K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)

@kaiewrites

Canadian dark speculative author 🖤🇨🇦Words in: STRANGE HORIZONS, FANTASY, LIGHTSPEED, PULPHOUSE, FACTOR FOUR, NOSLEEP &more | @cwillbc.bsky.social president | CWC educator | #ecopunk #bodyhorror #monsters #gothic #dystopian #sff

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)@kaiewrites· 5d

Looking for fantasy Kobo Plus reads? TBF, the Kobo algo is not amazing, but their curation is! Here's their latest fantasy collections, broken out by subgenre (incl. one of my many Kobo+ titles!) www.kobo.com/p/kobo-plus-...

Kobo Plus promo banner. Blue gradient gives way to a circular portal surrounding in green smoke with the silhouette of a humanoid walking toward a distant mountain. White text overlay reads "Your portal to epic fantasy."

Trope chart for the Threads of Dreams box set by K.A. Wiggins. 3D rendering of trilogy in slipcase on dark concrete texture background surrounded by gold text and accents. Text reads: Gothic-Dystopian YA+ Dark Fantasy that dives into the nightmare-ridden depths and Comes up fighting. Tropes: upper-YA coming-of-rage, haunted girl/nightmare boy, is everyone actually following the rules or am I just too neurospicy to have got the opt-out memo???, don't put that in your mouth!, human sacrifice, alexithymia, the novel (book 1), cryptids or folklore—why not both???, drowned city, ecopunk apocalypse, more blood than kissing, monster-infested (future Vancouver) and BC, slow-burn, threadwitchery, zombies???, everyone is lying, gothic-dystopian dark fantasy.

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)@kaiewrites· 24d

TODAY ONLY: don’t miss the Midsummer Night’s Scream Stuff Your Kindle Book Event hosted by @authordonnataylor.bsky.social for a ton of free & 99c horror titles including THREE of mine!👻 www.authordonnataylor.com/stuffyourkin...

Midsummer Night's Scream Stuff Your Kindle Event on July 18 promo graphic. Gold and red text on dark rainbow background with a screaming figure in purple.

Midsummer Night's Scream Stuff Your Kindle Event on July 18 promo graphic. 3D renderings of Blind the Eyes and Boy With No Name by K.A. Wiggins marked free, The Unsought Light marked 99 cents. Gold and red text on dark rainbow background with purple accents.

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)@kaiewrites· 25d

I made paper!🔥

Seven sheets of pale textured handmade paper on a floral fabric background.

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)@kaiewrites· 27d

Need help finding more great Canadian books? This multi-genre collection is the place to start (incl. my upper-YA/NA short dark fantasy/villain romance!) NOT just Amazon-based; many books free on multiple platforms. Go forth & read Canadian!📚🇨🇦 canadianindieauthors.substack.com/p/stuff-your...

Stuff Your Kindle Canadian Edition, Free Books, One Day Only on July 15 hosted by Canadian Indie Authors at www.canadianindieauthors.ca with a shortlink to bookblast and red and white icon-style background.

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)@kaiewrites· Jul 8

I've sent >100 submissions every year since 2022. 2023-2024 = my high point (8 each*), early 2025 was pretty good (6)—and this year I'm in the negative due to mags going under.🥲 *Submission grinder stats are not 100% accurate & incl. a LOT of reprints, but give the gist:

Screencap of Submission Grinder Yearly Statistics from 2019-2026 showing a rise in submissions and story acceptances in 2022-2025 and a drop in 2026.

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)@kaiewrites· Jun 5

Reading local for Parksville Storyteller Festival NEXT WEEK. Join us for Stars in Their Eyes: Mid-Island Romance Authors Spill the Tea—a sweet-&-spicy multiauthor event celebrating rockstars, demons, fae, cowboys+ w/ @kathleenlawless.bsky.social @dovecavanaughking.bsky.social @kaiewrites.bsky.social

Paperbacks by Kate Gateley, Carissa Harper, Dove Cavanaugh King, Kathleen Lawless, Kim Bannerman & K.A. Wiggins on a wood background

Promotional graphic for The Parksville Museum’s Storyteller Festival, presenting Stars In Their Eyes: Mid-Island Romance Authors Spill the Tea on June 11 at 1pm

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)@kaiewrites· May 20

—BONUS: catch @kimberbannerman.bsky.social in a repeat performance at Dream of Fairyland: Circus History in 1920’s BC on June 20 at 2pm (author talk feat. Circus Salmagundi) & check out all 2 dozen+ awesome events on the lineup at the Storyteller Festival 🔥 parksvillemuseum.com/Storyteller-...

