Reposted by KJ KabzaFoz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 19hI said it two days ago, but I'll say it again: AI is truly the apex of prioritizing outcome over process. Reading to a child is as much about physical touch, emotional connection, social cuing, visual development and reciprocal engagement as the story itself, but they're too up their ass to see it. 35915
KJ Kabza @kjkabza.bsky.social · 04/10/2026A reanimated horse, given sentience but not proof against rot, has withered to nothing but a skull. Will her old mistress ever come back for her? And if she does, will they be recognizable to each other? Listen to (or read) my latest fantasy story here. podcastle.org/2026/09/29/p...podcastle.orgPodCastle 963: The One I'm Waiting For - PodCastleThe One I’m Waiting For by KJ Kabza For an eternity of days, I wait for her in the cabin. The light outside rises and fades, rises and fades, and the wide rectangles of sky near the ceiling show me ... 041
KJ Kabza @kjkabza.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I am something of a literary chameleon and it's hard to nail down my style, so it's extra hilarious to watch these AI-generated scam emails scramble at straws and try to mirror back something convincing to me 000
KJ Kabza @kjkabza.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I was starting to feel left out of the whole "I'm an author and I keep getting sophisticated scam emails that impersonate legitimate publishers/editors/authors/podcasters," but then I received my first one this week. I now consider myself Arrived 000
Reposted by KJ KabzaHannah Shelley, MLIS (Maggots, Lycanthropes & Ice Skeletons) @hannahshelley.site · 02/10/2026Please stop anthropomorphizing computers. They cannot "run" a program, because they don't have legs 392066286
Reposted by KJ Kabzamore mr. spice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 01/10/2026after the guy who wrote the Alphabet Song died they were cleaning out his place and found more than ten thousand handwritten pages of an unfinished Numbers Song 559481
Reposted by KJ KabzaKaiJen M(s) 🏵️🎉 @jenetmms.bsky.social · 21/10/2025got chased by a skeleton and when they caught me all they did was give me a kiss and a hug. turns out it was an xoskeleton. 815545
Reposted by KJ KabzaShveta Thakrar @shvetathakrar.com · 01/10/2026As promised, the cover reveal for my ridiculous vampire novel, FANGS NOT INCLUDED, coming 25 May 2027!!! 🧛🏾♀️🧛🏾♀️🧛🏾♀️ (Illustration by Kushiaania; cover design by Julia Tyler and Alison Klapthor.) www.harpercollins.com/products/fan... 1714876
Reposted by KJ Kabzaalexis simpson is confused by display name changes @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026me: jrr. you gotta stop naming dwarves jrr tolkien: borgen and lorgen and forgen and clorgen. bujingo and judingo and bobingo. choin and groin and sloin and of course, bloin 1423943
Reposted by KJ KabzaCam Dylan Blackwell @camdylanblackwell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I just dropped a book into the cosmos using Draft2Digital. I wanted to see what their publishing process was like. In a not serious effort, I found a document to sacrifice, made a basic cover, and submitted it for publication. The cover is shit, but the stories aren't. 122
KJ Kabza @kjkabza.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A lone autumn tumbleweed drifts along beneath an overcast, southwestern desert sky. Atmospheric 052
KJ Kabza @kjkabza.bsky.social · 27/09/2026My Croc has a Croc charm of itself and I cannot handle it 020
Reposted by KJ KabzaTobias S. Buckell @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Re-posting with typo fix and re-boosting this for the US east coast time folks, I moved to Scotland and landed in an unlivable flat, so am offering 15 drm-free books of mine as a thank you for anything you offer as a way to get into a safe living space: 2129121
Reposted by KJ KabzaWeightless Books @weightlessbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It's the 18th anniversary double issue of @bcsmagazine.bsky.social! Featuring stories by K.J. Parker, @tommarcinko.bsky.social, Zet Madej, and @katarinagarcia.bsky.social and cover art by Bruce Benneise: weightlessbooks.com/beneath-ceas... 065
Reposted by KJ KabzaPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 22/03/2024Awesome pics. Great size. Look thick. Solid. Tight. Keep us all posted on your continued progress with any new progress pics or vid clips. Show us what you got man. Wanna see how freakin' huge, solid, thick and tight you can get. Thanks for the motivation 1449
