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, Tin House (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
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
I have this short story I have affection for, but it is a little Weird. I sent it out on a whim bc it hasn't been out in a while, and got a super lovely personal rejection. I am by personality probably a doomer (I mean, look around??? wtf???) but I have found the key to being a happy writer for me ⬇️
October 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I have this short story I have affection for, but it is a little Weird. I sent it out on a whim bc it hasn't been out in a while, and got a super lovely personal rejection. I am by personality probably a doomer (I mean, look around??? wtf???) but I have found the key to being a happy writer for me ⬇️
yes please
Happy Mid Autumn Festival! 🥮 I’m thrilled to share the cover of #TheGirlWithAThousandFaces, coming 5 May 2026 from @torbooks.bsky.social! ⭐The Girl with a Thousand Faces is a Chinese-Gothic tale set in a historical Hong Kong.
Cover art by Lindsey Carr, Cover design by Shreya Gupta
Cover art by Lindsey Carr, Cover design by Shreya Gupta
October 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
yes please
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There are FOUR days left to apply to the 2026 Tin House Winter Online Workshop!
Writers Who Live Outside of the United States: We will be offering fifteen scholarships for writers who reside outside of the United States.
Apply here: tinhouse.com/workshop/win...
Writers Who Live Outside of the United States: We will be offering fifteen scholarships for writers who reside outside of the United States.
Apply here: tinhouse.com/workshop/win...
October 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
There are FOUR days left to apply to the 2026 Tin House Winter Online Workshop!
Writers Who Live Outside of the United States: We will be offering fifteen scholarships for writers who reside outside of the United States.
Apply here: tinhouse.com/workshop/win...
Writers Who Live Outside of the United States: We will be offering fifteen scholarships for writers who reside outside of the United States.
Apply here: tinhouse.com/workshop/win...
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Did you think I was kidding when I said this book is amazing and you should preorder it now? Kudos to coeditors @annaleen.bsky.social and @older.bsky.social, and our incredible roster of writers and activists, for creating such a marvellous work!
September 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Did you think I was kidding when I said this book is amazing and you should preorder it now? Kudos to coeditors @annaleen.bsky.social and @older.bsky.social, and our incredible roster of writers and activists, for creating such a marvellous work!
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Bookmark and Bookplate reveal for 🌬️🌊⚙️A RIVER FROM THE SKY 🌬️🌊⚙️
April 21, 2026 from @titanbooks.bsky.social
If you preorder A RIVER FROM THE SKY and fill out the form in my bio, you can get a bookmark & bookplate along with the art cards!! (Indie bookstore preorder campaign info coming soon!)
April 21, 2026 from @titanbooks.bsky.social
If you preorder A RIVER FROM THE SKY and fill out the form in my bio, you can get a bookmark & bookplate along with the art cards!! (Indie bookstore preorder campaign info coming soon!)
September 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Bookmark and Bookplate reveal for 🌬️🌊⚙️A RIVER FROM THE SKY 🌬️🌊⚙️
April 21, 2026 from @titanbooks.bsky.social
If you preorder A RIVER FROM THE SKY and fill out the form in my bio, you can get a bookmark & bookplate along with the art cards!! (Indie bookstore preorder campaign info coming soon!)
April 21, 2026 from @titanbooks.bsky.social
If you preorder A RIVER FROM THE SKY and fill out the form in my bio, you can get a bookmark & bookplate along with the art cards!! (Indie bookstore preorder campaign info coming soon!)
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I'm teaching a class on basic story structure at the fabulous Write Space in Orange, NJ on October 21st from 7-9pm--more info and signup: bit.ly/4296vX0
September 20, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I'm teaching a class on basic story structure at the fabulous Write Space in Orange, NJ on October 21st from 7-9pm--more info and signup: bit.ly/4296vX0
newsletter ~ happy friday y'all
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Your creativity is benevolent, and you can always return to it
Scenes from the summer, a new publication, an upcoming reading, a pep talk about returning to yourself
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September 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
newsletter ~ happy friday y'all
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"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
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
September 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
"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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Periplus, a mentorship collective serving US-based early-career writers of color, is now accepting applications for our 2026 class of fellows! Apply by 9/20: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) here: bit.ly/periplusfaq
You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) here: bit.ly/periplusfaq
PERIPLUS: An FAQ
PERIPLUS: AN FAQ Updated August 2025 Hi! Thanks for your interest in Periplus, a mentorship collective serving U.S. writers who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color. We're glad you’re here. Rea...
