Bella Han 白乐寒
@bellahan-writing.bsky.social
SF/F writer working in both Chinese and English. Stories in Clarkesworld, Best Chinese Science Fiction, and more. China Galaxy Award winner.
https://bellahan.net
https://bellahan.net
It's really lovely to see "Sea of Fertility" (in @clarkesworldmagazine.com #227) receiving such an insightful and warm recommendation from A.C. Wise on @locusmag.bsky.social !
“The search for connection... infuses Han’s novelette, which also considers the meaning of authenticity, the value of art, and how people understand themselves and each other. "
Thank you for capturing the heart of "Sea of Fertility"!
Thank you for capturing the heart of "Sea of Fertility"!
My review of the August issue of @clarkesworldmagazine.com for @locusmag.bsky.social is now available to read online!
locusmag.com/review/clark...
locusmag.com/review/clark...
December 3, 2025 at 5:34 AM
It's really lovely to see "Sea of Fertility" (in @clarkesworldmagazine.com #227) receiving such an insightful and warm recommendation from A.C. Wise on @locusmag.bsky.social !
Reposted by Bella Han 白乐寒
The Nebula ballot is open — please consider my Locus-recommended novelette!
“The search for connection... infuses Han’s novelette, which also considers the meaning of authenticity, the value of art, and how people understand themselves and each other. "
Thank you for capturing the heart of "Sea of Fertility"!
Thank you for capturing the heart of "Sea of Fertility"!
My review of the August issue of @clarkesworldmagazine.com for @locusmag.bsky.social is now available to read online!
locusmag.com/review/clark...
locusmag.com/review/clark...
December 2, 2025 at 4:32 AM
The Nebula ballot is open — please consider my Locus-recommended novelette!
The Nebula ballot is open — please consider my Locus-recommended novelette!
“The search for connection... infuses Han’s novelette, which also considers the meaning of authenticity, the value of art, and how people understand themselves and each other. "
Thank you for capturing the heart of "Sea of Fertility"!
Thank you for capturing the heart of "Sea of Fertility"!
My review of the August issue of @clarkesworldmagazine.com for @locusmag.bsky.social is now available to read online!
locusmag.com/review/clark...
locusmag.com/review/clark...
December 2, 2025 at 4:32 AM
The Nebula ballot is open — please consider my Locus-recommended novelette!
Reposted by Bella Han 白乐寒
Join @acwise.bsky.social as she explores new short fiction from @clarkesworld -
Clarkesworld: Review by A.C. Wise
Clarkesworld 8/25 The August issue of Clarkesworld opens with “A Shaky Bridge” by Marissa Lingen, in which a man receives a MindBridge implant after a stroke. It restores his speech and motor funct…
locusmag.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Join @acwise.bsky.social as she explores new short fiction from @clarkesworld -
“The search for connection... infuses Han’s novelette, which also considers the meaning of authenticity, the value of art, and how people understand themselves and each other. "
Thank you for capturing the heart of "Sea of Fertility"!
Thank you for capturing the heart of "Sea of Fertility"!
My review of the August issue of @clarkesworldmagazine.com for @locusmag.bsky.social is now available to read online!
locusmag.com/review/clark...
locusmag.com/review/clark...
Clarkesworld: Review by A.C. Wise
Clarkesworld 8/25 The August issue of Clarkesworld opens with “A Shaky Bridge” by Marissa Lingen, in which a man receives a MindBridge implant after a stroke. It restores his speech and motor funct…
locusmag.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“The search for connection... infuses Han’s novelette, which also considers the meaning of authenticity, the value of art, and how people understand themselves and each other. "
Thank you for capturing the heart of "Sea of Fertility"!
Thank you for capturing the heart of "Sea of Fertility"!
Reposted by Bella Han 白乐寒
“Vita Nova” (SF short story) — Quest, Nov 2025
👼Love in an age when bodies and souls could part.
read.quest/content/vita...
Thank you for reading & consideration!
👼Love in an age when bodies and souls could part.
read.quest/content/vita...
Thank you for reading & consideration!
QUEST
An online magazine using sci-fi and fantasy to investigate politics, culture, and society. We publish literary, visual, and critical work that uses sci-fi and fantasy to reflect the world around us.
...
read.quest
November 13, 2025 at 5:43 AM
“Vita Nova” (SF short story) — Quest, Nov 2025
👼Love in an age when bodies and souls could part.
read.quest/content/vita...
Thank you for reading & consideration!
👼Love in an age when bodies and souls could part.
read.quest/content/vita...
Thank you for reading & consideration!
Reposted by Bella Han 白乐寒
🪐AWARD ELIGIBILITY POST TIME!
