words complete.

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Kit MacAllister @kittrick.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Uncanny needs your support! Uncanny is free to read, charges no submission fee, and pays a professional rate. This makes it one of the most accessible, affordable, and author friendly markets in the biz! But reading and editing takes time, care and attention! It only happens because of you!

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Kit MacAllister @kittrick.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Finally reading The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett and it is the BEST thing I've read in ages. Absolutely loving it.

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Kit MacAllister @kittrick.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Continuing my read through this year's Hugo nominees. I've just read Never Eaten Vegetables by H.H. Pak and, wow, I'm still recovering. It's heartbreaking, it's grounded, it's human and intelligent. Man alive, I'd kill to write something that good.

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Tia Tashiro @tiatashiro.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Fellow Wyrmhole editor @hhpak.bsky.social's "Never Eaten Vegetables" has been living in my head rent-free literally since I linked it last year, and it's STILL an excellent and beautiful novelette. Absolutely worth reading--consider them for Astounding nomination! clarkesworldmagazine.com/pak_01_25/

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Never Eaten Vegetables by H.H. Pak

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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Short Story Shoutout @short-story-shout.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Big Shoutout to fellow PNW writer 𝐊𝐢𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 - his short story “Horn of Plenty” appears in the latest issue of 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡! @kittrick.bsky.social @pinchjournal.bsky.social More about Kit’s fantastic writing here: kittrick.co/writing

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22/05/2026

I for one heartily endorse shipping every billionaire to a lifeless rock millions of miles away where they will struggle to live and will have to work every single day of their existence in order to survive

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Kit MacAllister @kittrick.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

The newsletter this month is all about hellfire, hellish books, hellish short stories, and an exclusive flash fiction piece about a demon who is banished to eternal slumber by a cheese danish. I only update quarterly, so I promise not to spam your inbox!

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Kit MacAllister @kittrick.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Happy to announce my poem, Good Morning Forgetfulness, has been selected for inclusion in a future issue of @kaleidotrope.bsky.social !

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Kit MacAllister @kittrick.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

The Hugo Voter's packet is here! It always feels like Christmas. So many amazing entries this year!

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

My next book is gonna have trans characters in it. So will my next short story. I'm gonna read trans authors. I'm gonna hug trans readers. Do not back down. It is the world that should move.

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Daniel Kraus @danielkraus.com · 04/05/2026

Guys, ANGEL DOWN won the Pulitzer Prize. Let’s get nuts.

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Kit MacAllister @kittrick.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Incredibly honored to have a new piece out in the latest issue from @pinchjournal.bsky.social . Look at that gorgeous cover!

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Kit MacAllister @kittrick.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I think I'm going to sign up for the next NYC Midnight Flash Fiction challenge. Anyone want to join me? nycmidnight.com/ffc

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Kit MacAllister @kittrick.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I'm obsessed with this Chinese fashion portrait company. I think they're called AVIVA photo group. It's hard to figure out exactly what their deal is, but their portraits are stunning. h.iaviva.com/2020/2020121...

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Kit MacAllister @kittrick.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Oh no, all my library requests became available at the same time!

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Kit MacAllister @kittrick.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Last year, every time I get a rejection, I printed it out and pinned it to the wall in a big stack. Earlier today, the stack fell off the wall. The little push-pin was unable to hold the weight any longer.

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Kit MacAllister @kittrick.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Hugo nominations are open and I need more eligible SFF poems for my ballot. Send recommendations! "A science fiction or fantasy poem of any line length or word count published for the first time in 2025."

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Kit MacAllister @kittrick.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Wow. I massively overuse the word perch/perched. Things are perching left and right, snow, people, buildings. Gimme a noun, I can perch it.

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Kit MacAllister @kittrick.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Best adjective (really, compound adjective) in the book so far: "ever-ebullient." 🫧 Ebullient literally means boiling or fizzing. Such a perfect word for the character it describes.

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Kit MacAllister @kittrick.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Sabon appreciation post. Original type by Jan Tschichold. Type specimen by Stephanie Lee.

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Kit MacAllister @kittrick.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Just finished The Calorie Man by Paulo Bacigalupi. Holy mackerel, what a great story.

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Kit MacAllister @kittrick.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I've been doing some speculative poetry recently and it's so much fun! It feels like dancing.

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Kit MacAllister @kittrick.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Had a great time world building in clay today at the Ursula K. Le Guin exhibit at Oregon Contemporary. Big thanks to Sarah Hensel for organizing this excellent workshop!

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Kit MacAllister @kittrick.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Lots of lit mags opening up today. 💖

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Kit MacAllister @kittrick.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Created my annual business goals document for writing. The really steamy part of being an author. 🫠

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Kit MacAllister @kittrick.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Beyond pleased to announce that my short story, The Library of God will appear in issue 16 of The Buckman Journal! The story follows a cardinal who finds enlightenment though a chicken, inspired by the Portrait of Cardinal Domenico Rivarola by Sir Anthony van Dyck. More details Soon!

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Kit MacAllister @kittrick.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

My current grammar book ranking: 1 - Dreyer's English Witty, concise, educational. 2 - Strunk and White Stuffy and outdated but honestly a classic. 3 - Eats, Shoots & Leaves Snarky, but also quite entertaining. 4 - The Glamour of Grammar Too meandering and anecdotal for my taste.

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Kit MacAllister @kittrick.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Just got edits back on a short story, and it's a lot better than I remembered!

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