Misha (she/her)

@ahsimlibrarian.bsky.social

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Readers' advisory librarian. Former Clarion West Writers Workshop board member. 2022 World Fantasy Award judge. Karaoke enthusiast.

The Brightness by Chad Harbach, forthcoming novel that will be published in October 2026
Woodworking by Emily St. James
Loved and Missed by Susie Boyt
Rosenblatt’s Literature as Exploration
Romantasy panel with Amanda Cherry, Kendare Blake and Jasmine Silvera
Ink to Film podcast live recording with Ursula Vernon aka T. Kingfisher
Kate Ristau, Remy Nakamura, Erin M Evans, Peter Adrian Behravesh, Ben Thompson
Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash
Sadie, Misha & Becky
Cory Doctorow, Whitney Beltran & Ed Zitron
Marnee Chua, Nisi Shawl, Daniel H. Wilson, and Alan Boyle
Nisi Shawl, Daniel H. Wilson, and Alan Boyle
Book drop outside of Central Library with fire damage
Libraries Magical and Radical
Writing as an act of resistance
Queer Fear
Blood & Steam panel
Sadie Hartmann, Linda Addison, and Ellen Datlow
Weird horror panel
Where are the boogeyman?
Queer horror panel
The importance of queer horror
Becky Chambers at WorldCon
Hive Mind panel
Isolation Horror
Outspoken & Incendiary
Artificial Honesty panel
Writers with Drinks poster
Becky Chambers
Darcie Little Badger
Charlie Jane Anders
Annalee Newitz
Andrea Hairston at Town Hall Seattle
Charlie Jane Anders
Erotica & horror panel at ConCurrent
A closer Look at Afrocentric Futurisms
More Than a Little Queer: Seattle’s LGBTQIA+ History
Non-Colonial Space Exploration
The Moral of the Story panel at WorldCon
Working Class Science Fiction at WorldCon with Becky Chambers
Exploring Disability & Autonomy in Horror with Elsa Sjunneson, Rebecca Demarest, & Annie Carl
Make it weird panel at WorldCon
Weird fiction panel at WorldCon
Feral & Hysterical by Sadie Hartmann with librarian shout out in the acknowledgements!
Feral & Hysterical by Sadie Hartmann
Katee Robert & Cassandra Khaw
Mira Grant aka Seanan McGuire at the Central Library 7/10/25 at 7pm
The AI Con by Emily Bender & Alex Hanna
Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned books by Kirsten Miller
Holding a copy of C. S. E. Cooney’s SAINT DEATH’S HERALD next to a Pacifico beer with a lime
Harmattan Season by Tochi Onyebuchi
A Dash of Dread at Norwescon
Fanfic & Original writing at Norwescon
Coulda Woulda Shoulda panel at Norwescon
Mythic Origins
Positive influence in fandom panel at Norwescon
True Ghost Stories at Norwescon
Teens Overthrow the Government panel at Norwescon
Catherynne Valente at Norwescon
Rural Horror panel at Norwescon