Anne Wilkins - author

So my story "Training Puppies" made it to the top 64 of the "hidden dungeon" genre this time for WB... but my daughter, Julia Jane Wilkins won her biopunk genre!!!

Thanks Sandra. That's really kind of you to say.

Very happy to have squeezed in at number 19 of the top 25 stories for the TL;DR Press contest. This story will end up being published in an anthology to be released later this year. It was horror themed, and my prompts were a volunteer, and an old TV set.

Spiders Eat Their Own In a spider nursery, widows care for all manners of spiders, but not everything is as it seems.

Very happy to share with you my story "Spiders Eat Their Own" published in MetaStellar today! Whoop! Whoop! 😀
www.metastellar.com/fiction/flas...
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Thanks!

And here's a little 100 word story by me out in the world today.

Awh! Thanks. It was a while ago now, I'm glad Creag finally got it out into the world.

$3000 Winner Anne Wilkins: Elegant Literature Award For New Writers (Bad Blood) YouTube video by Elegant Literature

And this has just got released into the world... this is my interview from June 2024 for winning the Elegant Literature Prize. 🤩
youtu.be/pJiTgu8FUdk?...

Thanks. Yeah, I spot that word "unfortunately" straight away in emails and my heart always sinks a little, but it's just part of writing life.

Anomaly: Year One (Shacklebound Books) Anomaly: Year One (Shacklebound Books) - Kindle edition by Fomley, Eric. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Anomaly: Year One (Shacklebound Books).

Lots of rejections lately, but there is some good news. I have a micro-story featured in The Anomaly: Year One ebook out in the world today! Copies are only .99: www.amazon.com/dp/B0G59YKK61
It is a real privilege to have my work featured alongside the amazing authors in this collection.
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Fabulous story by Jaimie Gill and super relevant to what's happening in the world today.

Congratulations - Flame Tree have amazing anthologies!

Changing Frequencies Anne Wilkins

A short little story up today on Sci-Fi Shorts. This one is called "Changing Frequencies". You can read it here: ift.tt/uaCUyln

Agreed. That was brilliant. Thank you for recommending.

Full list of BH #17 recommendations part 2 Hogan, Sean “Wassail,” Unquiet Slumbers. Holder, Nancy “The Captain’s Wife,” Where the Silent Ones Watch.Holi, Emily “Buttons,” Mother Knows Best.Hollingsworth, Matt “Zagreb,” Winter in the City.Ho…

Abigail, did you see one of your stories in Ellen Datlow's list? Here: ellendatlow.com/2026/01/03/f...

Melpomene’s Mermaid Toothpaste By T.L. Tomljanovic

ICYMI: “Melpomene’s Mermaid Toothpaste” in @ratbaglit.bsky.social

ratbaglit.substack.com/p/melpomenes...

Thanks Grace!

Me too! That and "just".

Thanks for the support!

A fun little piece by me in this cool mag, Rat Bag Lit.

Matthew WK's review of Clarkesworld Issue 231 4/5: R.T. Ester 3.75 stars Michelle Z. Jin 4.5 stars Anne Wilkins 4.5 stars Ferenc Samsa 4 stars Robert Reed 2 stars Rob Gillham 4 stars Madeleine Vigneron 4.25 stars

Book 1 of 2026 Clarkesworld Issue 231, December 2025 by Neil Clarke

My favs include works by:
@michellezj.bsky.social
@annewilkins.bsky.social
Madeleine Vigneron

Book 1 of #50BookPause
Purchase date: Dec. 2025

#BookSky 💙📚🪐 #booksreadin2026 #SciFisky

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From Steam to Steel YouTube video by Flame Tree Press & Studio

And Aphrodite T-100 is not available free to read online, but it can be listened to on the podcast, youtube version here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnCw...

The Taint, The Dark www.thedarkmagazine.com/the-taint/

Finding Love Within the Waves, The Dark www.thedarkmagazine.com/finding-love...

Beneath Ceaseless Skies - A Good Brother by Anne Wilkins As we get closer, the land turns dark, the shadows grow longer, and the wind picks up in a ghostly howl. A thick grey fog hugs the castle’s stone, and blackened trees climb its walls trying to escape....

A Good Brother, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/a-go...

The Cold Burns by Anne Wilkins Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

The Cold Burns, Clarkesworld clarkesworldmagazine.com/wilkins_12_25/

Huge thanks to all the editors and readers who have supported me this year. Here's a small selection of my 2025 short fiction that may be eligible for reader-nominated awards such as the Hugo Awards and the Sir Julius Vogel Awards.
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Beneath Ceaseless Skies - A Good Brother by Anne Wilkins As we get closer, the land turns dark, the shadows grow longer, and the wind picks up in a ghostly howl. A thick grey fog hugs the castle’s stone, and blackened trees climb its walls trying to escape....

Live in BCS #447: "A Good Brother" @annewilkins.bsky.social "As we get closer, the land turns dark and the wind picks up in a ghostly howl. Dead twigs poke from arrow slits, and one of the walls is crumbling into an oily moat. “Not long now,” I say." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/a-go...

Gosh - thank you so much!

Very fortunate to have a piece of flash fiction published in the Abyss & Apex magazine this quarter alongside some excellent stories. You can read my story, "Tethered to You" here: www.abyssapexzine.com/2026/01/teth...
And you can even leave a comment on it if you'd like :)
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