Audrey Zhou
@audreyzhou.bsky.social
SFFH writer | she/her | short fiction in Strange Horizons, PseudoPod, and Orion’s Belt | Clarion 2025 | https://linktr.ee/audreyzhou
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Contract signed! So happy one of my favorite stories finally found a home!
“Magical Girl Eater,” inspired by the growing commodification of nostalgia + fandom (and of course all my favorite magical girl series from the 90s/00s 🌙), will be in a future issue of @uncannymagazine.bsky.social!
“Magical Girl Eater,” inspired by the growing commodification of nostalgia + fandom (and of course all my favorite magical girl series from the 90s/00s 🌙), will be in a future issue of @uncannymagazine.bsky.social!
November 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Contract signed! So happy one of my favorite stories finally found a home!
“Magical Girl Eater,” inspired by the growing commodification of nostalgia + fandom (and of course all my favorite magical girl series from the 90s/00s 🌙), will be in a future issue of @uncannymagazine.bsky.social!
“Magical Girl Eater,” inspired by the growing commodification of nostalgia + fandom (and of course all my favorite magical girl series from the 90s/00s 🌙), will be in a future issue of @uncannymagazine.bsky.social!
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Excited to share PseudoPod's wonderful performance (read by Rebecca Wei Hsieh) of "The Squatters" by Shawna Yang Ryan from Silk & Sinew. This is a story that will stick with you for a long long time.
Light a candle, snuggle with a blanket, and take a listen.
#badhandbooks #silkandsinew #horror
Light a candle, snuggle with a blanket, and take a listen.
#badhandbooks #silkandsinew #horror
"The government begins excavating the bones in late February"
The Squatters, by Shawna Yang Ryan
Narrator: Rebecca Wei Hsieh
Host: Kat Day
Audio: Chelsea Davis
pseudopod.org/2025/11/07/p...
This story originally appeared in the 2025 Anthology, Silk and Sinew
The Squatters, by Shawna Yang Ryan
Narrator: Rebecca Wei Hsieh
Host: Kat Day
Audio: Chelsea Davis
pseudopod.org/2025/11/07/p...
This story originally appeared in the 2025 Anthology, Silk and Sinew
PseudoPod 1002: The Squatters
The government begins excavating the bones in late February to coincide with the events planned to commemorate the massacre. It is meant to gesture that they truly do intend to follow through on their...
pseudopod.org
November 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Excited to share PseudoPod's wonderful performance (read by Rebecca Wei Hsieh) of "The Squatters" by Shawna Yang Ryan from Silk & Sinew. This is a story that will stick with you for a long long time.
Light a candle, snuggle with a blanket, and take a listen.
#badhandbooks #silkandsinew #horror
Light a candle, snuggle with a blanket, and take a listen.
#badhandbooks #silkandsinew #horror
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This review just blew me away:
"Silk & Sinew: Diaspora Dread Served Hot with a Splash of Ancestral Vinegar" 🔥🔥🔥
theblogwithoutaface.com/2025/10/10/s...
Much appreciation to Mr. November!
#silkandsinewantho #silkandsinew #badhandbooks #folkhorror #asiandiasporastories
"Silk & Sinew: Diaspora Dread Served Hot with a Splash of Ancestral Vinegar" 🔥🔥🔥
theblogwithoutaface.com/2025/10/10/s...
Much appreciation to Mr. November!
#silkandsinewantho #silkandsinew #badhandbooks #folkhorror #asiandiasporastories
October 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This review just blew me away:
"Silk & Sinew: Diaspora Dread Served Hot with a Splash of Ancestral Vinegar" 🔥🔥🔥
theblogwithoutaface.com/2025/10/10/s...
Much appreciation to Mr. November!
#silkandsinewantho #silkandsinew #badhandbooks #folkhorror #asiandiasporastories
"Silk & Sinew: Diaspora Dread Served Hot with a Splash of Ancestral Vinegar" 🔥🔥🔥
theblogwithoutaface.com/2025/10/10/s...
