Katja Rammer

Can’t wait! 🙌

I'm running an illustration focused online Workshop for SCBWI on Wednesday 25th March 2026 | 7PM CET

Join me, have some fun hanging out, learning, and making some art! I always love seeing friendly faces at these kinds of events.

@katjarammer.bsky.social #scbwi

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nicht so laut - Frau R ist gerade im Gespräch mit ihren Gönnern bei der Fossillobby und kann sonst deren Anweisungen nicht folgen.

Wir hatten Recht. Staatsanwaltschaft prüft Ermittlung gegen den AfD wegen falscher Verdächtigung, die Polizei will ihre Kommunikation intern aufarbeiten, die Medien haben sich richtiggestellt. Ich war vor 2 Tagen so paranoid, weil alle das Gegenteil berichteten von dem, was ich mit eigenen Augen sah

Es ist echt bitter: Das Völkerrecht ist das, was der "Gutmensch" mal war, ein Objekt der Häme, fast ein Schimpfwort. Nur dass dies mittlerweile oft aus der Mitte heraus kommt. Wer Völkerrechtsargumente als "naiv" rahmt, macht das Recht des Stärkeren zum Maßstab. Bis er selbst der Schwächere ist.

Book cover of The Ice Beneath Me by Patti Buff. It shows a frozen lake with snow and footprints on it with a shadow of a pair of legs.

We’re halfway through the #LibraroPrize reading period!

Huge thanks to everyone who has already read and championed The Ice Beneath Me. Every bit of support helps push the story toward the shortlist.

If you’ve been meaning to check it out, there’s still time.
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Es gilt der alte Spruch: was ich selber denk und tu, trau ich auch den anderen zu.

In diesem Sinne: jede Anschuldigung eine Beichte…

Gecancelte Buchhandlungen wehren sich: Weimers Buchladen-Boomerang Die drei vom Kulturstaatsminister abgeräumten Buchhandlungen haben Anwälte eingeschaltet. Sie klagen gegen ihren Ausschluss vom Buchhandelspreis.

Super! Die drei gecancelten Buchläden klagen nun gegen Weimer, auch auf Herausgabe der Details, die zu ihren Ausschlüssen führten. ✊
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Ich würde das auch gern wissen. Nicht nur vom Merz. Auch vom Koalitions-Junior-Partner. Oder ist die SPD schon vor Scham über das ungeheuerliche Gebahren der Regierung in ganz, ganz tiefe Löcher gekrochen? Kopf in Sand; nix sehen, nix hören, nix sagen.

Art. 25 1 Die allgemeinen Regeln des Völkerrechtes sind Bestandteil des Bundesrechtes. 2Sie gehen den Gesetzen vor und erzeugen Rechte und Pflichten unmittelbar für die Bewohner des Bundesgebietes.

Könnte jemand Merz fragen, ob ich das beim Einbürgerungstest ignorieren soll?

Currently reading: Harrow Lake — Kat Ellis #AmReading

Finished today. What a ride!

Ich bitte hier selten bis nie um Hilfe. Heute tue ich das mal.

Gibt es in meiner Bubble, oder draußen herum jemanden, der sich mit Rente und Recht auskennt? Nen Anwalt, oder jemand , der bei der RV arbeitet?

Ich hätte da ein paar Fragen.

Gern Reskeet. Dankeschön. 😘

Es ist völlig bizarr, dass jene Hälfte der Bevölkerung, die die komplette Basis für alles Leben ist, die andere Häfte irgendwas fragen muss. Es ergibt null Sinn und kann, wie man merkt, nur mit dem Einsatz von Gewalt und Unterdrückung brutal aufrecht erhalten werden.

Tagging the one and only @lookhappy.bsky.social here, because silly me forgot in the original post!

#illustratorwebinar #kidlit #illustratoren #kidlitbooksky #booksky #bilderbuch #kidlitcreators #kinderbuch #bilderbuch #graphicnovels #comics #haru #visualart

From Sketch to Ink, Online Webinar with Joe Latham, creator of the award-winning HARU book on Wed, March 25th 2026. Recording will be available afterwards. 7pm CET, 6pm UTC, 1pm EST

Check out our #SCBWI Germany/Austria #illustrator focused #webinar with Joe Latham, the creator of the award-winning Haru Books.

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A great opportunity to get insights in Joe's process and learn his techniques and methods.

