writer of small things. she/her, they/them. pākehā. aussie born. 2020 Modern Letters Fiction Prize, shortlisted for the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.

Aotearoa New Zealand
Joined February 2011
i was lucky enough to place on the shortlist for the 2020 #CWPrize with my story "Rabbit", which is now up for reading! and thank you to @Ruby_Solomon_ for being a #goodartfriend and your amazing pic! addastories.org/rabbit/
Looking to read some shortlisted #CWPrize stories before submitting this year, or simply looking for something good to read, the 2021 shortlist is now up on adda: bit.ly/3FucVU2 Illustration by Ruby Solomon
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i was just minding my own business and then this tweet killed me with sniper accuracy
Have you had a ttrpg character named Ophelia, or are you not a burnt out former gifted student now queer bisexual
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sometimes people need watties on them
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Samantha Lane Murphy retweeted
Dirty Dancing, but with The Muppet Show theme
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some seriously awful exploitative practices occurring here and punishment meted out for standing up for basic workers rights. exploitative employers depend on secrecy and lack of support, so do share and/donate if you can!
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logging back into twitter dot com to collect sympathy and attention
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Samantha Lane Murphy retweeted
Yes! I am so passionate about our amazing Aotearoa New Zealand talent. You can check out my spreadsheet of published NZ spec fic novels here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets… And feel free to add your work if you're an #NZAuthor #ReadNZ #SpecFicNZ #NZSpecFic
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Samantha Lane Murphy retweeted
me: 01101001 00100000 01101100 01101111 01110110 01100101 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 non-binary person: what
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Samantha Lane Murphy retweeted
there IS a correct way to play dnd and only gay people know what that is
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collective noun for a group of writers pitches: an anthology of, a mimosa of, a @PaperRoadPress of
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remember, a first draft doesn’t have to be perfect! except for mine. mine must be flawless or I might as well quit. I am the only one this applies to.
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If you haven't already, check out the short story "Reprise" by Samantha Lane Murphy (@samjamming) in @strangehorizons-a moving sci-fi story about recovery and things we wish we had said to those who have passed. #scifi #shortstories #WritingCommunity strangehorizons.com/fiction/…
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and additionally, my first publication in an SF magazine like this, which was a dream of mine! hopefully the first first of [greater than one]
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absolute scenes ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟨⬛🟩 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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every time i post a wordle result im always a little prepared to lose at least one (1) follower
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is the word snarky coming back? who do i talk to about this
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the "women" vs "people with uteruses" thing is so silly and bioessentialism all the way down, even if at least the latter is inclusive. but 'person who needs an abortion' pretty much does all the implicit heavylifting, no??
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'people who go to the hairdressers' vs 'people with hair who go to the hairdressers'
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