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# Zoe Kaplan Writes

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## Posts

- [Blog](https://zoekaplanwrites.com/blog/)
- [NEW STORY: So Familiar a Gleam](https://zoekaplanwrites.com/new-story-so-familiar-a-gleam/) - Hi everyone! My new story, "So Familiar a Gleam" is OUT NOW in the Dragon Gems Summer 2024 Edition! It's a contemporary sapphic sleeping beauty retelling about how much modern dating sucks and the ways we hold ourselves back from capital-R Romance. Also hot butch girls with swords. You'll like it! Also there are 33
- [Media Page + Various Announcements](https://zoekaplanwrites.com/media-page-various-announcements/) - Hey everyone, Recently, "The Witch Who Lives Next Door" was very kindly reviewed by Charles Payseur in Locus Magazine, THE industry rag for science fiction and fantasy publishing. This was a bucket list item for me, and I still don't totally believe it happened. I also had a mini interview with the editor of The
- [NEW REPRINT: The End of Rain](https://zoekaplanwrites.com/new-reprint-the-end-of-rain/) - "The End of Rain," originally printed back in 2022, is out as a reprint in The Future Fire, with a gorgeous new illustration. It's a little fabulist flash piece about the way relationships change, and it's probably the prettiest thing I've ever written. Best of all, it's no longer behind a paywall! So what are
- [NEW STORY: Mars and Venus](https://zoekaplanwrites.com/new-story-mars-and-venus/) - I hope you preordered Of Gods and Globes III and already have this story in your hands, but if not, it's not too late! Head here and get yourself a copy. This anthology is super cool: all the stories center on something that is BOTH a celestial object and a mythological figure. Mine is about
- [NEW STORY: “The Witch Who Lives Next Door”](https://zoekaplanwrites.com/new-story-the-witch-who-lives-next-door/) - Another one! You like witches? You like teenage pining? You like self-actualization? I know you do, that's why I wrote this one! Read it here! I actually sold this story way back in 2022. When the editor at Kaleidotrope Magazine said they'd publish it in their Spring 204 issue, I couldn't conceptualize of such
- [REPRINT: Pink Marble](https://zoekaplanwrites.com/reprint-pink-marble/) - She's alive! Go read "Pink Marble" (again) for free here
- [FORTHCOMING REPRINT: Pink Marble](https://zoekaplanwrites.com/forthcoming-reprint-pink-marble/) - Kind of late notice for this one, but my story "Pink Marble" is being reprinted this Tuesday with Stupefying Stories Showcase! This is my second sold reprint, technically, but my first one to actually be in the world, so I'm super excited! I'll send the link around as soon as it's live :)
- [PREORDER: Of Gods and Globes III](https://zoekaplanwrites.com/preorder-of-gods-and-globes-iii/) - I'm so excited to announce that the Of Gods and Globes III anthology is available for preorder! My story "Mars and Venus" is in this one, and it's a banger: gender, language, space pirates, what else could you ask for? You definitely want the whole anthology. The theme is super interesting: all the stories have
- [2023 Wrapup](https://zoekaplanwrites.com/2023-wrapup/) - Hello, it is more than a week into January and I'm finally wrapping up my 2023! Life comes at you fast. Here's what happened this year: I published two short stories "Midnight" in Hidden Realms "Travelling Salesman" in The Cosmic Background One of my stories from last year, "The Test", got nominated for the Brave
- [2023 in Books](https://zoekaplanwrites.com/2023-in-books/) - I read 175 books this year! Every year I compile a bunch of book stats, and like last year, I’m sharing some of them with you! Below, I’ve listed some interesting numbers, my book superlatives for the year, my top 30 books, and my top 10 short stories for 2023. You can see everything I
- [NEW STORY: Traveling Salesman](https://zoekaplanwrites.com/new-story-traveling-salesman/) - My new flash piece, Traveling Salesman, is out with The Cosmic Background now! Read it here! It's weird and short and a little bit ominous. I hope you all like it! This is my last story for 2023, but I've already got cool stuff lined up for 2024, so stay tuned.
- [I got business cards!](https://zoekaplanwrites.com/i-got-business-cards/) - My reward for selling 10 stories was getting myself business cards! I'm really pleased with how they turned out
- [FORTHCOMING STORY ANNOUNCEMENT: The Cosmic Background](https://zoekaplanwrites.com/forthcoming-story-announcement-the-cosmic-background/) - I’m so happy to announce that I have a story in The Cosmic Background! It comes out in September. It's a weird little one, but I think you guys will like it. For those of you playing the home game, I also have a stories coming from Ars Medica sometime this Fall, from Kaleidotrope magazine in early 2024
- [Inspiration Interview!](https://zoekaplanwrites.com/inspiration-interview/) - I am interviewed, along with the other contributors to the Hidden Realms anthology, about our inspiration here!
