Reposted by @notsamsunknight.bsky.socialamanda kallis @amandakallis.bsky.social · 17/09/2025where are my Ted Chiang stans to back me up on this? 141
Reposted by @notsamsunknight.bsky.socialamanda kallis @amandakallis.bsky.social · 18/07/2025mom-brain is sick bc how did I successfully forget a major spoiler to The Last of Us 011
Reposted by @notsamsunknight.bsky.socialn+1 @nplusonemag.com · 04/05/2025If you want to support n+1 (thank you!), here are the links: Donate: nplusonemag.com/donate Subscribe: nplusonenag.com/subscribe Gift sub: shop.nplusonemag.com/products/gif... Buy merch or books: shop.nplusonemag.comnplusonemag.comDonateSupport new American writing with a donation to n+1. 04521
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Reposted by @notsamsunknight.bsky.socialamanda kallis @amandakallis.bsky.social · 25/11/2023Princess Mononoke (forever my favorite) & one element in its worldbuilding toolkit: amandakallis.substack.com/p/1glimpse-2...amandakallis.substack.com1.Glimpse 2.Gossip 3.ComplicateLike a box cake for worldbuilding. Just add egg 123
Reposted by @notsamsunknight.bsky.socialamanda kallis @amandakallis.bsky.social · 20/12/2023looking back on my best writing year...that had near-zero outward signs of success:amandakallis.substack.coma year in reading & writinginhale / exhale 011
Reposted by @notsamsunknight.bsky.socialamanda kallis @amandakallis.bsky.social · 02/01/2024I wrote about Jeff Vandermeer's BORNE & stopping to smell the strange rosesamandakallis.substack.com& a murderous, flying bearA brief ode to Jeff Vandermeer's "Borne" 011
Reposted by @notsamsunknight.bsky.socialamanda kallis @amandakallis.bsky.social · 18/01/2024a brief speculative fiction newsletter for your January bluesamandakallis.substack.comAnatomy of a Traffic JamOh it's about POV again 011
Reposted by @notsamsunknight.bsky.socialamanda kallis @amandakallis.bsky.social · 02/02/2024wrote about a favorite speculative niche, when the genre is a source of suspense— ft. karen russell, samanta schweblin, china miéville, sofia samatar, and more...amandakallis.substack.comthe trees walkgenre trouble 011
Reposted by @notsamsunknight.bsky.socialamanda kallis @amandakallis.bsky.social · 09/02/2024George Orwell is uncannily good at clocking AI, and more thoughts, because I can't stop writing about this for some reason:amandakallis.substack.comzombie languageGeorge Orwell on ChatGPT 011
Reposted by @notsamsunknight.bsky.socialamanda kallis @amandakallis.bsky.social · 14/02/2024someone broke into my car, found nothing to steal, & threw my copy of Euripides plays on the ground 021
Reposted by @notsamsunknight.bsky.socialamanda kallis @amandakallis.bsky.social · 25/02/2024a Sunday (lol) speculative fiction substack on writing "literary" sex, avoiding cringe, and more 😈amandakallis.substack.comhow to f*ck an aliena 10-step guide 011
Reposted by @notsamsunknight.bsky.socialamanda kallis @amandakallis.bsky.social · 08/03/2024bene gesserit witches are prob great at pilates 011
Reposted by @notsamsunknight.bsky.socialamanda kallis @amandakallis.bsky.social · 31/03/2024wrote some thoughts on worldbuilding, in conversation with two pieces I haven't been able to get out of my head lately: Ted Chiang's lecture "On Being a Cyborg" & @vajra.me 's essay "The Lone and Level Sands" (vajra.me/2023/05/06/t... )amandakallis.substack.comthe tomb of the unknown cyborgImagined Communities, our global worldbuilding exercise 043
Reposted by @notsamsunknight.bsky.socialamanda kallis @amandakallis.bsky.social · 02/08/2024💀 short substack about Buehlman's Between Two Fires & retracing the trauma plot 💀 amandakallis.substack.com/p/can-trauma...amandakallis.substack.comcan trauma plots forgive?returning to the root 011
Reposted by @notsamsunknight.bsky.socialamanda kallis @amandakallis.bsky.social · 26/09/2024new substack on cozy fiction, from your local cold-hearted romanticamandakallis.substack.coma weighted blanket 4 ur brainon content(ment) 021
Reposted by @notsamsunknight.bsky.socialamanda kallis @amandakallis.bsky.social · 25/10/2024recent speculative reads for October 👻🎃amandakallis.substack.comwhat scares mepretty things in a fearful season 021
Reposted by @notsamsunknight.bsky.socialamanda kallis @amandakallis.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Lyra, observing from her perch above the writing desk, waits for the moment to pounce on my head 021
Reposted by @notsamsunknight.bsky.socialamanda kallis @amandakallis.bsky.social · 22/11/2024want to know what books I've thrown across the room in a fit of anger?amandakallis.substack.comwinter is comingrereading A Game of Thrones 011
Reposted by @notsamsunknight.bsky.socialamanda kallis @amandakallis.bsky.social · 27/11/2024pls look at this house, the menacing vibe, the scalp sconces, the ball sack on tenterhooks. we need to bring back "yuppie" (derogatory) www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/r... 031
Reposted by @notsamsunknight.bsky.socialamanda kallis @amandakallis.bsky.social · 13/12/2024need to bottle this and ship it to the whole community (in a not-passive-aggressive way) 031
Reposted by @notsamsunknight.bsky.socialamanda kallis @amandakallis.bsky.social · 31/12/2024my most popular substack of 2024! here’s to all you weird and horny writers out there:amandakallis.substack.comhow to f*ck an aliena 10-step guide 011
Reposted by @notsamsunknight.bsky.socialamanda kallis @amandakallis.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Haven't worn hard pants in months so here I am writing about fashion! (but actually writing about writing, ofc)amandakallis.substack.comthe many deaths of personal styleour screentime is telling on us 031
Reposted by @notsamsunknight.bsky.socialamanda kallis @amandakallis.bsky.social · 28/02/2025read a blog post! pretend it's 2008 :)amandakallis.substack.comon namingof titles, tech, & babies 011
Reposted by @notsamsunknight.bsky.socialamanda kallis @amandakallis.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Two detectives came to my door & my first assumption was that it was to arrest me for my crimes? What crimes, Amanda? 011
Reposted by @notsamsunknight.bsky.socialamanda kallis @amandakallis.bsky.social · 12/03/2025mickey 17: the rare movie to center what I can only describe as 'wholesome horniness' 021
