Kate Maruyama
@katemaru.bsky.social
Writes, teaches, cooks, and eats in Los Angeles. ALTERATIONS @runningwildpress THE COLLECTIVE @writlargeprojects https://linktr.ee/katemaruyama
Ever have a friend who’s just a little TOO into your problems? Meet Charlene. And thanks so much to Janis Robertson and the @girlintroublelit.bsky.social team for publishing this! open.substack.com/pub/girlintr...
Charlene by Kate Maruyama
Short Story Series | Every month Girl In Trouble presents short fiction for your troublemaking pleasure.
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One final ICYMI for the weekend crowd of the latest episode of Eating the Fantastic with guest @katemaru.bsky.social. Eavesdrop on our meal and find out about the 350-page novel she turned into a short story (and what she learned from the process) — plus more. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
It’s time for an Italian lunch with Kate Maruyama in Episode 288 of Eating the Fantastic ‹ Scott Edelman
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While I was busy at csssa, this episode of Eating the Fantastic dropped! @scottedelman and I discuss ALTERATIONS @runningwildpressllc and THE COLLECTIVE @writlargeprojects , the sticky business of curating author letters We recorded this stokercon_official back in June! pod.link/1083737796
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Coming tomorrow morning — a new episode of the Hugo Award finalist fancast Eating the Fantastic, during which you'll be able to take a seat at the table for the second of my StokerCon meals — lunch with @katemaru.bsky.social. I hope you'll decide to tag along and eavesdrop! pod.link/1083737796
For those who like knowing how Eating the Fantastic's podcast sausage is made — editing the raw audio for next Friday's episode took 876 snips, removing 13 minutes and 55 seconds of the extraneous so my StokerCon chat with @katemaru.bsky.social will be more pleasing. Join us! pod.link/1083737796
Ended the night editing my way to the 30-minute mark in the raw audio from my StokerCon lunch with @katemaru.bsky.social. If you'd care to be among the first to join us at the table when our conversation goes live as Episode 288 of my Eating the Fantastic podcast, subscribe! pod.link/1083737796
Drove to Baltimore listening to my next Eating the Fantastic guest @katemaru.bsky.social interview past Eating the Fantastic guest @vmspod.bsky.social — and to my great surprise, heard my name! Community is everywhere, if we let it in chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-6...
Episode 680 – Kate Maruyama and Me
Virtual Memories Show 680: Kate Maruyama and Me BLARDY BLARDY BLARDY During my recent LA weekend, I asked author, pal, and past guest Kate Maruyama if she’d be interested in interviewing me, and fo…
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Wisdom from editor/agent @arleysorg.bsky.social on Eating the Fantastic w/ @scottedelman.bsky.social Thoughts on managing a con while working past social anxiety, the publishing industry & myopia, and tons of other encouragements from one of my fave humans. Tune in! I’m on next week;)
If you do not have friends and family immediately at risk (trigger warning ) please read & share this writer’s ordeal in detention. He was taken out front of his house in front of his family & was shuffled between facilities for 2 1/2 yrs www.cluejustice.org/livingthrough/
Living Through ICE Detention: A Personal Account of Systemic Failure and Human Cost - Clue Justice
by Anonymous Over two years ago I was picked up by ICE agents, detained in front of my home, family and kids. Without notice or warning, I was snatched onto a plane with no idea as to the destination ...
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Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees for the Shirley. Jackson Awards! What a lot of amazing reading this year. May your rocks lift your books!
Hey @readercon ! @copperdogbooks is carrying THE SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD nominees books! Pick up the tastiest reading of the year in the book room!
On this final day of June, let it be known that coming next month on Eating the Fantastic, you'll be able to chat and chew with @somtoihezue.bsky.social, @arleysorg.bsky.social, and @katemaru.bsky.social. Subscribe now for your chance to eavesdrop on these wise and witty guests! pod.link/1083737796
If you do not have friends and family immediately at risk (trigger warning ) please read & share this writer’s ordeal in detention. He was taken out front of his house in front of his family & was shuffled between facilities for 2 1/2 yrs www.cluejustice.org/livingthrough/
Living Through ICE Detention: A Personal Account of Systemic Failure and Human Cost - Clue Justice
by Anonymous Over two years ago I was picked up by ICE agents, detained in front of my home, family and kids. Without notice or warning, I was snatched onto a plane with no idea as to the destination ...