Much appreciation to Mr. November!
#silkandsinewantho #silkandsinew #badhandbooks #folkhorror #asiandiasporastories
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LA people!
We’ve got copies of SILK & SINEW at @vromansbookstore.bsky.social in Pasadena and @barnesandnoble.com in Glendale! Get em while they’re hot off the @badhandbooks.bsky.social press.
We’ve got copies of SILK & SINEW at @vromansbookstore.bsky.social in Pasadena and @barnesandnoble.com in Glendale! Get em while they’re hot off the @badhandbooks.bsky.social press.
October 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
LA people!
We’ve got copies of SILK & SINEW at @vromansbookstore.bsky.social in Pasadena and @barnesandnoble.com in Glendale! Get em while they’re hot off the @badhandbooks.bsky.social press.
We’ve got copies of SILK & SINEW at @vromansbookstore.bsky.social in Pasadena and @barnesandnoble.com in Glendale! Get em while they’re hot off the @badhandbooks.bsky.social press.
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RELEASE DATE: What's better than a new issue from FF? Two issues on the same day! In our first-ever dual launch day, you'll be able to get FF#26 and Saros #4 in one handy download package.
Get excited for Monday, October 27th!
Get excited for Monday, October 27th!
October 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
RELEASE DATE: What's better than a new issue from FF? Two issues on the same day! In our first-ever dual launch day, you'll be able to get FF#26 and Saros #4 in one handy download package.
Get excited for Monday, October 27th!
Get excited for Monday, October 27th!
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We are $225 from MORE ART! We want to be able to commission one or more additional queer artists to create even more art! Think headers, dividers, the little flourishes and interior art details that bring things to life! Help us support more queer art! 👀
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF!
A new queer-led literary magazine devoted to speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.
www.kickstarter.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
We are $225 from MORE ART! We want to be able to commission one or more additional queer artists to create even more art! Think headers, dividers, the little flourishes and interior art details that bring things to life! Help us support more queer art! 👀
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
very honored to have a short story in this anthology and extremely excited to be in such company❤️do check SILK & SINEW and the other works on this list out!!
New York Public Library names SILK & SINEW in Best New #Horror List for 2025!!!
Thank you #NYPL for this incredible honor. It means so much to be recognized by the best people-- #librarians! Contributors, YOUR words have given us the most amazing, fabulously bloody, 3-legged crow wings!!
Thank you #NYPL for this incredible honor. It means so much to be recognized by the best people-- #librarians! Contributors, YOUR words have given us the most amazing, fabulously bloody, 3-legged crow wings!!
October 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM
very honored to have a short story in this anthology and extremely excited to be in such company❤️do check SILK & SINEW and the other works on this list out!!
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HOLY MOLY! The New York Public Library has named SILK & SINEW one of the best new horror books for adults. Congratulations to @garnetonwinter.bsky.social and all of our contributors. The anthology is available now wherever books are sold.
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/silk-sinew...
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/silk-sinew...
October 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
HOLY MOLY! The New York Public Library has named SILK & SINEW one of the best new horror books for adults. Congratulations to @garnetonwinter.bsky.social and all of our contributors. The anthology is available now wherever books are sold.
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/silk-sinew...
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/silk-sinew...
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Ok so I returned to @vromansbookstore.bsky.social to buy my son a book and I ran into @joerlansdale.bsky.social and one thing led to another and he asked me to autograph him a copy of SILK & SINEW from the inimitable @badhandbooks.bsky.social. Thanks, Joe! What an afternoon. Bookstores fuckin rock.
October 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Ok so I returned to @vromansbookstore.bsky.social to buy my son a book and I ran into @joerlansdale.bsky.social and one thing led to another and he asked me to autograph him a copy of SILK & SINEW from the inimitable @badhandbooks.bsky.social. Thanks, Joe! What an afternoon. Bookstores fuckin rock.
