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What We Don’t Know About Angels

1 month ago | lightspeedmagazine.com | Wendy Wagner |Kristina Ten

When Clem first realizes she’s a monster, she’s in the gender-neutral bathroom on the fourth floor of the Seattle Convention Center, trying to convince the touchless faucet she exists. She waves her hands under the gleaming tap, then, remembering something Sabrina told her about sensors, spirit-fingers her way down to the base. Tries a little to the left of that, too. A little to the right. Still—and now she’s for sure late—nothing. Clem thinks about how vampires can’t see themselves in the mirror.
PseudoPod 918: The Dreadful and Specific Monster of Starosibirsk

May 3, 2024 | pseudopod.org | Kristina Ten |Clockpunk Studios

[ 4065 words ] Author : Kristina Ten Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis“The Dreadful and Specific Monster of Starosibirsk” originally appeared in Weird Horror in May 2021Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 35:48 — 33.3MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | TuneIn | RSS by Kristina TenI know what you will say.
Uncanny Magazine 2023 Favorite Fiction Reader Poll Results!

Feb 15, 2024 | uncannymagazine.com | Michael Thomas |R.S.A. Garcia |Naomi Kritzer |Kristina Ten

Uncanny Magazine 2023 Favorite Fiction Reader Poll Results! Space Unicorns! It is time to announce the TOP STORY in our Uncanny Magazine 2023 Favorite Fiction Reader Poll!It is….
Excerpts from McSweeney’s Quarterly: Winner of the Stephen Dixon Award for Short Fiction: Kristina Ten’s “ADJECTIVE”

Dec 14, 2023 | mcsweeneys.net | Kristina Ten

The Stephen Dixon Award for Short Fiction recognizes an emerging fiction writer who is experimenting with form and expanding the boundaries of storytelling. Our winner is Kristina Ten with “ADJECTIVE” published in issue 72 of McSweeney’s Quarterly. - - -Day one at your new job, your coworker wants to know are you really an immigrant. You brought both passports to HR.
The Curing - Uncanny Magazine

Sep 5, 2023 | uncannymagazine.com | Kristina Ten |Clockpunk Studios

Content note: Hate crimes and animal deathWe stole the bottle of Elmer’s glue in the pass time between lunch and free period, the orange cap a beacon on the art room’s back shelves. Mrs. Chowdhury was out having her third baby in as many years, and the sub they’d hired to take her place spent most of his time in the lounge, flipping through motorcycle magazines and drinking neon-colored Surge from a borrowed “World’s Greatest Teacher” mug.
The Dizzy Room - Nightmare Magazine

Mar 8, 2023 | nightmare-magazine.com | Wendy Wagner |Kristina Ten

Content warnings:NoneMom and Dad all but forced the games on me. It’s hard to believe now. All you hear about these days is how kids don’t want to play water balloons anymore, don’t want to do sack race, how every year there’s an increase in reported grass allergies, and how in just a couple generations we as a society are going to forget we ever knew how to climb trees. Everyone has those apps that track screen time.
PseudoPod 854: Bones in It

Feb 24, 2023 | pseudopod.org | Kristina Ten |Kaitlyn Zivanovich |Clockpunk Studios

by Kristina TenBesides the vedma who lived behind the stove in steam room three, the banya in Grand Lake Plaza was the same as any other budget day spa on Chicago’s West Side. It had deep-tissue massages and signature facials, plus day passes for the communal baths and steam rooms.