@KaylanStedman

Here be stupid thoughts

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Joined December 2017
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Ghost Parachute@GhostParachuteOct 2
Read "Universe" by @xPamelaPainterx and illustrated by @KaylanStedman. tinyurl.com/3rmdffhr

Universe — Ghost Parachute

I was born to world-famous parents—my father a notorious rapper and my mother a favorite Pedro Almodovar star. My parents can do almost anything they want. Swim with whales. Buy a town. Name a kid...

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Ghost Parachute@GhostParachuteJul 1
Read "Secondhand (Jessie, 1913)" written by Kathryn Kulpa and illustrated by @KaylanStedman. tinyurl.com/46spt6kz

Secondhand (Jessie, 1913) — Ghost Parachute

Ralph slept like a log, if logs sleep. Mostly they just lay there, blank and dumb, waiting to be chopped. Not so far from Ralph, Jessie thought, only logs didn’t snore. Ralph buzz-sawed on, lips...

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Ghost Parachute@GhostParachuteJul 2
Read "Crooked Wood" written by Tara Campbell and illustrated by @KaylanStedman. tinyurl.com/y6azbj4a

Crooked Wood — Ghost Parachute

Memories stack like a cord of crooked wood, shifty and full of spiders. There was shouting and slamming of doors, which your older brother Jay turned into games of hide and seek, tucking you into...

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Incredibly honored to illustrate for @MkenWrites in this months Guost Parachute. “Yellow is the color of make-believe” is utterly charming! Please, pleae give it a read!
Ghost Parachute@GhostParachute1 Dec 2023
Read "Yellow is the colour of make-believe" written by @MkenWrites and illustrated by @KaylanStedman. tinyurl.com/ym6vxwtr

Yellow is the colour of make-believe — Ghost Parachute

When Bobby came into school dressed as a caterpillar, we never would have guessed what he’d grow up to be. It was World Book Day. His costume was a green pair of trousers, a bogey-coloured t-shirt...

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Please read the talented @amybookwhisper1 Amy Marques’s HISSING IN THE WIND! It was a joy to illustrate for her excellent flash fiction piece. Its a wonderful metaphorical story that breaks my heart; I feel the yearning of the narrator.
Ghost Parachute@GhostParachute2 Nov 2023
Read "Hissing in the Wind" written by @amybookwhisper1 and illustrated by @KaylanStedman. tinyurl.com/43ehppyn
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I know I’m a spoiled Orlando-kid because I’d be someone who’d probably instinctively quip “they’re everywhere”. It’s legitimately interesting to me that they’re not, in fact, “everywhere.”
Jenny Nicholson@JennyENicholson11 Apr 2023
Thinking about the last time I said I really want to try a Mold-A-Rama machine cause I've never seen one & a million people replied gaslighting me like "what they're EVERYWHERE," then linked a map showing there are like 12 in chicago 20 in orlando and 0 in the rest of the country
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Thank you @GhostParachute for giving me the opportunity to once again illustrate for your magazine for the one-of-a-kind @kathyfish #flashfiction #illustration #ghostparachute Go read her piece “Wild Things” at ghostparachute.com right now!
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Kathy thank you SO much. Wild Things had such beautiful nuance. I’m so thrilled you liked the illustration! It was my honor 🖊
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I had an absolute wonderful time illustrating for “My Father Called Me Firework”. @courtney_clute is so talented, and the visuals I had all the while reading this story stay with me.
Ghost Parachute@GhostParachute1 Nov 2022
Read "My Father Called Me Firework" written by @courtney_clute and illustrated by @KaylanStedman. tinyurl.com/54zxr26m
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Woke up at five thirty am to @$*# around on my phone until *checks watch* right now. 😑 Sorry, Self!
July: start using Twitter for good! Like supporting flash fiction writers and literary magazines such as Ghost Parachute. I illustrated for @nanopausa — The Storming of Rome. It was a joy to create this art because I get to revel in the story!
Ghost Parachute@GhostParachute1 Jun 2022
Read "The Storming of Rome" written by @nanopausa and illustrated by @KaylanStedman. ghostparachute.com/issue/jun…

The Storming of Rome — Ghost Parachute

They only appeared at night, at first, creeping from the woods. They kept away from our cars, from our houses, from us. We could only tell the next day by their prints on the ground, and the scatte...

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I am SO honored that I got to illustrate for the amazing Kathy Fish!
Ghost Parachute@GhostParachute2 May 2022
Read "You Were Only Waiting for This Moment to Arrive" written y @kathyfish and illustrated by @KaylanStedman. ghostparachute.com/issue/may…

You Were Only Waiting for This Moment to Arrive — Ghost Parachute

The boys stole. They stole sunglasses and Alfred E. Neuman tee shirts from the thrift store, a half-broke umbrella to twirl on the playground. Everyone made fun of them but what did they care? They...

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Ghost Parachute@GhostParachute1 Apr 2022
Read "Move on" written by @lynnfmundell and illustrated by @KaylanStedman. ghostparachute.com/issue/apr…

Move on — Ghost Parachute

It started with the clanging wall heater. But every office had that. It was an old building and I was becoming an old proofreader. Moving on soon? the designer asked after I’d been there seven years....

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Andrew Nadeau
@TheAndrewNadeau1 Feb 2022
The world was divided on Wordle, most loved it, many hated it. The only thing that could bring us all together was agreeing the NYT will absolutely ruin it.
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Without spoilers- I don’t know what certain life changes are like, yet this writer made me feel like I could empathize so much. The talent, I tell ya!!! I’m so proud to have illustrated for Thirteen Letters and of course to be invited to do so by Ghost Parachute.
Ghost Parachute@GhostParachute1 Feb 2022
Read "Thirteen Letters" written by @stephstephking and illustrated by @KaylanStedman. tinyurl.com/5n8eekeb
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Ghost Parachute@GhostParachute1 Feb 2022
Read "Thirteen Letters" written by @stephstephking and illustrated by @KaylanStedman. tinyurl.com/5n8eekeb
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Congratulations! It is a haunting piece, and I’m always so amazed by what writers such as @covo_noa create and evoke with only words. 💕 🖊
Noa Covo@covo_noa12 Dec 2021
Replying to @covo_noa
My first story published this year was "Death of a Teen Ballerina", in @GhostParachute, with an illustration by @KaylanStedman. ghostparachute.com/issue/jan…

Death of a Teen Ballerina — Ghost Parachute

The teen ballerina dies in the locker room. Her ghost peels itself away from her body and overlooks the carnage, studying the way her cracked chest parts to reveal her insides. The teen ballerina has...

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Sen. Bernie Sanders
@SenSanders1 Dec 2021
As the Supreme Court today hears a case on Roe v. Wade, let me be very clear. It is a woman who has the right to control her own body, not the government. If men were the ones giving birth, I doubt that this would be in question.
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This is an amazing piece by @avramargariti. It grabbed me on the first read; however, like so many things that spark my inspiration, it’s somehow even more engaging reread upon reread. It made my heart hurt in the best way. Also, I think I too love the gravedigger girlfriend ⚰️
Ghost Parachute@GhostParachute2 Dec 2021
Read "My Gravedigger Girlfriend" written by @avramargariti and illustrated by @KaylanStedman. tinyurl.com/yc3pmcfw
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