Hello! My name is Abigail Kemske. I am a sci-fi, fantasy and horror writer from Minneapolis, MN. I am also a full member of SFWA, a Codexian, and twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Currently, I am working on various short fictions and a second world fantasy novel. Check out my socials at the bottom of the page to follow along. Thank you for stopping by!
2026 Award Eligibility
Stories eligible for Nebula, Hugo, Locus, Stoker and other awards. I am also eligible for the Astounding Award (second year of eligibility!) Please contact me via my form if you need any copies of print publications. Thanks for reading!
Venom is Poison is Strength is Venom
Flame Tree Fiction Newsletter (July 2026)
1,000 words | fantasy horror 🦄👻
“Inside her apartment, you sagged onto her bed. She served you hot tea and reminded you it’s better to get fanged than be sent belly-crawling through mountains until you shed your skin.”
A reimagining of a myth that explores the power hidden within curses.
By the Wings of an Albatross
Adventitious issue #3 (June 2026)
1,673 words | science fiction 🚀
“Marco steps onto the AlbaPort platform in his home pod that orbits the Earth, tensing in anticipation for the awful sensation of being pulled apart atom-by-atom.”
Skipping line at the teleportation hub should go fine, right?
🗣️ Recommended on Turn and Work
Six Things I Wish I Had Brought From Earth
Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity (June 2026)
923 words | science fiction 🚀
“That old mug from the planetarium café where we had our first date, drinking cherry blossom tea and dreaming of traveling off planet.”
Stuck on a failing space ship and reminiscing about what things from Earth.
🗣️ a Goodreads reviewer called this story “quietly devastating and creative in [its] heart-break.”
Dear/Deer
gavagai (January 2026)
2,963 words | horror 👻
“Every morning, she was there, looking in the bay window, waiting, chewing, eyes unblinking.”
A lonely teenage girl is visited by a strange deer every day.
🗣️ recommended on V. Astor Solomon’s Two Fic Tuesday
The Tongues of Ghosts
Foofaraw (July 2026)
1,000 words | fantasy 🦄
“I’m almost fourteen years old when the ghost wakes me for the second night in a row.”
Set in the late 90’s, a teenager is visited by a ghost that eats her food for her.
Forgotten Tastes of Tomorrow
Cozy in the Apocalypse by Angry Gable Press (October 2026)
996 words | science fiction 🚀
“Thanksgiving! That’s the one. It was good, wasn't it? Don’t know about you, but I sure miss it. What if I told you I have the flavor of Thanksgiving right here.”
A candy seller gives samples of candy that tastes like food before the apocalypse.
Mother Tree
gavagai (March 2026)
991 | fantasy horror 🦄👻
“Long shadows cast over the forest hiking trail like bony limbs. There was an hour left until dark, two hours until Cynthia’s husband expected her home. But she couldn’t turn around yet, not after her dramatics, not yet soothed by the wind in her hair. ”
Taking a break from her new baby, Cynthia decides to go home from her hike early, however, the forest has other plans.
🗣️ reviewed on Michael Staniforth’s Story/Day/Year