Graphic promoting The Parksville Museum’s Storyteller Festival. Discover the power of story June 4-28. Celebrate at over two dozen events featuring local authors, songwriters, dramatists & more this June incl. Stars In Their Eyes: Mid-Island Romance Authors Spill the Tea, A Trip Through Time & Terroir: a sensory writing workshop, Magic, Mystery & Mayhem: Local Settings Through the Looking Glass & Dream of Fairyland: Circus History in 1920s BC with Kim Bannerman

Graphic promoting The Parksville Museum’s Storyteller Festival. Presenting Dream of Fairyland: Circus History in 1920s BC with Kim Bannerman on Saturday, June 20 at 2pm

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)@kaiewrites· May 20

FOR FANTASY & GENRE FIC FANS: Magic, Mystery & Mayhem: Local Settings Through the Looking Glass (June 19, 1-2:30$ Transmuting local VI & BC settings into fantastical fiction w/ @kimberbannerman.bsky.social @kategateleyauthor.bsky.social & @kaiewrites.bsky.social 🔍 www.facebook.com/share/1CTXU4...

Promotional graphic for The Parksville Museum’s Storyteller Festival. Presenting Magic, Mystery & Mayhem: Local Settings Through the Looking Glass on Friday June 19 at 1pm

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)@kaiewrites· May 20

FOR THE WRITERS: A Trip Through Time & Terroir: A Parksville Museum Sensory Writing Workshop on June 5 from 1-3 Tour the museum while grounds while honing your descriptive writing skills for a different sense at each stop! For both beginner & advanced writers.✍️ www.facebook.com/share/18uNns...

Graphic promoting The Parksville Museum’s Storyteller Festival. Presenting A Trip Through Time & Terroir: a sensory writing workshop with author and creative educator K.A. Wiggins, Friday, June 5 at 1pm, Parksville Museum, 1245 Island Hwy E.

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)@kaiewrites· Apr 18

So, I heard #dystopian is back…🔥 Books.kawiggins.com/tod

Graphic promoting the Threads of Dreams series Book 1: Blind the Eyes by K.A. Wiggins. Gold filigree line art on dark concrete background with yellow/gold text reads: This dystopian future is gothic, haunted & swarming with monsters. A (neurospicy) coming-of-rage YA+ Dark Fantasy.

Photo of the third edition paperbacks of the Threads of Dreams series by K.A. Wiggins on a wood background.

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)@kaiewrites· Mar 21

#KidLit4Ceasefire fundraiser is back for year 3! Bid on 225+ lit items for readers & lit folks to help families we’ve been fundraising for for the last 3yrs! Heartbreaking that the need has only grown, but it helps to do something, however small💞 www.32auctions.com/KidLit4Ceasefire3rdYear

Promotion for Kid Lit 4 Ceasefire's Third Annual Fundraiser from March 17 to April 2nd with white text, a link, and QR code over a grey-tone graphic of book icons. Green, red, black, and white floral and fist icons evoke Palestine.

Promotion for Kid Lit 4 Ceasefire's Third Annual Fundraiser from March 17 to April 2nd with white text, QR code, link, and author photo highlighting a 30-minute Ask-Me-Anything with author K.A. Wiggins item available for bid in the charity auction over a grey-tone graphic of book icons. Green, red, black, and white floral icon evokes Palestine.

Screenshot of Kid Lit 4 Ceasefire's Third Annual Fundraiser from March 17 to April 2nd displaying eight items available for bid in the charity auction including Ask-Me-Anything sessions with literary agents, book ARCs, art commissions and prints, book bundles and signed books, and author websites.

