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Ash Huang
@ashsmash.bsky.social
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
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
September 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Finally reading this. Absolutely lost it during the resigned apes smoking joints scene.
August 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Thank yew @itsamia.bsky.social 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜 muahahahaha
August 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
It is real bad and getting more dire, isn’t it? Here. Here is an orange pouch I have made to gift to someone who has been very generous with both me and the community at large. I hope it brightens your day, too. I’ll thread the pattern.
June 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I would like to call out specifically that Amplitudes (and other preorders!) are 25% off on
@barnesandnoble.com w the code PREORDER25 til Friday. 35% off, if you're ✨ fohn cee ✨ and Premium. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/amplitudes... Preorders really matter in this biz!! tyty ~
April 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
the crumbs are from my emotional support croissant
January 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Let's take this screenshot for instance. The amount of information on screen is great! Not an overwhelming amount at all, just enough to pull you in. However, watch what happens if we digitally squint (aka blur). That video REALLY pops out. So when a visitor sees this page, their eye goes there.
January 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
And then for the light blue background, perhaps something with a bit more heft to it, that is a bit more opinionated. Or, maybe even something mystical like a future-y gradient type image (also from unsplash). You don't have to do BOTH of these. Again, the more elements you have, the more to manage
January 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
If we just pick two elements to think about, let's pick color and choice of photo. This is not prescriptive advice btw! just for demonstration. What photo would we pick if we are trying to convey speculative or magical? Something more like these, maybe? (images from unsplash)
January 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I am legit shattered by this translation, 2 pages in. ‘Bro!’ Unreal lol @mariadahvana.bsky.social
December 25, 2024 at 10:46 PM
I’ve never done an eligibility post before, and mainly treating this as a roundup of my publications for 2024. So please excuse my absolute agony at being perceived, and also~ thank you for perceiving me.

Links in 🧵
December 5, 2024 at 8:28 PM
I’m re-reading Parable of the Sower for a workshop and from the moment of opening the first page to ‘2024’ my face has just been the grimace emoji 😬 page after page, paired with a very quiet eeenggghghhhhg
November 15, 2024 at 7:55 PM
40 pages in, and this slim little flint of a novella is so my shishi (haunted woods, impossible odds, sturdy almost 40s protag) y’all don’t understand @premeemohamed.com
November 13, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Oh yay oh yay oh yay 🌈🌌 shrieeeeeeking!!!!!
November 13, 2024 at 12:24 AM
I had to mail 9lb of books home from World Fantasy and yet look at me go off at the new local bookstore
October 25, 2024 at 12:34 PM
It never gets old
October 10, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Q: what’s the correct following distance to this van?

A:
1) 12 feet
2) 20 feet
3) I watched Final Destination as a child
September 30, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Tech check yesterday. See you at @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social Friday at hour 4? (1pm pst / 4pm est)
September 24, 2024 at 3:31 PM
I started knitting most of my new ‘notable’ clothes myself last year. I’ve noticed a real difference in my clothes consumption, and an awareness for material. Seems many brands are selling virgin plastic sweaters for $300 🥲 I’ve also gotten into spinning my own yarn.
September 21, 2024 at 2:45 PM
A live feed of me only letting myself sip this book 3 pages at a time when my base desire is to devour it whole in one sitting like Kirby at a celebratory feast
September 17, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Come hang out at Flights of Foundry this year! Giving a talk that's been swirling around my skull like that charming ball in the spray paint can.
September 13, 2024 at 9:46 PM
New story out in Ecotone ~ ecotonemagazine.org/fiction/slip... examining an inheritance of striving, against the backdrop of a sudden natural phenomenon.
April 24, 2024 at 7:24 PM
I need to thank @alexanderchee.bsky.social publicly for the rose essay because it is absolutely stunning, and the last images haunt me daily, but also bc it gave me the courage to finally raise some roses myself. They’re going off this year!
April 19, 2024 at 5:16 PM
No spoilers bc I’m only on chapter 22 but @isabelcanas.bsky.social has me sighing wistfully every dang chapter 🥲 love me some historical fantasy heart smashing
March 29, 2024 at 2:04 AM
It’s live for everyone ✨ check out my latest story on @apparitionlit.com (or let me read it to you, there’s audio!). While you’re at it, read the other gorgeous blighty poems and stories apparitionlit.com/a-proper-ves...
February 5, 2024 at 4:48 PM