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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 1h

TAP! On her mom’s typewriter— CLACK! 12-year old Naima ignores the order to never touch the keys, yet finds her stories are less her usual fantasy and more horror that even she is scared to read… TING!…and she doesn't need to tell anyone the typewriter types back to her, right? #DVPIT #MG #H #MV #MH

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 2h

Can you be emotionally attached to a character you haven't met?

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 3h

Naima’s author mom always forbade the use of her typewriter, but then, she gets hospitalized. Now 12-year-old Naima can tap out stories that come out very dark. Her friends adore the creepiness, but slowly, Naima fears her mom's warning: writing really can take all you've got. #DVPIT #MG #H #MV #MH

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 4h

In TAP! CLACK! TING! 12-year-old Naima ignores her mom’s warning: never write on her antique typewriter. But Naima likes the dark stories she crafts on it—until Naima’s mom gets sick, and some of the darkness starts feeling less fable than a threat moving too close to home. #DVPIT #MG #H #MV #MH

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 6h

The Skeleton Flute x The Cursed Moon Mom: KidLit Horror Author, forbids 12-year-old Naima from using her antique typewriter. For “reasons.” Naima: Wants to write fantasy, and the clack of those typewriter keys sound irresistible. “Whatever you say, Ma.” Typewriter: AMIAN OLLEH #DVPIT #MG #H #MV #MH

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 7h

TAP! A writer won’t let her ambitious, storytelling daughter use her antique typewriter. CLACK! 12-year-old Naima finally gets to write on it when her mother is hospitalized…only, her stories aren’t coming out the same… TING! …and the typewriter doesn’t like to be left waiting. #DVPIT #MG #H #MV #MH

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 7h

This sounds amazing! Good luck, Petra!

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 8h

TAP! CLACK! TING! A middle grade horror story for kids that never go in their parents room without asking. And they’d never touch something off limits. And even if it was a typewriter that liked to type back, there wasn’t any harm in it, was there? Not for stories this good. #DVPIT #MG #H #MV #MH

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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Portlanders! Next Friday (10/2, 7 pm) come help me launch the new novella THE VEIL by @niyyahwrites.bsky.social at Rose City Book Pub! Twin Peaks vibes, costumes, cherry pie PLUS a fabulous spooky read. It's going to be so fun! www.rosecitybookpub.com/events-1/202...

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Reading: The Veil by Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq — Rose City Book Pub

Niyyah writes middle grade and adult speculative fiction, fantasy and horror, with an emphasis on Muslim American and multicultural characters. She has several stories published in anthologies, and he...

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 16h

Hi Portland! Here's a Friday thing.

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I love being an Indie author but one day, I have to try Trad Pub just so someone else can stress about the printing.

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I have started unapologetically calling out in work meetings when we have 5, 2, and zero minutes left and I exit once we are two minutes past time. It feels amazing. I highly recommend.

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Weird Fiction Quarterly @weirdfictionquarterly.com · 07/08/2026

Look who got their signage for NecronomiCon Providence next week! If you're attending the show, follow us for more details before (and during) the show, and look for us in the Grand Emporium of Weird on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday selling books, prints, paintings, and more. #NecronomiConPVD

Signage for next week's NecronomiCon Providence. We'll be selling stuff in the Grand Emporium of the Weird.

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

When you get a review and someone really, really gets what you were putting across with your story ... #theveil #whokillednoorwinters

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

The adult version of a middle school crush is writing out your pen name across your (now fancier) journal.

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

"Sigh, I love syphilis." If you work in communicable disease... this statement will eventually leave your lips.

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

The only thing that will bring me to work on Monday is that I want to wear my Corpse Bride T shirt in celebration of cooler summer days.

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I snuck a selfie at a virtual launch party for Clocks by Little Key Press. Such a fun event 🕰️

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Love letter to oat milk lattes… Thank you for helping make my stories suck less.

