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Ash Huang
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Writer, three pep talks in a trench coat • Nightmare, Lightspeed, Ecotone, Apparition, Orion’s Belt • SLF Diverse Worlds Grant ‘22, RWW, Tin House (workshop + reading fellow), Periplus • Rep: @hel-no-wai.bsky.social • ashsmash.com
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Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · Sep 17
"To save face, turn away from the sun. Turn away from the spatter of cold rain against the cheek…" www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/safe... Out today for everyone in @nightmare-magazine.com
Safe Face - Nightmare Magazine
To save face, turn away from the sun. Turn away from the spatter of cold rain against the cheek, away from the hard light of the moon at its roundest, away from the snow-flecked wind, away from the ba...
www.nightmare-magazine.com
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spacevalkyries.bsky.social
got to attend an event that had a reading (streamed online, yay) of "Wilayat in Seven Saints" by Tanvir Ahmed and also had an awesome presentation by @jennahanchey.bsky.social!

absolutely in awe of this piece AND Jenna's presentation, and I'm going to be chewing on both for a good long while!
kaleidotrope.bsky.social Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · Oct 6
There is, as it happens, a brand new issue of Kaleidotrope.
“Come one now, come all ye, this story breaks free here…” – The New Pornographers, “Go Places” Fiction “Singularities” by Cressida Roe “The Little Deaths of Autumn” by J.A. Prentice “The Nine Crashes of Flight Lieutenant Hilla Quinn” by Louise Hughes “The Beekeeper’s Daughter” by Neil Willcox “Follow My Instructions, I Promise This Won’t Hurt” by Akis Linardos “What Am I This Time?” by Scott Edelman “The Hunting of the Phoenix” by S.L. Harris “Godling, Runner, Thief” by Avra Margariti “My Collectors” by Shaenon K. Garrity “What a Big Heart You Have” by Marissa Lingen “The Violin/ist or The Madrigal” by Katie R. Yen “Wilayat in Seven Saints” by Tanvir Ahmed Poetry “Eldritch Democracy” by Chris Clemens “Shapeshifters’ Local” by Rick Hollon “Lacus Solitudinis” by Josh Pearce “I have been to the market” by Shana Ross “Atomic” by Jennifer Crow “Bedazzled” by Robert Borski “Bestla” by James Joseph Brown Artwork by Carly A-F
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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jennahanchey.bsky.social
Hey SFF community! The amazing @lpkindred.bsky.social needs our help to finish school! Please donate if you can and share widely!

www.gofundme.com/f/keep-lp-in...
Donate to Keep LP in School Spring 2026, organized by LP Kindred
Hey y'all, I'm LP Kindred, a Chicagoan-Angeleno writer/editor/teaching artist/culture work… LP Kindred needs your support for Keep LP in School Spring 2026
www.gofundme.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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kishizuka.bsky.social
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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jdebbiel.bsky.social
Black Friday Drop!!

I’ll be opening my store for the last time this year between Nov 22 12pm EST and Nov 30 12pm EST. We will have *SIX* new prints along with past ones, 2001 Space Odyssey APs, and Magic the Gathering APs. (1/4)
Black Friday Sale flyer. url: debleeart.com/shop. Nov 22-30 Six new prints. Two are blurred--one original and one studio ghibli, to be revealed soon. Kpop demon hunters fanart, expedition 33 fanart, cat glass original, girl in summer original. The rest of the prints available. Arcane, Evangelion, Perfect Blue, Mononoke, Mob Psycho, Chainsaw Man, Dun Meshi, Phantom, Howl's Moving Castle (large only), Dandadan, Museum, Cat Glass, Apple Martini Lunar New Year, Girl with Heron, Medusa Tea party. Regular 11x17 $35, Large 17x22, $50
November 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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apexmag.bsky.social
🌼🌒🌓🌔 HAPPY ECO EQUINOX 🌖🌗🌘🌼

ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION has been released into the world! We are honored to share these author's stories with you, and look forward to continuing the legacy of ECO for many years to come. 🍄💜 👽🖤

Order ECO24: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
"ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION. OUT NOW. www.apexbookcompany.com"
November 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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wnwagner.bsky.social
It's true! Nightmare Magazine will open to subs in January! Check out the schedule below for dates & times; read the guidelines for more specifics.
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
ashsmash.bsky.social
Trying here first: Are any of you geologists, rock nerds, or very knowledgable about natural gas? I am eventually looking for someone to occasionally consult with (yes, paid) for a project I'm working on.
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
ashsmash.bsky.social
This illustration is so metal, v excited for this and honored to be included
psychopomp.com Psychopomp @psychopomp.com · Oct 23
ANNOUNCEMENT

