Monica Wang
@monicawang.bsky.social
Taiwanese Canadian in Europe. Writing in Electric Lit, Southword, Salamander, Augur, Malahat Review, EVENT, Banshee, etc. W&A Working-Class Writers' Prize shortlist. WHEN SAD ONES GO OUTSIDE (Black Sunflowers Press). she/they
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Monica Wang
@monicawang.bsky.social
· Dec 28
Jami Macarty reviews 'When Sad Ones Go Outside' by Monica Wang, who has the "ability to transform grief into something beautiful, ineffable, yet deeply felt."
#bookreviews #booknews #poetry #readingcommunity
@crownofpetals @BlkSunflowersP
#bookreviews #booknews #poetry #readingcommunity
@crownofpetals @BlkSunflowersP
Book Review :: When Sad Ones Go Outside by Monica Wang
Wang’s debut blends fabulism and lived experience, transforming grief into journeys through memory, loss, beauty.
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When Jami gave me a heads-up on Christmas Eve I thought this was a scam. Super thankful for this first review (and for this not being a scam)!
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@malarkeybooks.bsky.social has some sweet deals on some amazing books. Ya Weenies just need to buy them asap
Received seven bookstore returns today, six copies of Backmask and one copy of It Came from the Swamp. All in good shape and now all on sale for just $13.
malarkeybooks.com/store/returns
malarkeybooks.com/store/returns
Returns! — Malarkey
Sometimes we get books sent back to us. Historically, this has always been very unpleasant because it means lost money, that we would count against an author’s royalties. We’re taking a different appr...
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February 4, 2026 at 11:49 PM
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social has some sweet deals on some amazing books. Ya Weenies just need to buy them asap
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Thrilled have a 500-word story up today at The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social . This story started as an idea for an ending that I texted myself and carried around on a phone for years. Finishing was just a matter of finding a beginning:
www.cincinnatireview.com/micros/heart/
www.cincinnatireview.com/micros/heart/
Heart - The Cincinnati Review
Managing Editor Lisa Ampleman: In "Heart," David James Poissant shows how information can be revealed slowly and deliberately in a piece of flash fiction.
www.cincinnatireview.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Thrilled have a 500-word story up today at The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social . This story started as an idea for an ending that I texted myself and carried around on a phone for years. Finishing was just a matter of finding a beginning:
www.cincinnatireview.com/micros/heart/
www.cincinnatireview.com/micros/heart/
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THREE days let to submit to the Blue Frog flash fiction contest! Ends 01/31 @ 11:59pm PST.
flash-frog.com/contest/
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THREE days let to submit to the Blue Frog flash fiction contest! Ends 01/31 @ 11:59pm PST.
flash-frog.com/contest/
January 29, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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THREE days let to submit to the Blue Frog flash fiction contest! Ends 01/31 @ 11:59pm PST.
flash-frog.com/contest/
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THREE days let to submit to the Blue Frog flash fiction contest! Ends 01/31 @ 11:59pm PST.
flash-frog.com/contest/
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It was worth the wait and a delivery across an ocean to read the inspiring @monicawang.bsky.social’s genius work. #Booksky
January 27, 2026 at 10:38 AM
It was worth the wait and a delivery across an ocean to read the inspiring @monicawang.bsky.social’s genius work. #Booksky
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Free option for reading Chantal's writing: web.archive.org/web/20230219...
January 19, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Free option for reading Chantal's writing: web.archive.org/web/20230219...
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January 1, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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“But we all know what Alice means when Alice switches words and Alice meant Monster.”
Wonderfully creative story by @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute that teeters on the edge of surreal, but possibly not.
Wonderfully creative story by @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute that teeters on the edge of surreal, but possibly not.
New year new story! Happy to have this one with Ghost Parachute
She Said God But She Meant Silver — Ghost Parachute
Not silver-tongued like the devil but silver bullets like the ones that kills werewolves. Alice always switched words, said something other than what she meant. But we’d all gotten used to it, gotten ...
ghostparachute.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:02 AM
“But we all know what Alice means when Alice switches words and Alice meant Monster.”
