Ian Li
@ianli.bsky.social
Chinese-Canadian writer, poet, economist, and developer (he/him)
words in Nightmare Magazine, Small Wonders, Strange Horizons, +more
SFWA, SFPA, Codexian
https://ian-li.com
words in Nightmare Magazine, Small Wonders, Strange Horizons, +more
SFWA, SFPA, Codexian
https://ian-li.com
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Aaaaahhh! "Ghosts of Summer" is on here!!! I absolutely love @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social's recommended lists, and it has been a career dream to see one of my stories included. I am over the moon right now to see my story in such awesome company. You definitely should check out the full list.
Check out the must-read short fiction of October 2025 if you:
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: October 2025 - Reactor
This month's short fiction recommendations include ghosts and grief, recipes and multiverses...
reactormag.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Aaaaahhh! "Ghosts of Summer" is on here!!! I absolutely love @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social's recommended lists, and it has been a career dream to see one of my stories included. I am over the moon right now to see my story in such awesome company. You definitely should check out the full list.
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How Much It Costs to Run a Literary Journal – 2025
Radon Journal is a not-for-profit science fiction publisher committed to transparency. This is our yearly public financial thread. We also want to show aspiring editors the true costs of running a semi-pro journal. #writingcommunity (1/10)
Radon Journal is a not-for-profit science fiction publisher committed to transparency. This is our yearly public financial thread. We also want to show aspiring editors the true costs of running a semi-pro journal. #writingcommunity (1/10)
November 17, 2025 at 12:50 AM
How Much It Costs to Run a Literary Journal – 2025
Radon Journal is a not-for-profit science fiction publisher committed to transparency. This is our yearly public financial thread. We also want to show aspiring editors the true costs of running a semi-pro journal. #writingcommunity (1/10)
Radon Journal is a not-for-profit science fiction publisher committed to transparency. This is our yearly public financial thread. We also want to show aspiring editors the true costs of running a semi-pro journal. #writingcommunity (1/10)
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Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
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It's Straith's awards eligibility post for 2025!!
I'm putting forward two of the three stories I had published this year for your consideration. I'd love especially if you'd consider "Fishwife" for the Aurora Award for Short Fiction, since it's my mémère story 💜
I'm putting forward two of the three stories I had published this year for your consideration. I'd love especially if you'd consider "Fishwife" for the Aurora Award for Short Fiction, since it's my mémère story 💜
November 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
It's Straith's awards eligibility post for 2025!!
I'm putting forward two of the three stories I had published this year for your consideration. I'd love especially if you'd consider "Fishwife" for the Aurora Award for Short Fiction, since it's my mémère story 💜
I'm putting forward two of the three stories I had published this year for your consideration. I'd love especially if you'd consider "Fishwife" for the Aurora Award for Short Fiction, since it's my mémère story 💜
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fun fact: @radonjournal.bsky.social only needs $80 more per month to be fully funded for their amazing authors and artists. help support anti-establishment art! cool perks including exclusive discord access.
www.radonjournal.com/support
#litmag #scifi #anarchist #writing #art #joinus #wedontbite
www.radonjournal.com/support
#litmag #scifi #anarchist #writing #art #joinus #wedontbite
Support | Radon Journal
Ways to support Radon Journal. Patreon tiers, social media, and anon donations through Ko-fi. Support independent publishing!
www.radonjournal.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 AM
fun fact: @radonjournal.bsky.social only needs $80 more per month to be fully funded for their amazing authors and artists. help support anti-establishment art! cool perks including exclusive discord access.
www.radonjournal.com/support
#litmag #scifi #anarchist #writing #art #joinus #wedontbite
www.radonjournal.com/support
#litmag #scifi #anarchist #writing #art #joinus #wedontbite
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Attention friends, writers, SFF lovers: "As The Earth Dreams" is launching November 13 at Harlem Restaurant in Toronto!
November 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Attention friends, writers, SFF lovers: "As The Earth Dreams" is launching November 13 at Harlem Restaurant in Toronto!
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FF#26 and Saros #4 have arrived!
Get your copies for free (or toss us a few bucks!) all in one handy download at fusionfragment.com/issue-26
Or head downthread for more info on the great stories in these two issues!
Get your copies for free (or toss us a few bucks!) all in one handy download at fusionfragment.com/issue-26
Or head downthread for more info on the great stories in these two issues!
October 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
FF#26 and Saros #4 have arrived!
Get your copies for free (or toss us a few bucks!) all in one handy download at fusionfragment.com/issue-26
Or head downthread for more info on the great stories in these two issues!
