Ash Huang
@ashsmash.bsky.social
Writer, three pep talks in a trench coat • Nightmare, Lightspeed, Ecotone, Apparition, Orion’s Belt • SLF Diverse Worlds Grant ‘22, RWW, McCormack WC (workshop + reading fellow), Periplus • Rep: @hel-no-wai.bsky.social • ashsmash.com
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Ash Huang
@ashsmash.bsky.social
· Sep 17
Safe Face - Nightmare Magazine
To save face, turn away from the sun. Turn away from the spatter of cold rain against the cheek, away from the hard light of the moon at its roundest, away from the snow-flecked wind, away from the ba...
www.nightmare-magazine.com
"To save face, turn away from the sun. Turn away from the spatter of cold rain against the cheek…" www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/safe... Out today for everyone in @nightmare-magazine.com
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This is a gorgeous essay.
“So much of politics is taking action but not getting what you want.”
“So much of politics is taking action but not getting what you want.”
When I wrote this a year ago I had no idea how bad things would get. Today, eight years after she left us, I'm trying to follow Ursula's advice: write and worry. Write and act. Worry and keep writing.
lithub.com/the-way-of-w...
lithub.com/the-way-of-w...
The Way of Water: On the Quiet Power of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Activism
In the past two months, I’ve found myself thinking back to an essay Ursula K. Le Guin posted on her blog in November 2016. It was one of her last long essays, and she wrote it at a time when she—li…
lithub.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:55 PM
This is a gorgeous essay.
“So much of politics is taking action but not getting what you want.”
“So much of politics is taking action but not getting what you want.”
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We are immensely proud of @leemandelo.bsky.social and all of our contributors behind AMPLITUDES, for making the @bsfa.bsky.social longlist!
www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
January 23, 2026 at 2:55 PM
We are immensely proud of @leemandelo.bsky.social and all of our contributors behind AMPLITUDES, for making the @bsfa.bsky.social longlist!
www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
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A thread of things you can do to help folks in MN.
If you've got funds to throw our way, the below website is a great place to start. I also repost fundraisers regularly as do other people on the ground. 🧵
www.standwithminnesota.com
If you've got funds to throw our way, the below website is a great place to start. I also repost fundraisers regularly as do other people on the ground. 🧵
www.standwithminnesota.com
Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
www.StandWithMinnesota.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:45 AM
A thread of things you can do to help folks in MN.
If you've got funds to throw our way, the below website is a great place to start. I also repost fundraisers regularly as do other people on the ground. 🧵
www.standwithminnesota.com
If you've got funds to throw our way, the below website is a great place to start. I also repost fundraisers regularly as do other people on the ground. 🧵
www.standwithminnesota.com
Sigh, particularly bummed about the world today; sending you all strength. Here's latest newsletter, though I'm sure like me, you're probs sad, too buttondown.com/ashsmash/arc...
Creativity is constant adolescence, and I’m sorry for that
A few workshops, and a pep talk: Creativity is constant adolescence, and I'm sorry for that
buttondown.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Sigh, particularly bummed about the world today; sending you all strength. Here's latest newsletter, though I'm sure like me, you're probs sad, too buttondown.com/ashsmash/arc...
i feel like that old relic ship museum from battlestar gallactica, biding my time, writing my little screeds w/ human editors only, hardcoding webstuff, setting type by hand, painting from scratch. wake me when the machines finish eating everything and cut the corners off all paper, i'll teach u css
December 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
i feel like that old relic ship museum from battlestar gallactica, biding my time, writing my little screeds w/ human editors only, hardcoding webstuff, setting type by hand, painting from scratch. wake me when the machines finish eating everything and cut the corners off all paper, i'll teach u css
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This Story Hour resounded with myth and wisdom! @deeholloway.bsky.social and @ashsmash.bsky.social read us stories that resonated with themes—and in some cases, styles—from fable and folktale. They say they didn't plan it, so watch and tell us: Is this destiny? #Booksky youtu.be/HEu7QYiEqpU
December 10, 2025 Story Hour: Dee Holloway and Ash Huang
YouTube video by Story Hour
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December 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This Story Hour resounded with myth and wisdom! @deeholloway.bsky.social and @ashsmash.bsky.social read us stories that resonated with themes—and in some cases, styles—from fable and folktale. They say they didn't plan it, so watch and tell us: Is this destiny? #Booksky youtu.be/HEu7QYiEqpU
(in best (but probably still weird) haunted voice) Join us
The Victorians told supernatural stories at the end of December. Story Hour is happy to have any excuse! This year, Dee Holloway and Ash Huang will regale us with their spookiest tales. Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PST! @deeholloway.bsky.social @ashsmash.bsky.social #Booksky www.storyhour2020.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
(in best (but probably still weird) haunted voice) Join us
Whee! It's out! get that e-book!
you've been waiting
and it's finally HERE!!
