Chekhov agrees

Hey, artists, if you see this, post a dog

Two hooded figures with lamps approach a moonlit, isolated cottage. A woman answers the door. We have come for the child, says the hooded figure So soon? she asks It is time, says the hooded figure. The woman is distraught. We should never have got him a library card! What is done cannot be undone, says the hooded figure We couldn’t see the harm! We just wanted him to enjoy reading! For most, it ends there, says the hooded figure, turning away and walking into the wilderness Oh lord, What have I done! says the woman, the child walks past her and out into the darkness with them. Do not cry mother. I am a writer now.

my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Only 3 days left to grab this brilliant bundle. I'm already bought mine!

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Analog SF May/June electronic issue is on sale now, so I can show an illustration I drew for the "Schismogenesis" by E.G.Condé.

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Happy Willownautics Day!

good Oxford morning

Didn’t plan to end up in Oxford. Didn’t plan to have a print copy of the collection with me. But the stars aligned, so of course I had to do a little promo photoshoot.

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Programme excerpt Eastercon: Languages and Multilingualism panel.

Covers of Empirical and The Voyage of Sam Singh by me plus Exophony: Voyages Outside the Mother Tongue by Yoko Tawada and Eastercon badge.

Panel on Writing SFF from Elsewhere: Global Voices in a Western Market at Eastercon including Kat Kourbeli, Karen Lord, Aliette de Bodard, C.L. Hellisen and K.A Teryna

Panel on Faith, Belief, Authenticity and Worldbuilding at Eastercon with Adrian Tchaikovsky, Karen Lord, Meg Mcdonald, Roseanna Pendlebury and Emily Tesh

Had the most fabulous Sunday at #Eastercon @easterconuk.bsky.social talking multilingualism, exophony and the metonymic gap with Donna Scott, @aliettedebodard.com @thecallya.bsky.social & @k-a-teryna.bsky.social & watching panels on folklore, global SFF and religion in worldbuilding! #iridescence

A few photo impressions from Eastercon, part two: an octopus, David Wake, David Stokes, David Lascelles.

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A few photo impressions from Eastercon, part one: Fiona Moore’s micro-army of creatures.

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My copy of BLACK HOLE HEART AND OTHER STORIES by K.A. Teryna. Autographed by the author! ✨📖✨

I adore short fiction collections and this one is very special. I’ve been a fan of Kate’s #writing for a while. Such a treat to have a print book of her #stories. ❤️

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Up and running, the new Worlds SF bundle from StoryBundle! Look at all this great stuff! Fairwood's contribution is BLACK HOLE HEART by K.A. Teryna, translated by Alex Shvartsman, available on the 'all 15 books for $30' tier. That comes out to $2 per ebook.

A closeup of the short story collection Black Hole Heart and Other Stories by KA Teryna next to a magical critter.

Look at my gorgeous copy of BLACK HOLE HEART AND OTHER STORIES by K.A. Teryna. Autographed by the author! ❤️🥰

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A photograph of a page of pencil sketches of five heads. From left to right and top to bottom: a light skinned person with glasses and their hair pulled up and back into a messy bun, labelled "K.A. Teryna"; a medium skinned person with long thick dark hair, smiling faintly, labelled "Gita Raleigh"; a light skinned person with long hair that is dark at the top and light from about about the mid-point down, wearing glasses and smiling towards the right of the page, labelled "Donna Scott"; a light skinned person with short cropped dark hair glancing towards the right of the page, labelled "Paedar O'Guillin" [sic]; a light skinned person with messy short dark hair and glasses, glancing towards the camera with a slightly furrowed brow, labelled "Alliette de Bodard". There is a note at the top of the page that reads "Language & multilingualism" in block caps.

Languages and multilingualism at #eastercon:

(Note, I spelled Peadar O'Guilin's name on the sketch - sorry!!)

Myshkosaurs (and a few book covers) at Eastercon Art Show (under Hokusai’s guard).

*project!

Progect id fully backed but you still have a time to to jump on the bandwagon.

My collection Black Hole Heart and other stories (translated by @alexshvartsman.bsky.social and published by @patrickswenson.bsky.social) — in the most profitable and attractive bundle you’ll ever find!

see you in two weeks

On Iridescence — Eastercon 2026 I’ll participate in three panels: one as an illustrator and two as a writer-in-translation. Come to see me, it will be grand — with my weird and unique not-so-English English!

I loved this one--so weird and beautifully described!

thank you ^^

void on the stairs stares

I’m delighted that you enjoyed the book!

Black Hole Heart and Other Stories Check out Black Hole Heart and Other Stories - <p>The world is not how we perceive it.</p><p></p><p>A blizzard may be the fury of a whale god. Intelligent bees watch our every move. Monsters lurk in t...

absolutely epic in scope, every single story in "Black Hole Heart" by @k-a-teryna.bsky.social (translated by @alexshvartsman.bsky.social) left me thinking for five minutes and hungering for the next. a collection that made me wanting for more (and left me sad for having finished it).

thank you! love your story

The January-February issue of @analogsf.bsky.social published the story The Origami Man by @dougfranklin.bsky.social with my illustration.

Black Hole Heart and Other Stories by K. A. Teryna, translated by Alex Shvartsman These stories are genre-bending explorations of how protagonists deal with unusual and unexpected situations.

Wednesday's review is a bulletin from the redoubtable @rachelcordasco.bsky.social. On K.A. Teryna's collection,Black Hole Heart, translated for @patrickswenson.bsky.social by Alex Shvartsman: "genre-bending explorations of how protagonists deal with unusual and unexpected situations."

BSFA Awards longlist nominees ONE LAST GAME by T.A. Chan and BLACK HOLE HEART by K.A. TERYNA and translated by ALEX SHVARTSMAN

The BSFA Awards longlist is out, and two Fairwood books are on the list. ONE LAST GAME by @author_t_a_chan (shorter fiction) & BLACK HOLE HEART by K.A. Teryna (collection)

BSFA members can vote until Feb 19th.

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