Wen Wen
@muteddragon.bsky.social
Chinese American short fiction writer in Fantasy, Cast of Wonders, Apex, Small Wonders & more
WenWenWrites.com
She/her. Codex, SFWA Flight Crew, Viable Paradise 2025. Fast talker from the Bronx.
Brave New Weird nominated.
WenWenWrites.com
She/her. Codex, SFWA Flight Crew, Viable Paradise 2025. Fast talker from the Bronx.
Brave New Weird nominated.
Pinned
Wen Wen
@muteddragon.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Martian Wallpaper — Full Story
By Wen Wen Yang
dailytomorrow.substack.com
For your consideration this year, I have eight originals! Most are free to read!
In order of publication: "Martian Wallpaper" at The Daily Tomorrow dailytomorrow.substack.com/p/martian-wa... It's Yellow Wallpaper on Mars!
In order of publication: "Martian Wallpaper" at The Daily Tomorrow dailytomorrow.substack.com/p/martian-wa... It's Yellow Wallpaper on Mars!
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"A writing career is one of those wilderness survival challenges where they dump you in the woods without a map or a compass or food and whoever finds their way out wins. Except the only thing you “win” is that you don’t have to go to law school."
How to Become a Professional Writer
Do you enjoy writing? Do you like the idea of taking the thing you love doing the most in the world and turning it into work? So that your access t...
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January 21, 2026 at 2:51 AM
"A writing career is one of those wilderness survival challenges where they dump you in the woods without a map or a compass or food and whoever finds their way out wins. Except the only thing you “win” is that you don’t have to go to law school."
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👀January 2026 Fiction👀
"Magical Girl: Corporate Failure" is a short story by @thelialao.bsky.social about what happens *after* the battle is done and the world gets saved. Read this one for its Magical Girls, queer love, and the travails and regrets of adulting.
Subscribers get it Monday!
"Magical Girl: Corporate Failure" is a short story by @thelialao.bsky.social about what happens *after* the battle is done and the world gets saved. Read this one for its Magical Girls, queer love, and the travails and regrets of adulting.
Subscribers get it Monday!
January 20, 2026 at 5:30 PM
👀January 2026 Fiction👀
"Magical Girl: Corporate Failure" is a short story by @thelialao.bsky.social about what happens *after* the battle is done and the world gets saved. Read this one for its Magical Girls, queer love, and the travails and regrets of adulting.
Subscribers get it Monday!
"Magical Girl: Corporate Failure" is a short story by @thelialao.bsky.social about what happens *after* the battle is done and the world gets saved. Read this one for its Magical Girls, queer love, and the travails and regrets of adulting.
Subscribers get it Monday!
halfway through The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones based on @akirak.bsky.social 's recommendation and oh, I do write horror.
January 18, 2026 at 10:22 PM
halfway through The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones based on @akirak.bsky.social 's recommendation and oh, I do write horror.
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January 17, 2026 at 6:26 AM
I'm enjoying Bookish on PBS is anyone wants a postwar murder mystery distraction.
January 16, 2026 at 12:42 AM
I'm enjoying Bookish on PBS is anyone wants a postwar murder mystery distraction.
Brave New Weird nominated author! What!
🔥💀Announcing the Shortlist for BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More Vol 4💀🔥
Congrats to everyone on this list: you're officially a BNW-nominated author! And thank you to the hundreds who submitted, as always this was excruciating to narrow down.
Weird is strong🖤☠️
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Congrats to everyone on this list: you're officially a BNW-nominated author! And thank you to the hundreds who submitted, as always this was excruciating to narrow down.
Weird is strong🖤☠️
tinyurl.com/yc6t5fj8
Announcing the Shortlist for BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More, Vol. 4 — tenebrous press
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January 14, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Brave New Weird nominated author! What!
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"I remember you as you were: strong, beautiful, screaming that you didn’t want to eat Grandma."
The opening line of "As You Were" by Adrian Ward grabs you hard and doesn't let go. Find out what happened next here:
The opening line of "As You Were" by Adrian Ward grabs you hard and doesn't let go. Find out what happened next here:
As You Were - Small Wonders
I remember you as you were: strong, beautiful, screaming that you didn’t want to eat Grandma.
smallwondersmag.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:12 PM
"I remember you as you were: strong, beautiful, screaming that you didn’t want to eat Grandma."
