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Nikki Braziel

@nikkibraziel.bsky.social
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Writer and reader of all genres. Worldbuilding life one day at a time. Aimed at the intersection of the historical and fantastical, the whimsical and mundane. Find my work in Asimov's and Sunday Morning Transport.

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Manuscript Wish List® @manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our Second Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 26, 2026. 🎉🎉🎉 Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying. Learn more: manuscriptwishlist.com/2025/01/the-...
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The Next Official #MSWL Day: February 26, 2026 – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website
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Nikki Braziel @nikkibraziel.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
When you sort of lose your mind over a movie. nikkibraziel.substack.com/p/del-toros-... #Frankenstein #Frankenstein2025
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Nikki Braziel @nikkibraziel.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
#frankenstein2025
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Nikki Braziel @nikkibraziel.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
How do I write when I don’t know what I am feeling? How do I manage my feelings, so they don’t divert my creative focus? Can I use discrete emotion theory to know better myself? What are your favorite emotional descriptors today? open.substack.com/pub/nikkibra...
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Nikki Braziel @nikkibraziel.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
How does the artist survive in a late-stage capitalist dystopia? When writers must be liked to be read, do we become less brave as artists? Do we invite the internal critic off the page and into our daily lives?
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Nikki Braziel @nikkibraziel.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
In which I rant about my fears that Not being liked = Not being read And otherwise catastrophize the intersection of capitalism, social media, and art open.substack.com/pub/nikkibra...
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Nikki Braziel @nikkibraziel.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
My first ever podcast appearance! So much fun. What a joy to be included. 😘
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Nikki Braziel @nikkibraziel.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
I am all onboard with Daniel José Older’s explanation.
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Nikki Braziel @nikkibraziel.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Pretty sure the lady next to me on the airplane watched me remove, add, and remove the same word to the first paragraph of a short story one dozen times. And now she knows what it is truly like to be a writer.
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Nikki Braziel @nikkibraziel.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Oooo, I have CMOS #17 and don’t want to buy a new one, but I love when their updates reflect a more inclusive world. I especially like update on they/them in #17. My novel has a lot of Yiddish that never looks familiar, even after first use, but I’m not that into italicizing.
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Nikki Braziel @nikkibraziel.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
If you ask me for the definition of a short story, I will stammer out a novel-length answer. This month, I assess four short stories and, through comparison, evaluate a metaphor as definition.
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Nikki Braziel @nikkibraziel.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
If you're looking for a delightfully witchy short story—with a lot to teach by example—check out this work from Amal El-Mohtar, then read my blog post about it! nikkibraziel.substack.com/p/why-storie... @amalelmohtar.com
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Nikki Braziel @nikkibraziel.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Check out my essay exploring the connections between science fiction and historical fiction, appearing this week in the Asimov’s blog, From Earth to the Stars. fromearthtothestars.com/2025/01/07/w... @asimovssfmag.bsky.social
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Nikki Braziel @nikkibraziel.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Thank you so much, Bob! This made my day. I look forward to reading your work. 😃📚
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Nikki Braziel @nikkibraziel.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Issues of Asimov's via Kindle Unlimited: www.amazon.com/Asimovs-Scie...
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Amazon.com: Asimov's Science Fiction : Sheila Williams: Kindle Store
Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine has published outstanding short fantasy and science fiction by leading authors for over 30 years. From its earliest days under the editorial direction of Isaac Asimov,Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine has maintained the tradition of publishing innovative, entertaining stories from award-winning authors and first-time writers alike. It is where George R. R. Martin’s Daenerys Targaryen first appeared on the printed page, where Kim Stanly Robinson first staked his claim on “Green Mars,” where Octavia E. Butler’s Hugo and Nebula Award winning short fiction were first published, and where the first professional fiction publications of Jonathan Lethem, Kelly Link, and Allen M. Steele appeared. Asimov's is home to many bestselling authors, including Connie Willis, Robert Silverberg, Mike Resnick, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Stephen Baxter, and many more. Asimov’s keeps readers informed about science fiction and fantasy through an editorial column, a web-focused column, insightful book reviews, and thought-provoking articles about science and science fiction. Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, featuring six 208-page double issues each year, continues to receive recognition for its outstanding stories, authors, and editors.
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Nikki Braziel @nikkibraziel.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Single issues of Asimov's on Magzter: www.magzter.com/US/Penny-Pub...
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Get your digital subscription/issue of the Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, and enjoy reading it anytime and anywhere on the Magzter website, iOS, Android, Amazon and Windows apps.
