Eliza Chan
@elizachanwrites.bsky.social
🏴 Fantasy & Weird Fiction🖋️ FATHOMFOLK and TIDEBORN out now 🌊 HARBOUR OF HUNGRY GHOSTS 2026 👻BFA nominated short fic🦊 she/her rep Alex Cochran
https://linktr.ee/elizachan
https://linktr.ee/elizachan
"Save what can be saved. Let go of what cannot. Love, love, love, love, *love*.
Live. The future is the only apology you can offer the past, and the only forgiveness you can grant the present."
An astounding review. Thank you for letting me know I'm not just shouting into the void.
Live. The future is the only apology you can offer the past, and the only forgiveness you can grant the present."
An astounding review. Thank you for letting me know I'm not just shouting into the void.
15: Tideborn by @elizachanwrites.bsky.social. Another year, another tsunami of emotion and profound transformative writing from Eliza Chan’s Drowned World duology. To help me I’ve put my summary for my friends’ Discord server here too, but GOD. You are capable of learning. You are capable of change.
November 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
"Save what can be saved. Let go of what cannot. Love, love, love, love, *love*.
Live. The future is the only apology you can offer the past, and the only forgiveness you can grant the present."
An astounding review. Thank you for letting me know I'm not just shouting into the void.
Live. The future is the only apology you can offer the past, and the only forgiveness you can grant the present."
An astounding review. Thank you for letting me know I'm not just shouting into the void.
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I spent over a year of my life writing this collaborative craft book with eleven other (fantastic! talented! good-looking!) writers.
"Sometimes a story emerges fully formed in your mind, and sometimes it’s an onion, requiring several ‘peels’ to get to the real, eye-watering heart of the matter."
"Sometimes a story emerges fully formed in your mind, and sometimes it’s an onion, requiring several ‘peels’ to get to the real, eye-watering heart of the matter."
November 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I spent over a year of my life writing this collaborative craft book with eleven other (fantastic! talented! good-looking!) writers.
"Sometimes a story emerges fully formed in your mind, and sometimes it’s an onion, requiring several ‘peels’ to get to the real, eye-watering heart of the matter."
"Sometimes a story emerges fully formed in your mind, and sometimes it’s an onion, requiring several ‘peels’ to get to the real, eye-watering heart of the matter."
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@elizachanwrites.bsky.social immediately referencing the old “If you don’t do politics, what *do* you do?” advert from the 90s which is something that’s always stuck with me in that *everything* is political in some way, from the price of beer to roadworks.
October 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
@elizachanwrites.bsky.social immediately referencing the old “If you don’t do politics, what *do* you do?” advert from the 90s which is something that’s always stuck with me in that *everything* is political in some way, from the price of beer to roadworks.
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Second panel: Politics in Fantasy with @annasmithspark.bsky.social @hollyrace.bsky.social @thomasdlee.bsky.social @elizachanwrites.bsky.social and Jean Burlesk
October 31, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Second panel: Politics in Fantasy with @annasmithspark.bsky.social @hollyrace.bsky.social @thomasdlee.bsky.social @elizachanwrites.bsky.social and Jean Burlesk
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I am delighted and honoured to say that my second novel RAKESFALL has won the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! vajra.me/2025/10/21/r...
RAKESFALL wins the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
RAKESFALL wins the Le Guin Prize!
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October 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I am delighted and honoured to say that my second novel RAKESFALL has won the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! vajra.me/2025/10/21/r...
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If only OpenAI could have foreseen the entirely predictable hazards of irresponsibly releasing this tech. I guess the estate of every dead person will have to individually request a special dispensation to no longer have disgusting videos made by OpenAI’s tools.
OpenAI pauses Sora video generations of Martin Luther King Jr. | TechCrunch
OpenAI is pausing AI video generations of Martin Luther King at the request of the late civil rights activists' estate.
techcrunch.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
If only OpenAI could have foreseen the entirely predictable hazards of irresponsibly releasing this tech. I guess the estate of every dead person will have to individually request a special dispensation to no longer have disgusting videos made by OpenAI’s tools.
Lovely to be invited back by Womble to share some insights on TIDEBORN, book 2 of the Drowned World duology!
New author Interview - today we invite @elizachanwrites.bsky.social back to the blog to discuss their great novel Tideborn, messy mothers, duologies and more www.runalongtheshelves.net/interviews/2...
Interviewing Eliza Chan — Runalong The Shelves
Hellooo! I recently reviewed Tideborn by Eliza Chan a fantastic conclusion to the Drowned World duology where we have a an aquatic themed setting, a glorious mix of mythic folks to meet and s...
www.runalongtheshelves.net
October 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Lovely to be invited back by Womble to share some insights on TIDEBORN, book 2 of the Drowned World duology!
