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Shabana Kayum

@shabanakayum.bsky.social
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Undefeated blank page staring contest champion | Occasional writer of poetry and speculative fiction

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Shabana Kayum @shabanakayum.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
New #Fiction alert from Bloom Literary: Judith Sanders takes us on a 13.4-billion-year journey - all in under 1200 words. Read "The Afterlife of Mrs. Ethel Rigsby-Higginbotham" on Bloomliterary.substack.com open.substack.com/pub/bloomlit... #litmag
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Shabana Kayum @shabanakayum.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Fellow writers, readers, and lovers of poetry, I recently sat down with Megan Gannon for an in-depth interview. Her new book DISPATCH FROM EVERY SECOND GUESS is a gorgeous and candid verse-memoir. Read the interview: open.substack.com/pub/bloomlit...
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DISPATCH FROM EVERY SECOND GUESS: Q&A with Megan Gannon
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Shabana Kayum @shabanakayum.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
#fiction #writingandbooks open.substack.com/pub/bloomlit...
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An Excerpt from BELONGING TO THE AIR: A Novel
by Avery Irons
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Shabana Kayum @shabanakayum.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
BOMB CYCLONE would be an excellent title for a Poetry Mag, dedicated to dropping ... (milli)bars. ...Well, at least I think I'm clever! #writingthoughts #SundayPUNday
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Shabana Kayum @shabanakayum.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
#writingprompt Check out www.futurelibrary.no
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Shabana Kayum @shabanakayum.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Writing Spark Wednesday: Tell-Tale Ways into My Gothic Heart #creativewriting #writingprompt #writingcommunity #gothicfiction
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Betty Books @bettybooks.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
And get ready for our virtual book launch event on November 19th! Preorder the book here: bit.ly/3JciufZ Register for the event here: bit.ly/42aTqwG
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Shabana Kayum @shabanakayum.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Creative Writing Prompt Remember, storytelling is not just about the tale you tell but also how you tell it. What are some of your favorite stories/novels with a first-person peripheral narrator? #authors #writers
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Shabana Kayum @shabanakayum.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
When it comes to genre, do you color within the lines? #creativewriting #writingprompt
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Shabana Kayum @shabanakayum.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
#writingcommunity #writingprompt
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Shabana Kayum @shabanakayum.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
#writing #story
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Shabana Kayum @shabanakayum.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
#writingprompt #metafiction
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Shabana Kayum @shabanakayum.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
#authors #writers #writingprompts
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Shabana Kayum @shabanakayum.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Recently, I spoke to Roohi Choudhry about her amazing debut novel, OUTSIDE WOMEN. Our discussion was a journey itself, crossing oceans to distant shores, as she shared the inspirations and experiences that helped shape the novel. bloomsite.wordpress.com/2025/05/27/r... #authors #interviews
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Reclaiming Wild Places and Outside Spaces: Q&A with Roohi Choudhry
“If we met, the only language we might exchange belongs to our colonizers.” – Roohi Choudhry, Outside Women When Hajra is drawn to an image of a laughing Sita, a woman who lived a hundred years bef…
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Shabana Kayum @shabanakayum.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
#writingprompts
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Betty Books @bettybooks.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Join us on Zoom May 15, 2025, at 5:30 pm Pacific time for the launch of THE BOAT NOT TAKEN by Joanna Choi Kalbus. Ask a question in the audience Q&A for the chance to win a copy of this moving debut memoir. 3 participants will be chosen. buff.ly/amHvvsl
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Shabana Kayum @shabanakayum.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
#writingprompt
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Shabana Kayum @shabanakayum.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
The pen is mightier #writing #betterworld
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Shabana Kayum @shabanakayum.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Writing Prompt: Write a piece of flash #fiction inspired by the following haiku.
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Shabana Kayum @shabanakayum.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
#WritingPrompt: Write a terrible sentence.
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Shabana Kayum @shabanakayum.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with author Sharon White about her debut novel, Minato Sketches, out now from Minerva Rising Press. Check out the interview on Bloom-site.com. bloomsite.wordpress.com/2025/02/11/w... @sharonw.bsky.social #authors #debutnovel #fiction
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Weaving a Life Around the White Space: Q&A with Sharon White
In Minato Sketches, Sharon White’s immersive narrative explores loss, renewal, and the Japanese landscape through the musings of art history professor Gigi, a stroke survivor looking to feel like h…
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Shabana Kayum @shabanakayum.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Readership of Orwell's 1984 and Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale have increased in recent years - for some reason. Can I recommend today - again, for some reason - Jack London's The Iron Heel from 1907? #Booksky www.gutenberg.org/files/1164/1...
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The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Iron Heel, by Jack London
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Bluetrix Books @bluetrixbooks.bsky.social · 12/02/2024
Wanna be IN a book? Butlerizations (neé Tuckerizations) are available in this awesome anthology. Back this kickstarter and give us a name to use as a character in one of the stories. HERitageAnthology.com #alternatehistory #sciencefiction #HERitageAnthology
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