Reposted by Nadia Amatullah KingClarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 01/10/2026It all started on this day. Thank you for a wonderful twenty years. 26520126
Reposted by Nadia Amatullah KingAgita Publishing @agitapublishing.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Kids, gather round and hear a tale of the olden times. 512647
Nadia Amatullah King @nadiaaking.bsky.social · 27/05/2026I swear it's like every solution to creative block for me is to jump in media res. Yes, even 2/3 of the way into the story. Why write intros & transitions when I can skip straight to the good parts? As Jordan Peele says, follow the fun 110
Reposted by Nadia Amatullah KingNECKSNAP MAGAZINE @necksnapmag.bsky.social · 20/05/2026free contest subs for BIPOC and/or historically marginalized writers will be closing May 22 at 11:59pm ET! get those subs in 🖤 general subs are open until june 15! $5 to submit, $300 grand prize! 022
Reposted by Nadia Amatullah KingLaura Zats @lzats.bsky.social · 15/05/2026The big thing I regret about the decline of arts criticism is that everyone still dislikes things, but in boring, unthoughtful ways. We’ve sucked all the fun out of being a hater by pretending it’s not an intellectual exercise! 29220
Reposted by Nadia Amatullah KingFlash Fiction Online @flashfictiononline.bsky.social · 19/05/2026📣 Details for Lark Morgan Lu’s upcoming call for stories, themed “Aftermath,” are now available via our Patreon page. ✔️ Submissions open JULY 1st! ✔️ All genres ✔️ 500-1000 words as per usual This issue will release in January 2027 #writingcommunity #flashfiction 02112
Reposted by Nadia Amatullah KingAgita Publishing @agitapublishing.bsky.social · 06/05/2026SIDE HUSTLE: HORROR STORIES FOR LATE CAPITALISM opens for submissions in nine days! Send us your horror and dark sci-fi stories about the extra work we do to stay afloat. Regular call = May 15 to June 14 Extended period for marginalized authors: June 15 to June 21 agitapublishing.com/submissions/ 12119
Nadia Amatullah King @nadiaaking.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Words are producing again, for the first time in months. I'm hoping to get the ball rolling and actually finish it this time! Story idea is about 3 yrs old (and long overdue!) Is there still room for AI horror? 👀 010
Nadia Amatullah King @nadiaaking.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Got my 2nd short story acceptance! Smaller mag, smaller story, equally unhinged protagonist. Stay tuned! 130
Reposted by Nadia Amatullah KingKate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 11/01/2026The true secret to my long career: As a midlist writer hanging on to my career one book at a time, I can only control the work I do, not outcomes. So I work: Drafting Novel W while waiting for edit notes on Novel F. When edits & draft are done, I'll return to the half finished & overdue Novel L. 1236425
Nadia Amatullah King @nadiaaking.bsky.social · 01/01/2026No cheating, reskeet with the most recent photo of your pet. 120
Nadia Amatullah King @nadiaaking.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Just subbed a piece for the first time in three-ish months. Really hoping this is the one! 🙏 120
Nadia Amatullah King @nadiaaking.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Wait till they find out that Palestinians are Semites 110
Nadia Amatullah King @nadiaaking.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Okay so this is the most I've ever harvested! So happy!! Not sure if I'm gonna make a jam or just splurge on them like candy 😋🌱 3623
Nadia Amatullah King @nadiaaking.bsky.social · 22/10/2025I've become such a digital minimalist that I decided to code my own website! In HTML!! Very surprised since my tech skills are almost non-existent, but it's easier than expected. Right now it looks exactly as my Ghost/Carrd did, so I'm definitely calling this one a win! 😁 120
Nadia Amatullah King @nadiaaking.bsky.social · 16/09/2025My good friend got her first story published!! It's beautiful and sad and so sweet ❤ 110
Nadia Amatullah King @nadiaaking.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Sometimes, you just have to curl up with your childhood fave and a cup of chamomile tea before bed 😌 130
Reposted by Nadia Amatullah KingKaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 04/09/2025I never thought I’d see the day when I’d have to warn writers against submitting to Asimov’s, Analog, F&SF, Alfred Hitchcock’s, or Ellery Queen’s. 2195
Nadia Amatullah King @nadiaaking.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Persimmom season is approaching! Hopefully I can get to them before the birds and the goats this time 😋🌱 2362
Nadia Amatullah King @nadiaaking.bsky.social · 18/08/2025TIL the MS in MSNBC stands for Microsoft 000
Reposted by Nadia Amatullah KingArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social · 18/07/2025From a forthcoming essay by our beloved contributor & workshop participant & friend, Alaa Alqaisi. An incredibly gifted writer, translator, & scholar. Being starved. 0711
Nadia Amatullah King @nadiaaking.bsky.social · 18/07/2025This was PERFECT in every way. I feel so seen 020
Reposted by Nadia Amatullah KingTractor Beam @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Our #OpenCall for Issue 3 submissions is closing July 21st! 🚜🛸🌿💫✏️ We are looking for original works that have actionable soil-based technologies as their premise. Tractor Beam pays $1,000 for all accepted submissions. We prefer stories under 6,000 words or graphic novellas at 16 panels. 164
