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. 😘

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...

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!

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

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.

“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!)

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...!

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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