AFTERLIVES
curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social ✨🖤💀
get your ebook here!
psychopomp.com/product/afte...
and it's finally HERE!!
AFTERLIVES
curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social ✨🖤💀
get your ebook here!
psychopomp.com/product/afte...
Afterlives: The Year's Best Death Stories, 2024 - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Afterlives The Year’s Best Death Fiction 2024 Curated by Sheree Renée Thomas While Psychopomp aims to publish all the death fiction, we cannot possibly, so we decided to round up the best death storie...
psychopomp.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Whee! It's out! get that e-book!
Also here is a pep talk for you. “Get thee a hobby that can’t be monetized” buttondown.com/ashsmash/arc... bonus content includes straight up bragging about my knits
December 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Also here is a pep talk for you. “Get thee a hobby that can’t be monetized” buttondown.com/ashsmash/arc... bonus content includes straight up bragging about my knits
Reading with @deeholloway.bsky.social tomorrow night! www.storyhour2020.com ✨⚔️🗝️
December 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Reading with @deeholloway.bsky.social tomorrow night! www.storyhour2020.com ✨⚔️🗝️
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This is starting in two hours and it's going to be so cool! Join us! issues.org/event/what-i...
What Is Fiction’s Role in Imagining Better Social Policies?
Join us for a conversation on how social scientists, advocates, and policy makers can use fiction to imagine better futures.
issues.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This is starting in two hours and it's going to be so cool! Join us! issues.org/event/what-i...
I love being a writer. It's the best
(I wish I didn't feel the need to add that I'm being earnest and this isn't sarcastic but here we are on 2025 bsky)
(I wish I didn't feel the need to add that I'm being earnest and this isn't sarcastic but here we are on 2025 bsky)
December 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I love being a writer. It's the best
(I wish I didn't feel the need to add that I'm being earnest and this isn't sarcastic but here we are on 2025 bsky)
(I wish I didn't feel the need to add that I'm being earnest and this isn't sarcastic but here we are on 2025 bsky)
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got to attend an event that had a reading (streamed online, yay) of "Wilayat in Seven Saints" by Tanvir Ahmed and also had an awesome presentation by @jennahanchey.bsky.social!
absolutely in awe of this piece AND Jenna's presentation, and I'm going to be chewing on both for a good long while!
absolutely in awe of this piece AND Jenna's presentation, and I'm going to be chewing on both for a good long while!
There is, as it happens, a brand new issue of Kaleidotrope.
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
got to attend an event that had a reading (streamed online, yay) of "Wilayat in Seven Saints" by Tanvir Ahmed and also had an awesome presentation by @jennahanchey.bsky.social!
absolutely in awe of this piece AND Jenna's presentation, and I'm going to be chewing on both for a good long while!
absolutely in awe of this piece AND Jenna's presentation, and I'm going to be chewing on both for a good long while!
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Hey SFF community! The amazing @lpkindred.bsky.social needs our help to finish school! Please donate if you can and share widely!
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-lp-in...
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-lp-in...
Donate to Keep LP in School Spring 2026, organized by LP Kindred
Hey y'all,
I'm LP Kindred, a Chicagoan-Angeleno writer/editor/teaching artist/culture work… LP Kindred needs your support for Keep LP in School Spring 2026
www.gofundme.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Hey SFF community! The amazing @lpkindred.bsky.social needs our help to finish school! Please donate if you can and share widely!
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-lp-in...
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-lp-in...
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Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
peopleofcolorintech.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
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Black Friday Drop!!
I’ll be opening my store for the last time this year between Nov 22 12pm EST and Nov 30 12pm EST. We will have *SIX* new prints along with past ones, 2001 Space Odyssey APs, and Magic the Gathering APs. (1/4)
I’ll be opening my store for the last time this year between Nov 22 12pm EST and Nov 30 12pm EST. We will have *SIX* new prints along with past ones, 2001 Space Odyssey APs, and Magic the Gathering APs. (1/4)
November 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Black Friday Drop!!