Wonderfully creative story by @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute that teeters on the edge of surreal, but possibly not.
Wonderfully creative story by @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute that teeters on the edge of surreal, but possibly not.
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Sharpen those pencils, humans.
Claudine opens back up Jan 1!
Get ready to send her something curious, clever. . . and quick.
💚🐈⬛💚
As always: free to sub, paying market.
Claudine opens back up Jan 1!
Get ready to send her something curious, clever. . . and quick.
💚🐈⬛💚
As always: free to sub, paying market.
December 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Sharpen those pencils, humans.
Claudine opens back up Jan 1!
Get ready to send her something curious, clever. . . and quick.
💚🐈⬛💚
As always: free to sub, paying market.
Claudine opens back up Jan 1!
Get ready to send her something curious, clever. . . and quick.
💚🐈⬛💚
As always: free to sub, paying market.
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HAHAHAHA pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30101594/
Object personification in autism: This paper will be very sad if you don't read it - PubMed
Object personification is the attribution of human characteristics to non-human agents. In online forums, autistic individuals commonly report experiencing this phenomenon. Given that approximately half of all autistic individuals experience difficulties identifying their own emotions, the suggestio …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
December 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
HAHAHAHA pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30101594/
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Every writer who generates a slop image for their work is a class traitor.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
December 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Every writer who generates a slop image for their work is a class traitor.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
When Jami gave me a heads-up on Christmas Eve I thought this was a scam. Super thankful for this first review (and for this not being a scam)!
Jami Macarty reviews 'When Sad Ones Go Outside' by Monica Wang, who has the "ability to transform grief into something beautiful, ineffable, yet deeply felt."
#bookreviews #booknews #poetry #readingcommunity
@crownofpetals @BlkSunflowersP
#bookreviews #booknews #poetry #readingcommunity
@crownofpetals @BlkSunflowersP
Book Review :: When Sad Ones Go Outside by Monica Wang
Wang’s debut blends fabulism and lived experience, transforming grief into journeys through memory, loss, beauty.
www.newpages.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
When Jami gave me a heads-up on Christmas Eve I thought this was a scam. Super thankful for this first review (and for this not being a scam)!
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Convincing you to read my short story with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(Opening line of ''The Desecration of City Hall,'' which you can read here: medium.com/after-the-st...)
(Opening line of ''The Desecration of City Hall,'' which you can read here: medium.com/after-the-st...)
November 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Convincing you to read my short story with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(Opening line of ''The Desecration of City Hall,'' which you can read here: medium.com/after-the-st...)
(Opening line of ''The Desecration of City Hall,'' which you can read here: medium.com/after-the-st...)
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Consider the following before adopting a Manticore for your family
December 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Consider the following before adopting a Manticore for your family
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Small business Saturday, you say? Consider supporting FIYAH as we approach year ten of publishing Black SFF stories and poetry! Back issues, art, gift subscriptions, merch, and more! Tell a friend, you never know who is missing out 🔥🔥🔥 fiyahlitmag.com/shop/
November 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Small business Saturday, you say? Consider supporting FIYAH as we approach year ten of publishing Black SFF stories and poetry! Back issues, art, gift subscriptions, merch, and more! Tell a friend, you never know who is missing out 🔥🔥🔥 fiyahlitmag.com/shop/
Reached Part 3 in A Brief History of Seven Killings, ran my (trail) 5km record, added a few pages to the novel, made a friend a knife bookmark
Productive week!
Productive week!
November 19, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Reached Part 3 in A Brief History of Seven Killings, ran my (trail) 5km record, added a few pages to the novel, made a friend a knife bookmark
Productive week!
Productive week!
