BREAKING BONES: A CONVERSATION WITH K.A.TERYNA A big interview with me — in the November issue of @clarkesworldmagazine.com If I’m not mistaken, this is the third interview in my life and the first one this in-depth. Thanks to @arleysorg.bsky.social for the questions.

«A Night in the Lonesome Myshktober», 31-X-25 «I felt a familiar tingling in the air. The time had come for the opening.» #inktober That’s all!

«A Night in the Lonesome Myshktober», 30-X-25 «So I threw back my head and howled. He didn't notice, and it didn't matter that he didn't notice. It's a good thing to do when you're frustrated.» #inktober

this is what the first photo from @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social should look like

«A Night in the Lonesome Myshktober», 29-X-25 «A crossbow bolt passed very near and embedded itself into the wall right above me.» #inktober

«A Night in the Lonesome Myshktober», 28-X-25 «Bubo,» I said, «you have impressed me as few have impressed me, learning all that without giving yourself away.» #inktober

«A Night in the Lonesome Myshktober», 27-X-25 «I approached the crate and stuck my head inside, fangs bared. Bubo crouched in its farthest recess.» #inktober

«A Night in the Lonesome Myshktober», 26-X-25 «Just an occasional glance at the bottle of port, which had begun glowing faintly.» #inktober

«A Night in the Lonesome Myshktober», 25-X-25 «The sun had come out, and as he flashed across the yard we could see the shadow which accompanied him.» #inktober

«A Night in the Lonesome Myshktober», 24-X-25 «I watched the darkened windows flood for a while…» #inktober

«A Night in the Lonesome Myshktober», 23-X-25 «As my head cleared my memory returned to me, and I realized what had happened. The vicar had delivered me into the hands of a vivisectionist.» #inktober

«A Night in the Lonesome Myshktober», 22-X-25 «Let me move around onto your back. We'll both be more comfortable that way.» #inktober

«A Night in the Lonesome Myshktober», 21-X-25 «Well, I met Tekela a little later,» she went on. «I don't think she was too eager to talk to a cat.» #inktober

«A Night in the Lonesome Myshktober», 20-X-25 «Cats aren't real fond of getting wet,» she observed, after the soft weather got harder. «Dogs aren't crazy about it either,» I said. Then, «Whoever wins, it'll still rain.» #inktober

«A Night in the Lonesome Myshktober», 19-X-25 «I wish I knew which side you were on…» #inktober

«A Night in the Lonesome Myshktober», 18-X-25 «Cats are never around when you really need one.» #inktober

«A Night in the Lonesome Myshktober», 17-X-25 «It was the graveyard dog, making his rounds.» #inktober

«A Night in the Lonesome Myshktober», 16-X-25 «How's about an Afghan?» the Thing in the Circle asked, having assumed that lovely, aristocratic form. «Sorry. Too tired today,» I responded. #inktober

«A Night in the Lonesome Myshktober», 15-X-25 «...through the opened door of a gin mill I saw Rastov seated at a table, alone, save for a bottle of vodka and a glass...» #inktober

A great writer! I was pleased to publish her recently on StarShipSofa. Consider this a sample designed to encourage you to buy the book: www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2025/09...

Title page for @k-a-teryna.bsky.social 's BLACK HOLE HEART story collection, out today.

Black Hole Heart and Other Stories — my first English collection is live and available for every good person, cat and canary on Amazon and other markets: www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Hole-H... Congrats and huge thanx to translator @alexshvartsman.bsky.social and publisher @patrickswenson.bsky.social

«A Night in the Lonesome Myshktober», 14-X-25 «Someone had apparently taken a shot at them from the top of a hill as she and Jill passed overhead last night...» #inktober

«A Night in the Lonesome Myshktober», 13-X-25 «Tell me about it,» I said, as he feasted on a plum and two grapes. #inktober

«A Night in the Lonesome Myshktober», 12-X-25 «He read aloud everything involving killings, arsons, mutilations, grave robberies, church desecrations, and unusual thefts. It is very pleasant just being domestic sometimes.» #inktober

