Biography

Vylar KaftanVylar Kaftan writes speculative fiction of all genres, including science fiction, fantasy, horror, and slipstream. Her stories have appeared in Realms of Fantasy, Strange Horizons, ChiZine, and Clarkesworld. Her work has been reprinted in Horror: The Best of the Year, honorably mentioned in The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, and shortlisted for the WSFA Small Press Award.
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She started writing during elementary school and for the most part hasn’t stopped. She’s very tired and needs to use the restroom.

A graduate of Clarion West, she’s volunteered for that group as well as the Little Owls mentoring program for young writers. She’s a member of SFWA, Codex, Broad Universe, and the Carl Brandon Society.

She lives with her husband Shannon in northern California. Her hobbies include modern-day temple dancing and preparing for a major earthquake. Her favorite color is all of them. She prefers the term “differently sane.”

To read her work, see the Bibliography page.

News
  • 6-24-10 – Sale to Redstone Science Fiction.
  • 6-20-10 – Published “Three-Legged Bird” in Black Static.
  • 6-4-10 – Added 2009 publications and quotes to Bibliography page.
  • 6-1-10 – Published “I’m Alive, I Love You, I’ll See You in Reno” at Lightspeed Magazine.
  • 5-19-10 – Sale to Way of the Wizard anthology and reprint (podcast) to Escape Pod.
  • 4-30-10 – Sales to GigaNotoSaurus and Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
  • 10-19-09 – Updated bibliography and announced sale to Lightspeed Magazine.
  • 3-8-09 – Site renovated. Welcome to my new website! Let me know what you think.