The opening line of "As You Were" by Adrian Ward grabs you hard and doesn't let go. Find out what happened next here:
The opening line of "As You Were" by Adrian Ward grabs you hard and doesn't let go. Find out what happened next here:
From the editor: “Celebration of Life for Your Dead Fictional Wives” by Wen Wen Yang is another story about stories, but so sharp and cheeky and viciously funny that I thought you could learn to love it (unlike, perhaps, those eponymous wives).
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Celebration of Life for Your Dead Fictional Wives — Full Story
By Wen Wen Yang
dailytomorrow.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:56 PM
From the editor: “Celebration of Life for Your Dead Fictional Wives” by Wen Wen Yang is another story about stories, but so sharp and cheeky and viciously funny that I thought you could learn to love it (unlike, perhaps, those eponymous wives).
dailytomorrow.substack.com/p/celebratio...
dailytomorrow.substack.com/p/celebratio...
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I want to do a thread on "Small Press Red Flags" brought to you by years in the trenches combined with some issues I’m seeing pop up again in writer circles.
Note: an isolated incident might not be a red flag, but cumulative flags are always worth examination.
First off: Let’s talk about money.
Note: an isolated incident might not be a red flag, but cumulative flags are always worth examination.
First off: Let’s talk about money.
January 6, 2026 at 11:58 PM
I want to do a thread on "Small Press Red Flags" brought to you by years in the trenches combined with some issues I’m seeing pop up again in writer circles.
Note: an isolated incident might not be a red flag, but cumulative flags are always worth examination.
First off: Let’s talk about money.
Note: an isolated incident might not be a red flag, but cumulative flags are always worth examination.
First off: Let’s talk about money.
magazine.trollbreath.com/saltwater-mo... people smarter than me tell me it's their favorite from last year.
January 7, 2026 at 2:48 AM
magazine.trollbreath.com/saltwater-mo... people smarter than me tell me it's their favorite from last year.
Inkfoundry for your short story search needs!
@muteddragon.bsky.social introduced me to @inkfoundry.bsky.social a few days ago.
This is now an InkFoundry stan account. If you don't know what that means, click the link and GAZE UPON THE GLORY OF A FREE, FILTERABLE, TAGGED SHORT STORY TBR
This is now an InkFoundry stan account. If you don't know what that means, click the link and GAZE UPON THE GLORY OF A FREE, FILTERABLE, TAGGED SHORT STORY TBR
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January 5, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Inkfoundry for your short story search needs!
Damn, this did not go where I thought it would.
January 5, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Damn, this did not go where I thought it would.
The conclusion to "Celebration of Life for Your Dead Fictional Wives". There's an afterward for subscribers. I would be thrilled if you considered it for your award ballots.
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Celebration of Life for Your Dead Fictional Wives — Part Seven
By Wen Wen Yang
dailytomorrow.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:39 PM
The conclusion to "Celebration of Life for Your Dead Fictional Wives". There's an afterward for subscribers. I would be thrilled if you considered it for your award ballots.
dailytomorrow.substack.com/p/celebratio...
dailytomorrow.substack.com/p/celebratio...
Thrilled to be in this issue with something that made early beta readers misty-eyed.
📣 FFO is thrilled to release our January 2026 issue. Guest edited by Ai Jiang, it explores “regret” across multiple genres. We can’t change the past, only learn from it!
#writingcommunity #regret #litfic #scifi #fantasy #amreading
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#writingcommunity #regret #litfic #scifi #fantasy #amreading
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Flash Fiction Online January 2026
Flash Fiction Online’s January 2026 issue is a collection of regret-themed fiction, selected by our guest editor this month, the award-winning author Ai Jiang. We can’t change the past,…
www.flashfictiononline.com
January 1, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Thrilled to be in this issue with something that made early beta readers misty-eyed.
"You couldn’t win a game you weren’t playing." Pt 5, we learn more about the writer's life beyond the page.
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Celebration of Life for Your Dead Fictional Wives — Part Five
By Wen Wen Yang
dailytomorrow.substack.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:31 PM
"You couldn’t win a game you weren’t playing." Pt 5, we learn more about the writer's life beyond the page.
dailytomorrow.substack.com/p/celebratio...