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The mountains are calling — and so are we. Submit your poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, and translation Nov. 1–30 for Issue 78: Aftercare. Writers & artists, we’re ready for your brilliance. ✨
#literarymagazine #poetry #fiction #nonfiction #shortstory #callforsubmissions #submityourwork
#literarymagazine #poetry #fiction #nonfiction #shortstory #callforsubmissions #submityourwork
November 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The mountains are calling — and so are we. Submit your poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, and translation Nov. 1–30 for Issue 78: Aftercare. Writers & artists, we’re ready for your brilliance. ✨
#literarymagazine #poetry #fiction #nonfiction #shortstory #callforsubmissions #submityourwork
#literarymagazine #poetry #fiction #nonfiction #shortstory #callforsubmissions #submityourwork
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We put a photo of Bula on her cat tree so that people who knew her from the sidewalk would know she's gone. But now the picture frame has become the thing that most frequently catches the corner of my vision when I'm unprepared and briefly makes me think she's there, kicking off realization again.
November 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
We put a photo of Bula on her cat tree so that people who knew her from the sidewalk would know she's gone. But now the picture frame has become the thing that most frequently catches the corner of my vision when I'm unprepared and briefly makes me think she's there, kicking off realization again.
How should I bring pizza to a potluck? Loose foil? With paper towels to reduce sogginess?
Google AI: You should bring it ice cold on a slab of ice filled with marbles
Google AI: You should bring it ice cold on a slab of ice filled with marbles
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
How should I bring pizza to a potluck? Loose foil? With paper towels to reduce sogginess?
Google AI: You should bring it ice cold on a slab of ice filled with marbles
Google AI: You should bring it ice cold on a slab of ice filled with marbles
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This keeps on getting worse and worse. I am not renewing my print subscriptions to F&SF and Asimov's.
(F&SF seems to still be on hiatus, the last issue I got was 1.5 years ago? Summer 2024? So crushing, I really liked it, Sheree's a truly great editor)
(F&SF seems to still be on hiatus, the last issue I got was 1.5 years ago? Summer 2024? So crushing, I really liked it, Sheree's a truly great editor)
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This keeps on getting worse and worse. I am not renewing my print subscriptions to F&SF and Asimov's.
(F&SF seems to still be on hiatus, the last issue I got was 1.5 years ago? Summer 2024? So crushing, I really liked it, Sheree's a truly great editor)
(F&SF seems to still be on hiatus, the last issue I got was 1.5 years ago? Summer 2024? So crushing, I really liked it, Sheree's a truly great editor)
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Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
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Heads up!
We're back to rolling terms for everything, so send us what you've got for Gone Lawn: fiction (no length limit), prose poetry, novel excerpts (≤200 words), cover art, other media!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
We're back to rolling terms for everything, so send us what you've got for Gone Lawn: fiction (no length limit), prose poetry, novel excerpts (≤200 words), cover art, other media!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
Gone Lawn : Submission Guidelines
gonelawn.net
November 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Heads up!
We're back to rolling terms for everything, so send us what you've got for Gone Lawn: fiction (no length limit), prose poetry, novel excerpts (≤200 words), cover art, other media!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
We're back to rolling terms for everything, so send us what you've got for Gone Lawn: fiction (no length limit), prose poetry, novel excerpts (≤200 words), cover art, other media!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
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Me and Keke have the same vibe today. Chillin in our boxes, I mean house.
November 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Me and Keke have the same vibe today. Chillin in our boxes, I mean house.
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Sleepy literary critic
November 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Sleepy literary critic
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die im Schatten, die im Licht
October 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
die im Schatten, die im Licht
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I always thought if I ever owned a house I’d make us “the book house” each Halloween.
Getting all the chapter books, MG reads, and YA (we had a lot of teens last year, and yes, teenagers are kids don’t be jerks to them on Halloween) sorted for tomorrow!
250 giveaway books! But also candy.
Getting all the chapter books, MG reads, and YA (we had a lot of teens last year, and yes, teenagers are kids don’t be jerks to them on Halloween) sorted for tomorrow!
250 giveaway books! But also candy.
October 31, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I always thought if I ever owned a house I’d make us “the book house” each Halloween.
Getting all the chapter books, MG reads, and YA (we had a lot of teens last year, and yes, teenagers are kids don’t be jerks to them on Halloween) sorted for tomorrow!
250 giveaway books! But also candy.
Getting all the chapter books, MG reads, and YA (we had a lot of teens last year, and yes, teenagers are kids don’t be jerks to them on Halloween) sorted for tomorrow!
250 giveaway books! But also candy.