1. Afterlives 2024 curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social has been COVER REVEALED

2. the collection will be available FOR FREE to paid patrons of @thedeadlands.com

3. join now, read The Deadlands, and receive the book magically when it is released beginning of November

go see! 👇
Afterlives 2024: Cover Reveal - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
One cool thing about being a psychopomp is the ability to lead people to places they haven't been before. Sure sure, the main place we lead people is the Realm of the Dead, yeah yeah, but we can take ...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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gessicasakamoto.bsky.social
I’m now accepting applications for Fiction Editor and Poetry Editor positions for 2026 at Orion’s Belt. If you desire to join our team (especially if you have experience at a spec-fic magazine), please send a cover letter/CV to orionsbelt.submissions@gmail.com. Details: www.orions-belt.net/volunteer
Volunteer — Orion's Belt
www.orions-belt.net
November 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
ashsmash.bsky.social
Happy to see as Americans that we’re exhibiting signs of life today. Good job besties
November 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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victormanibo.com
My tropical Gothic horror novel THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED is almost here and now you can get a chance at a finished copy before pub date, thanks to this Goodreads giveaway! Entry details below
Graphic: peach and yellow background, text up top reads “goodreads giveaways” below that, the cover of The Villa, Once Beloved by Victor Manibo. Below that, text reads “Enter for a chance to win one of 100 finished copies!” Lower left hand corner has Erewhon Books logo, lower right hand text reads “Ends 11/13/25. Terms apply”
October 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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jenniferhudak.bsky.social
Aahh it’s release day for BASFF! Look at this gorgeous cover 😍 Thanks again to @gavingrant.bsky.social and @kellylink.bsky.social for pubbing ”The Witch Trap” in LCRW, and to @johnjosephadams.com and @nnedi.bsky.social for selecting it for this book 😭🥹🩵

@marinerbooks.bsky.social
The cover of The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, edited by Nnedi Okorafor: lots is colorful circles on a black background. The book open to the page that contains my story, “The Witch Trap”
October 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
ashsmash.bsky.social
I have this short story I have affection for, but it is a little Weird. I sent it out on a whim bc it hasn't been out in a while, and got a super lovely personal rejection. I am by personality probably a doomer (I mean, look around??? wtf???) but I have found the key to being a happy writer for me ⬇️
October 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
ashsmash.bsky.social
yes please
sunyidean.com sunyi @sunyidean.com · Oct 6
Happy Mid Autumn Festival! 🥮 I’m thrilled to share the cover of #TheGirlWithAThousandFaces, coming 5 May 2026 from @torbooks.bsky.social! ⭐⁣The Girl with a Thousand Faces is a Chinese-Gothic tale set in a historical Hong Kong.

Cover art by Lindsey Carr, Cover design by Shreya Gupta
A ghostly Chinese woman with dead white eyes stares out from a stylised black and green ocean, her face surrounded by billowing gold foam THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW NOVEL FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE BOOK EATERS A haunting dark urban fantasy set in a historical Hong Kong, where ancient myths and local legends combine in a story of ghosts, grief and women who will not forgive. Mercy Chan is a triad exorcist with a mysterious past. After washing up on the shores of Hong Kong with no memory during World War II, she found a home in Kowloon Walled City, an infamous, ghost-infested slum full of lost and traumatised civilians. Since the war ended, Mercy has rebuilt her life and found work as a ghost-talker for the local triad, dealing with the angry and bitter spirits who haunt this place. But the past she can’t remember won’t let her go. An unusually powerful ghost lurks in Kowloon’s waterways, drowning innocents and threatening the district. Unnervingly, it claims to know Mercy—and her forgotten childhood. As Mercy is drawn into a deadly cat-and-mouse game with this malignant spirit, she begins to realise that the monster she fights within these walls may well be one of her own making.
October 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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tinhouse.bsky.social
There are FOUR days left to apply to the 2026 Tin House Winter Online Workshop!

Writers Who Live Outside of the United States: We will be offering fifteen scholarships for writers who reside outside of the United States.

