Phong Quan
@pqwrites.bsky.social
Viet-American 🇺🇸 Dispatches from Singapore 🇸🇬 Lawyer by day ⚖️ SFF writer by night 🚀 Hustlin’ 24/7 🐒 SFWA/Codex. Stories in khōréō, Cast of Wonders & Metaphorosis. He/him.
Website: phongquan.com
Website: phongquan.com
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Reading more for ESEA Heritage Month, @pqwrites.bsky.social space opera re. war trauma, connection and belonging. Loved the 2nd person duo narration, BAME and non-human main characters, diaspora Vietnamese angle. More of this imagination and writing please.
www.castofwonders.org/2020/12/cast...
www.castofwonders.org/2020/12/cast...
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I see the crowds before I see you, before I see even the flickering white of your flame. Your culture’s everywhere now—your music, your art, your words—but not your people, and not you…
www.castofwonders.org
September 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Reading more for ESEA Heritage Month, @pqwrites.bsky.social space opera re. war trauma, connection and belonging. Loved the 2nd person duo narration, BAME and non-human main characters, diaspora Vietnamese angle. More of this imagination and writing please.
www.castofwonders.org/2020/12/cast...
www.castofwonders.org/2020/12/cast...
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OMG thank you @witchywonderer.bsky.social, that's an amazing article
online.ucpress.edu/sfs/article/...
online.ucpress.edu/sfs/article/...
Beyond the East-West DichotomyStrategic Exoticism and the SF Literary Marketplace in Aliette de Bodard’s Universe of Xuya Series
This article investigates how French Vietnamese author Aliette de Bodard’s The Universe of Xuya series challenges Anglocentrism in the sf megatext and marketplace. I examine how de Bodard’s immersive ...
online.ucpress.edu
March 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
OMG thank you @witchywonderer.bsky.social, that's an amazing article
online.ucpress.edu/sfs/article/...
online.ucpress.edu/sfs/article/...
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Catching up with @pqwrites.bsky.social and Coco, and gossiping about... I mean discussing publishing 🫢
February 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Catching up with @pqwrites.bsky.social and Coco, and gossiping about... I mean discussing publishing 🫢
I haven’t been able to write much this year, but one thing I’m proud of is working with my mom to translate/edit a book on Vipassana meditation by the Venerable Khippapañño Kim Trieu. It’s a great, practical guide grounded in Buddhist philosophy. Check it out!
thichcathienvien.net/en/ebook-the...
thichcathienvien.net/en/ebook-the...
Ebook ” THE TRUTH OF THE DHAMMA” By The Most Venerable Khippapanno Kim Trieu – Thích Ca Thiền Viện California Hoa Kỳ
thichcathienvien.net
October 5, 2024 at 10:52 AM
I haven’t been able to write much this year, but one thing I’m proud of is working with my mom to translate/edit a book on Vipassana meditation by the Venerable Khippapañño Kim Trieu. It’s a great, practical guide grounded in Buddhist philosophy. Check it out!
thichcathienvien.net/en/ebook-the...
thichcathienvien.net/en/ebook-the...
The lone mooncake I was able to steal from my work pantry because nobody got budget to send me mooncakes for Mid Autumn Festival this year. 🥲
September 18, 2024 at 11:03 AM
The lone mooncake I was able to steal from my work pantry because nobody got budget to send me mooncakes for Mid Autumn Festival this year. 🥲
Me rocking my 4 Immortals of VN shirt with @nghivo.bsky.social, my literary hero & the 5th immortal to me! Thank you for being so gracious with my fanboying. Your writing helped me believe that my Viet-American ass has a chance to write & meeting you was a highlight of the Nebulas. 🙏
June 16, 2024 at 11:52 PM
Me rocking my 4 Immortals of VN shirt with @nghivo.bsky.social, my literary hero & the 5th immortal to me! Thank you for being so gracious with my fanboying. Your writing helped me believe that my Viet-American ass has a chance to write & meeting you was a highlight of the Nebulas. 🙏
Had such a great time at the Nebulas in Pasadena last weekend. Thanks to all the cool, amazing people who let lil’ ol’ me hang out with them & congrats to all the finalists. You inspire me to keep pushing my own writing forward & I can’t wait to see you again. ♥️
June 16, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Had such a great time at the Nebulas in Pasadena last weekend. Thanks to all the cool, amazing people who let lil’ ol’ me hang out with them & congrats to all the finalists. You inspire me to keep pushing my own writing forward & I can’t wait to see you again. ♥️
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Finally back in NYC! Huge congrats to all the Nebula winners! Beyond honored to have spent time with you all 🙏🏻
Special thanks to @pqwrites.bsky.social @aijiang.bsky.social @rachaelkjones.bsky.social and all the amazing writers who helped this introvert from feeling overwhelmed at her first con 💙
Special thanks to @pqwrites.bsky.social @aijiang.bsky.social @rachaelkjones.bsky.social and all the amazing writers who helped this introvert from feeling overwhelmed at her first con 💙
June 13, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Finally back in NYC! Huge congrats to all the Nebula winners! Beyond honored to have spent time with you all 🙏🏻
Special thanks to @pqwrites.bsky.social @aijiang.bsky.social @rachaelkjones.bsky.social and all the amazing writers who helped this introvert from feeling overwhelmed at her first con 💙
Special thanks to @pqwrites.bsky.social @aijiang.bsky.social @rachaelkjones.bsky.social and all the amazing writers who helped this introvert from feeling overwhelmed at her first con 💙
One of the most exciting things about going back to the U.S. for me is getting a chance to experience all the Cheetos innovation. New packaging?? Xxtra Flamin’ Hot?? Take my money!! 🤤
June 5, 2024 at 12:52 AM
One of the most exciting things about going back to the U.S. for me is getting a chance to experience all the Cheetos innovation. New packaging?? Xxtra Flamin’ Hot?? Take my money!! 🤤
Back in California & jetlagged af for @sfwa.bsky.social’s #Nebulas2024! 💀 Lmk if you want to meet up!