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🐇 💀 COVER REVEAL 💀 🐇
I’m SO excited to reveal the UK cover of my next novel, The Bone Door! A fantasy/horror escape room novel, coming 7 May 2026
I’m SO excited to reveal the UK cover of my next novel, The Bone Door! A fantasy/horror escape room novel, coming 7 May 2026
October 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🐇 💀 COVER REVEAL 💀 🐇
I’m SO excited to reveal the UK cover of my next novel, The Bone Door! A fantasy/horror escape room novel, coming 7 May 2026
I’m SO excited to reveal the UK cover of my next novel, The Bone Door! A fantasy/horror escape room novel, coming 7 May 2026
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WATERSTONES PREORDER CAMPAIGN!
Eager readers, I have a special surprise for you! If you preorder FIRSTBORN OF THE SUN through @waterstones, we’ll send you some gifts☀️ Head to the form in my bio to share your proof of purchase🧡
Eager readers, I have a special surprise for you! If you preorder FIRSTBORN OF THE SUN through @waterstones, we’ll send you some gifts☀️ Head to the form in my bio to share your proof of purchase🧡
October 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
WATERSTONES PREORDER CAMPAIGN!
Eager readers, I have a special surprise for you! If you preorder FIRSTBORN OF THE SUN through @waterstones, we’ll send you some gifts☀️ Head to the form in my bio to share your proof of purchase🧡
Eager readers, I have a special surprise for you! If you preorder FIRSTBORN OF THE SUN through @waterstones, we’ll send you some gifts☀️ Head to the form in my bio to share your proof of purchase🧡
I am delighted to announce my first picture book will be published in 2026 by Hachette Children's as part of their Little Myths series. Please enjoy my take on the Moon Goddess Chang'e herself, with beautiful illustrations by Yingzhu Xue
October 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I am delighted to announce my first picture book will be published in 2026 by Hachette Children's as part of their Little Myths series. Please enjoy my take on the Moon Goddess Chang'e herself, with beautiful illustrations by Yingzhu Xue
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Currently at:
— only buy tech too old to have AI built in
— painstakingly disable AI every time they add it to something that used to work perfectly well
— if it can't be switched off, abandon the platform or tool
— if there are no good alternatives, avoid the AI parts
— patiently wait for the crash
— only buy tech too old to have AI built in
— painstakingly disable AI every time they add it to something that used to work perfectly well
— if it can't be switched off, abandon the platform or tool
— if there are no good alternatives, avoid the AI parts
— patiently wait for the crash
October 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Currently at:
— only buy tech too old to have AI built in
— painstakingly disable AI every time they add it to something that used to work perfectly well
— if it can't be switched off, abandon the platform or tool
— if there are no good alternatives, avoid the AI parts
— patiently wait for the crash
— only buy tech too old to have AI built in
— painstakingly disable AI every time they add it to something that used to work perfectly well
— if it can't be switched off, abandon the platform or tool
— if there are no good alternatives, avoid the AI parts
— patiently wait for the crash
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Now we're into October and we're all looking for spooky reads, I've got a couple of things due for release later in the month which I'm gonna be promoting. (Sorry in advance!)
October 4, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Now we're into October and we're all looking for spooky reads, I've got a couple of things due for release later in the month which I'm gonna be promoting. (Sorry in advance!)
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The official database of works eligible for the Anthropic AI settlement has been released and, as I suspected, many authors are screwed. Basically, if your books weren't officially registered with the US Copyright Office you're out of luck. 1/ secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/results
October 2, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The official database of works eligible for the Anthropic AI settlement has been released and, as I suspected, many authors are screwed. Basically, if your books weren't officially registered with the US Copyright Office you're out of luck. 1/ secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/results
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www.kickstarter.com/projects/191...
We're hopefully doing a Welsh folklore anthology - gyffrous iawn! Please back and/or share widely!
We're hopefully doing a Welsh folklore anthology - gyffrous iawn! Please back and/or share widely!
They Are Still Here (Maen Nhw Yma O Hyd)
An anthology of contemporary fantasy stories featuring creatures and characters from Welsh mythology and folklore
www.kickstarter.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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We're hopefully doing a Welsh folklore anthology - gyffrous iawn! Please back and/or share widely!
We're hopefully doing a Welsh folklore anthology - gyffrous iawn! Please back and/or share widely!
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somehow completely missed TIDEBORN, the sequel to FATHOMFOLK by @elizachanwrites.bsky.social and was quite put out. not anymore, as I had it for last night's bedtime story and it was everything I wanted and more
(okay maybe I want more because the world's so great, but I would also like a pony)
(okay maybe I want more because the world's so great, but I would also like a pony)
September 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
somehow completely missed TIDEBORN, the sequel to FATHOMFOLK by @elizachanwrites.bsky.social and was quite put out. not anymore, as I had it for last night's bedtime story and it was everything I wanted and more
(okay maybe I want more because the world's so great, but I would also like a pony)
(okay maybe I want more because the world's so great, but I would also like a pony)
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As well as accepting submissions, don't forget that Translunar Travelers Lounge published Issue 13 in August - have you read it yet? translunartravelerslounge.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:46 AM
As well as accepting submissions, don't forget that Translunar Travelers Lounge published Issue 13 in August - have you read it yet? translunartravelerslounge.com
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We are delighted to reveal the cover for First Mage on The Moon by @cameronjohnston.bsky.social!
