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nadiaking.bsky.social
Fiction Writer. Occasional Poet. Appreciator of nature & slow living. Rejector of Modernity. Alien, probably. 👾 A Multiethnic Muslim of the African Diaspora 'NK' Preferred https://linktr.ee/nadiakauthor
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The most challenging short story I've written yet is finally complete. It's a historical-fic horror and sits 23 words under the 10k limit. With one more comb-through I can finally submit it...and only 2 days before the deadline!

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

We don’t need to go to Mars. We need to protect our Mother Earth ✨🖤✨

submitted 4 days ago • 5 comments

Got around to reading vol. 7 of Split Scream and was pleasantly surprised. The stories are paired so well together with themes of nature's duality: beauty & destruction. The protagonists are similar where it almost feels like the stories flow one into another, yet... (1/3)

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

With Amazon Kindle (partially) imploding, I'm hoping this will lead some authors & publishers to offer ebooks via their own websites rather than Amazon exclusivity. Piracy may be a concern with PDF's, but real ownership matters to consumers more than you might think.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

"Hibernating animals don't even dream." This one hit hard today.

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

“What does it mean to be a self-conscious animal? The idea is ludicrous, if it is not monstrous. It means to know that one is food for worms.” ― Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

I love this. So beautifully sad, like there's a guilt for enjoying something that is not supposed to be beautiful.

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

I've never had a cover-title combo instantly put a book on my tbr without even checking the synopsis. Incredible design work!! @toddkeisling.com

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Photogramme aus der Serie "Decay" ©2025

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These covers were more than enough to get me to buy the book. And of course, the content made it that much more rewarding. Every antho from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social is beautifully designed & curated and I can't wait to get more of it. Cheers!

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Gaza today, and for now, disrupts and defies the global agenda of rendering entire populations disposable and rightless. This was achieved through the resilience of an entire population that has endured months of displacement, starvation, disease, and bombardment.

submitted 31 days ago • 3 comments

They talk about the grief of loss, but never of age. When you lose the one you love as their mind begins to fade... #poetry

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

✨ Winter stories that linger. Challenge clichés. Submit your best to the 2025 Festive Anthology from March 1. Guidelines: shorturl.at/e3Qwr #SootAndBoots #Festive #ShortFiction #SubmissionWindow

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

And only a couple hours until lunch! It's hard work but it's meaningful, and sometimes that's all we can ask for. 🙏

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