I’ll also be on one panel on Friday 6/7, 3-4pm: “The Rise of South & Southeast Asian SFF”, with @rajeevwriter.bsky.social & Avani Gadani, moderated by S.B. Divya.
Hope to see some of you there!
I’ll also be on one panel on Friday 6/7, 3-4pm: “The Rise of South & Southeast Asian SFF”, with @rajeevwriter.bsky.social & Avani Gadani, moderated by S.B. Divya.
Hope to see some of you there!
June 4, 2024 at 12:13 AM
Back in California & jetlagged af for @sfwa.bsky.social’s #Nebulas2024! 💀 Lmk if you want to meet up!
I’ll also be on one panel on Friday 6/7, 3-4pm: “The Rise of South & Southeast Asian SFF”, with @rajeevwriter.bsky.social & Avani Gadani, moderated by S.B. Divya.
Hope to see some of you there!
I’ll also be on one panel on Friday 6/7, 3-4pm: “The Rise of South & Southeast Asian SFF”, with @rajeevwriter.bsky.social & Avani Gadani, moderated by S.B. Divya.
Hope to see some of you there!
“He taps its gleaming hull and the ship hurtles through the bedroom... dripping on rainy days, sizzling on the hot ones. Alberto calls it Offy.”
Love this @diabolicalplots.com story by @renanbernardo.bsky.social about a child & their ship. A moving coming-of-age & beyond story full of love & life.
Love this @diabolicalplots.com story by @renanbernardo.bsky.social about a child & their ship. A moving coming-of-age & beyond story full of love & life.
DP FICTION #109B: “The Offer of Peace Between Two Worlds” by Renan Bernardo – Diabolical Plots
www.diabolicalplots.com
April 16, 2024 at 3:35 AM
“He taps its gleaming hull and the ship hurtles through the bedroom... dripping on rainy days, sizzling on the hot ones. Alberto calls it Offy.”
Love this @diabolicalplots.com story by @renanbernardo.bsky.social about a child & their ship. A moving coming-of-age & beyond story full of love & life.
Love this @diabolicalplots.com story by @renanbernardo.bsky.social about a child & their ship. A moving coming-of-age & beyond story full of love & life.
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Pssst. Slay and Slay Again!, an anthology containing my first published story is now available for digital preorders at Amazon. If the ‘zon isn’t your thing, check out the quotes thread as more options become available. Official release date is July 31st!
If you like preordering things, you can now preorder SLAY AND SLAY AGAIN! on the 'zon:
US: www.amazon.com/dp/B0D1PFG9WH/
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D1PFG9WH/
More preorder options coming soon!
US: www.amazon.com/dp/B0D1PFG9WH/
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D1PFG9WH/
More preorder options coming soon!
Amazon.com: Slay and Slay Again!: An anthology of queer horror eBook : Ben-Zeev, Avi, Blackson, Elizabeth Lynn, Dixon, Phillip E., Drury, Dex, Hawthorne, Mason, Gislason, Lor, Jill, Anastasia, Karella, Bitter, King-Miller, Lindsay, Lovelock, Norah: Kindle Store
Amazon.com: Slay and Slay Again!: An anthology of queer horror eBook : Ben-Zeev, Avi, Blackson, Elizabeth Lynn, Dixon, Phillip E., Drury, Dex, Hawthorne, Mason, Gislason, Lor, Jill, Anastasia, Karella, Bitter, King-Miller, Lindsay, Lovelock, Norah: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
April 14, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Pssst. Slay and Slay Again!, an anthology containing my first published story is now available for digital preorders at Amazon. If the ‘zon isn’t your thing, check out the quotes thread as more options become available. Official release date is July 31st!
