We’re so excited to share that “Muscle to Muscle, Toe to Toe” by @kimsamek.bsky.social, which originally appeared in ZYZZYVA No. 129, has won a 2026 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction! Congratulations to Kim. What a joy to revisit this strange and singular story.

It’s an extraordinary honor to be named a winner of the O. Henry Prize. Thank you to Tommy Orange, Jenny Minton Quigley, and Zyzzyva. lithub.com/announcing-t...

Next Tuesday, March 17, I’ll be doing an event for I Am the Ghost Here with Aimee Bender at @vromansbookstore.bsky.social

"I think the pressure is off with a short story. It’s the purest expression of my ideas, my sense of humor." @katiecoleman.bsky.social interviews @kimsamek.bsky.social about I am the Ghost Here (@thedialpress.bsky.social). ➡️ buff.ly/QUmxVyQ

Great interview with @kenanorhan.bsky.social for his surreal new novel “The Renovation” - published last week. I’m looking forward to diving into this one.

I Am the Ghost Here has received a starred review in Booklist!

I Am the Ghost Here is an LA Times Most Anticipated 2026 book @latimes.com www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Our first monthly book list is out! These are our anticipated titles with February release dates, including work by @kenanorhan.bsky.social, @legroff.bsky.social & @kimsamek.bsky.social, among others #booksky www.whoevenreads.com/books-we-lik...

This was so fun!!! Listen!!! ✨

Thanks @lithub.com.web.brid.gy for naming I Am the Ghost Here a most anticipated 2026 book lithub.com/lit-hubs-mos...

Adam Vitcavage at @debutiful.bsky.social calls I Am the Ghost Here a contender for best story collection of the decade. It’s such an honor to make the Debutiful most anticipated list.

Thank you to @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social for including I Am the Ghost Here in their 18 anticipated books of 2026. www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

The Pushcart Prize L is now available! This volume includes my story “Easement.” Please support this wonderful anthology. Thank you to Bill Henderson and the Pushcart Prize editors and Michael Nye and the team at Story Magazine.

Kim Samek debuts with a striking collection of fantastical and speculative stories about conformity, technology, and the limits of bodily autonomy. This dazzles.

I have a distinguished story in the 2025 edition of Best American Short Stories. Thank you Elizabeth McKenzie for publishing it in the Chicago Quarterly Review.

Looking forward to this.

Found the latest @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social with my story included. First time buying my work at a bookstore.

It is a dream to be included in the new issue of @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social alongside so many wonderful writers.

San Francisco: I am reading on Wednesday with @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social

So pleased to learn I won the Pushcart Prize. My story “Easement” originally published in Story Magazine will be reprinted in the 2026 anthology.

Thanks to STORY for the Pushcart Prize nomination! My story “Easement” will appear in Issue 20.

So proud of my friend @itsmesarahlabrie.bsky.social - read her memoir No One Gets to Fall Apart.

In 2024, you can find my stories in Gulf Coast, North American Review, Chicago Quarterly Review, The Threepenny Review, and Story (forthcoming).

So excited to have a story forthcoming at Chicago Quarterly Review!

I have a new story out at the Commuter today. Please check it out.

My latest story is up at swamp pink (formerly Crazyhorse). swamp-pink.cofc.edu/featured/tee...

for The Millions, i spoke with the brilliant Vauhini Vara about her approach to the short story form,  how humor works in her writing, & the many iterations of her brand new short story collection THIS IS SALVAGED 🔥. get her book NOW!! themillions.com/2023/09/vauh...

Introducing myself on the sky. Here’s Ecotone story from earlier this year. ecotonemagazine.org/fiction/the-...

My Guernica story from earlier this year. Check it out if you like short fiction about puppeteers www.guernicamag.com/i-am-the-gho...