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Happy to announce that we've acquired "In the Wake of Whales" by @clairejiawen.bsky.social for FF#28!
Claire's work has previously appeared in Clarkesworld and khōréō.
Claire's work has previously appeared in Clarkesworld and khōréō.
September 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Happy to announce that we've acquired "In the Wake of Whales" by @clairejiawen.bsky.social for FF#28!
Claire's work has previously appeared in Clarkesworld and khōréō.
Claire's work has previously appeared in Clarkesworld and khōréō.
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Happy to announce that we've acquired "(Non)deterministic Finite Automata" by @audreyzhou.bsky.social for FF#28!
Audrey's a Clarion grad who's previously had work published in Strange Horizons, PseudoPod, and Orion's Belt.
Audrey's a Clarion grad who's previously had work published in Strange Horizons, PseudoPod, and Orion's Belt.
September 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Happy to announce that we've acquired "(Non)deterministic Finite Automata" by @audreyzhou.bsky.social for FF#28!
Audrey's a Clarion grad who's previously had work published in Strange Horizons, PseudoPod, and Orion's Belt.
Audrey's a Clarion grad who's previously had work published in Strange Horizons, PseudoPod, and Orion's Belt.
so thrilled and excited🫶this story is very near and dear to my heart
Happy to announce that we've acquired "(Non)deterministic Finite Automata" by @audreyzhou.bsky.social for FF#28!
Audrey's a Clarion grad who's previously had work published in Strange Horizons, PseudoPod, and Orion's Belt.
Audrey's a Clarion grad who's previously had work published in Strange Horizons, PseudoPod, and Orion's Belt.
September 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
so thrilled and excited🫶this story is very near and dear to my heart
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new story day! a friend called it 'evangelion bitch murder popstar lesbians' and i really can't do any better than that, hope you check it out!
clarkesworldmagazine.com/jia-wen_09_25/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/jia-wen_09_25/
September 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
new story day! a friend called it 'evangelion bitch murder popstar lesbians' and i really can't do any better than that, hope you check it out!
clarkesworldmagazine.com/jia-wen_09_25/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/jia-wen_09_25/
changed my life
new story day! a friend called it 'evangelion bitch murder popstar lesbians' and i really can't do any better than that, hope you check it out!
clarkesworldmagazine.com/jia-wen_09_25/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/jia-wen_09_25/
September 16, 2025 at 2:43 AM
changed my life
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Meet our 2025 Clarion Writers’ Workshop graduates! They’re pictured with their instructors, @jedediahberry.com and GennaRose Nethercott, who led the final two weeks.
It has been an unforgettable summer, and we’re so proud to call this class Clarion alumni!
It has been an unforgettable summer, and we’re so proud to call this class Clarion alumni!
August 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Meet our 2025 Clarion Writers’ Workshop graduates! They’re pictured with their instructors, @jedediahberry.com and GennaRose Nethercott, who led the final two weeks.
It has been an unforgettable summer, and we’re so proud to call this class Clarion alumni!
It has been an unforgettable summer, and we’re so proud to call this class Clarion alumni!
going to miss this summer forever🫶truly a once in a lifetime opportunity
Meet our 2025 Clarion Writers’ Workshop graduates! They’re pictured with their instructors, @jedediahberry.com and GennaRose Nethercott, who led the final two weeks.
It has been an unforgettable summer, and we’re so proud to call this class Clarion alumni!
It has been an unforgettable summer, and we’re so proud to call this class Clarion alumni!
August 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
going to miss this summer forever🫶truly a once in a lifetime opportunity
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so so honored to be included among such wonderful writers and im still processing that my story was included--the "The Last Flesh Figure Skaters" means so much to me
We're delighted to share the cover (by @mspencerdraws.bsky.social) and announce the table of contents for WE'RE HERE: THE BEST QUEER SPECULATIVE FICTION 2024, selected by editor @rykaaoki.bsky.social and working with series editor @cypayseur.bsky.social!
www.neonhemlock.com/news/were-he...
www.neonhemlock.com/news/were-he...