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This is ridiculous. This press is asking for "first right of refusal for adaptation rights (film, graphic novels, etc.) of the work for a period of 3 years from the signing date."
THREE YEARS.
Run, don't submit, don't sign this. Such a bad thing for writers.
www.emberletterpress.com/submissions
THREE YEARS.
Run, don't submit, don't sign this. Such a bad thing for writers.
www.emberletterpress.com/submissions
Submissions | Emberletter Press — Emberletter Press | Creators. Storytellers. Firekeepers.
www.emberletterpress.com
April 14, 2024 at 8:52 PM
This is ridiculous. This press is asking for "first right of refusal for adaptation rights (film, graphic novels, etc.) of the work for a period of 3 years from the signing date."
THREE YEARS.
Run, don't submit, don't sign this. Such a bad thing for writers.
www.emberletterpress.com/submissions
THREE YEARS.
Run, don't submit, don't sign this. Such a bad thing for writers.
www.emberletterpress.com/submissions
“The ink traces its own black veins, ancient circuits across a new body, your body.”
Tense and unsettling flash by @angelaliu.bsky.social in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social about making deadly supernatural deals. Love the gorgeous prose that viscerally seeps into you like the namesake cursed ink. ✍️
Tense and unsettling flash by @angelaliu.bsky.social in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social about making deadly supernatural deals. Love the gorgeous prose that viscerally seeps into you like the namesake cursed ink. ✍️
A Contract of Ink and Skin - Uncanny Magazine
The earliest versions included uglier things: ground up insect eggs and corroded bronze, but the ink you receive is pure, made only from blood of the Cursed. They inject it into your eyes first becaus...
www.uncannymagazine.com
April 14, 2024 at 1:59 PM
“The ink traces its own black veins, ancient circuits across a new body, your body.”
Tense and unsettling flash by @angelaliu.bsky.social in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social about making deadly supernatural deals. Love the gorgeous prose that viscerally seeps into you like the namesake cursed ink. ✍️
Tense and unsettling flash by @angelaliu.bsky.social in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social about making deadly supernatural deals. Love the gorgeous prose that viscerally seeps into you like the namesake cursed ink. ✍️
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If you also feel existential anxiety, it's okay to put your phone down and do something nice instead. Your anxiety makes literally no difference in whatever happens. Your focus and dread is not a magic wand that will stop bad things from being worse if you just keep staring at bad things.
April 13, 2024 at 11:22 PM
If you also feel existential anxiety, it's okay to put your phone down and do something nice instead. Your anxiety makes literally no difference in whatever happens. Your focus and dread is not a magic wand that will stop bad things from being worse if you just keep staring at bad things.
Get a whole-ass jug of this insane but surprisingly smooth 女儿红 (red daughter) drink at Magazine 63, the coolest speakeasy in Penang, to feel like a wandering wuxia warrior. ⚔️
April 14, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Get a whole-ass jug of this insane but surprisingly smooth 女儿红 (red daughter) drink at Magazine 63, the coolest speakeasy in Penang, to feel like a wandering wuxia warrior. ⚔️
“My son tells me that there’s a man in the house, someone he hears well after the lights are out…”
A brilliant flash by @thomasha.bsky.social in @lightspeedmagazine.com about a strange haunting passed through generations. Loved its unnerving creepiness juxtaposed with parental tenderness.
A brilliant flash by @thomasha.bsky.social in @lightspeedmagazine.com about a strange haunting passed through generations. Loved its unnerving creepiness juxtaposed with parental tenderness.
To Be a Happy Man - Lightspeed Magazine
My son tells me that there’s a man in the house, someone he hears well after the lights are out, in the narrower halls or maybe at the far side of the den---a gait and creak he’s certain isn’t me or h...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
April 13, 2024 at 6:41 PM
“My son tells me that there’s a man in the house, someone he hears well after the lights are out…”
A brilliant flash by @thomasha.bsky.social in @lightspeedmagazine.com about a strange haunting passed through generations. Loved its unnerving creepiness juxtaposed with parental tenderness.
A brilliant flash by @thomasha.bsky.social in @lightspeedmagazine.com about a strange haunting passed through generations. Loved its unnerving creepiness juxtaposed with parental tenderness.
“She could never turn down chasing a pretty, expensive thing.”