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August 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Periplus, a mentorship collective serving US-based early-career writers of color, is now accepting applications for our 2026 class of fellows! Apply by 9/20: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) here: bit.ly/periplusfaq
You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) here: bit.ly/periplusfaq
I’m a fairly confident knitter trying to learn a little crochet and wow. You people are just lawless aren’t you
September 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I’m a fairly confident knitter trying to learn a little crochet and wow. You people are just lawless aren’t you
We love new book day, congrats @catherineyuwrites.bsky.social !! horror and betrayal in the high pressure cooker of a prestigious ballet academy, this will definitely end super good for every character I’m sure
September 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
We love new book day, congrats @catherineyuwrites.bsky.social !! horror and betrayal in the high pressure cooker of a prestigious ballet academy, this will definitely end super good for every character I’m sure
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I'm in this! With a little fabulist story about bird mom problems aka what happens when you have an immigrant parent and the choice to assimilate is made for you.
The new issue is out! We are storytelling animals, always have been, always will be. This issue is proof that stories still mean something in our world.
www.lunastationquart...
#ShortStories #WomenWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Reading #Writing #Magazines
www.lunastationquart...
#ShortStories #WomenWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Reading #Writing #Magazines
September 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I'm in this! With a little fabulist story about bird mom problems aka what happens when you have an immigrant parent and the choice to assimilate is made for you.
This is a half facetious question but: Why is every horror writer I meet the sunniest person alive
August 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This is a half facetious question but: Why is every horror writer I meet the sunniest person alive
Now that's what I'm talking about when I say "move fast and break things" lol
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Now that's what I'm talking about when I say "move fast and break things" lol
Go read the novella that really hurt my detached-from-my-origins feelings, and made me cry a lot (affectionate)
ICYMI; THE LAST DRAGONERS OF BOWBAZAAR, my British Fantasy & Subjective Chaos Kind of Award-winning novella about a 'boy from nowhere' coming of age in 90s/00s Calcutta, in a family that may be refugees from another reality, in a house that may be a dragons' nest, is now available in S. Asia.
August 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Go read the novella that really hurt my detached-from-my-origins feelings, and made me cry a lot (affectionate)
Finally reading this. Absolutely lost it during the resigned apes smoking joints scene.
August 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Finally reading this. Absolutely lost it during the resigned apes smoking joints scene.
Thank yew @itsamia.bsky.social 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜 muahahahaha
August 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Thank yew @itsamia.bsky.social 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜 muahahahaha
Correct link this time :) Workshops panel tomorrow at 10:30! seattlein2025.org/program-and-...
Schedule
Worldcon features hundreds of hours of panel programming presented by hundreds of panelists, covering such diverse subjects as science fiction, fantasy, horror, science, costuming, art, writing, genre...
seattlein2025.org
August 15, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Correct link this time :) Workshops panel tomorrow at 10:30! seattlein2025.org/program-and-...
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every single one of my books are in there, including the newest one published two years ago. am furious.
y’all, i know you may be busy or at worldcon but take the time to look up yourself today. the ability to apply for the class action suit ends tonight!
y’all, i know you may be busy or at worldcon but take the time to look up yourself today. the ability to apply for the class action suit ends tonight!
"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details:
LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
every single one of my books are in there, including the newest one published two years ago. am furious.
y’all, i know you may be busy or at worldcon but take the time to look up yourself today. the ability to apply for the class action suit ends tonight!
y’all, i know you may be busy or at worldcon but take the time to look up yourself today. the ability to apply for the class action suit ends tonight!