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)@kaiewrites· Jan 31

Busy Canva day in the library! Can you guess them all? (There’s 1 repeat; apologies to all the notable days/month-in-honour topics I missed & reminder to library & teacher friends that #worldreadaloudday already has free printables on their site, so I didn’t design anything for that!)

Eight black and white line art/graphic collage bookmarks photographed on a green counter.

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)@kaiewrites· Jan 19

—With @joshuagillingham.bsky.social Patrick Elworthy, @kategateleyauthor.bsky.social @kaiewrites.bsky.social 📚🇨🇦 (RSVP to Windowseat for snack planning purposes! windowseatbooks.ca/events/44422... 💞) #CanLit #Fantasy #SFF #Speculative #Events #CanadianAuthors #ReadCanadian

Promotional graphic for Dark Dreams: a winter book event. Fantasy live readings, panel discussion and author book signing. 6:30-8pm, Thursday February 26 at Windowseat Books, #6 321 Wesley Street in Nanaimo, BC, Canada with Kate Gateley, Patrick Elworthy, Joshua Gillingham and K.A. Wiggins. Light/gold text over ombre green to black background with a black dragon silhouette and falling stars. Features author photo of Kate Gateley with four of her books.

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)@kaiewrites· Jan 19

#VanIsle #Fantasy fans unite! Come hang out at the endlessly charming Windowseat Books in Nanaimo’s old quarter for a (free/unticketed!) fantastical escape~🐉⚔️🧙‍♀️🔮🪄 Feat. readings & fantasy writing panel + book signings w/ VI🇨🇦authors on Thurs. Feb. 26 from 6:30-8pm🔥 windowseatbooks.ca/events/44422...

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)@kaiewrites· Jan 15

Free ebooks by Canadian authors (most on multiple platforms, SYK is just the best known), today only: tinyurl.com/canadianbookblast

Stuff Your Kindle Canadian Edition promo graphic from Canadian Indie Authors. Free books one day only on January 15 at tinyurl.com/canadianbookblast advertised in red and black text with and black icons in background.

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)@kaiewrites· Jan 7

Book workshops are all remote-synchronous this spring, but seasonal camps where we can gather in person & "build" inspiration for our stories & creativity are super fun, too! kaie.space/news/2026/01... Feel free to reach out to cwc2004.org directly if you know a young writer who's interested!

Photo of a Creative Writing for Children Society workshop with teens doing textual and narrative analysis on a combination projector-whiteboard. Identities are screened by emojis.

Photo of a Creative Writing for Children Society workshop with a young writer holding up their "tour guide" flag for their end of camp project. Their script in a matching design is on the desk in front of them.

Photo of props from a Creative Writing for Children Society workshop with a "tour guide" flag, map, magic wand, and masks from students' end of camp project.

Photo of a student wearing a black mask with a red swatch and a stick lurking behind a whiteboard at a Creative Writing for Children Society workshop in mimicry of a horror scene. The mask is a prop in the student's final project at camp.

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)@kaiewrites· Jan 7

This year, I thought a SciFi-theme would be fun for the teen cohort (Sat over Zoom, Jan-Jun) We’ll explore utopias & dystopias, alt histories & apocalypses, space & time travel+more SF/spec tropes & genre conventions while writing novels or single-author collections in 20 weeks cwc2004.org (/2)

Student cover designs from my 2022 cohort of Creative Writing for Children Society spring workshop (kids)

Student cover designs from my 2023 cohort of Creative Writing for Children Society spring workshop (teens)

Student cover designs from my 2024 cohort of Creative Writing for Children Society spring workshop (kids)

Student cover designs from my 2025 cohort of Creative Writing for Children Society spring workshop (teens)

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)@kaiewrites· Jan 7

Spending the next few weeks (appropriately!) immersed in future-forward curricula & reading lists as I prep for next term of CWC Every spring, young writers work toward a printed paperback of their work, whether a single-author collection of short pieces or a multi-chapter narrative (novel)... (/1)

Graphic advertising upcoming "Writing the Future" creative writing workshop with K.A. Wiggins hosted by the Creative Writing for Children Society on Saturday mornings (PST) over Zoom from January to June. Stylized sci-fi and dystopian graphics in shades of grey, blue, pink and yellow surround a retro-futuristic sign of the workshop title.

