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J. Y. Zhang
@jyzh.bsky.social
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sentient entity + occasional writer of words

https://linktr.ee/jyzhang
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I LOVE HER EVERYONE VISIT THE FOREST WITCH 😭
jamielnathan.bsky.social Phantasmagoria @jamielnathan.bsky.social · 5d
Do you need a break, a rest, a moment to recharge before the week begins again? Then pay my forest witch a visit. Just watch out for her neighbors.

Thanks to Sarah and @innerworlds.bsky.social for publishing my short story, HOOFBEATS.

inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-hoof...
Hoofbeats by J. Nathan
Mind the stones there. A centaur took out part of my stone wall in a hissy fit. Centaurs, what can you do, hmm?
inner-worlds.ghost.io
December 3, 2025 at 5:46 AM
jyzh.bsky.social
My story “Puparium” got reprinted in @innerworlds.bsky.social
! I haven’t painted in a long time but wanted to challenge myself to make something based off the story for funsies :’)

Ft: insects, sisterhood, metamorphosis shenanigans 🐛

inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-pupa...
An acrylic painting with the profile of two girls looking at each other, holding hands. The background has a giant orange butterfly. Ish.
December 2, 2025 at 4:20 AM
jyzh.bsky.social
I’m so honoured to have a tiny poem in this issue!
smallwondersmag.com Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 4d
Issue 30 (ISSUE 30!!!), with cover art by Amanda Yskamp, comes out tomorrow! It's not too late to subscribe and get all of our stories and poems as an ebook and in your inbox as they show up on our website. smallwonders.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy...
Small Wonders Issue 30 cover. The picture, a black-and-white photo collage by Amanda Yskamp, shows a man in a tie holding a metal mesh in front of his face at an angle. Behind and above him loom tall towers. Below him is an old prop plane being serviced. The authors and poets in the issue are Elijah J. Mears, Pam Yve Simon, Beth Goder, C. A. Kane, Daniel Ausema, Santiago Márquez Ramos, Ellis Nye, J. Y. Zhang, and Marc A. Criley and Hazel L. Criley. Editors are Stephen Granade and Cislyn Smith.
December 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
jyzh.bsky.social
ahh this story has me feeling all sorts of ways…so good

I am now thinking of the monster in my own house
nomonbooks.bsky.social Mon @nomonbooks.bsky.social · 5d
I am so hyped to read this whole issue!
For my part... I feel that writing any more words about the piece will only detract from it. It's called The Monster & I invite you to sit with it, with me.
CW: homophobia, racism, sexual content, fatphobia & child abuse (referenced)
innerworlds.bsky.social Inner Worlds @innerworlds.bsky.social · 5d
👾🌟 Here it is, pals: issue 9! 🌟👾

Includes numerous CREATURES.

inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-nine-e...

#SFF #SciFi #Horror #Fantasy #SpecFic #ShortFiction #LitMag
December 2, 2025 at 3:34 AM
jyzh.bsky.social
This story was so tender and beautiful and I so lost myself in every description TT
angelvleal.bsky.social Angel L🏳️‍⚧️ @angelvleal.bsky.social · 5d
Inner Worlds is out!! My (t4t love story) of two queers healing from loss with the help of a strange octopus/alien? creature that gives them otherworldly dreams is free to read today :') & so many other creature stories! Would be so thankful if you read some 💜 🐙 inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-to-s...
December 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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p-h-lee.bsky.social
review of aster f's hypertext version of my and rachel swirsky's story compassionate simulation: essy.neocities.org/reviews/comp...
review of Compassionate Simulation
essy.neocities.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:52 AM
jyzh.bsky.social
aksdhaskjhdkj so grateful that my bug story will be reprinted in Inner Worlds!!!! 🥰🐛🦋
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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innerworlds.bsky.social
Inner Worlds issue 9 will be out at the end of November, featuring this stunning cover artwork by @bydhiyanah.bsky.social ✨️🌿💜
Cover featuring a drawing of a person with long brown hair, wearing a yellow baseball cap that reads "ACE" and a purple t-shirt. Glowing cracks cover their forehead and eyes, and plants with small green leaves and purple flower buds are emerging from the cracks.
November 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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augursociety.bsky.social
We’re so honoured to be BACK as an Ontario Arts Council Recommender for grants this year! 🎊

We’re interested in receiving applications for various lengths of SFF & dreamy realism projects, including:
⭐️ fiction
⭐️ poetry
⭐️ short fiction
The background has an image of flowers with a purple overlay. At the top of the image is the Ontario Arts Council logo and the Augur logo. In between these two logos are a white plus sign. Below it reads: Open Now” in white text. Underneath that reads: “recommender grants 2025. SSF fiction | Poetry | Short Fiction” in white text. There a red pin graphic in the middle and underneath it reads: Apply to the August Recommender Grants via the OAC. Grant Amounts: $1,500-$5,000. Deadline: January 15th, 2026 at 1 p.m. ET. Below it is a yellow banner and inside it reads: “Apply Now” in white text with a paper airplane beside it. At the bottom of the graphic is a dark purple banner with the link to apply: https://www.arts.on.ca/grants/recommender-grants-for-writers
November 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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clarionwest.bsky.social
Applications are now open for the 2026 Novel Writing Workshop with @drkarenlord.bsky.social!