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Content warning for infertility. "Your next ink-bled wife lived briefly in a science fiction flash."
December 31, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Content warning for infertility. "Your next ink-bled wife lived briefly in a science fiction flash."
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It’s New Year’s Eve, and 2025 has been A Year. I thought everyone might appreciate a cozy gift. Please get the Worlds of Possibility Volume 2 ebook for free, if you would like it! www.juliarios.com/a-gift-to-en...
A gift to end 2025 — Worlds of Possibility Volume 2!
This second volume collects short stories, flash fiction, and drabbles from the August 2023 to June 2025 issue run of Worlds of Possibility.
www.juliarios.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
It’s New Year’s Eve, and 2025 has been A Year. I thought everyone might appreciate a cozy gift. Please get the Worlds of Possibility Volume 2 ebook for free, if you would like it! www.juliarios.com/a-gift-to-en...
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Heads up, the annual year-end free trial period for Publishers Marketplace is live.
Great way to do research for those of you gearing up to query in the New Year. lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/12/a-pm...
Great way to do research for those of you gearing up to query in the New Year. lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/12/a-pm...
December 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Heads up, the annual year-end free trial period for Publishers Marketplace is live.
Great way to do research for those of you gearing up to query in the New Year. lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/12/a-pm...
Great way to do research for those of you gearing up to query in the New Year. lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/12/a-pm...
Part 3 is now up! Shout out to beta readers. Also, yes that's a Sita from the Ramayana reference, justice for Sita.
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Celebration of Life for Your Dead Fictional Wives — Part Three
By Wen Wen Yang
dailytomorrow.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Part 3 is now up! Shout out to beta readers. Also, yes that's a Sita from the Ramayana reference, justice for Sita.
dailytomorrow.substack.com/p/celebratio...
dailytomorrow.substack.com/p/celebratio...
Part Two is up! Why yes, this is an attack on people who call neglect ‘staying out of the way.’
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Celebration of Life for Your Dead Fictional Wives — Part Two
By Wen Wen Yang
dailytomorrow.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Part Two is up! Why yes, this is an attack on people who call neglect ‘staying out of the way.’
dailytomorrow.substack.com/p/celebratio...
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The survey is open to non-members (I am not one) and to readers (who here is not &c.) so I encourage you to share your feelings on the matter. Don't assume that everyone already understands that AI is bad or why! I mean, people *should*, but you could say that about a lot of things.
SFWA members and general SFF community:
In this press release, our Board of Directors apologizes for recent events.
Feedback from writers is strongly welcomed in the survey.
SFWA Members: Write to office@sfwa.org to support our Emerging Tech Committee.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/22/p...
In this press release, our Board of Directors apologizes for recent events.
Feedback from writers is strongly welcomed in the survey.
SFWA Members: Write to office@sfwa.org to support our Emerging Tech Committee.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/22/p...
December 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The survey is open to non-members (I am not one) and to readers (who here is not &c.) so I encourage you to share your feelings on the matter. Don't assume that everyone already understands that AI is bad or why! I mean, people *should*, but you could say that about a lot of things.
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Happy New Story Sunday, Daily Tomorrow Readers! I hope you’re all warm and cozy and forgetting what day of the week it is (it’s Sunday, apparently). This week, we have the last story of the Autumn issue and of the year, by
@muteddragon.bsky.social. Now sit back, relax, and let's a moment of silence
@muteddragon.bsky.social. Now sit back, relax, and let's a moment of silence
Celebration of Life For Your Dead Fictional Wives — Part One
By Wen Wen Yang
dailytomorrow.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Happy New Story Sunday, Daily Tomorrow Readers! I hope you’re all warm and cozy and forgetting what day of the week it is (it’s Sunday, apparently). This week, we have the last story of the Autumn issue and of the year, by
@muteddragon.bsky.social. Now sit back, relax, and let's a moment of silence
@muteddragon.bsky.social. Now sit back, relax, and let's a moment of silence
Sometimes, you have to ask the small gods instead of the big ones. This is touching and timely in a timeless way?
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/smal... by @katefrancia.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/smal... by @katefrancia.bsky.social
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December 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Sometimes, you have to ask the small gods instead of the big ones. This is touching and timely in a timeless way?
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/smal... by @katefrancia.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/smal... by @katefrancia.bsky.social