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)@kaiewrites· Jan 6

I have tons in Kobo Plus! Untangle the secrets of the past in a more-blood-than-kissing, gothic-dystopian coming-of-rage YA+ Dark Fantasy series about a haunted, neurospicy misfit unravelling monster-infested, post-eco-apocalypse Vancouver before it can tear her apart: www.kobo.com/search?query...

Landscape-format graphic with intricate blue and purple cover design surrounded by awards badges and gold-tone extracted cover elements on a mottled dark concrete background. Gold text reads: Threads of Dreams #1: Blind the Eyes. This dystopian future is gothic, haunted & swarming with monsters. A (neurospicy) coming-of-rage YA+ Dark Fantasy.

Landscape-format graphic with 3D rendering of intricate blue and gold cover design surrounded by gold-tone extracted cover elements and awards badges on a mottled dark concrete background. Gold text reads: Threads of Dreams Trilogy box set: a macabre misfit and her trickster ghost unravel monster-infested post-eco-apocalypse Vancouver.

Landscape-format graphic with intricate cover designs surrounded by gold-tone extracted cover elements on a mottled dark concrete background. Gold text reads: Threads of Dreams: YA Fantasy with an Edge. Covers for the core trilogy (3), side stories (4), and trilogy box set (1) are grouped and labelled.

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)@kaiewrites· Jan 3

Most of mine are enrolled in Kobo Plus (& lots more in this fantasy promo!) bsky.app/profile/kaie...

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)@kaiewrites· Dec 22

The final Kobo Plus fantasy promo of 2025 is here! Find my gothic-dystopian YA+ Dark Fantasy series* & tons more fantastic fantasy (incl. audio!) by subgenre: kobo.com/en/p/kobo-plus-fantasy-reads (*or search my name to binge-read all my books!) KOBO PLUS folks, reply your titles/graphics/whatev!

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)@kaiewrites· Dec 22

A year of remarkable highs—& lows😅🫠 Shoutout to @blackcatbooks.bsky.social Ansible Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social for some of the brightest points!📚💞 Last minute shoppers, there’s some great SFF/H in this trio!🎁 kaie.space/standalones (& #canlit friends, don’t miss 2026 best-of submissions!🇨🇦)

Paperbacks of The Kindread Coast, Year's Best Fantasy & Science Fiction Vol. 3, Brave New Weird: Best New Weird Horror on a wood background with overlaid text in green script reading: "2025's Crop of (Print) Releases!" followed by Canada flag, stack of books, and party popper emojis

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)@kaiewrites· Nov 30

All set up & making cool new friends! Find us at Royston Elementary Winter Market until 3pm~👻🎄

Photo of Loren handmade block prints table

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)@kaiewrites· Nov 27

Next up in the calendar! Drop by & support my local school’s winter market, browse set-in-BC 🇨🇦 YA & up books & many more goodies from local artists, crafters, artisans, young makers & businesses THIS SUNDAY November 30 from 10-3!📚🎄🎉

Poster for Royston Elementary Winter Market on November 30th of 2025 from 10-3 at 3830 Warren Ave, Royston. Free Entry. Come help us bring in the holidays! Huge variety of vendors, hot dog concession, silent auction. Santa photos by donation. Ear piercing. Cut-a-thon (hair cuts by donation). Bell and winter garland graphics on cream background.