Apply here: tinhouse.com/workshop/win...
Media description: An ad for an online writing workshop. Text reads: 2026 Winter Online Workshop, Writers Who Live Outside of the United States Scholarship, Feb 7 - 16, Applications due Oct 6th, Tin House Workshop
October 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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drkarenlord.bsky.social
Did you think I was kidding when I said this book is amazing and you should preorder it now? Kudos to coeditors @annaleen.bsky.social and @older.bsky.social, and our incredible roster of writers and activists, for creating such a marvellous work!
Library Journal Starred Review We Will Rise Again: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope Saga. Dec. 2025. 384p. ed. by Karen Lord and others. ISBN 9781668095959. pbk. $20. SCIENCE FICTION Inspired by the groundbreaking anthology Octavia’s Brood, editors Lord, Annalee Newitz, and Malka Older present a new collection of essays from current agents for social change, along with visionary and speculative fiction set in alternate worlds where people are fighting the good fight against injustice and oppression. Standouts include Laia Asieo Odo’s “Where Memory Meets the Sea,” a heartbreaker about the manipulation of history and the crush of grief; Jaymee Goh’s “A Brief Letter on the Origins of the Harpy Aviary in the Kirani Citadel,” a wryly satirical story about sanctioned rebellions carried out with the application of a flock of harpies; and Charlie Jane Anders’s “Realer Than Real,” which examines the enforcement of gender norms. Other stories explore social activism, collective action, the fear of change, the possibility of hope along multiple axes from community justice to anarchism, human rights across the LGBTQIA+ spectrum and for people with disabilities, the difficulty of combatting crisis fatigue, and the desperation to make others see what they’d prefer to avoid. VERDICT: This thought-provoking and inspiring collection is highly recommended for readers looking for visions that represent hope and change, as well as anyone who loves the work of Octavia Butler. — Reviewed by Marlene Harris , Oct 01, 2025
September 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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aijiang.bsky.social
Bookmark and Bookplate reveal for 🌬️🌊⚙️A RIVER FROM THE SKY 🌬️🌊⚙️

April 21, 2026 from @titanbooks.bsky.social

If you preorder A RIVER FROM THE SKY and fill out the form in my bio, you can get a bookmark & bookplate along with the art cards!! (Indie bookstore preorder campaign info coming soon!)
A River from the Sky bookmarks with the cover art A River from the Sky signed bookplate with cover elements as the design
September 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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crossingwinter.bsky.social
an otherside kickstarter bumpersticker that reads: "honk if you love materially supporting 2slgbtquia+ art in the face of censorship and relentless hostility"
September 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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roseciesla.bsky.social
I'm teaching a class on basic story structure at the fabulous Write Space in Orange, NJ on October 21st from 7-9pm--more info and signup: bit.ly/4296vX0
Flyer advertising a writing class called NARRATIVE ARCHITECTURE: BUILDING ON A SOLID FOUNDATION, illustrated by an angry cat writing on a clipboard.
September 20, 2025 at 2:17 AM
ashsmash.bsky.social
newsletter ~ happy friday y'all
buttondown.com/ashsmash/arc...
Your creativity is benevolent, and you can always return to it
Scenes from the summer, a new publication, an upcoming reading, a pep talk about returning to yourself
buttondown.com
September 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
ashsmash.bsky.social
"To save face, turn away from the sun. Turn away from the spatter of cold rain against the cheek…" www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/safe... Out today for everyone in @nightmare-magazine.com
Safe Face - Nightmare Magazine
To save face, turn away from the sun. Turn away from the spatter of cold rain against the cheek, away from the hard light of the moon at its roundest, away from the snow-flecked wind, away from the ba...
www.nightmare-magazine.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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nicolechung.bsky.social
Periplus, a mentorship collective serving US-based early-career writers of color, is now accepting applications for our 2026 class of fellows! Apply by 9/20: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) here: bit.ly/periplusfaq
PERIPLUS: An FAQ
PERIPLUS: AN FAQ Updated August 2025 Hi! Thanks for your interest in Periplus, a mentorship collective serving U.S. writers who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color. We're glad you’re here. Rea...
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August 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
ashsmash.bsky.social
I’m a fairly confident knitter trying to learn a little crochet and wow. You people are just lawless aren’t you
September 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
ashsmash.bsky.social
We love new book day, congrats @catherineyuwrites.bsky.social !! horror and betrayal in the high pressure cooker of a prestigious ballet academy, this will definitely end super good for every character I’m sure
Holding a hardback edition of Catherine Yu’s THE DEVIL’S IN THE DANCERS which features a spotlight on three ballet dancers with two ominous clawed shadows
September 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM