Kayleigh

Chicago writer. Stories in: @creepypod, @MalarkeyBooks, @ShotgunHoney, @HouseSpindle, @BlackHarePress. Rep: @ericsmithrocks (she/her)

[Kayleigh @KayleighRWrites]

Holding my own work in my library? ✔️☺️

[Tenebrous Press @TenebrousPress]

Congratulations to all the brilliant authors on the BRAVE NEW WEIRD shortlist!

And a hearty & exhausted thanks to the nearly 1000 submissions we had to agonize over.

Full list here: https://t.co/ak0Vag0hUo

Final Table of Contents will be announced...one day soon🖤☠️

[Kayleigh @KayleighRWrites]

I am still processing the fact that I made Brave New Weird’s short list with my story “Welcome to Rebirth Grove.”

Thank you to @tenebrouspress for the honor and thank you to Malarkey Books for giving my stories a home. ❤️

https://t.co/otJs88EhHW

[Kayleigh @KayleighRWrites]

@Virginia_Brasch I thought it was airy ice cream 😭

[L. Nabang @Nabang_L]

A huge thank you to @CrowKeys for publishing my short story "Heaven is the Sea." This is one of my favorite pieces; I'm so honored that Crow & Cross keys saw the beauty in my story and chose to publish it. Super excited to be part of their incredible roster of writers 💗

[Kayleigh @KayleighRWrites]

My story, The Maddening, is up on @creepypod’s Patreon. Content warnings are listed. It is not a gentle story.

https://t.co/X3uflQkC6i

[Governor JB Pritzker @GovPritzker]

As governor of Illinois, I’ve made it my mission to make our state the best to call home including for our LGBTQ+ community.

No matter who you are or who you love, everyone deserves dignity and equality.

Hate has no home here.

[Kayleigh @KayleighRWrites]

@JakeDoesRTV I hated it and didn’t get far into s1

[Kayleigh @KayleighRWrites]

In 2024, I:

💫 Went on sub for the first time!
💫 Wrote a novella, a middle grade novel, and a first draft of an adult novel.
💫 Wrote 5 short stories & 14 flash
💫 Had five works published and as many holds, far and away exceeding my 2023 stats
💫 Have a book at my library!

[Writing Mastery @writing_mastery]

Writers, what have you accomplished in 2024? 🌟

Share your writing wins, big or small!

#WritingCommunity #WritingWins

[Kayleigh @KayleighRWrites]

@By_EmilyRae Amazing year Emily!!!

[Lauren Carter {updates only} @writerlcarter]

A thank YOU to all the authors of SHORT SCARES ~ one of the proudest things I’ve accomplished putting this anthology together

[Kayleigh @KayleighRWrites]

Merry Christmas! Don’t forget to spend two minutes remembering what the season is about… 😏

[Shotgun Honey - Fiction with a Kick! @ShotgunHoney]

A Crimes-MAS special: "Supply and Demand" by K.A. Roy

https://t.co/94yYLwiWzQ

[Kayleigh @KayleighRWrites]

@OfferKuban 🙌🙌

[Shotgun Honey - Fiction with a Kick! @ShotgunHoney]

A Crimes-MAS special: "Supply and Demand" by K.A. Roy

https://t.co/94yYLwiWzQ

[Kayleigh @KayleighRWrites]

Christmas capitalism strikes again!

[Shotgun Honey - Fiction with a Kick! @ShotgunHoney]

A Crimes-MAS special: "Supply and Demand" by K.A. Roy

https://t.co/94yYLwiWzQ

[Kayleigh @KayleighRWrites]

@OfferKuban @ShotgunHoney Thank you!! ☺️

[Kayleigh @KayleighRWrites]

My Christmas crime story for Shotgun Honey’s Crimes-Mas series is out now!

https://t.co/jLIfSpimH5

[Gabino Iglesias @Gabino_Iglesias]

Your book made a best of 2024 list? Congrats! That’s great. Keep at it. You published something in 2024? Congrats! That’s great. Keep at it. You wrote something in 2024? Congrats! That’s great. Keep at it.

[Kayleigh @KayleighRWrites]

And! Contract signed, date TBA. Keep your ears open and ready for a forthcoming story at @creepypod 🥰

[Kayleigh @KayleighRWrites]

A wonderful way to end 2024!
A couple announcements:

I’ve got a little Crimes-Mas piece coming this week with @ShotgunHoney
🎄🎁💀

[Kayleigh @KayleighRWrites]

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