Elena Zhang
@ezhang77.bsky.social
Writer | Chicago | Work in HAD, Maudlin House, The Citron Review + more | Pushcart Prize and BotN nom | Best Microfiction ‘24, '25
https://elenalzhang.wordpress.com/writing/
https://elenalzhang.wordpress.com/writing/
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Elena Zhang
@ezhang77.bsky.social
· Aug 17
The Moon, My Heart (Elena Zhang) | Tiny Wren Lit
Evocative micro-poems inspired by Chinese folklore
www.tinywrenlit.com
My tiny chapbook, “The Moon, My Heart,” is finally available now! So so grateful to @tinywrenlit.bsky.social and Dana Knott for making this dream come true! www.tinywrenlit.com/product-page...
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Happy to have a micro in @havehashad.com! www.havehashad.com/hadposts/the...
December 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Happy to have a micro in @havehashad.com! www.havehashad.com/hadposts/the...
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Today on Glass!
"one billion flowers" by Kristin Lueke (@klooky.bsky.social)!
www.glass-poetry.com/journal.html
"one billion flowers" by Kristin Lueke (@klooky.bsky.social)!
www.glass-poetry.com/journal.html
December 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Today on Glass!
"one billion flowers" by Kristin Lueke (@klooky.bsky.social)!
www.glass-poetry.com/journal.html
"one billion flowers" by Kristin Lueke (@klooky.bsky.social)!
www.glass-poetry.com/journal.html
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This story journeyed long and hard from first draft to publication. Some stories are like that for their own reasons 🤷🏻♀️
I never lost faith in it, and I’m so happy that it found a home in one of my favorite magazines. Forever grateful @crowkeys.bsky.social 🖤
I never lost faith in it, and I’m so happy that it found a home in one of my favorite magazines. Forever grateful @crowkeys.bsky.social 🖤
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we're a day late, but we promise it's worth the wait. (Our seers are in the tower dungeon as we type. Their foretellings cannot be trusted.) This short story, however...
"Our Mother, the Dark Damp Earth" by @amadolaila.bsky.social
crowcrosskeys.com/2025/11/16/o...
"Our Mother, the Dark Damp Earth" by @amadolaila.bsky.social
crowcrosskeys.com/2025/11/16/o...
December 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This story journeyed long and hard from first draft to publication. Some stories are like that for their own reasons 🤷🏻♀️
I never lost faith in it, and I’m so happy that it found a home in one of my favorite magazines. Forever grateful @crowkeys.bsky.social 🖤
I never lost faith in it, and I’m so happy that it found a home in one of my favorite magazines. Forever grateful @crowkeys.bsky.social 🖤
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i have a new piece in @exactingclam.bsky.social for their special dada issue
it’s one of my favorite things i’ve written recently
have a look and SUBSCRIBE to this fabulous publication as a gift to yourself this holiday season
www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-19...
it’s one of my favorite things i’ve written recently
have a look and SUBSCRIBE to this fabulous publication as a gift to yourself this holiday season
www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-19...
December 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
i have a new piece in @exactingclam.bsky.social for their special dada issue
it’s one of my favorite things i’ve written recently
have a look and SUBSCRIBE to this fabulous publication as a gift to yourself this holiday season
www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-19...
it’s one of my favorite things i’ve written recently
have a look and SUBSCRIBE to this fabulous publication as a gift to yourself this holiday season
www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-19...
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Gorgeous shortie up today. Savor "The Marriage" from @ezhang77.bsky.social
Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/12-2-25
Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/12-2-25
December 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Gorgeous shortie up today. Savor "The Marriage" from @ezhang77.bsky.social
Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/12-2-25
Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/12-2-25
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new @ezhang77.bsky.social is an absolute flood, strange, sharp, and beautifully uncontainable.
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/the...
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/the...
December 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
new @ezhang77.bsky.social is an absolute flood, strange, sharp, and beautifully uncontainable.
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/the...
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/the...
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Excited to have a prose poem up in @dishsoapquart.bsky.social!!