I am angry to a degree that I can't express in words about how Trump is messily dismantling our hard-won global progress on nuclear non-proliferation.

Subject: Congratulations to Victoria and Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:02:52 -o500 From: Chris Meade <c.meade@entrereneurcohort.com> To: [redacted] Victoria, Aaron and I are right now going over our game plan for 2026 and I wanted to connect with you personally because I genuinely believe you'd be a strong fit inside The Founders Club, considering what you're doing at Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association. Looks like you guys are killing it by supporting science fiction and fantasy writers. Almost all of our members join us via referrals and our Instagram, but my co-founder and I do like to personally reach out to people we believe are part of the 6% we accept into the club. Our community is an tight-knit circle of entrepreneurs making waves in their industries who support each other, celebrate wins, and tackle real problems together. It’s a seriously high-caliber club with all founders doing $1M to 10-figures in yearly revenue. If part of your focus for 2026 is upgrading your circle and building relationships that actually move the needle, this might be exactly what you’re looking for. Would you be interested in a quick 15-minute chat about the club? Chris Meade - Co-Founder P.S. If the Founders Club doesn’t sound like it’d be a good fit, just let me know and I’ll make sure not to follow up on this.

This is going around again--seems like a somewhat more deluxe successor to the Who's Who scams of yesteryear. What they don't want to tell you: it costs $791/mo to join www.foundersclubofficial.com/about-us (based on the images on the site, I suggested they change their name to White Founders Club)

My story, The Corydalis Kiss, has just been published over at Zoetic Press's 4LPH4NUM3R1C podcast.
It's part of Episode 14 - Misfit Magic.

Great stories! Mine at 24:25 minutes marker. Free to listen (and read.)

#shortstory #audioformat #podcast #publication

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Unklar

Adolf Hitler's rise to power was marked by early warning signs that went ignored. Politicians dismissed the alarm bells and institutions believed the system would restrain what was coming. History shows clearly just how wrong those assumptions were.

The story I wrote for @gavagai.com's 1000-character prompt last week has made first place, voted for by my fellow readers and writers there. So pleased! The prompt word was <hate>

Check it out for free here:

gavagai.com/g1000/week/13

#vss #winner #writingprompts #hate #Gavagai1000

Get more from The Deadlands on Patreon a zine containing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry about Death

we are

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80% of a skeleton cannot lift a thanksgiving turkey

80% of a liver is not enough to feed a bear

80% off is a going out of business sale

please keep us in the business of publishing death things 4 u

join us! get fiction!

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US citizen shot and killed by federal immigration agent last year, new records show Shooting death of Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, in Texas was not publicly disclosed by Department of Homeland Security

An ICE agent shot and killed 23-year-old U.S. citizen Ruben Ray Martinez in Texas almost an entire year ago and hid the shooting from the public.

It’s only now coming to light, 11 months later, due to Freedom of Information Act requests.

What else is the regime hiding from us?

His love comes with strings attached.

#7syllablesentence #promot

Quoting @giselawehrl.bsky.social here:

"It’s the most extreme version [of the Sunken Cost Fallacy]. Sacrifice a child to an ideology is the ultimate cost but instead of admitting that you did something wrong you keep to this decision and invest more in it."

I can't with these people. I just can't.

I don’t think they are scared. I think they are corrupted. 🤷🏼‍♀️

My corporate horror short story "Sunday Scaries" has been published in Issue 2 of The Bleeding Margin!

Really excited to be included in this fantastic issue. The magazine can be purchased here www.capitalhorror.com/collections/...

Dear #scbwi friends, especially the #europolitan folks, please give @renatairiswriter.bsky.social a warm welcome. I'm always so happy when the #writingcommunity on here grows. :-)

@laurarueckert.bsky.social @sarahroe.bsky.social @storysnug.com @melindasalisbury.com @amberlough.bsky.social

OMG guys, today I learned that the English language has the word shtum. Which is basically a phonetic equivalent to the German word stumm - which has the same meaning - which isn't that surprising since both words' etymology apparently goes back to Yiddish.
I love this.

Cover of Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis

Currently reading: Harrow Lake — Kat Ellis #AmReading

made it about 70% through last night, then had to stop. I might get to the point where I need to read this in daylight now - hahaha

(yes, just starting out with the whole horror(-adjacent) prose)