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-...

When you sort of lose your mind over a movie. nikkibraziel.substack.com/p/del-toros-... #Frankenstein #Frankenstein2025

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...

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...

My first ever podcast appearance! So much fun. What a joy to be included. 😘

Jenna Hanchey@jennahanchey.bsky.social · 12mo ago

@justkeepwriting.bsky.social @ @seattlein2025.org! This episode just emanates joy ✨ www.justkeepwriting.org/podcast/epis... @sameemwrites.com, @lpkindred.bsky.social, @wilralston.bsky.social, @marshallcarrjr.bsky.social, @nirele.bsky.social, @rjtaylor.bsky.social, @nikkibraziel.bsky.social

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.

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.

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

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

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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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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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

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!

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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Just a read this gorgeous story from @mariahaskins.bsky.social in @morningtransport.bsky.social. It made me cry! 😢

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The Sunday Morning Transport treks off-road today with a story from Maria Haskins (@MariaHaskins.bsky.social) that finds an answer to a fundamental question in the clearing at the end of the path. Read a sample here or subscribe!

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

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!

Loved hearing @bethwrites.bsky.social read from “Small Dreams and Hopes” yesterday at World Fantasy! Check it out from @apexmag.bsky.social.

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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“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!)

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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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...!

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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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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