“Sea of Fertility” (SF novelette) — Clarkesworld, Aug 2025
🐚In a virtual world of shattered ties, we return to the eve of the Internet to find what we lost: a true life.
clarkesworldmagazine.com/han_08_25/
“Sea of Fertility” (SF novelette) — Clarkesworld, Aug 2025
🐚In a virtual world of shattered ties, we return to the eve of the Internet to find what we lost: a true life.
clarkesworldmagazine.com/han_08_25/
Sea of Fertility by Bella Han
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:43 AM
🪐AWARD ELIGIBILITY POST TIME!
“Sea of Fertility” (SF novelette) — Clarkesworld, Aug 2025
🐚In a virtual world of shattered ties, we return to the eve of the Internet to find what we lost: a true life.
clarkesworldmagazine.com/han_08_25/
“Sea of Fertility” (SF novelette) — Clarkesworld, Aug 2025
🐚In a virtual world of shattered ties, we return to the eve of the Internet to find what we lost: a true life.
clarkesworldmagazine.com/han_08_25/
Reposted by Bella Han 白乐寒
Meet the bleak drop in support with hope and boldness. Six families & a camp rely on that hope and boldness.
This is a material lifeline for medicine, food, and shelter in ongoing famine, displacement, blockade on aid, unceased fire.
Simple.
This is a material lifeline for medicine, food, and shelter in ongoing famine, displacement, blockade on aid, unceased fire.
Simple.
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that their...
chuffed.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Meet the bleak drop in support with hope and boldness. Six families & a camp rely on that hope and boldness.
This is a material lifeline for medicine, food, and shelter in ongoing famine, displacement, blockade on aid, unceased fire.
Simple.
This is a material lifeline for medicine, food, and shelter in ongoing famine, displacement, blockade on aid, unceased fire.
Simple.
Really sad to see independent zines go under.
a post about Psychopomp in 2026
please read and share
thank you very much
please read and share
thank you very much
what's next for Psychopomp - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
what to expect from Psychopomp (and The Deadlands and Fantasy Magazine) in 2026.
psychopomp.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Really sad to see independent zines go under.
Reposted by Bella Han 白乐寒
In light of the astronomical increases for my health insurance next year, I thought it would be a good time to encourage people to subscribe. (A few hundred should cover it. Sigh.)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
In light of the astronomical increases for my health insurance next year, I thought it would be a good time to encourage people to subscribe. (A few hundred should cover it. Sigh.)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
QUEST Issue No.1 is bold and fun.
“Natural Relations” by James Vinson has some “Vaster than Empires” vibe but ends up wilder. “Gift of Risk” by Earl Livings echoes the Arabian Nights.
And of course I enjoyed my “Vita Nova,” presented with Alexa Velasquez’s stunning arts. read.quest/content/vita...
“Natural Relations” by James Vinson has some “Vaster than Empires” vibe but ends up wilder. “Gift of Risk” by Earl Livings echoes the Arabian Nights.
And of course I enjoyed my “Vita Nova,” presented with Alexa Velasquez’s stunning arts. read.quest/content/vita...
November 17, 2025 at 4:39 AM
QUEST Issue No.1 is bold and fun.
“Natural Relations” by James Vinson has some “Vaster than Empires” vibe but ends up wilder. “Gift of Risk” by Earl Livings echoes the Arabian Nights.
And of course I enjoyed my “Vita Nova,” presented with Alexa Velasquez’s stunning arts. read.quest/content/vita...
“Natural Relations” by James Vinson has some “Vaster than Empires” vibe but ends up wilder. “Gift of Risk” by Earl Livings echoes the Arabian Nights.
And of course I enjoyed my “Vita Nova,” presented with Alexa Velasquez’s stunning arts. read.quest/content/vita...
I created a micro PUZZLE GAME to hide the Chinese version of my latest story, “Vita Nova,” published in @readquest.bsky.social
Enjoy it for free—and use any help you like, including AI.
我做了个迷你解谜小游戏，把我的科幻短篇《与子偕老》的中文版藏了起来。来玩玩看吧！
bellahan.net/portfolio/vi...
Enjoy it for free—and use any help you like, including AI.
我做了个迷你解谜小游戏，把我的科幻短篇《与子偕老》的中文版藏了起来。来玩玩看吧！
bellahan.net/portfolio/vi...
白乐寒 Bella Han
与子偕老 Vita Nova 进入那黑暗。解开我们的衣服，脱下我们的身体，袒露出我们的灵魂。在一个拥抱中，我们…
bellahan.net
November 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I created a micro PUZZLE GAME to hide the Chinese version of my latest story, “Vita Nova,” published in @readquest.bsky.social
Enjoy it for free—and use any help you like, including AI.
我做了个迷你解谜小游戏，把我的科幻短篇《与子偕老》的中文版藏了起来。来玩玩看吧！
bellahan.net/portfolio/vi...
Enjoy it for free—and use any help you like, including AI.
我做了个迷你解谜小游戏，把我的科幻短篇《与子偕老》的中文版藏了起来。来玩玩看吧！
bellahan.net/portfolio/vi...
I translate my own work into English, so I know this all too well. Even in the final minutes of editing, Neil and I would still catch misunderstandings that stemmed from cultural differences—something AI could hardly detect.
Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.
Amazon has launched a new AI-driven translation service, Kindle Translate, for Kindle Direct Publishing authors 👇 #BookSky
November 15, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I translate my own work into English, so I know this all too well. Even in the final minutes of editing, Neil and I would still catch misunderstandings that stemmed from cultural differences—something AI could hardly detect.
Did she really negotiate with God? No. She merely ran through thousands of universes and finally landed in the most beautiful one.
Defying destiny a thousand times, she became a red-haired angel herself.
Defying destiny a thousand times, she became a red-haired angel herself.
November 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Did she really negotiate with God? No. She merely ran through thousands of universes and finally landed in the most beautiful one.
Defying destiny a thousand times, she became a red-haired angel herself.
Defying destiny a thousand times, she became a red-haired angel herself.
🪐AWARD ELIGIBILITY POST TIME!
“Sea of Fertility” (SF novelette) — Clarkesworld, Aug 2025
🐚In a virtual world of shattered ties, we return to the eve of the Internet to find what we lost: a true life.
clarkesworldmagazine.com/han_08_25/
“Sea of Fertility” (SF novelette) — Clarkesworld, Aug 2025
🐚In a virtual world of shattered ties, we return to the eve of the Internet to find what we lost: a true life.
clarkesworldmagazine.com/han_08_25/
Sea of Fertility by Bella Han
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:43 AM
🪐AWARD ELIGIBILITY POST TIME!
“Sea of Fertility” (SF novelette) — Clarkesworld, Aug 2025
🐚In a virtual world of shattered ties, we return to the eve of the Internet to find what we lost: a true life.
clarkesworldmagazine.com/han_08_25/
“Sea of Fertility” (SF novelette) — Clarkesworld, Aug 2025
🐚In a virtual world of shattered ties, we return to the eve of the Internet to find what we lost: a true life.
clarkesworldmagazine.com/han_08_25/
Reposted by Bella Han 白乐寒
Thank you! I'll add it to the list. Sea of Fertility is a lovely novelette!
November 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Thank you! I'll add it to the list. Sea of Fertility is a lovely novelette!
I never expected this debuting magazine to be so cool when I was invited. @readquest.bsky.social
“Vita Nova”—the shape of love in an age when bodies and souls could part.
Adventure starts here: read.quest/content/vita...
“Vita Nova”—the shape of love in an age when bodies and souls could part.
Adventure starts here: read.quest/content/vita...
November 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I never expected this debuting magazine to be so cool when I was invited. @readquest.bsky.social
“Vita Nova”—the shape of love in an age when bodies and souls could part.
Adventure starts here: read.quest/content/vita...
“Vita Nova”—the shape of love in an age when bodies and souls could part.
Adventure starts here: read.quest/content/vita...
Meet this author in Quest's upcoming debut issue! @readquest.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Meet this author in Quest's upcoming debut issue! @readquest.bsky.social
My story “Vita Nova,” exploring the SHAPE of love when souls and bodies can part, has been invited to appear in the debut issue of Quest! @readquest.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 6:36 AM
My story “Vita Nova,” exploring the SHAPE of love when souls and bodies can part, has been invited to appear in the debut issue of Quest! @readquest.bsky.social
The blood moon and a kitty on a night stroll.
September 8, 2025 at 4:02 AM
The blood moon and a kitty on a night stroll.
Have set the alarm clock to watch the blood moon tonight.
September 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Have set the alarm clock to watch the blood moon tonight.
My "Sea of Fertility", a search for true life through a virtual city, is now out on the @clarkesworldmagazine.com podcast, read by the brilliant Kate Baker! Please enjoy! clarkesworldmagazine.com/han_08_25/
Sea of Fertility by Bella Han
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:14 AM
My "Sea of Fertility", a search for true life through a virtual city, is now out on the @clarkesworldmagazine.com podcast, read by the brilliant Kate Baker! Please enjoy! clarkesworldmagazine.com/han_08_25/
Reposted by Bella Han 白乐寒
I love these lines from this story: “Here, the sky was new, and the earth still veiled in mist. They roamed the wilderness with their little lights, leaving footprints, seeking one another, and creating new worlds.”
My “Sea of Fertility" is finally out in @clarkesworldmagazine.com #227!
— We poured ourselves into the virtual city of Laputa… but left our hearts behind.
— In a world of shattered ties, we’ll return to the eve of the Internet to find what we lost: a true life.
clarkesworldmagazine.com/han_08_25/
— We poured ourselves into the virtual city of Laputa… but left our hearts behind.
— In a world of shattered ties, we’ll return to the eve of the Internet to find what we lost: a true life.
clarkesworldmagazine.com/han_08_25/
Sea of Fertility by Bella Han
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
August 21, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I love these lines from this story: “Here, the sky was new, and the earth still veiled in mist. They roamed the wilderness with their little lights, leaving footprints, seeking one another, and creating new worlds.”