! Carolyn !
@carolynzhao.bsky.social
Guy who cannot stop making things. stories in Clarkesworld and Strange Horizons, Co-EIC @wyrmholemagazine
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In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.
Call me Ishmael. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.
There were two husbands disappointed by eggs. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.
October 3, 2025 at 4:16 AM
In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.
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What's the matter babe you've barely touched your event horizon ribs
September 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
What's the matter babe you've barely touched your event horizon ribs
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if you really want to stick it to Disney, and other corporate media giants, become fascinated by things they would never produce, so that they might fade into the background noise of life.
September 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
if you really want to stick it to Disney, and other corporate media giants, become fascinated by things they would never produce, so that they might fade into the background noise of life.
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they should invent logging on that is good for you
September 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
they should invent logging on that is good for you
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I don’t want to be alarming but I suspect that there might be a darkness in the heart of my fellow man
September 11, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I don’t want to be alarming but I suspect that there might be a darkness in the heart of my fellow man
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youre looking quite epic tonight darling. very for the win
September 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
youre looking quite epic tonight darling. very for the win
Oh man Silksong is SO SMOOTH. If anyone needs me in the next 3 weeks I’ll be in Pharloom. Oh my god. I can’t believe it’s real.
September 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Oh man Silksong is SO SMOOTH. If anyone needs me in the next 3 weeks I’ll be in Pharloom. Oh my god. I can’t believe it’s real.
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Sometimes you're looking through old sci fi novel covers, and you have to share one.
September 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Sometimes you're looking through old sci fi novel covers, and you have to share one.
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is this how book promotion works?
please preorder sublimation, available wherever books are sold.
please preorder sublimation, available wherever books are sold.
September 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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my story "The Heartbreak Hotel on Plutonic Planet" is out at Strange Horizons!! Read on for a world where if you break your heart, you immediately go to Pluto. Why? There is no why. that's it. also, there's an ice rink and teenage angst.
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The Heartbreak Hotel on Plutonic Planet
I ended up on Pluto on the night of my nineteenth birthday, after breaking my own stupid heart. It wasn’t even over anything important.
strangehorizons.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
my story "The Heartbreak Hotel on Plutonic Planet" is out at Strange Horizons!! Read on for a world where if you break your heart, you immediately go to Pluto. Why? There is no why. that's it. also, there's an ice rink and teenage angst.
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
i cannot stress enough that my online persona is three monkeys in a faux-couture runway raincoat. the monkeys also run a discord server. one of them is constantly stressed. this is the vibe.
September 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
i cannot stress enough that my online persona is three monkeys in a faux-couture runway raincoat. the monkeys also run a discord server. one of them is constantly stressed. this is the vibe.
not sure how to tell all the new subscribers coming from my heart-wrenchingly raw personal essay w @roxanegay.bsky.social 's the Audacity that I, in fact, write only weird fiction about squids and timeloops. sorry for the whiplash. My upcoming story at Strange Horizons has similar themes, though!
September 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
not sure how to tell all the new subscribers coming from my heart-wrenchingly raw personal essay w @roxanegay.bsky.social 's the Audacity that I, in fact, write only weird fiction about squids and timeloops. sorry for the whiplash. My upcoming story at Strange Horizons has similar themes, though!
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are you ready for some big news?
WE ARE OPEN
for BIPOC subs for issue 100!
and we are celebrating with a special theme: Transition, Migration, and Borders: Movement in, and of the Body
💖for those of us who find home in liminal spaces💖
find out more here:
psychopomp.com/fantasy-maga...
WE ARE OPEN
for BIPOC subs for issue 100!
and we are celebrating with a special theme: Transition, Migration, and Borders: Movement in, and of the Body
💖for those of us who find home in liminal spaces💖
find out more here:
psychopomp.com/fantasy-maga...
Fantasy Magazine Guidelines - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
updated September 2, 2025
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September 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
are you ready for some big news?
WE ARE OPEN
for BIPOC subs for issue 100!
and we are celebrating with a special theme: Transition, Migration, and Borders: Movement in, and of the Body
💖for those of us who find home in liminal spaces💖
find out more here:
psychopomp.com/fantasy-maga...
WE ARE OPEN
for BIPOC subs for issue 100!
and we are celebrating with a special theme: Transition, Migration, and Borders: Movement in, and of the Body
💖for those of us who find home in liminal spaces💖
find out more here:
psychopomp.com/fantasy-maga...
It’s me, I’m friend, and this story IS SO GOOD!! ❤️
new story day! a friend called it 'evangelion bitch murder popstar lesbians' and i really can't do any better than that, hope you check it out!
clarkesworldmagazine.com/jia-wen_09_25/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/jia-wen_09_25/
September 1, 2025 at 11:47 PM
It’s me, I’m friend, and this story IS SO GOOD!! ❤️
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one morning, when gregor samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a very hungry caterpillar
September 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
one morning, when gregor samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a very hungry caterpillar
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Finishing a new short story: 😄🎉🍾🥳💃🎊🙌
Checking for open markets: ☹️💀💔🤡🧎🫠🪦
Checking for open markets: ☹️💀💔🤡🧎🫠🪦
September 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Finishing a new short story: 😄🎉🍾🥳💃🎊🙌
Checking for open markets: ☹️💀💔🤡🧎🫠🪦
Checking for open markets: ☹️💀💔🤡🧎🫠🪦
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Obsessed with images of a giant promotional statue of King Kong that accidentally caught fire
August 31, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Obsessed with images of a giant promotional statue of King Kong that accidentally caught fire
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Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival
August 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival
@tiatashiro.bsky.social's advice for me to never talk about my book idea so that i can actually finish the damn thing is, unfortunately, working very well. how dare you be correct
August 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
@tiatashiro.bsky.social's advice for me to never talk about my book idea so that i can actually finish the damn thing is, unfortunately, working very well. how dare you be correct
don't worry, no one can stop me from putting my guys through unbelievably heartbreaking situations that change their lives forever after
discussion about spec fic trends by critics and readers is great, i'd just caution writers, esp. newer writers, to not let it get in your head too much. just do what compels you. you're unknowingly part of a movement and building out a landscape. it's ok to leave it to others to map out over time.
August 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
don't worry, no one can stop me from putting my guys through unbelievably heartbreaking situations that change their lives forever after
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I was just telling my girlfriend the other day that the old world is dying. And, my stars, the new world is struggling to be born. And now is the time when you meet such INNNNteresting monsters.
August 29, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I was just telling my girlfriend the other day that the old world is dying. And, my stars, the new world is struggling to be born. And now is the time when you meet such INNNNteresting monsters.
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prose is the art of interiority and if your interiority is extremely fucked up, you might as well give everyone a tour
August 28, 2025 at 12:10 AM
prose is the art of interiority and if your interiority is extremely fucked up, you might as well give everyone a tour
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I use AI when I want a quick and dirty answer to a complicated question Google won’t answer without a wikipedia deep dive. It was really cool at first but it was also obvious you’re not learning anything along the way, unlike the epistemological katamari that a Wikipedia deep dive is.
August 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I use AI when I want a quick and dirty answer to a complicated question Google won’t answer without a wikipedia deep dive. It was really cool at first but it was also obvious you’re not learning anything along the way, unlike the epistemological katamari that a Wikipedia deep dive is.
intentionally added rickrolling to my Sad and Serious spotify writing playlist. Just a sprinkle. I’ll report back on how this goes
August 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
intentionally added rickrolling to my Sad and Serious spotify writing playlist. Just a sprinkle. I’ll report back on how this goes