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Richard Leis @richardleis.com · 02/06/2026

I am mesmerized by this gorgeous artwork by Julie Dillon. My poem "Los fantasmas en Su Boca," published in Poisoned Soup for the Macabre, Depraved and Insane: Nostalgic Terror (@brigidsgatepress.bsky.social), will be reprinted with the poetry finalists in the 2026 Rhysling Anthology, out in July.

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Last night my lil bro and I saw “Obsession,” which I had heard was great but I was blown away by Inde Naverrette’s performance - how she flipped her emotions back and forth, the way she moved… just sayin she fully committed and I loved her work.

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Almost 3000 words at the Muslim Storytellers Collective retreat this weekend at Camp Hancock.... And a few billion stars.

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some call me Saf, some call me April @damesaf.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

‪Clocks dark speculative anthology coming to Kickstarter March 25. I'm in it! Seventeen emerging and established authors from around the world reimagined clocks and wove them into beautiful speculative and dark stories. #littlekeyclocks #writing #publishing #Kickstarter

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Met my friend at a bookstore and she gives recommendations like this: “It won’t change your life, but you’ll have a good time.” “You’ll probably lose IQ points if you read _____, but then you can read ___ and get them back.” Changing how I review books now.

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

I had an amazing read at the library today (wearing my stripey skirt in homage to Catherine O'Hara) and I have to say...I will never not love our librarians and people who get books in front of people. Our true heroes <3

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

The Muslim Storyteller's Collective received a RACC grant, alhamdulilah. It's mostly virtual, and includes a writing retreat, monthly craft sessions, local reading events and a publishing opportunity. Travel isn't covered, so better for writers in the PNW. www.niyyahwriting.com/muslim-story...

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Muslim Storytellers Collective

Portland's Regional Arts and Cultural Council graciously funded this project. I am so grateful to have been inspired during writing sessions with other Muslims nationwide in Literary Arts Yallah!...

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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

My children were fighting over the last fave flavor of energy bar and the elder one just sighed and said, "We're going to have to fight later, gotta make the bus." And they just stopped, each grabbed a different flavor and went out the door. Going forward, I will also be scheduling my quarrels.

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

I did not open this and read it … but I had an immediate and visceral reaction that makes me want to write a companion guide: “How to not turn into a toddler when someone is doing well, corrects you, or shares their opinion.”

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Saving this for the copy editor in my critique group 🤣

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

So many years ago, I did hotel work and Ive discussed this with other hotel workers… as a poll, what floor was your “haunted room “on? (Two of mine were on the third floor)

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

For #kidlit writers. Yes, it's great to have tweens/teens at home for your MG/YA-- But they read your work while you sweat, then your only feedback is "It's good." And if you ask clarifying questions like, "What part was creepiest?" They'll give a long, thoughtful pause and say, "The whole thing."

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

What an amazing show! Such a good time.

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Rejections are a part of writing. Here’s something I do to make it them easier. I keep a doc where I save compliments I’ve gotten on my writing. It was awkward at first, but I highly recommend it, especially if you have brain gremlins that attack sometimes. Feel free to share your strategies ⬇️

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Super fun Halloween week kick off when reading “Say My Name” and then “A Good Head on His Shoulders.” Scary stories for children are difficult, but some of the most fun for “former” creepy kids. I love Portland’s insanely supportive writing community, and all the enthusiastic readers.

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Finished revision #2 of Under! Unfortunately I now need to cut like 8,000 words before I query 😭 how did I make it harrrrrderrr

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Happiness is working with authors and librarians that want to help kids write their stories... and here it was with marionettes. @adambolivar.bsky.social Thank you for your help yesterday !

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Just a post from a Portlander (OR, although we still think Maine is cool). I met up with my super supportive writers group at a local cafe, had an oat milk latte brewed to perfection and my biggest complaint is my library thrift store didn’t have the purple yarn I needed. We are doing ok.

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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq @niyyahwrites.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Another agent to consider for my #dvpit friends

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