- [NEW STORY: Midnight](https://zoekaplanwrites.com/new-story-midnight/) - My second-person small town horror story, Midnight, is now out in the Hidden Realms anthology from Flame Tree Press! You can buy it here: https://www.flametreepublishing.com/hidden-realms-short-stories-isbn-9781804172711.html If you need a little more convincing, here’s what it’s about. You're driving on the road alone at night, when suddenly your lights go out. When they come back on, you're somewhere
- [A Nomination?](https://zoekaplanwrites.com/a-nomination/) - So it turns out that back in November, my story "The Test" was nominated for the 2022 Brave New Weird awards! And I had no idea! Winners were announced in December, and I didn't make the cut, but I genuinely am delighted to have been nominated. It's a really impressive list of authors to find
- [2022 Wrapup](https://zoekaplanwrites.com/2022-wrapup/) - Hey everyone! It's been a hell of a year. Actually, it's been my most stable year in a while--I had the same (good) job and the same (good) apartment the whole time. That's probably why I've been able to be so productive! I've been incredibly fortunate, and I dearly hope for more of the same,
- [2022 in Books](https://zoekaplanwrites.com/2022-in-books/) - I read 150 books this year. Holy shit. Every year I compile a whole bunch of book stats, and I did so for this record-breaking year, too. I thought it might be interesting to share with you guys! Below, I've listed some of the numbers I found interesting, my book superlatives for 2022, my full
- [NEW STORY: Verity](https://zoekaplanwrites.com/new-story-verity/) - My sapphic robot golem story, Verity, is now out with hyphen punk magazine! Read it here: https://hyphenpunk.com/fiction/verity/ If you need a little more convincing, here's what it's about. Tikva is a low-level office worker living in the near future. When her workplace does a trial of an administrative android called Verity, Tikva stops by to
- [NaNoWriMo 2022 Wrap Up](https://zoekaplanwrites.com/nanowrimo-2022-wrap-up/) - Hi everyone! So funny story, I was going to send out a newsletter at the beginning of the month setting intentions for NaNo, etc, but my roommate’s cat took a big bite out of my computer screen and in the ensuing chaos I lost track of that. And now the month is over! Let’s talk
- [FORTHCOMING STORY ANNOUNCEMENT: Ars Medica](https://zoekaplanwrites.com/forthcoming-story-announcement-ars-medica/) - Remember that story I couldn't tell you about? Well now I can! I’m overwhelmingly excited to announce that I have a story in Ars Medica, a journal of medical humanities. That's right, it's an academic journal! They only publish a smattering of short fiction, and amazingly, I got in! The issue with my story comes
- [FORTHCOMING STORY ANNOUNCEMENT: hyphen punk](https://zoekaplanwrites.com/forthcoming-story-announcement-hyphen-punk/) - I'm so happy to announce that I have a story in hyphen punk magazine! It comes out in late December of this year. This story particular story has had a long journey with two seperate almost-publications, and I'm delighted that it's finally found a home. For those of you playing the home game, I also
- [FORTHCOMING STORY ANNOUNCEMENT: Hidden Places](https://zoekaplanwrites.com/forthcoming-story-announcement-hidden-places/) - I'm so happy to announce that I have a story in Flame Tree Press's Hidden Realms anthology! It comes out in January 2023 in the UK, and in March here in the US (and also Canada). I'm overjoyed to share a table of contents with so many amazing writers! More information is available here: https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/successful-submissions-hidden-realms
- [#ReadsofAwe Wrapup](https://zoekaplanwrites.com/readsofawe-wrapup/) - During the Days of Awe, I read 10 books, covering 21 out of the 25 bingo squares and netting me 7 bingos! Here they all are, in the order I read them: The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon [out of your comfort zone, science fiction, blue cover] A Moon for Moe and Mo by

## Pages

- [Fiction](https://zoekaplanwrites.com/) - Short Fiction “So Familiar a Gleam,” Dragon Gems Summer 2024 AnthologyShort Story | Fantasy | Sapphic Rory stood me up.She said she’d meet me at the restaurant at seven, but it’s ten past eight now and there’s no sign of her, not even a text. I’m sitting here, nursing my cocktail and trying to catastrophize, because
- [About](https://zoekaplanwrites.com/about/) - Zoe Kaplan’s memorial can be found here: https://lanceschaubert.org/2024/10/10/in-memoriam-zoe-kaplan-requiescat-in-pace/She passed away in the night of October 8th from complications from Type 1 Diabetes and COVID. For site administration, please contact sarahwaitestx @ gmail.com About Zoe Kaplan Zoe Kaplan (she/her) has been making up stories for as long as she can remember. She has a bachelor’s in
- [Media](https://zoekaplanwrites.com/media/) - Media Awards Brave New Weird Award 2022 Shortlist | The Test Praise Praise for “The Witch Who Lives Next Door”“Zoe Kaplan keeps the fun going with “The Witch Who Lives Next Door”, which follows a girl as she decides she wants to be a witch (despite the slight resistance from her parents). But witches are needed

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