Reposted by KJ KabzaThree-Lobed Burning Eye magazine @3lobedmag.com · 21/09/2026So grateful to all of our backers so far who’ve brought us to 61% of our goal with 9 days to go. But if we don’t reach our goal in time, we don’t receive any funds. We can do it! Back us now for a subscription, t-shirt, books, handmade rewards. Great stories await! kck.st/4x4r1oz 0711
Reposted by KJ KabzaC. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Time to back @lightspeedmagazine.com & @nightmare-magazine.com magazines: Award-Winning SF, Fantasy, & Horror on @kickstarter.com! SUBSCRIPTION DRIVES keep us all in this genre business we love! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lig...kickstarter.comLIGHTSPEED & NIGHTMARE: Award-Winning SF, Fantasy, & HorrorWe've published nearly 10 million words of science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction. Help us write the next chapter. 066
Reposted by KJ KabzaFrances: Meh and Loving It @francesmeh.reviews · 21/09/2026upgrade to premium for an ad-free experience, now with ads 17928215
Reposted by KJ Kabzaterror @weedlejuice.bsky.social · 20/09/2026My enemies are amassing on the outskirts of town. Probably to apologise for their grievous misconduct 2973197
Reposted by KJ KabzaS.L. Harris @slharris.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Really enjoyed this story by @kjkabza.bsky.social in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. 113
Reposted by KJ KabzaDjango Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Actually the correct plural is Oompas Loompa 2413
Reposted by KJ KabzaLeon Perniciaro @leonp.bsky.social · 11/09/2026When I edit other people's writing, I enter a flow state that transcends all time and space. When I edit my own writing, I feel like I'm falling down a flight of stairs 0162
Reposted by KJ KabzaR. Mel @cadystat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Got laid off so wrote a book. I don’t know if it’s a good book, but I wrote it. Still unemployed so I guess I’ll write another. 🤷♀️ 0533
Reposted by KJ Kabzaconstantly changing @constantlychanging.bsky.social · 08/09/2026my other vehicle is the unrelenting wheel of samsara 121952
Reposted by KJ Kabzasamuel mehr @mehr.nz · 03/09/20268yo: how much will you get paid to write your book Me: uh, I don't know. Authors are paid in royalties so each time someone buys the book they get like $2 8yo: that seems like a bad deal Me: I dunno, what if my book sells a million copies? How much would I make? 8yo: well that's not gonna happen 702773257
Reposted by KJ KabzaNeon Genesis Xu-vangelion 🤖 @hellotherexu.bsky.social · 02/09/2026“What are you working on right now” is such a loaded question. Consider lower stakes options like “what’s your most embarrassing personal trauma?” And “what’s your ao3 handle” 4422107
Reposted by KJ KabzaUsed Robot Salesman @urs-annex.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Remember that cool rock you found that one time? 1112946
Reposted by KJ KabzaCecilia Tan @ceciliatan.com · 02/09/2026From now until Halloween, I've got a goal to hit either $400 a month or 300 patrons (including free followers). If we hit goal by 10/31, I'll start serializing a new novel in progress then, instead of waiting until 2027! Join in? www.patreon.com/ceci... 141
Reposted by KJ KabzaJerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 28/08/2026bro all your borogoves are mimsy rn 56996171
Reposted by KJ KabzaPrufrock451 @prufrock451.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I set my time machine and travel 200 years into the past. I forget to account for erosion and find myself entombed in 10 feet of topsoil that hasn’t yet been destroyed by industrial agriculture 1899
Reposted by KJ KabzaHeartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 24/08/2026We are OPEN for early submissions from equity-deserving writers, looking for poetry and short fiction. Submissions fully open on Sept 1st: ❣500-3500 words ❣pre-existing relationships ❣Fantasy! Sci-Fi! Horror! www.heartlines-spec.comheartlines-spec.comHeartlines SpecHeartlines Spec is a speculative magazine focused on long-term friendships and relationships. It's the comfort of the known, the fierce hug of someone that knows you best. 03533
KJ Kabza @kjkabza.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Deepening my Analytical Nerditude by creating a master spreadsheet of character names because I've written/sold so many short stories by now that I've lost track of what names I've ever used for primary/secondary/tertiary characters 100