July 9, 2025 at 4:45 AM
so so honored to be included among such wonderful writers and im still processing that my story was included--the "The Last Flesh Figure Skaters" means so much to me
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We are so excited to announce our talented cohort of writers for the 2025 Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop. Congratulations to these incredible writers! We cannot wait to meet you all in San Diego!
April 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
We are so excited to announce our talented cohort of writers for the 2025 Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop. Congratulations to these incredible writers! We cannot wait to meet you all in San Diego!
cannot wait for the summer🫶
We are so excited to announce our talented cohort of writers for the 2025 Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop. Congratulations to these incredible writers! We cannot wait to meet you all in San Diego!
April 27, 2025 at 7:31 AM
cannot wait for the summer🫶
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so so excited to be in PseudoPod! I'm very grateful to have this story so wonderfully narrated <3 tune in for girls in love (?), necromancy, + demons of the third-wheeling kind
“You didn’t take the usual precautions when Lin died.”
Two’s Company, Three Might Be a Sign of Demonic Possession
by Audrey Zhou
Narrator: Pine Gonzalez
Host: Kat Day
Audio: Chelsea Davis
This story is a PseudoPod original.
pseudopod.org/2025/03/21/p...
Two’s Company, Three Might Be a Sign of Demonic Possession
by Audrey Zhou
Narrator: Pine Gonzalez
Host: Kat Day
Audio: Chelsea Davis
This story is a PseudoPod original.
pseudopod.org/2025/03/21/p...
PseudoPod 967: Two’s Company, Three Might Be A Sign of Demonic Possession
You didn’t take the usual precautions when Lin died. You would find out later how it happened—slippery tile floor, the trials of installing a new shower curtain rod, and the surprisingly fragile…
pseudopod.org
March 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
so so excited to be in PseudoPod! I'm very grateful to have this story so wonderfully narrated <3 tune in for girls in love (?), necromancy, + demons of the third-wheeling kind
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I’m back in the hosting chair this week!
“Readers* are advised to remember that the devil is a liar.”
[*or, indeed, listeners]
“Readers* are advised to remember that the devil is a liar.”
[*or, indeed, listeners]
“You didn’t take the usual precautions when Lin died.”
Two’s Company, Three Might Be a Sign of Demonic Possession
by Audrey Zhou
Narrator: Pine Gonzalez
Host: Kat Day
Audio: Chelsea Davis
This story is a PseudoPod original.
pseudopod.org/2025/03/21/p...
Two’s Company, Three Might Be a Sign of Demonic Possession
by Audrey Zhou
Narrator: Pine Gonzalez
Host: Kat Day
Audio: Chelsea Davis
This story is a PseudoPod original.
pseudopod.org/2025/03/21/p...
PseudoPod 967: Two’s Company, Three Might Be A Sign of Demonic Possession
You didn’t take the usual precautions when Lin died. You would find out later how it happened—slippery tile floor, the trials of installing a new shower curtain rod, and the surprisingly fragile…
pseudopod.org
March 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I’m back in the hosting chair this week!
“Readers* are advised to remember that the devil is a liar.”
[*or, indeed, listeners]
“Readers* are advised to remember that the devil is a liar.”
[*or, indeed, listeners]
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“You didn’t take the usual precautions when Lin died.”
Two’s Company, Three Might Be a Sign of Demonic Possession
by Audrey Zhou
Narrator: Pine Gonzalez
Host: Kat Day
Audio: Chelsea Davis
This story is a PseudoPod original.
pseudopod.org/2025/03/21/p...
Two’s Company, Three Might Be a Sign of Demonic Possession
by Audrey Zhou
Narrator: Pine Gonzalez
Host: Kat Day
Audio: Chelsea Davis
This story is a PseudoPod original.
pseudopod.org/2025/03/21/p...
