Stephanie Yu
@stephanieyu.bsky.social
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Stephanie Yu
@stephanieyu.bsky.social
· Nov 15
An Implicit Comparison Between Two Unlike Things – swamp pink
swamp-pink.charleston.edu
I had major writer's block after having a baby. My life had changed and writing about it seemed at once too profound and too mundane. Eventually this is the story that came out. Would love it if you gave it a read! swamp-pink.charleston.edu/featured/an-...
Wrote something while on vacation and got a prize for it 🥲 thank you Wigleaf and thank you jet lag! wigleaf.com/202409sydw.htm
July 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Wrote something while on vacation and got a prize for it 🥲 thank you Wigleaf and thank you jet lag! wigleaf.com/202409sydw.htm
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Read our p-card finalists! (winner announced soooooon)
June 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Read our p-card finalists! (winner announced soooooon)
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Winner to be announced later this week. In the meantime, read/reread these awesome stories!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
June 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Winner to be announced later this week. In the meantime, read/reread these awesome stories!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
me watching the film adaptation of Eileen waiting for the word "oceanic" to drop
January 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
me watching the film adaptation of Eileen waiting for the word "oceanic" to drop
Stephanir Yusdottir - is that anything?
January 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Stephanir Yusdottir - is that anything?
Sharing this story I reread every year. A must read in the “tick lit” cannon. Sad Christmas theme but funny too. Immaculate vibes www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
“The Christmas Miracle,” by Rebecca Curtis
From 2013, Rebecca Curtis’s short story about how dying cats and a madness-inducing brain infection upend a family’s Christmas traditions.
www.newyorker.com
December 21, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Sharing this story I reread every year. A must read in the “tick lit” cannon. Sad Christmas theme but funny too. Immaculate vibes www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
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This month's #Mondettes have been picked by me and are a bumper affair of 20 (+ a few more) of my favourite #flashfiction pieces from 2024. Also, some waffle about why I like each piece and six fun prompts to have a go at!
mondettes.substack.com/p/december-2...
mondettes.substack.com/p/december-2...
December 2024
Twenty (and a few more) of my favourite flash fiction pieces from 2024
mondettes.substack.com
December 17, 2024 at 10:16 AM
This month's #Mondettes have been picked by me and are a bumper affair of 20 (+ a few more) of my favourite #flashfiction pieces from 2024. Also, some waffle about why I like each piece and six fun prompts to have a go at!
mondettes.substack.com/p/december-2...
mondettes.substack.com/p/december-2...
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My debut short story collection I AM THE GHOST HERE will be published by Dial Press in 2026! I’m so thrilled to be working with the amazing Katy Nishimoto and the entire team at Dial Press. Many thanks to @mlwyd who shared a vision with me and got us there.
December 11, 2024 at 5:32 PM
My debut short story collection I AM THE GHOST HERE will be published by Dial Press in 2026! I’m so thrilled to be working with the amazing Katy Nishimoto and the entire team at Dial Press. Many thanks to @mlwyd who shared a vision with me and got us there.
Thank you @smokelong.bsky.social for this honor!
Every year we offer free entry to our Workshop Prize for narratives started in a SmokeLong workshop and subsequently published anywhere. The prize is $500. The standard of work is wild. Today we have the long list for this year: www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon... 🎉⭐
The SmokeLong Workshop Prize – Long List - SmokeLong Quarterly
Since we began leading workshops in 2019, we have had thousands of workshop participants who’ve produced more than ten thousand drafts. We began collecting information on publications in 2023, and now...
www.smokelong.com
December 11, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Thank you @smokelong.bsky.social for this honor!
Digging one out from the archives (still love it) xraylitmag.com/dog-dentist-...
November 25, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Digging one out from the archives (still love it) xraylitmag.com/dog-dentist-...
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WHEW this story is so good
I had major writer's block after having a baby. My life had changed and writing about it seemed at once too profound and too mundane. Eventually this is the story that came out. Would love it if you gave it a read! swamp-pink.charleston.edu/featured/an-...
An Implicit Comparison Between Two Unlike Things – swamp pink
swamp-pink.charleston.edu
November 21, 2024 at 4:18 PM
WHEW this story is so good
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I have given up writing bc this is so good.
@stephanieyu.bsky.social delivers a masterclass in story structure.
Check it out!
@stephanieyu.bsky.social delivers a masterclass in story structure.
Check it out!
I had major writer's block after having a baby. My life had changed and writing about it seemed at once too profound and too mundane. Eventually this is the story that came out. Would love it if you gave it a read! swamp-pink.charleston.edu/featured/an-...
An Implicit Comparison Between Two Unlike Things – swamp pink
swamp-pink.charleston.edu
November 21, 2024 at 3:46 PM
I have given up writing bc this is so good.
@stephanieyu.bsky.social delivers a masterclass in story structure.
Check it out!
@stephanieyu.bsky.social delivers a masterclass in story structure.
Check it out!
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I love this story.
Happy to share my flash currently up at swamp pink swamp-pink.charleston.edu/featured/an-...
An Implicit Comparison Between Two Unlike Things – swamp pink
swamp-pink.charleston.edu
November 21, 2024 at 10:54 AM
I love this story.
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Our first starter pack of SmokeLong contributors: Issue 63-85. If we've missed you, please tag us so we can add you! go.bsky.app/2BsZebW
November 21, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Our first starter pack of SmokeLong contributors: Issue 63-85. If we've missed you, please tag us so we can add you! go.bsky.app/2BsZebW
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In 'Chicano Frankenstein,' the undead are the new underpaid labor force.
Listen to my interview on NPR's Code Switch where B.A. Parker and I discuss my latest novel which is even more relevant after the 2024 election. www.npr.org/2024/05/08/1... #horror #scifi #immigration #NPR #Frankenstein
Listen to my interview on NPR's Code Switch where B.A. Parker and I discuss my latest novel which is even more relevant after the 2024 election. www.npr.org/2024/05/08/1... #horror #scifi #immigration #NPR #Frankenstein
www.npr.org
November 20, 2024 at 10:50 PM
In 'Chicano Frankenstein,' the undead are the new underpaid labor force.
Listen to my interview on NPR's Code Switch where B.A. Parker and I discuss my latest novel which is even more relevant after the 2024 election. www.npr.org/2024/05/08/1... #horror #scifi #immigration #NPR #Frankenstein
Listen to my interview on NPR's Code Switch where B.A. Parker and I discuss my latest novel which is even more relevant after the 2024 election. www.npr.org/2024/05/08/1... #horror #scifi #immigration #NPR #Frankenstein
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So, I got starter-pack FOMO and decided to make one for writing people who know stuff and pass it on through courses, workshops, newsletters etc.
It includes all the savants who teach me stuff. I've probably missed people but these were the ones who sprung to my head.
go.bsky.app/K7ftxtv
It includes all the savants who teach me stuff. I've probably missed people but these were the ones who sprung to my head.
go.bsky.app/K7ftxtv
November 20, 2024 at 9:23 AM
So, I got starter-pack FOMO and decided to make one for writing people who know stuff and pass it on through courses, workshops, newsletters etc.
It includes all the savants who teach me stuff. I've probably missed people but these were the ones who sprung to my head.
go.bsky.app/K7ftxtv
It includes all the savants who teach me stuff. I've probably missed people but these were the ones who sprung to my head.
go.bsky.app/K7ftxtv
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new new: “United as Cousins in Death,” by Keri Miller: wigleaf.com
w i g l e a f : (very) short fiction
An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.
wigleaf.com
November 16, 2024 at 7:04 PM
new new: “United as Cousins in Death,” by Keri Miller: wigleaf.com
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"Every good story is really two stories. A famous author said this but did not specify whether both of the stories had to be good to make the story on the whole good"
Oh, wow! This #FlashFiction from @stephanieyu.bsky.social is sparkling on so many different levels. Rich, complex writing 🙌
Oh, wow! This #FlashFiction from @stephanieyu.bsky.social is sparkling on so many different levels. Rich, complex writing 🙌
Happy to share my flash currently up at swamp pink swamp-pink.charleston.edu/featured/an-...
An Implicit Comparison Between Two Unlike Things – swamp pink
swamp-pink.charleston.edu
November 19, 2024 at 8:59 AM
"Every good story is really two stories. A famous author said this but did not specify whether both of the stories had to be good to make the story on the whole good"
Oh, wow! This #FlashFiction from @stephanieyu.bsky.social is sparkling on so many different levels. Rich, complex writing 🙌
Oh, wow! This #FlashFiction from @stephanieyu.bsky.social is sparkling on so many different levels. Rich, complex writing 🙌
Read my first Han Kang last night 🤯 so spare and so good www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
“Heavy Snow,” by Han Kang
I have made my way here at Inseon’s request. Because she said, I need you to go to my place in Jeju. If you don’t, she’ll die.
www.newyorker.com
November 15, 2024 at 11:21 PM
Read my first Han Kang last night 🤯 so spare and so good www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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And here's said bespoke OKD starter pack, ICYMI:
November 13, 2024 at 9:57 PM
And here's said bespoke OKD starter pack, ICYMI:
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this flash & short fiction writers starter pack filled up incredibly quickly (150 is the max, and I guess there are a lot of us). Anyway share if you're into short and flash fiction!
go.bsky.app/53R6ziA
go.bsky.app/53R6ziA
November 15, 2024 at 2:40 AM
this flash & short fiction writers starter pack filled up incredibly quickly (150 is the max, and I guess there are a lot of us). Anyway share if you're into short and flash fiction!
go.bsky.app/53R6ziA
go.bsky.app/53R6ziA
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I made a list of the literary magazines and small presses I’ve found here so far. Definitely not comprehensive, I’m sure I’ve missed lots. Feel free to tag any I’ve missed in the comments.
go.bsky.app/PBU24ts
go.bsky.app/PBU24ts
November 14, 2024 at 2:13 PM
I made a list of the literary magazines and small presses I’ve found here so far. Definitely not comprehensive, I’m sure I’ve missed lots. Feel free to tag any I’ve missed in the comments.
go.bsky.app/PBU24ts
go.bsky.app/PBU24ts
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Hi! Checking in and sharing a list of flash fiction writers on here
bsky.app/starter-pack...
bsky.app/starter-pack...
November 8, 2024 at 11:54 AM
Hi! Checking in and sharing a list of flash fiction writers on here
bsky.app/starter-pack...
bsky.app/starter-pack...
I had major writer's block after having a baby. My life had changed and writing about it seemed at once too profound and too mundane. Eventually this is the story that came out. Would love it if you gave it a read! swamp-pink.charleston.edu/featured/an-...
An Implicit Comparison Between Two Unlike Things – swamp pink
swamp-pink.charleston.edu
November 15, 2024 at 11:48 AM
I had major writer's block after having a baby. My life had changed and writing about it seemed at once too profound and too mundane. Eventually this is the story that came out. Would love it if you gave it a read! swamp-pink.charleston.edu/featured/an-...
I haven't written a lot about motherhood bc I am still very much in it and processing. This story came to me in the bleary newborn days and stuck around. Hope you enjoy it and thanks so much swamp pink for publishing swamp-pink.charleston.edu/featured/an-...
An Implicit Comparison Between Two Unlike Things – swamp pink
swamp-pink.charleston.edu
November 15, 2024 at 11:48 AM
I haven't written a lot about motherhood bc I am still very much in it and processing. This story came to me in the bleary newborn days and stuck around. Hope you enjoy it and thanks so much swamp pink for publishing swamp-pink.charleston.edu/featured/an-...