I’ll be opening my store for the last time this year between Nov 22 12pm EST and Nov 30 12pm EST. We will have *SIX* new prints along with past ones, 2001 Space Odyssey APs, and Magic the Gathering APs. (1/4)
I’ll be opening my store for the last time this year between Nov 22 12pm EST and Nov 30 12pm EST. We will have *SIX* new prints along with past ones, 2001 Space Odyssey APs, and Magic the Gathering APs. (1/4)
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🌼🌒🌓🌔 HAPPY ECO EQUINOX 🌖🌗🌘🌼
ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION has been released into the world! We are honored to share these author's stories with you, and look forward to continuing the legacy of ECO for many years to come. 🍄💜 👽🖤
Order ECO24: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION has been released into the world! We are honored to share these author's stories with you, and look forward to continuing the legacy of ECO for many years to come. 🍄💜 👽🖤
Order ECO24: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
November 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🌼🌒🌓🌔 HAPPY ECO EQUINOX 🌖🌗🌘🌼
ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION has been released into the world! We are honored to share these author's stories with you, and look forward to continuing the legacy of ECO for many years to come. 🍄💜 👽🖤
Order ECO24: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION has been released into the world! We are honored to share these author's stories with you, and look forward to continuing the legacy of ECO for many years to come. 🍄💜 👽🖤
Order ECO24: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
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It's true! Nightmare Magazine will open to subs in January! Check out the schedule below for dates & times; read the guidelines for more specifics.
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
Moksha
adamant.moksha.io
November 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It's true! Nightmare Magazine will open to subs in January! Check out the schedule below for dates & times; read the guidelines for more specifics.
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
Trying here first: Are any of you geologists, rock nerds, or very knowledgable about natural gas? I am eventually looking for someone to occasionally consult with (yes, paid) for a project I'm working on.
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Trying here first: Are any of you geologists, rock nerds, or very knowledgable about natural gas? I am eventually looking for someone to occasionally consult with (yes, paid) for a project I'm working on.
This illustration is so metal, v excited for this and honored to be included
ANNOUNCEMENT
1. Afterlives 2024 curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social has been COVER REVEALED
2. the collection will be available FOR FREE to paid patrons of @thedeadlands.com
3. join now, read The Deadlands, and receive the book magically when it is released beginning of November
go see! 👇
1. Afterlives 2024 curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social has been COVER REVEALED
2. the collection will be available FOR FREE to paid patrons of @thedeadlands.com
3. join now, read The Deadlands, and receive the book magically when it is released beginning of November
go see! 👇
Afterlives 2024: Cover Reveal - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
One cool thing about being a psychopomp is the ability to lead people to places they haven't been before. Sure sure, the main place we lead people is the Realm of the Dead, yeah yeah, but we can take ...
psychopomp.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This illustration is so metal, v excited for this and honored to be included
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I’m now accepting applications for Fiction Editor and Poetry Editor positions for 2026 at Orion’s Belt. If you desire to join our team (especially if you have experience at a spec-fic magazine), please send a cover letter/CV to orionsbelt.submissions@gmail.com. Details: www.orions-belt.net/volunteer
Volunteer — Orion's Belt
www.orions-belt.net
November 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I’m now accepting applications for Fiction Editor and Poetry Editor positions for 2026 at Orion’s Belt. If you desire to join our team (especially if you have experience at a spec-fic magazine), please send a cover letter/CV to orionsbelt.submissions@gmail.com. Details: www.orions-belt.net/volunteer
Happy to see as Americans that we’re exhibiting signs of life today. Good job besties
November 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Happy to see as Americans that we’re exhibiting signs of life today. Good job besties
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My tropical Gothic horror novel THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED is almost here and now you can get a chance at a finished copy before pub date, thanks to this Goodreads giveaway! Entry details below
October 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
My tropical Gothic horror novel THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED is almost here and now you can get a chance at a finished copy before pub date, thanks to this Goodreads giveaway! Entry details below
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Aahh it’s release day for BASFF! Look at this gorgeous cover 😍 Thanks again to @gavingrant.bsky.social and @kellylink.bsky.social for pubbing ”The Witch Trap” in LCRW, and to @johnjosephadams.com and @nnedi.bsky.social for selecting it for this book 😭🥹🩵
@marinerbooks.bsky.social
@marinerbooks.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Aahh it’s release day for BASFF! Look at this gorgeous cover 😍 Thanks again to @gavingrant.bsky.social and @kellylink.bsky.social for pubbing ”The Witch Trap” in LCRW, and to @johnjosephadams.com and @nnedi.bsky.social for selecting it for this book 😭🥹🩵
@marinerbooks.bsky.social
@marinerbooks.bsky.social