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Nikki Braziel @nikkibraziel.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
So excited to be included in the January/February 2025 issue of @asimovssf.bsky.social. On newsstands at Barnes & Noble until February. Digital links below. If you read "Through the Pinhole, or, the Origin of a Holostory," please drop me a note with your thoughts! www.asimovs.com/product/asim...
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Asimov’s Science Fiction Digital Subscription - Asimov’s Science Fiction
Get instant access to outstanding short fantasy and science fiction by today’s leading authors. Every bi-monthly issue features innovative, award-winning stories, a monthly editorial column, Internet ...
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Nikki Braziel @nikkibraziel.bsky.social · 19/06/2024
Thank you so much! I am just seeing this now, and it totally made my day. 🤩
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Nikki Braziel @nikkibraziel.bsky.social · 19/06/2024
Just seeing this now! Your gift to yourself was a gift to me!
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Nikki Braziel @nikkibraziel.bsky.social · 02/03/2024
Thank you so much to Paula Guran and Locus Magazine for including “The Starwash” as a recommended story in your March 2024 issue. I’m honored and thrilled! Head over to @morningtransport.bsky.social to read the story. ✏️✨ www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/the-starwash
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The Sunday Morning Transport @morningtransport.bsky.social · 17/12/2023
The Sunday Morning Transport takes a trip down the coast with a story from Nikki Braziel (@nikkibraziel.bsky.social) about family secrets and generational love that reaches across impossible distances. Read a sample or subscribe!
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The Starwash
The next time you wish on a star, we suspect you’ll think about Nikki Braziel’s magnificent story of family secrets and generational love that reaches across the distances. ~ Julian and Fran, Dece...
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Nikki Braziel @nikkibraziel.bsky.social · 12/12/2023
Just a read this gorgeous story from @mariahaskins.bsky.social in @morningtransport.bsky.social. It made me cry! 😢
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Nikki Braziel @nikkibraziel.bsky.social · 02/12/2023
Two weeks from tomorrow, @morningtransport.bsky.social will publish my story, "The Starwash." I couldn't be more honored or excited! Sign up for a sixty-day free trial subscription at the link below! (Masthead art by @tanaudel.bsky.social) www.sundaymorningtransport.com/81bc1a53
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Nikki Braziel @nikkibraziel.bsky.social · 04/11/2023
Hi Rina! Enjoyed meeting you at World Fantasy (during the mass signing; I’m one of Fran Wilde’s students.) Excited to see that the next @sfinsfevents.bsky.social is with Rick Wilber, another one of my favorite teachers!
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Nikki Braziel @nikkibraziel.bsky.social · 28/10/2023
Loved hearing @bethwrites.bsky.social read from “Small Dreams and Hopes” yesterday at World Fantasy! Check it out from @apexmag.bsky.social.
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Small Hopes and Dreams - Apex Magazine
There are two kinds of people; those who go over the wall, and those who stay behind. No one who goes over the wall is heard from again.
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Nikki Braziel @nikkibraziel.bsky.social · 27/10/2023
“Telling the Bees” by Kat Howard @katwithsword.bsky.social, published by the Sunday Morning Transport, is up for a World Fantasy Award! (Side note: As an enthusiastic subscriber, I have a one-month SMT gift subscription to give away!)
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Telling the Bees
Editor’s note: There's a heart-sadness to Kat Howard's short story about relationships, bee-keeping, and magic. And her prose—dark and rich and sweet—draws you in but you still feel it when the ...
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Nikki Braziel @nikkibraziel.bsky.social · 27/10/2023
Just heard @mariecroke.bsky.social read the first half of “Your Space Between” at World Fantasy, and I’m deeply worried about the psychological implications of trapping your sibling in a spatial distortion closet. Check it out from APEX at apex-magazine.com/short-fictio...!
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Your Space Between - Apex Magazine
The part where our jackets and gloves and hats and umbrellas and sweaters and boots and gray storage bins all written on neatly with Papa's handwriting disappeared. Along with you.
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Nikki Braziel @nikkibraziel.bsky.social · 27/10/2023
Hearing @tkrex.bsky.social read “Hi from Shelling Point” at the World Fantasy Convention brought joy to my morning. Check it out in the October/November issue of Utopia Science Fiction Magazine. You will have so many laughs and feels.
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Nikki Braziel @nikkibraziel.bsky.social · 27/10/2023
New to Bluesky! Here to talk about books and support other writers and readers.
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Nikki Braziel @nikkibraziel.bsky.social · 08/07/2023
I, too, had a marine biologist phase, but it succeeded “being Beverly Crusher” as my dream job. Hi from a grateful reader and student at Western!
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