Gorgeous shortie up today. Savor "The Marriage" from @ezhang77.bsky.social
Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/12-2-25
Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/12-2-25
December 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Excited to have a prose poem up in @dishsoapquart.bsky.social!!
lol sorry for being all up in your feed today
December 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
lol sorry for being all up in your feed today
Excited to have a prose poem up in @dishsoapquart.bsky.social!!
Gorgeous shortie up today. Savor "The Marriage" from @ezhang77.bsky.social
Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/12-2-25
Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/12-2-25
December 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Excited to have a prose poem up in @dishsoapquart.bsky.social!!
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snow wished to write his thoughts
December 27, 2024 at 5:39 PM
snow wished to write his thoughts
Happy to have a micro in @havehashad.com! www.havehashad.com/hadposts/the...
December 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Happy to have a micro in @havehashad.com! www.havehashad.com/hadposts/the...
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"So this twink in green tights swoops through your window, drugs you, then whisks you away to an island with gnashing crocodiles and famished cannibals and some madman with a rusty hook for a hand..."
It's a damn thrill to have @sethwade.bsky.social back in hex with another wonderful creeper! 👁️
It's a damn thrill to have @sethwade.bsky.social back in hex with another wonderful creeper! 👁️
See Something, Say Something by Seth Wade
So this twink in green tights swoops through your window, drugs you, then whisks you away to an island with gnashing crocodiles and famished cannibals and some madman with a rusty hook for a hand—that...
hexliterary.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"So this twink in green tights swoops through your window, drugs you, then whisks you away to an island with gnashing crocodiles and famished cannibals and some madman with a rusty hook for a hand..."
It's a damn thrill to have @sethwade.bsky.social back in hex with another wonderful creeper! 👁️
It's a damn thrill to have @sethwade.bsky.social back in hex with another wonderful creeper! 👁️
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Lovely surprise to have some poems in @bruisermag.com today!
The lemon was only the size of an eyeball when it detached from my body.
Three fresh poems from @ezhang77.bsky.social
www.bruisermag.com/Zhang_Poems2
Three fresh poems from @ezhang77.bsky.social
www.bruisermag.com/Zhang_Poems2
December 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Lovely surprise to have some poems in @bruisermag.com today!
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Réka Nyitrai’s <> is now available for pre-order! www.ethelzine.com/shop/the-sto...
December 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Réka Nyitrai’s <> is now available for pre-order! www.ethelzine.com/shop/the-sto...
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i have a few bleak tinies up at @havehashad.com today ! thank you to the homies Crow & Aaron ❤️
today we get to publish your and our good pal, Joe Aguilar, and it absolutely rules!
“Rain is the grief of the tortoise’s father, and volcanoes are the anger of the tortoise’s mother.”
https://www.havehashad.com/obnor
“Rain is the grief of the tortoise’s father, and volcanoes are the anger of the tortoise’s mother.”
https://www.havehashad.com/obnor
three tinies by Joe Aguilar
Rot in Hell On the sidewalk is a crumpled yellow wrapper that says, in red letters, “Rot in Hell.” Looking closer, I see it now says, “Cheeseburger.” The wrapper can’t fool me: I know as soon as I…
www.havehashad.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
i have a few bleak tinies up at @havehashad.com today ! thank you to the homies Crow & Aaron ❤️
Lovely surprise to have some poems in @bruisermag.com today!
The lemon was only the size of an eyeball when it detached from my body.
Three fresh poems from @ezhang77.bsky.social
www.bruisermag.com/Zhang_Poems2
Three fresh poems from @ezhang77.bsky.social
www.bruisermag.com/Zhang_Poems2
December 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Lovely surprise to have some poems in @bruisermag.com today!
Reposted by Elena Zhang
There’s definitely a little gremlin inside who’s going to pop out of the beak and tell you to go to the tower
November 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
There’s definitely a little gremlin inside who’s going to pop out of the beak and tell you to go to the tower
There’s definitely a little gremlin inside who’s going to pop out of the beak and tell you to go to the tower
November 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
There’s definitely a little gremlin inside who’s going to pop out of the beak and tell you to go to the tower
Thanksgiving doodles
November 28, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Thanksgiving doodles
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”