Reposted by KJ KabzaNeon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Submissions are now open for speculative novelettes and/or tiny short story collection chapbooks. Word limit: 7,500 to 12,000 words. Limited print run. Will pay $100 and 25 copies. Deadline: October 15th. More info here: neonhemlock.submittable.com/submit/36598...neonhemlock.submittable.comNeon Hemlock - Speculative Chapbook/NoveletteNeon Hemlock Press is open to submissions of speculative chapbook manuscripts from August 20 to October 15, 2026. We expect to publish at least one chapbook next year; if the stretch goal in our curre... 3170150
Reposted by KJ KabzaAl Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I can't co-sign this hard enough. I promise, I would rather know that the people who made the project are being paid more. I will not hang your print. I am not made of walls. 425037
Reposted by KJ KabzaNightmare Magazine @nightmare-magazine.com · 21/08/2026Hey, guess who's got two thumbs and is opening to submissions on Aug 24? It's THIS MAG. Actually, I guess the magazine doesn't have any thumbs, but I—JJA—do, and I'm eager to get them all over dem horror stories after 6 years out of the editorial chair. I guess it will mostly be my other fingers. 718399
Reposted by KJ KabzaLuke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 13/09/2025On Halloween I’m going to dress like normal and throw a TI-85 into a science museum tote and when people ask me what I’m supposed to be I’ll go “I was supposed to be anything I wanted” 😭 1731326
Reposted by KJ KabzaCecilia Tan @ceciliatan.com · 19/08/2026Folks, I could really use some more patrons. Over on Patreon I post a bunch of stuff and I will even launch a new serial there if I can get my numbers up by the end of October? Support a spicy indie author and have some fun. Details: www.patreon.com/ceci... 026
Reposted by KJ Kabzamore mr. spice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 08/08/2026despite being one of the more difficult monsters to make a movie about—narratively and visually—the concept of werewolves has never left the public imagination, most likely because it expresses a universal fear of how much it would be everybody's problem if men had periods 41589270
KJ Kabza @kjkabza.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I am (at last!) (better late than never) registering the copyrights for all my self-published books at the U.S. Copyright Office. Applications have been (digitally) sent, and today, I mail in print versions of my books. Look at them, so handsome in their little enfolded shipping slips 120
Reposted by KJ KabzaChristina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Hello, book people! I am the book content editor for Reactor Mag and I'm looking for sci-fi, fantasy, horror, romantasy, and speculative books coming out in 2027! If you have an adult or YA SFF/H book out next year (or publicist), share the link/info here! 106598411
KJ Kabza @kjkabza.bsky.social · 19/08/2026What’s one author/book that you tried (and loved) thanks to a rec on social media? I’ll pick Sam Pink’s “99 Poems to Cure Whatever’s Wrong with You or Create the Problems You Need” 221
KJ Kabza @kjkabza.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Reminder: I’ve got five (five!) collections of short fiction in both print and ebook form. Mostly fantasy and scifi with a little horror, slipstream, and literary (and one small collection of fantasy erotica). More info here: www.kjkabza.com/works#books 010
KJ Kabza @kjkabza.bsky.social · 18/08/2026People… aren’t actually doing this, are they? …In case they are, I am tapping the below sign 120
Reposted by KJ Kabzajabbermaster.bsky.social @jabbermaster.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Fifteen years ago and right about now Borders was breathing its last, the final stores in the final days and weeks of their going out of business sales. Mid September 2011 the last of them faded away. 001
Reposted by KJ Kabza🏳️⚧️ jade hoodiewitch 🏳️⚧️ @hoodiewife.bsky.social · 22/07/2023if this is god's plan i think she should try just winging it next time 311019
Reposted by KJ KabzaWalt Spookman @waltshitman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026“Fantasy author” is a fake job created by Big Hat to sell big black hats. 652401616
KJ Kabza @kjkabza.bsky.social · 10/08/2026The Discourse these days is red-hot with opinions on generative AI in the writing process. For the record, I have never used, and am not interested in using, AI to write. More here: www.kjkabza.com/news/i-dont-...kjkabza.comI don't use generative AI to write | KJ Kabza 140