PseudoPod 967: Two’s Company, Three Might Be A Sign of Demonic Possession
You didn’t take the usual precautions when Lin died. You would find out later how it happened—slippery tile floor, the trials of installing a new shower curtain rod, and the surprisingly fragile…
pseudopod.org
March 21, 2025 at 8:12 AM
“You didn’t take the usual precautions when Lin died.”
Two’s Company, Three Might Be a Sign of Demonic Possession
by Audrey Zhou
Narrator: Pine Gonzalez
Host: Kat Day
Audio: Chelsea Davis
This story is a PseudoPod original.
pseudopod.org/2025/03/21/p...
Two’s Company, Three Might Be a Sign of Demonic Possession
by Audrey Zhou
Narrator: Pine Gonzalez
Host: Kat Day
Audio: Chelsea Davis
This story is a PseudoPod original.
pseudopod.org/2025/03/21/p...
so so excited to be in PseudoPod! I'm very grateful to have this story so wonderfully narrated <3 tune in for girls in love (?), necromancy, + demons of the third-wheeling kind
“You didn’t take the usual precautions when Lin died.”
Two’s Company, Three Might Be a Sign of Demonic Possession
by Audrey Zhou
Narrator: Pine Gonzalez
Host: Kat Day
Audio: Chelsea Davis
This story is a PseudoPod original.
pseudopod.org/2025/03/21/p...
Two’s Company, Three Might Be a Sign of Demonic Possession
by Audrey Zhou
Narrator: Pine Gonzalez
Host: Kat Day
Audio: Chelsea Davis
This story is a PseudoPod original.
pseudopod.org/2025/03/21/p...
PseudoPod 967: Two’s Company, Three Might Be A Sign of Demonic Possession
You didn’t take the usual precautions when Lin died. You would find out later how it happened—slippery tile floor, the trials of installing a new shower curtain rod, and the surprisingly fragile…
pseudopod.org
March 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
so so excited to be in PseudoPod! I'm very grateful to have this story so wonderfully narrated <3 tune in for girls in love (?), necromancy, + demons of the third-wheeling kind
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Nebula nominations are open, so with that in mind, here’s my eligibility for this year. You’ll find “Bright Horizons” and “The Life You’ve Given Me, Rusty” on the Nebula list. Upvotes and shares always appreciated if you enjoy them. Thanks to those who have already helped spread the word.
I have 6 award-eligible stories this year, so I thought I’d make a thread to tell you a little bit about each of them (links included). Here’s my full eligibility post though to start: www.pacornell.com/2024-awards-...
2024 Awards Eligibility
Please consider my work if you're voting for speculative fiction awards including (but not limited to): Nebulas, Hugos, Locus, Bram Stoker, World Fantasy, Auroras, Ignyte, British Fantasy, BSFA ...
www.pacornell.com
December 16, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Nebula nominations are open, so with that in mind, here’s my eligibility for this year. You’ll find “Bright Horizons” and “The Life You’ve Given Me, Rusty” on the Nebula list. Upvotes and shares always appreciated if you enjoy them. Thanks to those who have already helped spread the word.
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my @khoreo.bsky.social story is live! if you like body mods, sapphic rivalry, and exploring anxieties around art+technologies, do check it out--it's awards eligible as well!
www.khoreomag.com/fiction/the-...
www.khoreomag.com/fiction/the-...
The Last Flesh Figure Skaters
The first time I saw you, you laced up your skates, adjusted your knee mods, and I was just another unremarkable face as you fluttered to the ice. My mother snapped at me to watch you, but it was like...
www.khoreomag.com
December 16, 2024 at 8:38 PM
my @khoreo.bsky.social story is live! if you like body mods, sapphic rivalry, and exploring anxieties around art+technologies, do check it out--it's awards eligible as well!
www.khoreomag.com/fiction/the-...
www.khoreomag.com/fiction/the-...