Get your copies for free (or toss us a few bucks!) all in one handy download at fusionfragment.com/issue-26
Or head downthread for more info on the great stories in these two issues!
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I know there's a lot in the world right now but if you like, you can go to Mars for a bit with my guy Winston in my latest short story "On the Crossing of Mars"
read for free or PWYC: fusionfragment.com/issue-26
read for free or PWYC: fusionfragment.com/issue-26
October 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I know there's a lot in the world right now but if you like, you can go to Mars for a bit with my guy Winston in my latest short story "On the Crossing of Mars"
read for free or PWYC: fusionfragment.com/issue-26
read for free or PWYC: fusionfragment.com/issue-26
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"First came the birds, flapping in the same futile way I do when I swim—unable to make headway against the inexorable pull of a strange, incomprehensible physics.”
— Ian Li, “When the Sky Tumbled Down” in 25Q4
vastliterarypress.org/2025/10/18/2...
— Ian Li, “When the Sky Tumbled Down” in 25Q4
vastliterarypress.org/2025/10/18/2...
When the Sky Tumbled Down
First came the birds, flapping in the same futile way I do when I swim—unable to make headway against the inexorable pull of a strange, incomprehensible physics. I ached to help them, but my manage…
vastliterarypress.org
October 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"First came the birds, flapping in the same futile way I do when I swim—unable to make headway against the inexorable pull of a strange, incomprehensible physics.”
— Ian Li, “When the Sky Tumbled Down” in 25Q4
vastliterarypress.org/2025/10/18/2...
— Ian Li, “When the Sky Tumbled Down” in 25Q4
vastliterarypress.org/2025/10/18/2...
A gorgeous anthology of Canadian works from last year, and
I'm very lucky to have my bittersweet prose poem "Light of My Life" (originally published by @astrolabe.ooo) included alongside this incredible lineup of Canadian writers
I'm very lucky to have my bittersweet prose poem "Light of My Life" (originally published by @astrolabe.ooo) included alongside this incredible lineup of Canadian writers
RELEASE DAY! Year's Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3 is now available! Grab ebooks at all retailers and print via Amazon, with Ingram to follow shortly for bookstore & library sales. Grab your copy today and pls share WIDELY!
#BookRelease #NewBook #SpecFic #fantasy #sciencefiction #canada #Booksky 💙📚🪐
#BookRelease #NewBook #SpecFic #fantasy #sciencefiction #canada #Booksky 💙📚🪐
October 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A gorgeous anthology of Canadian works from last year, and
I'm very lucky to have my bittersweet prose poem "Light of My Life" (originally published by @astrolabe.ooo) included alongside this incredible lineup of Canadian writers
I'm very lucky to have my bittersweet prose poem "Light of My Life" (originally published by @astrolabe.ooo) included alongside this incredible lineup of Canadian writers
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RELEASE DAY! Year's Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3 is now available! Grab ebooks at all retailers and print via Amazon, with Ingram to follow shortly for bookstore & library sales. Grab your copy today and pls share WIDELY!
#BookRelease #NewBook #SpecFic #fantasy #sciencefiction #canada #Booksky 💙📚🪐
#BookRelease #NewBook #SpecFic #fantasy #sciencefiction #canada #Booksky 💙📚🪐
October 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
RELEASE DAY! Year's Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3 is now available! Grab ebooks at all retailers and print via Amazon, with Ingram to follow shortly for bookstore & library sales. Grab your copy today and pls share WIDELY!
#BookRelease #NewBook #SpecFic #fantasy #sciencefiction #canada #Booksky 💙📚🪐
#BookRelease #NewBook #SpecFic #fantasy #sciencefiction #canada #Booksky 💙📚🪐
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Support the 2026 @apexmag.bsky.social Kickstarter! Apex publishes amazing SF, dark fantasy, and horror and we need their stories now more than ever.
I'll give an Apex gift subscription and dedication to one random person who promotes this Kickstarter! 1/
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
I'll give an Apex gift subscription and dedication to one random person who promotes this Kickstarter! 1/
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Apex Magazine 2026
An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.
www.kickstarter.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Support the 2026 @apexmag.bsky.social Kickstarter! Apex publishes amazing SF, dark fantasy, and horror and we need their stories now more than ever.
I'll give an Apex gift subscription and dedication to one random person who promotes this Kickstarter! 1/
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
I'll give an Apex gift subscription and dedication to one random person who promotes this Kickstarter! 1/
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
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It’s here! Throw your arms around Issue 16: explore the isolation and seek connection in the void.
