Thomas Ha

much appreciated. thanks for reading! a lot of details in here too. delighted you got the "araby" influence, not usually one people reference. thanks again.

2026 Philip K. Dick Award Nominee: UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES

Here’s my next post reviewing the seven short-listed nominees for the 2026 Philip K. Dick Award. A reminder–the awards are made by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and will be presented at Norwescon‘s annual conference on…

Corey Farrenkopf’s story collection Haunted Ecologies held in front of a colorful bookshelf. The book cover features a person with their back turned, facing an apocalyptic landscape of fire and bones.

Stoked on today’s book mail! Time to get haunted by @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social.

If you're so moved, please consider my short story, "Blanquitos" as a write-in!

Btw anyone can vote

www.typebarmagazine.com/blanquitos/

•quote with an old piece you still like•

Gen AI ys coole yf you reallye fuckinge hate water

i cannot stress enough that if you know anything about how kristi noem found out she was fired you must tell me

thanks, much appreciated!!

As someone who actually reads a lot of fiction published in contemporary magazines (“literary”/MFA fiction, genre fiction, and more), I can state unequivocally that @clarkesworldmagazine.com publishes some of the best and most interesting work out there

your godmother and my son had the right idea, I'm glad we have it now haha

March calendar, an orange tabby and a tortie sitting on a window sill looking out at the camera

our son really wanted a calendar with our cats on them, so my wife ordered/assembled one using our photos. now i kinda want one...

ffffuck i forgot about this

Signed the contract last Friday. My second novel, 'The Asterist' is coming out in October from @diversionbooks.bsky.social
It's wild that this time last year I actually finished the first draft of this one. And here it is already striking out on its own.
#speclit #booksky

Cover for March issue of Locus, with a shadowy landscape with strange trees wreathed in mist under a sky with a huge satellite or other planet.

My latest short fiction review column is in the March issue of Locus Magazine: subscribers.locusmag.com/content/buy-...

All the Fabulous Beasts - EPUB — Undertow Publications COVER ART: C7 Shiina Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award! Winner of the British Fantasy Award! Starred Review, Publishers Weekly The debut short story collection from acclaimed U.K. writer Priya S...

For Women in Horror Month we'll be highlighting our titles and slashing the eBook price. Today's title is Priya Sharma's incredible collection "All the Fabulous Beasts." Winner of the Shirley Jackson, and British Fantasy Award! Just $2 #WiHM

undertowpublications.com/ebooks/all-t...

thread

Old one from 2015

plumber: somebody really fucked this up, somebody didn't put this back right

me: staring at ceiling

i can practically hear the prescription meds commercial for it

because I keep forgetting to mention it: LITERALLY ANYONE can nominate books for this prize! yes! that means you! you have until march 31st!

Abel Koontz, man in orange prison jumpsuit and wearing black beanie, saying "Are you the product of a schlubby sheriff..." Cont'd

Abel saying, "or the king and queen of the prom?"

whenever my sister or i are rewatching veronica mars we text the other screenshots of this one line because we used to repeat it over and over again to each for no reason. just sent these.

I haven't done shading in my sketches for more than 25 years. Always felt like it could put the lines at risk of becoming unreadable. It is strange how we creatively change over time.

don't want pokopia to be the first thing newcomers to see on the feed, because we all know that's something that sounds not right

forgive the story spam, just getting new traffic and trying to cover up all the shitposts

3LBE Magazine - Old Wells by Thomas Ha In the mountains behind our home, there were old wells. I would hunt for them in the summers when I was young, maybe too young, to be out there on my own.

Short Story

“Old Wells.” Three-Lobed Burning Eye. March 2025 (2200 words).

A boy hunts wells in the mountains behind his home.

www.3lobedmag.com/issue44/3lbe...

bet it's not the ones people expect

In My Country by Thomas Ha Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

Short Story

“In My Country.” Clarkesworld Magazine. April 2025 (6300 words).

A father of a writer expresses concerns about his son's cryptic stories.

clarkesworldmagazine.com/ha_04_25/

now imagining nurse joy trying to treat patients w/pokopia so sad

music to an author's ears

glad to hear it!!! yeah, takes a little bit of assembling but hopefully not too much. thanks for letting me know!