This is a fun, fast-paced heist story with a sky-race thrown in, full of likable thieves resisting their better judgments. A charming @clarkesworldmagazine.com story by @reasie.bsky.social I really enjoyed. 💙
This is a fun, fast-paced heist story with a sky-race thrown in, full of likable thieves resisting their better judgments. A charming @clarkesworldmagazine.com story by @reasie.bsky.social I really enjoyed. 💙
Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast. This page: Rail Meat by Marie Vibbert
clarkesworldmagazine.com
April 11, 2024 at 11:52 PM
“She could never turn down chasing a pretty, expensive thing.”
This is a fun, fast-paced heist story with a sky-race thrown in, full of likable thieves resisting their better judgments. A charming @clarkesworldmagazine.com story by @reasie.bsky.social I really enjoyed. 💙
This is a fun, fast-paced heist story with a sky-race thrown in, full of likable thieves resisting their better judgments. A charming @clarkesworldmagazine.com story by @reasie.bsky.social I really enjoyed. 💙
Visited Kek Lok Si, the largest Buddhist temple in Malaysia. The Buddhist nerd in me finds it fascinating that though the temple’s name means supreme bliss in Hokkien and is a reference to the pure land of the buddha Amitabha, its defining feature is the giant statue of the bodhisattva Guanyin. 🤔
April 11, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Visited Kek Lok Si, the largest Buddhist temple in Malaysia. The Buddhist nerd in me finds it fascinating that though the temple’s name means supreme bliss in Hokkien and is a reference to the pure land of the buddha Amitabha, its defining feature is the giant statue of the bodhisattva Guanyin. 🤔
“Once there lived a princess who was a girl, a corpse, a slippery amphibial nymph.”
What a gorgeously written & twisted anti-fairy tale by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social in Strange Horizons about a princess who’s not who she seems escaping her forced marriage in a shocking way. 🔥
What a gorgeously written & twisted anti-fairy tale by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social in Strange Horizons about a princess who’s not who she seems escaping her forced marriage in a shocking way. 🔥
Frogskin
Once there lived a princess who was a girl, a corpse, a slippery amphibial nymph. She was tucked within several lives, each life pleating and creasing into silken layers of woe. But for our purpose…
strangehorizons.com
April 10, 2024 at 1:11 AM
“Once there lived a princess who was a girl, a corpse, a slippery amphibial nymph.”
What a gorgeously written & twisted anti-fairy tale by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social in Strange Horizons about a princess who’s not who she seems escaping her forced marriage in a shocking way. 🔥
What a gorgeously written & twisted anti-fairy tale by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social in Strange Horizons about a princess who’s not who she seems escaping her forced marriage in a shocking way. 🔥
Monkey King sightings in Penang. I’m only mildly surprised that a purely fictional (vs mythological) character gets whole ass temples/shrines devoted to him.
April 9, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Monkey King sightings in Penang. I’m only mildly surprised that a purely fictional (vs mythological) character gets whole ass temples/shrines devoted to him.
Accurate representation of my TBR: lots of wine and food, but never made it to chapter 2.
March 10, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Accurate representation of my TBR: lots of wine and food, but never made it to chapter 2.
Discovered that there’s a shrine to the local Chinese tutelary deity (a sort of very local neighborhood god) in the back of Tanjong Pagar plaza.
I lit incense & prayed for inspiration for my next story & for my enemies to always hit every red light on their way to work.
I lit incense & prayed for inspiration for my next story & for my enemies to always hit every red light on their way to work.
March 9, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Discovered that there’s a shrine to the local Chinese tutelary deity (a sort of very local neighborhood god) in the back of Tanjong Pagar plaza.
I lit incense & prayed for inspiration for my next story & for my enemies to always hit every red light on their way to work.
I lit incense & prayed for inspiration for my next story & for my enemies to always hit every red light on their way to work.
“You’re sending me thoughts and you’re insulting me? And…and yet you want me to clean your belly?”
This line about sums up “Copper”, a short & charming @interzone.press story about a feisty robot talking to their human by @jendiagammon.bsky.social that left me smiling. Give it your consideration!
This line about sums up “Copper”, a short & charming @interzone.press story about a feisty robot talking to their human by @jendiagammon.bsky.social that left me smiling. Give it your consideration!
March 7, 2024 at 2:07 PM
“You’re sending me thoughts and you’re insulting me? And…and yet you want me to clean your belly?”
This line about sums up “Copper”, a short & charming @interzone.press story about a feisty robot talking to their human by @jendiagammon.bsky.social that left me smiling. Give it your consideration!
This line about sums up “Copper”, a short & charming @interzone.press story about a feisty robot talking to their human by @jendiagammon.bsky.social that left me smiling. Give it your consideration!