👻 Abigail Kemske 👻

@abigailkemske

🚀 SFFH writer from MN 👻 HWA, SFWA, Codex 🌿 sometimes moss ✏️ Work in Apex, The Dark, Flame Tree Press, Nature: Futures, The Saturday Evening Post, Adventitious, Gavagai + 🚫 no generative AI 🚫 Links to stories 🌳 AbigailKemske.com

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👻 Abigail Kemske 👻@abigailkemske· 18d

My latest story "The Tongues of Ghosts" is now live on @foofarawpress.bsky.social ! This is probably my most personal story to date, and I'm really proud of it. (Look at the cute graphic I made too!) Check it out! 🔗 below.

Yellow and grey graphic with wavy yellow and white checkered background. "New Story Out Now! Abigail Kemske The Tongues of Ghosts. I'm almost fourteen years old when the ghost wakes me for the second night in a row. Read it on foofaraw.press!" Also features a cute semi-transparent ghost graphic.

👻 Abigail Kemske 👻@abigailkemske· 19d

Thought my little garden looked cute today.

Photo of a small garden with red, orange, and yellow flowers in front. Purple, pink and orange flowers further back. Plants in the foreground are shorter than the plants in back

👻 Abigail Kemske 👻@abigailkemske· 20d

Just made my 600th lifetime submission!!! 🥳 Made my very first short story submission in 2022. 😮 Wow!🤩

Screen shot: Lifetime Stats. Pieces: 45. Submissions: 600. Drawn arrows and excited squiggles in pink, green, and red

👻 Abigail Kemske 👻@abigailkemske· 20d

Good tip! I've never noticed that down there but it says English! 🫠 The document was originally typed in pages, so maybe that's the problem?

screen shot of bar at the bottom of word document "page 4 of 14 4019 words English (United States)

👻 Abigail Kemske 👻@abigailkemske· 20d

WHyy?

Screen capture of word document with a squiggly red line under "temperature" to indicate a misspelling. The suggested spellings are température and températures.

👻 Abigail Kemske 👻@abigailkemske· 25d

In light of recent news in publishing and because I’ve been thinking about this for a while, I added a statement about generative AI to my website. I hate that this is how things are right now, but it’s important to me. /1

Text screen shot: I dislike that we are in a place where I even need to include this statement, but here we are. Generative AI is problematic on many levels. It was trained on stolen intellectual property, is threatening our already unstable environment, it’s disrupting artistic spaces and complicating the submission/publication process. I could go on and on. Essentially, generative AI is making everything harder than it already is. I want to be clear. All my writing is 100% human created. In no way shape or form was generative AI used (nor will it ever be used) in any part of the writing process or in the promotion of my work/during other writing tasks (to the best of my knowledge.) Storytelling is fundamentally a human activity as all stories are essentially about the human condition. Humans should be writing human stories.

👻 Abigail Kemske 👻@abigailkemske· 26d

Void demon sees your soul.

Black smoke main coon cat sits on a stairwell ledge with his front paws hanging off and stares deeply into your soul.

👻 Abigail Kemske 👻@abigailkemske· 26d

Not some weird entity manifesting in the wildfire smoke?!

Air quality index map over Minneapolis, Mn. Maroon, purple colors make the shape of a face with wonky eyes.

👻 Abigail Kemske 👻@abigailkemske· Jul 12

Look at my birby fren. (I was scared.)

Landscape orientation photo of a woman in a forest, holding her arm out to the side, wearing a leather glove. A raptor perches on her gloved hand.

👻 Abigail Kemske 👻@abigailkemske· Jul 10

Today's interview was for my story "The Tongues of Ghosts" in @foofarawpress.bsky.social , which I'll get to share soon. Also saw the proof for its online pub coming later this month. I can't wait for you all to read this. I'm so excited, I put on my ghost earrings played around with my camera. 👻

Black and white photo of woman with long wavy hair, facing to the side, eyes closed and wearing little ghost earrings.

Black and white long-exposure portrait of a woman with long wavy hair, creating a spectral effect.

👻 Abigail Kemske 👻@abigailkemske· Jun 30

I've FINALLY set up a newsletter. First one will go out sometime in July. 🫣 Sign up here: abigail-kemske.beehiiv.com ✍️ Will include publication updates, things I've enjoyed, cool things I saw in the woods near my home & more. 🌳 Inspired by my friend @erikgrove.com I too made a logo. 💖

👻 Abigail Kemske 👻@abigailkemske· Jun 15

Interesting spot, but okay. We watched the caterpillar inch across our front porch today, wondering where it was going. 🐛

A green monarch chrysalis attached to a stone wall, next to potted pink flower.

👻 Abigail Kemske 👻@abigailkemske· Jun 11

It's live! My latest #scifi story "By the Wings of an Albatross" is in @adventitiouswords.bsky.social issue #3 and is now free to read online. 🦅 Marvel at the future of teleportation where nothing ever goes wrong on your commute ever again, right? Read on to find out. Quick read! 🛰️

Text graphic in teal and navy blue: "By the Wings of an Albatross" by Abigail Kemske. "Marco steps onto the AlbaPort platform in his home pod that orbits the Earth, tensing in anticipation for the awful sensation of being pulled apart atom-by-atom." Now free to read on adventitious.net. Hand drawn graphic of a cut albatross and cover of issue three of adventitious.