Read more & apply before November 13! Link in bio.

#novelwritingworkshop #clarionwest

www.clarionwest.org/clarion-west...
The text on an abstract purple background reads: Clarion West logo with "2026 Novel Writing Workshop" Apply now through November 13, 2025 2026 Instructor Karen Lord with image of the author. March 9-November 23, 2026 Virtual Workshop
October 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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fusionfragment.bsky.social
We are exactly four (4!) downloads away from setting a new FF annual record* for most downloads! It's a perfect time to grab yourself a free download of FF#26!

www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/

(*I mean we're way ahead if I include Saros, but I still wanna beat the FF-only record)
Issue #26
“A Treatise of Significance to Uyo Above” by Nkereuwem Albert: the city above and the city below / spirit bots / revolution”A White Day Comes” by A.D. Sui: solar destruction…
www.fusionfragment.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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acwise.bsky.social
Psst! Canadians! The eligibility lists for the Aurora Awards are now open for work originally published in 2025. Make sure your speculative fiction, poetry, art, and eligible related work is listed!

www.csffa.ca/awards-infor...
Eligibility Lists – The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA)
www.csffa.ca
November 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
jyzh.bsky.social
where to submit sff poetry 🤔🥸
October 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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khoreo.bsky.social
📢 Announcing our theme for the November submission period: Revolutions!

We're looking for daring, subversive, and strange fiction that explores this theme!

⏰ Submissions will open on November 1. Read the full theme description and submission details: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
Colorful illustration of a hand holding a megaphone with text reading Submissions open, November 1 - 31, Theme: Revolutions.
October 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
jyzh.bsky.social
brb digging up a story 🦝
bonabooks.bsky.social Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · Oct 14
ANNOUNCEMENT🎺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Introducing our bona new quarterly literary magazine:

FANTABULOSA!

Pushing the boundaries of bold, authentic, QUEER storytelling. Bringing you stories of the uncanny, the dangerous and the fantastical.

& thanks to our brilliant #WrathMonth backers, we're fully funded for 2026 🤘
Bona Books Presents A new queer literary magazine FANTABULOSA! Tales of the uncanny, the dangerous and the fantastical, from radical and unapologetic queer voices. Science fiction, fantasy and horror Short fiction & poetry Submissions open now
October 15, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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ourmankoto.bsky.social
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
jyzh.bsky.social
it is still sep 30th in some part of the world...right? 🌚
#AugurMicros2025 @augursociety.bsky.social
Words in code IDE esque colors: ThinkBetter-5.0 MCP Beta Release Notes Copyright © 2027 BetterLife Systems, LLC With ThinkBetter-5.0, we are excited to introduce integrated AI-context into the BetterLife BodyWatch™ app suite. This script unlocks core 5.0 functionalities, enabling agentic connectivity to RealRecollections™, BetterBiometrics™, and EasyEMG™. Let me update your packages! Run command? TBCli —trust-experimental-features —use-admin get_latest ↳ [REJECT] [ACCEPT] Reading 09_2027_memo_event.hist... Reading user.ics... I noticed your anniversary is coming up. Let me dive deeper into the context of your relationship... Verifying FamilyHub credentials... Reading Fiona.bl... Great! I found a gift for Fiona. Purchase? “Our Adventures” Personalized Photo Album Christmas Wedding Valentines Gift ↳ [REJECT] [ACCEPT] J. Y. Zhang
October 1, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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shit i tell myself debugging at 4am
September 24, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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heartlines-spec.com
TORONTO PEEPS!

Heartlines Spec is going to be at Word on the Street! We'll be selling ALL THE SWAG: magazines, art prints, stickers, pins, and patches ❤️

Visit us! Say hi! Maybe buy something cute?

WOTS is 100% free to attend. Learn more at toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca

#TorontoWOTS #WOTS2025
Official Confirmed Exhibitor graphic for Toronto Word on the Street. A staticky teal background with black and white text: Confirmed Exhibitor, The Word on the Street, David Pecaut Square, September 27-28, 2025, Free, All Ages. On the center of the graphic is the Heartlines Spec heart logo with two covers balanced on each side.
September 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
jyzh.bsky.social
it's almost spooky season and that means all my incomplete wips haunt me

google docs is becoming a mausoleum at this point
September 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
jyzh.bsky.social
my short fiction writing process: so yeah anyway i sat down for 24 hrs straight and wrote le thing
my novel writing process: ok so like first we write the 15k character study, restart, write 30k, overhaul the premise, restart, write 30k, overhaul the premise...
September 19, 2025 at 2:09 AM
jyzh.bsky.social
omg its me >:)
ty for sharing my witch story 🪄
September 19, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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augursociety.bsky.social
The Augur Microfiction Contest is BACK for 2025 🏆 until Sep 30!

THE THEME: We want microfiction that bursts open the futures we need to see 🌌 show us the who/what/where of your tomorrows!

More info below ⬇️ and in our bio!
A purple background with a galaxy and birds flying in front of it. A four pointed star is on the top of the image with text below. The text reads: "augur society, Microfiction Contest, stories for the futures we need." A purple bar beneath the text has a symbol of an arrow inside a circle with the text "swipe for guidelines" to the right of it. A darker purple bar at the bottom of the image reads "Enter by September 30, 2025"
September 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM