Zhui Ning Chang 曾睿宁
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Zhui Ning Chang 曾睿宁
@witchywonderer.bsky.social
malaysian editor, writer, translator, theatre maker | editor-in-chief at @khoreo.bsky.social | phd in decolonial seasian sff | co-creator and librettist @asianpiratemusical.bsky.social 🏴‍☠️ | she/they/dia/伊 ✨| zhuiningchang.com
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We’re live! This is one of the stories closest to my heart—my queer time travel pirate musical set on Southeast Asian seas, now out in the world for everyone to listen to 🏴‍☠️
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Alright y'all. This is finally happening.
November 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I loved this story so much. She will be deeply missed 💔
We are heartbroken to hear about the passing of Celeste Rita Baker, a wonderful writer and human. It was our joy and privilege to publish her story “Me and Seed Sheself” in our magazine in 2022. Our deepest condolences to her loved ones, may she rest in peace. www.khoreomag.com/fiction/me-a...
Me and Seed Sheself
I been wid dis woman since she was small, and now is like we shell casing break in two, in three.  First ting I remember from being wid she is hearing she little girl voice. So close it make me vibrat...
www.khoreomag.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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For the Palestinian folklore friends, here's a podcast all about one of our folkways: embroidery, otherwise known as tatreez and tahriri. Check them out! www.tatreeztalk.com
Tatreez Talk
Tatreez Talk is a the podcast that stitches together the vibrant narratives of Palestinian embroidery! Join us as we chat with talented embroiderers and artists, sharing their stories, inspirations, a...
www.tatreeztalk.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Now, here's something you don't see everyday, did you know that @artofelaineho.bsky.social 's dark political epic fantasy CRY, VOIDBRINGER has it's very own original literary soundtrack from The Bookish Songs Collective?

Listen: https://geni.us/CRYVSound
Preorder: https://geni.us/cryvoi
November 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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My story "Silence Starved and Swallowed" from Fantasy Magazine is now free to read online! If you've ever felt like a black hole, this one's for you 🖤

Reads & shares are appreciated 💖 Thanks again too to @mariahaskins.com for featuring the story in the SH quarterly short fiction roundup ✨
August 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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If you have a writer in your life and you'd like them to know that you care about their ambitions, may I suggest ordering a copy of my collaborative craft anthology, An Honour And A Privilege, as a Christmas present? (trust me, you'll get the MOST brownie points)
October 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We are open and would love to read your work!
November submissions are OPEN!

The theme for the November submission period is REVOLUTIONS!

We pay $0.10/word! More info on how to submit is on our website: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
November 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Monday MONDAY monday

Learn about the African Translation Project today!!

Donate and share!
TAKE A LOOK at the art shop
Share, please, share

If we don't get eyes on this, the books don't happen

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Support African Translation Project
African Translation Project, Goal 4: Fully Fund Two Translations, by 31 October, still needed: $3345, 67%, If this goal is met: Translations will be fully funded for Bengithi Lizokuna and Zvinobvinza,...
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October 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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ICYMI, we're open to submissions by authors of historically marginalized backgrounds for this entire month!

We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and other folks whose voices must be heard!

www.havenspec.com/submit/
October 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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a hard truth:

it's not easy being undead

it takes a whole skeleton crew

and the creative force of some AMAZING writers

and above all it takes YOU

our readers

and hey, buy a coin if you can? keep us undead a little longer? 🙏🖤

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Another October has arrived, crispy around the edges with a coolness that sinks into your bones. One season folds into another we rarely see, the ground
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October 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I’ll be at World Fantasy Con in a couple weeks! Am on a panel on Saturday Nov 1st about the craft of editing with some brilliant co-panellists, and will be in Brighton for the rest of the con.

I’d love to meet friends and new folks. Come say hi!
October 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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NEW KICKSTARTER TIER UNLOCKED! At 110%, each backer will receive a NEW BRAIN 🧠 with zero microplastics*🚮, a normal amount of dopamine**😃✨, and the ability to see shrimp colors***🦐🌈!

* okay maybe a few microplastics
**what is “normal” anyway?
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Apex Magazine 2026
An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.
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October 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Come submit next month! 🔥
📢 Announcing our theme for the November submission period: Revolutions!

We're looking for daring, subversive, and strange fiction that explores this theme!

⏰ Submissions will open on November 1. Read the full theme description and submission details: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
October 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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📢 Call for Submissions! Àrokò invites writers from Africa & the diaspora to send us stories that reimagine folklore, myth, and legend. Deadline Dec 31 2025.

www.aroko.world/aroko-anthol...
Àrokò Anthology: Call for submissions
ÀROKÒ ANTHOLOGY NO.1: FOLKLORE FROM AFRICA & THE DIASPORA Curated and edited by Aishatu Ado DEADLINE 12.31.25 // Submit to: contact@aroko.coop THEME We invite fiction that breathes new life into ...
www.aroko.world
October 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Congrats to all the IGNYTE winners and finalists—what a fantastic lineup 🤩
October 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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“An unsparing look at cycles of violence, this intimate epic fantasy from debut author @artofelaineho.bsky.social racks up a body count worthy of GAME OF THRONES...a brutal but impressive start.” @publisherswkly.bsky.social

CRY, VOIDBRINGER is out next month in the UK geni.us/cryvoi
October 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Heyyyy! Wanna do something awesome for trans creators today?

Galaxy 2: As the World Falls Down is available for preorder. It's the sequel to Galaxy the Prettiest Star by @planetx.bsky.social and @ryehickman.bsky.social and it's gonna be BEAUTIFUL.

LINK:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/799756...
Galaxy 2: As The World Falls Down by Jadzia Axelrod: 9781799503446 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The highly anticipated sequel to the YA trans coming-out graphic novel Galaxy: The Prettiest Star brings more romance, more action, and more queer joy as Taylor faces her biggest fear: the Vane. Tayl...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Episode 264 of my Eating the Fantastic podcast is now live with guest @foxesandroses.bsky.social! Join us at the table and learn why she ended up as a fantasy writer rather than a comic book creator, how a pantser handles world building — and much more. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
September 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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My fantasy novelette “Limue’s Alphabet” is out now in @thefuturefire.bsky.social, with artwork by Barbara Candiotti!

This is a story about language, writing, colonialism, and divinity, and it’s one of my favorite things I’ve written.
Limue’s Alphabet, Eleanor Glewwe
In the dappled shade of a stand of bamboo, an old woman takes a stick and scratches two curved lines in the dusty yellow earth.
futurefire.net
September 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Excited to be back at Flights of Foundry and to share this panel with such brilliant folks!

You can also catch me on the panels “The Work of Being a Freelancer/Biz Person” and “Pirates and Sea Creatures and Kataw, Oh My!”, details on the Flights of Foundry website.

Join us, it’ll be a good one 😎
Join us this Friday during the first hour of @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social for a panel about Multilingual Life for Creatives!

Featuring @witchywonderer.bsky.social, @danaiwrites.bsky.social, @jelenawrites.bsky.social, and @foxesandroses.bsky.social.

Register for free at flights-of-foundry.org 🔥
September 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Thank you for featuring The Goddess of Loneliness and Misfortune by Anna Bendiy in Year’s Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3! This story is from our Issue 4.1 and you can read the full story here: www.khoreomag.com/fiction/the-...
I need a timeline cleanse. How about a table of contents announcement! That’s right—despite the world being on fire, it’s time to reveal the TOC for Year’s Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3! It was VERY hard to narrow the list down but it's all killer, no filler. The book launches October 14. Enjoy! 1/2
September 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
New issue is OUT! With a lovely essay on symbiosis, parasitism and the line between the two, and five distinct and excellent fiction responses to the theme
Issue 5.3 is out now! ❤️‍🔥 A special themed issue on Symbiosis—close relationships between species. The stories creatively explore their own take on this theme. Head over to our website to buy a copy & read the latest issue: www.khoreomag.com

This incredible cover is by @jocelynshort.bsky.social 🧡
September 16, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Just a heads up that @haymarketbooks.org's summer sale ends Friday. You can currently get 40% off all books, including my book with @prisonculture.bsky.social, Let This Radicalize You.
Let This Radicalize You
Doing Justice: The Revolution of Rescue and Reciprocal Care is a practical and imaginative resource for activists and organizers building power in an era of destabilization and catastrophe.
www.haymarketbooks.org
August 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM