@timchawaga
Spec fic writer and lobbyist for Utz Party Mix. Stories in Interzone and Escape Pod, Clarion West '19, rep: Joshua Bilmes at JABberwocky, He/him 🇺🇦🇦🇷 SALVAGIA forthcoming from Diversion Books Aug 12! https://linktr.ee/timchawaga
TONIGHT! Join us with guests C.S.E. Cooney & Kristina Ten, for our Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, 7pm at the KGB Bar. Come one, come all! @csecooney.bsky.social @kristinaten.bsky.social @datlow.bsky.social
Better late than never - here are Mercurio and my photos from the Feb 11th Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading, with guests Michael Cisco & Tim Chawaga. @michaelcisco.bsky.social @timchawaga.bsky.social @datlow.bsky.social @mercuriodrivera.bsky.social
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Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine by Kristina Ten: Review by Ian Mond locusmag.com/review/...
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my thanks again to everyone at KGB, @matthewkressel.net @tdelucci.bsky.social and @datlow.bsky.social for inviting me to read at that storied podium again -- and thanks to all who turned up to hear me and @timchawaga.bsky.social --
Join us next month for our Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series with guests Michael Cisco & Tim Chawaga, Feb 11th, 7pm at the KGB Bar. Come one, come all! @michaelcisco.bsky.social @timchawaga.bsky.social @datlow.bsky.social
Reactor has kindly bundled together some highlights of their original fiction from 2025, including my novelette Wolf Moon, Antler Moon, which is one of my very favorite things that I published this year. Prom massacre meets animal transformation story - enjoy! reactormag.com/download-sho...
Sneaking in one last new story for the year! Us, In Another Universe, my flash piece about the hero/villain relationship, ships, fics, and the multiverse is now available to read in December's @lightspeedmagazine.com
www.lightspeedmagazine.com?p=35303
So pleased to find THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED in such illustrious company! Thank you, @reactorsff.bsky.social!
Beervent Day 5:
Salvagia, by @timchawaga.bsky.social, a brilliant cli-fi noir that adeptly recalls the John D MacDonald’s Travis McGee, set in a climate-ravaged Florida and featuring secretive machines…
…a perfect pairing with Dewey’s Secret Machine fruited sour!
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ICYMI, my gothic, dark academia story about a crumbling educational institution, forbidden queer romance, and a snake, went live on The Dark today: www.thedarkmagazine.com/measurements...
Please enjoy this little essay about turning the past into a crime novel plot point in SALVAGIA in today's Climate Fiction Writers League newsletter!
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Just a friendly reminder that I'll be at Main Point Books tonight at 6:30 pm with @timchawaga.bsky.social talking about his new novel, Salvagia!
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the cover of sublimation by isabel j kim. two women emerge from a black line down the middle of a sunset colored cover. coming june 2 2026
SUBLIMATION by Isabel J Kim. Doppelgangers, corporate intrigue, heartbreak, betrayal, and the harsh permanence of the border: Sublimation is a thrilling and provocative debut for fans of Severance that asks what you'd sacrifice for a different life from award winning author Isabel J Kim The border cuts you in two. When you immigrate, you leave a copy of yourself behind. One person enters their new country, the other stays trapped at home. Some instances keep in touch, call each other daily, keep their lives and minds in sync in the hopes of reintegrating and resuming a life as one person. Others, like Soyoung Rose Kang, leave home at ten years old and never speak to their other selves again. Rose, in America, never imagined going back to Korea until her grandfather died and her Korean instance called her home for the funeral. She doesn’t know that Soyoung plans to steal her body and her life. How far would you go to live the choice you didn’t make?
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Excited!
In one week, I'll be at Main Point Books with @timchawaga.bsky.social celebrating the launch of his new novel, Salvagia. Hope to see you there!
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We are heartbroken to hear about the passing of Celeste Rita Baker, a wonderful writer and human. It was our joy and privilege to publish her story “Me and Seed Sheself” in our magazine in 2022. Our deepest condolences to her loved ones, may she rest in peace. www.khoreomag.com/fiction/me-a...
It is a book that will challenge you to reconsider the rituals of your own past and the political realities of the present.
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Moonrising is only $2.99 on Amazon Kindle! Moonrising is a near future sci-fi romance about the first lunar colony. It's cozy & optimistic with complex characters, lots of science & chickens in space. If you loved Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid or are an Andy Weir fan, this one's for you!
@timchawaga.bsky.social
Mur and Tim Chawaga dive into the depths of Tim's near-future science fiction mystery set in a flooded Florida.
The largest mass protests by number of participants in US history happened yesterday and the only mention on the front page of the NYT is Jamelle Bouie's opinion column: no diner-diving for sentiments of the unheard masses, no coverage of the Trump video, no sense for what it says about the moment.
Images of Brooklyn Books & Booze readers for 2026
Wondering what's up at Brooklyn Books & Booze in 2026? Here are just some incredible authors who'll read w/ us (including @ellenkushner.bsky.social @acwise.bsky.social @fondalee.bsky.social @kellyrobson.com & @timchawaga.bsky.social) --check out more at the link! 📚🎙️🧉👀
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A photograph of the front cover of Haunted Ecologies.
Did you know I wrote the back cover copy for this guy???
“encounter ethical werewolf rearing, murderous tree cults, Weird insectile evolutions, seaside folk horror, corrupt environmental tourism, gothic forest wanderings, eternal plastic pollution, sea-bound cosmic horror..”
How’d I do?
Today is pub day for Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine! However much writing can be a solitary act, putting a book out definitely isn’t. Thanks to Stillhouse Press and all of Tell Me Yours’ many champions.
My first book is out now. I hope you like it.
Kristina Ten’s Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine collection, hot off the press
Not much cooler than a former student’s new book in the campus mailbox. Thanks, @kristinaten.bsky.social
Had more fun doing this interview with @momoshaty.bsky.social for @nighttidemag.bsky.social than I think you’re allowed to have doing interviews?? Talked genre hopscotch, long Seoul walks, and not reading the reviews.
Pictured with last night’s neon dark magic portal…
A photo of haunted ecologies on top of other books
What are people saying about my eco-horror short story collection, Haunted Ecologies???
“Soggy” - Becky
“Prophetic” - Ai
“Weird” - Dave
“Great” - Regan
“Weird” - Yvonne
“Weeds” - Raymonde
“Thorny” - Hillary
“Fun” - Matthew
“Book” - Kelsey
Hey friends!
Next months newsletter is right around the corner. Have you signed up yet?
This one will contain:
@kristinaten.bsky.social’s top 5 short story recs.
My thoughts on assembling a collection.
A sneak peek at The Withering, Verdant End and much more.
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So many bunnies in the dark, creepy, and uncanny! 🥀🐇🖤 I’m thinking Bunnicula, Donnie Darko, Monty Python, Lynch’s Rabbits, Peele’s Us, that scene in Fatal Attraction, and these book covers here…
Scissor-like ears, unblinking eyes. Killer instincts from the bottom of the food chain.
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