Kim Samek

Just Posted: STORY Fiction Editor Macey Phillips’s review of I Am the Ghost Here by Kim Samek (@kimsamek.bsky.social), The Dial Press Read, 2026

Read it here: www.storymagazine.org/samek-kim-in...

Author photo credit: Jesse Dittmar

Where Do We Go from Here? Matterist Picks

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"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).

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Thank you to @vitcavage.bsky.social for supporting short story collections with this great interview series.

I Am the Ghost Here, my debut story collection, is now in bookstores! It’s also a Gold House Book Club selection.

In Kenan Orhan's debut novel 'The Renovation,' a hole in the bathroom tears open time and space A woman's bathroom renovation becomes a Turkish prison cell. Kenan Orhan talks with NPR's Scott Simon about his debut novel, "The Renovation."

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.

Emily Park writes, “With sharp prose, dark yet
hopeful humor, and imaginative daring, Samek takes a unique look at existential crises,
poignantly capturing the dissonance between who we believe or want ourselves to be and the
realities that erode those beliefs.”

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

Thank you!!

Thank you @jimvermin.bsky.social

20 books we can't wait to read in 2026 Looking for your next great read? We asked critics, authors and literary folks about town to share books they’re most excited for in 2026. Featuring new works by Tayari Jones, Claudia Rankine, Jesmyn ...

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

Covers of the February 2026 books Mass Mothering, Language as Liberation, Citizenship, The Renovation, Brawler, and I Am the Ghost Here on a deep yellow background. White text reads, "February 2026."

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

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This was so fun!!! Listen!!! ✨

The Millions' Great Winter 2026 Preview Winter demands that we slow down, take stock, rest. And while we hibernate, books can keep us company. Luckily, this season, there are plenty of noteworthy new reads to fill these cold, short days. Be...

I Am the Ghost Here is a most anticipated book at The Millions. themillions.com/2026/01/the-...

Be My Baby, Beautiful Shadow, The Border Trilogy, Fresh Green Life, Lord of Light, Memoirs of a Professional Cad, My Brilliant Friend, Once Around the Bloch, Only Yesterday, Remain in Love, Say Nothing, The Frank Book

Well, my year-end wrap-up (What I Did in 2025) is finally done! Only 11 days late, not bad! You can check it out on my website, benloory.com, if you're interested, but here's the important part: my favorite books I read this year! I mean last year

The Hero's Journey is a Lie: How to Find Your Outline with Sarah LaBrie | Los Angeles Review of Books "The Hero's Journey is a Lie: How to Find Your Outline" is a 6-week-long workshop with award-winning memoirist, author, and producer Sarah LaBrie.

Examine approaches to story structure across forms—and improve our own outlines, treatments, proposals and pitches in the process! Don't miss this six-week workshop with Sarah LaBrie: https://lareviewofbooks.org/event/the-heros-journey-is-a-lie-how-to-find-your-outline-with-sarah-labrie/

Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2026 After the year we’ve had, there’s no predicting anything about the year that’s to come. But whatever else might be fated to happen (to us) in 2026, there will definitely be books,…

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.

18 books to add to your 2026 reading list Here are 18 books across genres to look out for in the new year.

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.

I Am the Ghost Here: Stories by Kim Samek Samek debuts with a striking collection of fantastical and speculative stories about conformity, technology, and the limits of b...

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.

I am so pleased to share the cover of my debut story collection, I Am the Ghost Here, out 2/24/26 (now available for preorder).

I love this!

Looking forward to this.

Yay! I can’t wait for 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

Thank you!