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K Tidbeck

@ktidbeck.bsky.social

Non-binary author of speculative fiction in Swedish and English. They/them. www.karintidbeck.com

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K Tidbeck@ktidbeck.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Why did a heap of people just decide to follow me? What did I do? I’m currently just a curmudgeon trapped under a manuscript. I sometimes post bad pictures on Instagram so that’s where to find me when I do decide to communicate with the internet of people.

Stephanie Burgis@stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Oof, so...guess what? Due to a very frustrating mistake, I had to temporarily "unpublish" my preorder option for A Waltz of Sinister Import (#3 in the Unexpected Adventures of Lady & Lord Riven)...which lost every one of its 200+ preorders! 😱 I am SO sorry for the inconvenience and frustration. 1/2

K Tidbeck@ktidbeck.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Started noodling on something that can best be summed up as ”harried customer service in space”. I have to use my years of getting yelled at over the phone for something. (I can do two things: fiction and customer service. I don’t want to go back to customer service ever)

K Tidbeck@ktidbeck.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I was asked yesterday about copies of Amatka in Swedish. Flashback to when I dragged home 100 remainder copies of the book while the rest was pulped because it didn’t sell. Thought my career was over before it even started. Reader, it wasn’t. I got angry instead and translated it. Cont’d ->

K Tidbeck@ktidbeck.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Jag var i Skellefteå och hängde på Hubben och gafflade med Paloma Halén Roman från Transammans. Det var astrevligt och de lokala queersen var hur gulliga som helst. Ämnen: medelålders queerhet, att skriva världen man vill kämpa för. Att vi lever i en guldålder för queer fantastik. För det gör vi.

K Tidbeck@ktidbeck.bsky.social · 8mo ago

And the first album I’m spending time with in 2026 is the new one from Florence + the Machine. To be frank I would also like to become a giant squid and howl at the stars. I’m sure some of you would join.

K Tidbeck@ktidbeck.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Found my old cd player and am digitizing some hard to find stuff. Albums and EPs by Black Tape For a Blue Girl, Curve, The Tea Party, The Creatures, and last but not least the iconic Gothic Rock anthology from 1992. The 90s were great for goth. The 90s were harsh on my eyebrows.

K Tidbeck@ktidbeck.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Reading Å hate Gud/Girls against God by Jenny Hval. I only knew Hval as a musician, now I know her as a witch of words. She does not mince them. Hate: a powerful tool in the hands of girls. Girls: ridiculed, minimized, taught they are worth nothing except perhaps what their bodies can deliver.

K Tidbeck@ktidbeck.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I’ve promised myself to write something here about aliens and faeries through the perspectives of writers like John Keel and Patrick Harpur, and I hopefully will, because it’s incredibly interesting and haunts me. Probably essay material, but who has the energy to write essays?

K Tidbeck@ktidbeck.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Today’s short read was ”How To Build A Homecoming Queen: A Guide By A Bad Asian Girl” by @tinazhu.bsky.social. I love the feeling of realizing halfway through the story that I got sucked into something deeply weird and didn’t realize, because it’s so elegantly done and multilayered. Great stuff.

How to Build a Homecoming Queen: A Guide by a Bad Asian Girl - Lightspeed Magazine

We put my body double together in June Lee’s basement. Her mom was one of those chill Asian moms who liked having an artsy-fartsy daughter she could brag about at Bible study. She was already pushing ...

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K Tidbeck@ktidbeck.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Did you start following me while I was away? Not sure what to expect? Hi, I’m a Swedish non-binary author of speculative fiction and I need a nap. I don’t like social media much but I can’t always be a digital hermit. I have opinions. I think about social justice and writing and music. And dogs.

K Tidbeck@ktidbeck.bsky.social · 9mo ago

It’s been a year since I left Bluesky, so coming back feels appropriate. I did some stuff, wrote some things, built a birdhouse. I don’t know how frequently I’ll be posting here but I guess we’ll find out.

Juliet Kemp@julietk.bsky.social · 2y ago

New novella! Contains: - space dragons - resistance fighters - sneaking around - found family - the ex you regret showing up again - parenthood - did I mention the space dragons? SCALES OF RESISTANCE, available from various retailers: books2read.com/ScalesOfResi... (ebook only).

Scales of Resistance

Scales of Resistance - Kindle edition by Kemp, Juliet. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Scales of Resistance.

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K Tidbeck@ktidbeck.bsky.social · 2y ago

Tell me about an album you think must be listened to in its entirety, and what memories accompany it. Had flashback to Fields of the Nephilim’s Elizium. I interviewed Carl McCoy for a fanzine when I was 17 and asked whether it was true that they put flour on their shoulders onstage. Answer: no.

K Tidbeck@ktidbeck.bsky.social · 2y ago

So far in 2025, I have met a very sweet dog, broken my personal record in bench press, and thought (yet again) about how the divide between ”genre” and ”literary” is bullshit. I’ve also decided to try to care more about social media. We’ll see how long that lasts.