«A Night in the Lonesome Myshktober», 11-X-25 «It was the Great Detective and his companion who had spoken, of course.» #inktober

«A Night in the Lonesome Myshktober», 10-X-25 «There came another flash, another crash. Electrical discharges played about a bank of equipment...» #inktober

«A Night in the Lonesome Myshktober», 9-X-25 «Jack went off to deal with his acquisition. I did dognappery in the parlor.» #inktober

«A Night in the Lonesome Myshktober», 8-X-25 «Good dog you've got there. Knows how to close a door.» #inktober

«A Night in the Lonesome Myshktober», 7-X-25 «I'm not looking for trouble, damn it! Let's keep the cat out of this!» #inktober

A Night in the Lonesome Myshktober, 6-X-25 «I heard the mirror crack this morning, and I ran and raised holy hell before it, keeping the slitherers inside.» #inktober

A Night in the Lonesome Myshktober, 5-X-25 «Nightwind departed his perch to circle us, finally alighting nearby.» #inktober

A Night in the Lonesome Myshktober, 4-X-25 «There was a single paw-print, larger than my own, in the shelter of a tree to the side of the house.» #inktober

A Night in the Lonesome Myshktober, 3-X-25 «...As I made my way back I felt that I was being watched.» #inktober

A Night in the Lonesome Myshktober, 2-X-25 «...There are certain pleasures to be had in lurking.»

«A Night in the Lonesome Myshktober», 1-X-25

It's SH's 25th birthday! Three reviews as ever this week, with the first from @rachelcordasco.bsky.social: a short fiction collection from KA Teryna, translated Alex Shvartsman for @patrickswenson.bsky.social's Fairwood Press. "The stories in Black Hole Heart refuse to be labeled," Rachel writes.

no cheating. your last saved celebrity photo is your therapist. who is it?

For those who enjoy listening to words, Serpent Carriers, translated by @alexshvartsman.bsky.social and beautifully narrated by Kate Baker, is now available on all the podcast platforms you can think of and on @clarkesworldmagazine.com official site: clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_07_25c/.

just finished the INCREDIBLE novelette by @k-a-teryna.bsky.social (translated by @alexshvartsman.bsky.social) in @clarkesworldmagazine.com Ternya's ability to turn a phrase is captured well by Shvartsman's translation here with "Serpent Carriers" which is a WILD RIDE!!!

The July Issue of Clarkesworld features original stories by Tia Tashiro, Fiona Moore, Gary Kloster, K.A. Teryna, Eric Del Carlo, Amal Singh, and Bam Bruin. clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_226 Please subscribe at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

"Serpent Carriers" by @k-a-teryna.bsky.social is live at Clarkesworld today! This absolutely brilliant long novelette is perhaps the most complex translation I've had to perform to date, but it is well worth it! I can't wait for everyone to read this story. clarkesworldmagazine.com/teryna_07_25/

My novelette Serpent Carriers translated by Alex Shvartsman is live at @clarkesworldmagazine.com! Huge thanks to @alexshvartsman.bsky.social and Neil Clarke— this publication means a lot to me. clarkesworldmagazine.com/teryna_07_25/

this video is very cathartic right now youtu.be/NUC2EQvdzmY

The July/August 2025 issue of @analogsf.bsky.social is already out, so I’m thrilled to share my artwork for “The First Velodrome on Mars” by @reasie.bsky.social.

My co-author Chekhov the Cat and our new short stories collection "All My Birds".

Chekhov the Cat

Delighted to announce that my new story, novelette “Serpent Carriers,” beautifully translated by @alexshvartsman.bsky.social, will be published in @clarkesworldmagazine.com in the coming months. And here’s the art I was drawing while writing this story last year.

At request of my friend @francescoverso.bsky.social, I created an illustration for the cover of Wang Jinkang’s novel’s Italian edition.