Kit MacAllister
@kittrick.bsky.social
PNW based writer of speculative and literary fiction. 🐔 The Library of God, Buckman Journal, Iss 16. 🍄 Horn of Plenty, Pinch Journal, 46.1 https://kitmacallister.com/links/
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Finally reading The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett and it is the BEST thing I've read in ages. Absolutely loving it.
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Continuing my read through this year's Hugo nominees. I've just read Never Eaten Vegetables by H.H. Pak and, wow, I'm still recovering. It's heartbreaking, it's grounded, it's human and intelligent. Man alive, I'd kill to write something that good.
Fellow Wyrmhole editor @hhpak.bsky.social's "Never Eaten Vegetables" has been living in my head rent-free literally since I linked it last year, and it's STILL an excellent and beautiful novelette. Absolutely worth reading--consider them for Astounding nomination! clarkesworldmagazine.com/pak_01_25/
Never Eaten Vegetables by H.H. Pak
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Big Shoutout to fellow PNW writer 𝐊𝐢𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 - his short story “Horn of Plenty” appears in the latest issue of 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡! @kittrick.bsky.social @pinchjournal.bsky.social More about Kit’s fantastic writing here: kittrick.co/writing
I for one heartily endorse shipping every billionaire to a lifeless rock millions of miles away where they will struggle to live and will have to work every single day of their existence in order to survive
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The newsletter this month is all about hellfire, hellish books, hellish short stories, and an exclusive flash fiction piece about a demon who is banished to eternal slumber by a cheese danish. I only update quarterly, so I promise not to spam your inbox!
Happy to announce my poem, Good Morning Forgetfulness, has been selected for inclusion in a future issue of @kaleidotrope.bsky.social !
The Hugo Voter's packet is here! It always feels like Christmas. So many amazing entries this year!
My next book is gonna have trans characters in it. So will my next short story. I'm gonna read trans authors. I'm gonna hug trans readers. Do not back down. It is the world that should move.
Incredibly honored to have a new piece out in the latest issue from @pinchjournal.bsky.social . Look at that gorgeous cover!
I think I'm going to sign up for the next NYC Midnight Flash Fiction challenge. Anyone want to join me? nycmidnight.com/ffc
I'm obsessed with this Chinese fashion portrait company. I think they're called AVIVA photo group. It's hard to figure out exactly what their deal is, but their portraits are stunning. h.iaviva.com/2020/2020121...
Oh no, all my library requests became available at the same time!
Last year, every time I get a rejection, I printed it out and pinned it to the wall in a big stack. Earlier today, the stack fell off the wall. The little push-pin was unable to hold the weight any longer.
Hugo nominations are open and I need more eligible SFF poems for my ballot. Send recommendations! "A science fiction or fantasy poem of any line length or word count published for the first time in 2025."
Wow. I massively overuse the word perch/perched. Things are perching left and right, snow, people, buildings. Gimme a noun, I can perch it.
Best adjective (really, compound adjective) in the book so far: "ever-ebullient." 🫧 Ebullient literally means boiling or fizzing. Such a perfect word for the character it describes.
Sabon appreciation post. Original type by Jan Tschichold. Type specimen by Stephanie Lee.
Just finished The Calorie Man by Paulo Bacigalupi. Holy mackerel, what a great story.
I've been doing some speculative poetry recently and it's so much fun! It feels like dancing.
Had a great time world building in clay today at the Ursula K. Le Guin exhibit at Oregon Contemporary. Big thanks to Sarah Hensel for organizing this excellent workshop!
Created my annual business goals document for writing. The really steamy part of being an author. 🫠