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Met some friends today in LA & recorded some podcasts: 1. Fezzik at rest 2. me & #JonathanAmes auditioning for a new season of True Detective 3. me & @katemaru.bsky.social after she turned the tables and did the interviewing
We did the thing!!! ROOM FOR MAGIC: a Speculative Novella about Making Speculative Novellas is complete and, after writing a section about beta readers, it’s off to beta readers! So grateful our brains met, LP, even if it was right before you moved!<3 @lpkindred.bsky.social
TALES FROM THE MENU is open for submissions. 🩸🍽️ Theme: Cannibalism 📖 3,000–5,000 words 💰 $3 per accepted story 📚 Contributor copy included 📅 July 31, 2026 horrortree.com/taking-submi... #Horror #DarkFiction
We are FINISHING this book in my new second favorite city. #roomformagic #chicago @lpkindred.bsky.social
Happy happy launch to @talyajankovits ! This beautiful book is available to you today from @runningwildpress Follow Talya’s long publishing journey @talyajankovits
Thanks @culturaldaily for amplifying the work of @CLUEjustice www.culturaldaily.com/a-little-hel...
A Little Help Here and There Goes a Long Way - Cultural Daily
Writer Kate Maruyama on volunteering with CLUE and in her first visit to the Adelanto detention center, the larger cruelty of the system clicked for her.
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I am so often humbled by my students. Please enjoy Destiny Ruiz's flash fiction, Statue. briefincorrect.substack.com/p/statue @briefincorrect.bsky.social
Statue
Fiction: by Destiny Ruiz
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My first task on returning from StokerCon to verify the audio from my Eating the Fantastic chats with @arleysorg.bsky.social, @katemaru.bsky.social, Jamal Hodge, and Todd Sanders of @aanpress.bsky.social had been captured clearly. Subscribe to join them on future episodes! pod.link/1083737796
Back at StokerCon after a truly stellar five-course vegetarian tasting menu with @arleysorg.bsky.social at EVY restaurant. I’m sorry I can’t share the food itself with you — but I can share the inspiring conversation on a future episode of Eating the Fantastic. Please join us! pod.link/1083737796
Wonderful time chatting about old Hollywood and new books at DiAnoia’s Eatery with @katemaru.bsky.social, a conversation on which you’ll be able to eavesdrop on an upcoming episode of Eating the Fantastic. I hope you’ll subscribe to be among the first take a seat at the table. pod.link/1083737796
Happy happy launch day to Desiree Zamorano!!! AMARISA’S COOKING POT is full of magical speculative stories celebrating Mexican culture! @universitynevadapress @womenwhosubmit bookshop.org/p/books/amar...
Amarisa's Cooking Pot: Tales of Life in All Its Wonders
Tales of Life in All Its Wonders
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Massachusetts locals! It’s give back night Thursday May 28 @copperdogbooks ! Proceeds from book purchases go to the @shirleyjacksonawards ! Support Dark literature everywhere! This sale counts for all online sales during that time period at copperdogsbook.com!
A piece I wrote about the good work cluejustice does in the immigration courts. Share where you can. www.cluejustice.org/a-little-hel...
A Little Help Here and There Goes a Long Way - Clue Justice
by Kate Maruyama I have been a volunteer with CLUE since August of 2025. I’d been so frustrated by the ICE roundups terrorizing the city since June, and felt helpless in the hugeness of it. 30-60 peop...
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Massachusetts locals! It’s give back night Thursday May 28 @copperdogbooks.bsky.social ! Proceeds from book purchases go to the @shirleyjacksonawards ! Support and indie bookstore, get to know the good folks there and you’ll be supporting Dark literature everywhere!
There was a very cool mention of Bleak Houses by @katemaru.bsky.social in this CrimeReads book list. crimereads.com/horror-novel...
“This Town Is the Monster”: 6 Horror Novels Where the Setting Itself Is Evil
Everybody loves a haunted house story: The Haunting of Hill House, The Turn of the Screw, House of Leaves. But the haunted house story is only one example of a much vaster, darker subgenre. Ghosts,…
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Hey, would you like to hear two of this year’s Hugo-nominated stories—read by their authors? Samantha Mills and Thomas Ha are bringing us just that! Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! @samtasticbooks.com @thomasha.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com