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)@kaiewrites· Nov 15

Get ready for a very merry Comox Valley TBR with the CVWS crew Nov. 22-23 at the Fanny Bay Christmas Market! Can’t make it next weekend? While we’ll have a few market exclusives, many titles ( ca.pinterest.com/kaiespace/bo... ) can be found at fantastic local shops!🇨🇦📚 #shopcanadian #readcanadian

Promo graphic with glittery gold over a green background. Text reads: Fanny Bay Christmas Market. Saturday, November 22, 10 am to 4 pm. Sunday, November 23, 10 am to 3 pm. Fanny Bay Community Hall, 7793 Island Highway South. Free admission, a variety of artisans, crafters, and vendors, quilting display and sale, concession by the Fanny Bay Seniors, Seniors Raffle and Bake Sale (Saturday Only). Support Local Booksellers: Can't make the market? Pin your faves. Then snag a copy at one of these awesome Comox Valley booksellers.

A QR code graphic links to the following: https://ca.pinterest.com/kaiespace/books-of-comox-valley-writers-society/

Logos are included for the Comox Valley Writers Society, Blue Heron Books in Comox, Compass Gallery + Gifts at the airport in Comox, ROAM Store + Studio in Comox, Books 4 Brains in Comox, SMÖL store in Cumberland, and Laughing Oyster Bookshop in Courtenay.

Promo graphic with glittery gold and white snowflakes over a green background features 10 authors and their books, along with event details. Authors are Anna McCarthy, Jacqueline McAdam, Lisa Johnston, M.C. Rolston, Marion Waters, Mark Lada, R.E. St. Denis, Sylvia Bourgeois, Gary Karlsen & K.A. Wiggins

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)@kaiewrites· Nov 10

🧵3 - @kimberbannerman.bsky.social www.kbannerman.com -Nicola Kapron: www.facebook.com/nicola.kapron (or work w/ her: www.nicolakapronportfolio.com *or* Monique Riel: crowspell.ca ) - @joshuagillingham.bsky.social www.joshuagillingham.ca/writing-blog - @blackcatbooks.bsky.social www.blackcatbooks.net

Photo of Kim Bannerman reading from her story in The Kindread Coast surrounded by costumed attendees, Halloween decor and candy, and book shelves and displays during West Coast Horror at Fireside Books in Parksville, BC.

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)@kaiewrites· Nov 10

🧵2 The Kindread Coast & titles by the authors are still available at Fireside Books & indie shops across Vancouver Island ( www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FRKB5364/ for ebook fans!)👻 & Stay in touch for more spooky fun: -at Fireside Books: firesidebooks.ca/events -my next event (or newsletter!) kawiggins.com

Photo of K.A. Wiggins posing with an attendee during West Coast Horror at Fireside Books in Parksville, BC. Publisher Shanon Sinn is in the background.

Photo of K.A. Wiggins holding a copy of The Kindread Coast and gesturing to a table with books, Halloween decor and candy, surrounded by book shelves and displays during West Coast Horror at Fireside Books in Parksville, BC.

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)@kaiewrites· Nov 10

Our WEST COAST HORROR event was AWESOME~ Thanks to Fireside Books Parksville for hosting & to all who made it out!🎃 50% of our lineup fell to the very-on-theme event planning curse, but we welcomed surprise special guests Shanon Sinn & Haley Healey💞 [photos credits: Kim Bannerman, Shanon Sinn] 🧵1

Photo of Nicola Kapron, K.A. Wiggins & Kim Bannerman with a copy of The Kindread Coast inside Fireside Books in Parksville BC

View of Nicola Kapron reading from her story in The Kindread Coast alongside contributors Kim Bannerman and K.A. Wiggins, surrounded by costumed attendees, Halloween decor and candy, and book shelves and displays during West Coast Horror at Fireside Books in Parksville, BC.

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)@kaiewrites· Nov 8

Minecraft inspired “wrapping” for a 7th birthday party! Brought to you by recycled cardboard, sharpie & aluminum foil 😂 (& being too lazy/eco to actually go shopping lol)

Photo of a cardboard box coloured in black sharpie to look like a Minecraft treasure chest

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)@kaiewrites· Oct 23

PROGRAM UPDATES: 🎃Spooky scavenger hunt (first 20 arrivals) 🎃Chat local cryptids & ghost lore w/ folks who've lived, unearthed & reimagined coastal horror! 🎃Haunting & horrifying (short) readings! 🎃Interactive storytelling—let's invent our own bookshop cryptid/urban legend/local creepypasta!