It’s got crab claws and viola strings, pop tabs and yurts, rarefied air and the weakest tea you’ve ever had. Come on in and cozy up.
vastliterarypress.org/25q4/
It’s got crab claws and viola strings, pop tabs and yurts, rarefied air and the weakest tea you’ve ever had. Come on in and cozy up.
vastliterarypress.org/25q4/
25Q4
Editor’s Note For one reason or another (you can probably guess), I’ve been thinking about what it means to be disappeared, snatched up and vanished by larger forces in the world. I have this…
vastliterarypress.org
October 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It’s here! Throw your arms around Issue 16: explore the isolation and seek connection in the void.
It’s got crab claws and viola strings, pop tabs and yurts, rarefied air and the weakest tea you’ve ever had. Come on in and cozy up.
vastliterarypress.org/25q4/
It’s got crab claws and viola strings, pop tabs and yurts, rarefied air and the weakest tea you’ve ever had. Come on in and cozy up.
vastliterarypress.org/25q4/
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▶️ INITIATING SEQUENCE:
Radon Journal, Issue 11
Check out the full slate of poems and fiction in our jam-packed fall issue.
Everything free to read below:
www.radonjournal.com/issue11
Radon Journal, Issue 11
Check out the full slate of poems and fiction in our jam-packed fall issue.
Everything free to read below:
www.radonjournal.com/issue11
October 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
▶️ INITIATING SEQUENCE:
Radon Journal, Issue 11
Check out the full slate of poems and fiction in our jam-packed fall issue.
Everything free to read below:
www.radonjournal.com/issue11
Radon Journal, Issue 11
Check out the full slate of poems and fiction in our jam-packed fall issue.
Everything free to read below:
www.radonjournal.com/issue11
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Check out the latest Eye to the Telescope edited by @caseyaimer.bsky.social!
Issue 58's theme is Cyberpunk and it's LIVE and free to read now:
eyetothetelescope.com/archives/058...
Issue 58's theme is Cyberpunk and it's LIVE and free to read now:
eyetothetelescope.com/archives/058...
Eye to the Telescope
Eye to the Telescope, the quarterly online journal of SFPA, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, an international organization of speculative poets.
eyetothetelescope.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Check out the latest Eye to the Telescope edited by @caseyaimer.bsky.social!
Issue 58's theme is Cyberpunk and it's LIVE and free to read now:
eyetothetelescope.com/archives/058...
Issue 58's theme is Cyberpunk and it's LIVE and free to read now:
eyetothetelescope.com/archives/058...
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Finished reading Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction Vol 3 - so many amazing stories!*
My favorite: Sophie Gazarian’s “The World in Our Hands,” from @fusionfragment.bsky.social.
You should get this book: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
*(Also one by me which may or may not be amazing.)
My favorite: Sophie Gazarian’s “The World in Our Hands,” from @fusionfragment.bsky.social.
You should get this book: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
*(Also one by me which may or may not be amazing.)
Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Three
Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Three - Kindle edition by Kotowych, Stephen. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Three.
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October 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Finished reading Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction Vol 3 - so many amazing stories!*
My favorite: Sophie Gazarian’s “The World in Our Hands,” from @fusionfragment.bsky.social.
You should get this book: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
*(Also one by me which may or may not be amazing.)
My favorite: Sophie Gazarian’s “The World in Our Hands,” from @fusionfragment.bsky.social.
You should get this book: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
*(Also one by me which may or may not be amazing.)
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Don't panic, but the sky will be falling in the upcoming flash from @ianli.bsky.social. Until then, get a little nostalgic about corded phones with "not tied down" out of @strangehorizons.bsky.social
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
not tied down
they say spacewalks are safer than ever
strangehorizons.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Don't panic, but the sky will be falling in the upcoming flash from @ianli.bsky.social. Until then, get a little nostalgic about corded phones with "not tied down" out of @strangehorizons.bsky.social
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
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With our new issue, we are making the sad announcement that this will be the final year for On Spec. See www.onspec.ca for details.
October 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
With our new issue, we are making the sad announcement that this will be the final year for On Spec. See www.onspec.ca for details.
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Submissions are OPEN for Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume Four (the best of 2025). Send me your SFF published in 2025, you crazy Canucks! Details on my site at the link below. DON'T SELF REJECT! You can't win if you don't play ;) Subs close Feb 28, 2026. Pls share WIDELY.
Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction | Stephen Kotowych
kotowych.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Submissions are OPEN for Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume Four (the best of 2025). Send me your SFF published in 2025, you crazy Canucks! Details on my site at the link below. DON'T SELF REJECT! You can't win if you don't play ;) Subs close Feb 28, 2026. Pls share WIDELY.
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It's here! @apexmag.bsky.social issue 151 is out now and contains my story "Ghosts of Summer"!!! The end of summer and the beginning of spooky season collide as two witches try to beat the summer heat. But high temperatures and magic are a dangerous combination. 👻☀️
Check out the full issue below:
Check out the full issue below:
Apex Magazine Issue 151
EDITORIALMusings from Maryland by Lesley Conner ORIGINAL FICTION"Liecraft" by Anita Moskát, translated by Austin Wagner"Ghosts of Summer" by Catherine Tavares "Code Green" by Rebecca Johnson "We Used ...
www.apexbookcompany.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It's here! @apexmag.bsky.social issue 151 is out now and contains my story "Ghosts of Summer"!!! The end of summer and the beginning of spooky season collide as two witches try to beat the summer heat. But high temperatures and magic are a dangerous combination. 👻☀️
Check out the full issue below:
Check out the full issue below:
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Announcing our Best of the Net nominees! Congratulations to @paulvermeersch.bsky.social @marysoonlee.bsky.social @salempaige.bsky.social @ianli.bsky.social @ziggyschutz.bsky.social @clarissagrunwald.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Announcing our Best of the Net nominees! Congratulations to @paulvermeersch.bsky.social @marysoonlee.bsky.social @salempaige.bsky.social @ianli.bsky.social @ziggyschutz.bsky.social @clarissagrunwald.bsky.social
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Free story time! This one is "Life After Life After Life" by Christopher Blake. This story is about life, legacy, love, and sacrifice. Plus, it's got sentient machines living at the edge of our solar system, so that's pretty cool. Don't miss out. It's only available for free for three weeks 🙂.
Life After Life After Life
by Christopher Blake
We swim, singing with joy to the Stars, weaving and darting and skimming photo-plankton from the exosphere of Harvest, our home asteroid. The pod sings and the Stars sing back: ol...
calendaroffools.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Free story time! This one is "Life After Life After Life" by Christopher Blake. This story is about life, legacy, love, and sacrifice. Plus, it's got sentient machines living at the edge of our solar system, so that's pretty cool. Don't miss out. It's only available for free for three weeks 🙂.
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New interview with Marie Brennan today - hear about her Hugo-winning poem, novels, short stories, and some gorgeous art!
@swantower.bsky.social
@swantower.bsky.social
Author Interview * Marie Brennan
The first-ever Hugo award for a poem was awarded to Marie Brennan at Worldcon 2025. In addition to poetry, Marie is an accomplished author of novels and short stories. Thanks to Marie for talking w…
mynachang.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
New interview with Marie Brennan today - hear about her Hugo-winning poem, novels, short stories, and some gorgeous art!
@swantower.bsky.social
@swantower.bsky.social
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This week on Planetside…
The Hugos presented their first award for poetry at Worldcon in 2025.
Learn what that means for the genre in “The First Hugo for Poetry: An Interview with Marie Brennan” by @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social & @swantower.bsky.social: www.sfwa.org/2025/09/30/t...
The Hugos presented their first award for poetry at Worldcon in 2025.
Learn what that means for the genre in “The First Hugo for Poetry: An Interview with Marie Brennan” by @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social & @swantower.bsky.social: www.sfwa.org/2025/09/30/t...
September 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This week on Planetside…
The Hugos presented their first award for poetry at Worldcon in 2025.
Learn what that means for the genre in “The First Hugo for Poetry: An Interview with Marie Brennan” by @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social & @swantower.bsky.social: www.sfwa.org/2025/09/30/t...
The Hugos presented their first award for poetry at Worldcon in 2025.
Learn what that means for the genre in “The First Hugo for Poetry: An Interview with Marie Brennan” by @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social & @swantower.bsky.social: www.sfwa.org/2025/09/30/t...
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WE'RE LIVE! AND WE ARE SO EXCITED! Back now to support a new magazine of speculative fiction by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists! Snag some amazing rewards, including discounted subscriptions! Support queer art! And help us SMASH DAY ONE!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
September 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
WE'RE LIVE! AND WE ARE SO EXCITED! Back now to support a new magazine of speculative fiction by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists! Snag some amazing rewards, including discounted subscriptions! Support queer art! And help us SMASH DAY ONE!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...