Nadia Amatullah King @nadiaaking.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Yess!! This is what I'm here for!! So excited for you, and congratulations!!! 🎉 120
Reposted by Nadia Amatullah KingBookshop.org @bookshop.org · 08/07/2025You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳 4045622705
Nadia Amatullah King @nadiaaking.bsky.social · 07/07/2025"Is there a secret for creating a world that feels eerie, or ever-so-slightly off?" "The quickest way is probably to be a slightly off person." I feel this in my soul. And this book is fantastic. Great interview @ivygrimes.bsky.social!! 000
Nadia Amatullah King @nadiaaking.bsky.social · 06/07/2025What movie did you see way too young? The Exorcist. I had nightmares of it well into my teen years 🙃media.tenor.coma person is doing a handstand on a set of stairs with pictures on the wall behind themAlt: a person is doing a handstand on a set of stairs with pictures on the wall behind them 030
Nadia Amatullah King @nadiaaking.bsky.social · 06/07/2025This just stirred a ton of ideas in 0.009 seconds 🤔 020
Reposted by Nadia Amatullah KingA. P. Howell - Buy my book! @aphowell.com · 03/07/2025FYI, the Must Read Media digests are Analog, Asimov's, F&SF, Alfred Hitchcock's, and Ellery Queen. I have heard very Not Good things about the contracts and, for that matter, the negotiation process. Approach these legacy print magazines with extra caution. 11917
Reposted by Nadia Amatullah KingBookshop.org @bookshop.org · 03/07/2025If you want to stop funding everything Amazon does and stands for, you’ve come to the right place. We’re Bookshop.org, an ethical alternative for buying books online. Every single purchase financially supports independent bookstores, allowing them to continue serving their communities. 201212572
Nadia Amatullah King @nadiaaking.bsky.social · 01/07/2025My June reading goal was to read a book's worth of short stories from various magazines. I aimed for 40k minimum and ended with about 50k!! 🎉 Gonna share my favorite pieces soon! 010
Nadia Amatullah King @nadiaaking.bsky.social · 01/07/2025I'm SUPER excited to read this special issue. Thank you SH for making this possible! 🙏 010
Nadia Amatullah King @nadiaaking.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Pitched as black Robocop meets Gremlins, The Black Refinery is out on Strange Horizons! It's my first publication!! And a pretty good show of the dark sci-fi, dark humor I enjoy so much 🖤💜 Available here: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...strangehorizons.comThe Black RefineryObee Carter. The man who ends the world, and the man who saves it. He wears the name on his uniform, though no one reads it. There’s a badge on his uniform, at the place that once held his heart. 181
Reposted by Nadia Amatullah KingSplit Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 30/06/2025We're heading on vacation for July, FAM. Subs close tonight at midnight! But we'll be back open for submissions on August 15! If you're wondering what we're looking for: ⭐ Voice-driven writing ⭐ Pop culture twist ⭐ The kind of honesty that gets you right in the kidneys. 0228
Nadia Amatullah King @nadiaaking.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Yess!! I am SO excited! Really gonna flex my creative muscles on this one! 😁 020
Reposted by Nadia Amatullah KingWaubgeshig Rice @waub.bsky.social · 27/06/2025This summer look for these two great anthologies featuring Indigenous voices from across Turtle Island. I contributed a piece of writing to the one called A Steady Brightness of Being. It's a letter of love and hope to my future great-great-grandchildren ✊🏽❤️ 16627
Reposted by Nadia Amatullah Kingkhōréō magazine @khoreo.bsky.social · 24/08/2024ICYMI, "High Performer" by Jason Pangilinan is live on our website! This story was edited by @witchywonderer.bsky.social. The audio edition was narrated by Angelita Esperanza and produced by @xjenuine.bsky.social. Listen to or read it now: www.khoreomag.com/fiction/high...khoreomag.comHigh PerformerLeon was a rock. Sometimes. Other times, he was a horse. At times, a cloud. Never an idea, like the economy. Never a feeling. Leon was a lot of things, sometimes. This time, he was a rock, in a sm... 055
Nadia Amatullah King @nadiaaking.bsky.social · 24/06/2025New fave! I also read another piece from this author on Fractured Lit. The poignant emotions in such short pieces, and while being dialogue focused. It's great writing. I love it! ❤ 031
Nadia Amatullah King @nadiaaking.bsky.social · 23/06/2025And 1 week left till I'm officially published!! Let's goo 010
Nadia Amatullah King @nadiaaking.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Yess!! I'm here for it! Super excited to sub something outside of this dark-scifi trip I've been on 010
Reposted by Nadia Amatullah KingPremee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 15/05/2025Okay I got death on the mind but I gotta get back to work Everybody read IMAGINE YOURSELF HAPPY and I will get back to work smallwondersmag.com/piece/imagin...smallwondersmag.comImagine Yourself Happy - Small WondersIsn't that interesting? I will die in perhaps two minutes because of something I couldn't even see. 54213
Reposted by Nadia Amatullah KingBrowned Butter ♎️🍁🍂✨ @brownedbutter.blacksky.app · 18/06/2025Breaking News: Juneteenth Eve has been invented 221317362