👻 Abigail Kemske 👻@abigailkemske· Jun 10

Reintroduction thread time! Hi! I’m a SFFH writer from Minneapolis. My work touches on human dynamics with technology and nature, weird things, complex family dynamics, motherhood, womanhood, trees and more! (Seriously, I have an obsession with trees in my stories.) 🌳 Photo: Render Photography

Black and white portrait photo of a woman with long wavy hair smiling at the camera. She sits on a chair with one arm draped over her legs and the other crossing her body, hand resting on her shoulder. She has floral tattoos on her arms.

👻 Abigail Kemske 👻@abigailkemske· Jun 8

Nom nom nom. Plant milkweed.

👻 Abigail Kemske 👻@abigailkemske· Jun 3

Shelfie selfie time! So proud of my growing set of print publications. Check my website 🔗 in bio to order any of these pictured from @aanpress.bsky.social , @fraidycatpress.bsky.social , @stanchion.bsky.social , @angrygablepress.bsky.social & more!

A woman with long brown wavy hair, in a mustard yellow top with ruffle sleeves smiles at the camera, standing in front of a bookshelf, holding out her hand as if balancing a stack of books on it.

Stack of books and cute plant lego with smiley face.

👻 Abigail Kemske 👻@abigailkemske· Jun 2

Obsessed.

Close up shot of two large yellow and pink peonies blooming in a vase on a kitchen table.

👻 Abigail Kemske 👻@abigailkemske· Jun 1

My other ones opened!!

👻 Abigail Kemske 👻@abigailkemske· Jun 1

Surprise! It’s a twofer day. “Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity” from @aanpress.bsky.social officially releases today with another sci-fi story of mine, “Six Things I Wish I Had Brought From Earth.” Check my Linktree to purchase.

A black smoke main coon cat lounges on a windowsill with one leg hanging down. In front of it a copy of “Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity” leans against the window.

Interior of book “Six Things I Wish I Had Brought From Earth” Abigail Kemske

👻 Abigail Kemske 👻@abigailkemske· Jun 1

It’s release day!! I’m so proud of my little story in this issue, and to be in such good company with some awesome writers. This issue is a banger. Get your copy now!

A woman with long brown hair looks into the camera and smiles, holding a kindle showing the cover of issue three of Adventitious. The cover image is black and white on the kindle and features art of a castle tower with mechanical legs walking through a mountain forest.

Text from a kindle “By the Wings of an Albatross” by Abigail Kemske

👻 Abigail Kemske 👻@abigailkemske· May 29

Just opened this morning!

👻 Abigail Kemske 👻@abigailkemske· May 27

Emotional support paw for novel writing.

A black smoke Maine coon cat sleeps on top of a wooden desk with his head resting on a pile of notebooks. One paw is stretched out and touching his human’s forearm that rests on the desk.

👻 Abigail Kemske 👻@abigailkemske· May 21

Contributor copy of @aanpress.bsky.social “Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity” arrived! So pretty!! Contains my story “Six Things I Wish I Had Brought From Earth.” Even the cats want to read it. 😆 I’m so excited to dig into this anthology. A copy will get you 24 new sci-do stories. 🔗 below.

Photo of “Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity” book next two a bouquet of lilacs and a light blue single serving tea pot and cup set.

Two cats looking on to a book displayed by lilac flower bouquet and a teapot.

A woman with long brown hair looks into the camera with a pleased expression, holding her copy of “Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity”

👻 Abigail Kemske 👻@abigailkemske· May 21

This is a cat checkpoint; relinquish your most recent cat picture on your phone. 🐈 Hades watching birbies.

A black smoke maine coon sits on a windowsill looking into the camera with his long fluffy tail stretched along the window.

👻 Abigail Kemske 👻@abigailkemske· May 21

Brb. Summoning an A on this one today.

screen shot of the submission grinder “Pending Response” in red. “666/132/60” 666 underlined in red.

👻 Abigail Kemske 👻@abigailkemske· May 19

Contributor copy of @adventitiouswords.bsky.social in my inbox! I’m so excited to share my upcoming story “By the Wings of an Albatross” with you all. Going to start digging into this issue today. Stay tuned!! Releases in June. Subscribe or support on patreon so you don’t miss it!

Photo of kindle with adventitious issue thee cover displayed, propped up against a Rivendell lego set.

Cover of issue three of adventitious with art work of a red castle tower with mechanical legs walking through a mountain forest region, with smoke rising out of three pipes on top.

👻 Abigail Kemske 👻@abigailkemske· May 15

Cuteness for your Friday.

A black smoke Maine coon cat pops his head out of a small square hole in a large rectangular box.

👻 Abigail Kemske 👻@abigailkemske· May 10

Love you, Mom.

A mother wearing an orange sweater and brown trousers sits on a brown couch holding a child, and swaying to the side. She has dark brown hair and is smiling. The child sits in her mother’s lap, wears a red vest and white shirt with Mickey mouse slippers. She holds a white teddy bear, and looks into the camera.

A mother wearing a white sweater and medium length brown hair holds a baby in her arms. The baby faces out from mother, chews on her fingers, and wears a white baby gown.

👻 Abigail Kemske 👻@abigailkemske· May 9

A Tale of Two Kitties.

An angelic white cat with long hair sits on a staircase looking calm in the camera.

A demonic black and grey cat with long hair looks wildly off in the distance.

👻 Abigail Kemske 👻@abigailkemske· May 8

Excited to share that I’ve sold a story to @foofarawpress.bsky.social ! “The Tongues of Ghosts” is expected to be published at the end of July. Stay tuned!! And get ready for a throwback. 👻👅👻