Ella is on a mission to reach the moon–even if that incurs a little blasphemy (and Unity interference). Look for it April 14, 2026 from @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social!
reactormag.com/cover-reveal...
Ella is on a mission to reach the moon–even if that incurs a little blasphemy (and Unity interference). Look for it April 14, 2026 from @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social!
reactormag.com/cover-reveal...
Revealing First Mage on the Moon by Cameron Johnston - Reactor
Cameron Johnston, author of The Maleficent Seven, returns with an innovative space fantasy, where wizards race to be the first on the moon—also known as the land of the gods. We’re thrilled to share t...
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September 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
We are delighted to reveal the cover for First Mage on The Moon by @cameronjohnston.bsky.social!
Ella is on a mission to reach the moon–even if that incurs a little blasphemy (and Unity interference). Look for it April 14, 2026 from @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social!
reactormag.com/cover-reveal...
Ella is on a mission to reach the moon–even if that incurs a little blasphemy (and Unity interference). Look for it April 14, 2026 from @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social!
reactormag.com/cover-reveal...
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Arrival of the dragon matriarch Jiang-Li for #Tideborn by @elizachanwrites.bsky.social #illustration #illustrator #fantasy #fantasyart #dragon #magic #YAfantasy
September 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Arrival of the dragon matriarch Jiang-Li for #Tideborn by @elizachanwrites.bsky.social #illustration #illustrator #fantasy #fantasyart #dragon #magic #YAfantasy
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General submission open on Monday 22 September. We are looking for speculative fiction 5000 words and under. Our remit is very broadly fun, but don't self-reject - a truly superb story offers an enjoyment of it's own.
Our story submission portal for writers of color is open. Please read the guidelines, as that makes things easier for everyone! Looking forward to seeing your stories. translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/
Submissions
Broadly defined, the type of fiction we are looking for is “fun”. [Go to Submissions]
translunartravelerslounge.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
General submission open on Monday 22 September. We are looking for speculative fiction 5000 words and under. Our remit is very broadly fun, but don't self-reject - a truly superb story offers an enjoyment of it's own.
I totally missed that GBBO was back. Huzzah. Let me indulge in a version of Britain where everyone is welcome no matter the age, gender, sexuality, race or country of birth. Where people try their best, help each other and eat delicious cakes.
September 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I totally missed that GBBO was back. Huzzah. Let me indulge in a version of Britain where everyone is welcome no matter the age, gender, sexuality, race or country of birth. Where people try their best, help each other and eat delicious cakes.
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This crazy sci fi noir crime thriller is out today in the UK and I can't wait for you all to read it!
Available in hardback, ebook, and audio from all reputable retailers (and probably some disreputable ones too!)
If you can, support your local indie!
Available in hardback, ebook, and audio from all reputable retailers (and probably some disreputable ones too!)
If you can, support your local indie!
September 18, 2025 at 8:57 AM
This crazy sci fi noir crime thriller is out today in the UK and I can't wait for you all to read it!
Available in hardback, ebook, and audio from all reputable retailers (and probably some disreputable ones too!)
If you can, support your local indie!
Available in hardback, ebook, and audio from all reputable retailers (and probably some disreputable ones too!)
If you can, support your local indie!
Now getting explicit ads for ChatGPT and nothing makes me want to go off grid more than the soulless, scraped BS of genAI.
September 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Now getting explicit ads for ChatGPT and nothing makes me want to go off grid more than the soulless, scraped BS of genAI.
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Want to know more about sff writing & publishing? Join me, @keithwdickinson.bsky.social, @emmasternerradley.bsky.social & @northodoxpress.bsky.social at Urmston Books on 22 October for an evening discussing paths to publication, courtesy of @alethearlyons.bsky.social & @britfantasysoc.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Want to know more about sff writing & publishing? Join me, @keithwdickinson.bsky.social, @emmasternerradley.bsky.social & @northodoxpress.bsky.social at Urmston Books on 22 October for an evening discussing paths to publication, courtesy of @alethearlyons.bsky.social & @britfantasysoc.bsky.social
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Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission finds.
Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN commission of inquiry
Commission’s 72-page legal analysis cites examples including scale of killings, aid blockages and forced displacement
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission finds.
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Are you a marginalized author (or the editor/agent/publicist of one) who has a trad pub YA or adult SFF/H book coming out Sept 2025 - March 2026? This book critic wants to know about it! Small press strongly encouraged.
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I’m currently open to sensitivity/authenticity reading. Please see the full list of what I cover and rates. In your email below, please include a description of the work, the estimated word c…
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September 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Are you a marginalized author (or the editor/agent/publicist of one) who has a trad pub YA or adult SFF/H book coming out Sept 2025 - March 2026? This book critic wants to know about it! Small press strongly encouraged.
bookjockeyalex.com/contact/
bookjockeyalex.com/contact/