Monica Wang
@monicawang.bsky.social
Taiwanese Canadian writer & putzfrau living in Europe. Electric Lit, Southword, Salamander, Augur, Malahat Review, EVENT, Banshee, etc. W&A Working-Class Writers' Prize shortlist. WHEN SAD ONES GO OUTSIDE (Black Sunflowers Press). she/they
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Monica Wang
@monicawang.bsky.social
· Oct 23
Came home to a brown line drawn through the house. Followed it with disinfectant & cloths til it ended, ominously, by my bed. Changed the linens and cleaned the other rooms but still didn't find cat poop. Does this count as a cozy mystery
Reached Part 3 in A Brief History of Seven Killings, ran my (trail) 5km record, added a few pages to the novel, made a friend a knife bookmark
Productive week!
Productive week!
November 19, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Reached Part 3 in A Brief History of Seven Killings, ran my (trail) 5km record, added a few pages to the novel, made a friend a knife bookmark
Productive week!
Productive week!
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The mountains are calling — and so are we. Submit your poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, and translation Nov. 1–30 for Issue 78: Aftercare. Writers & artists, we’re ready for your brilliance. ✨
#literarymagazine #poetry #fiction #nonfiction #shortstory #callforsubmissions #submityourwork
#literarymagazine #poetry #fiction #nonfiction #shortstory #callforsubmissions #submityourwork
November 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The mountains are calling — and so are we. Submit your poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, and translation Nov. 1–30 for Issue 78: Aftercare. Writers & artists, we’re ready for your brilliance. ✨
#literarymagazine #poetry #fiction #nonfiction #shortstory #callforsubmissions #submityourwork
#literarymagazine #poetry #fiction #nonfiction #shortstory #callforsubmissions #submityourwork
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We put a photo of Bula on her cat tree so that people who knew her from the sidewalk would know she's gone. But now the picture frame has become the thing that most frequently catches the corner of my vision when I'm unprepared and briefly makes me think she's there, kicking off realization again.
November 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
We put a photo of Bula on her cat tree so that people who knew her from the sidewalk would know she's gone. But now the picture frame has become the thing that most frequently catches the corner of my vision when I'm unprepared and briefly makes me think she's there, kicking off realization again.
How should I bring pizza to a potluck? Loose foil? With paper towels to reduce sogginess?
Google AI: You should bring it ice cold on a slab of ice filled with marbles
Google AI: You should bring it ice cold on a slab of ice filled with marbles
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
How should I bring pizza to a potluck? Loose foil? With paper towels to reduce sogginess?
Google AI: You should bring it ice cold on a slab of ice filled with marbles
Google AI: You should bring it ice cold on a slab of ice filled with marbles
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This keeps on getting worse and worse. I am not renewing my print subscriptions to F&SF and Asimov's.
(F&SF seems to still be on hiatus, the last issue I got was 1.5 years ago? Summer 2024? So crushing, I really liked it, Sheree's a truly great editor)
(F&SF seems to still be on hiatus, the last issue I got was 1.5 years ago? Summer 2024? So crushing, I really liked it, Sheree's a truly great editor)
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This keeps on getting worse and worse. I am not renewing my print subscriptions to F&SF and Asimov's.
(F&SF seems to still be on hiatus, the last issue I got was 1.5 years ago? Summer 2024? So crushing, I really liked it, Sheree's a truly great editor)
(F&SF seems to still be on hiatus, the last issue I got was 1.5 years ago? Summer 2024? So crushing, I really liked it, Sheree's a truly great editor)
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Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
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Heads up!
We're back to rolling terms for everything, so send us what you've got for Gone Lawn: fiction (no length limit), prose poetry, novel excerpts (≤200 words), cover art, other media!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
We're back to rolling terms for everything, so send us what you've got for Gone Lawn: fiction (no length limit), prose poetry, novel excerpts (≤200 words), cover art, other media!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
Gone Lawn : Submission Guidelines
gonelawn.net
November 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Heads up!
We're back to rolling terms for everything, so send us what you've got for Gone Lawn: fiction (no length limit), prose poetry, novel excerpts (≤200 words), cover art, other media!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
We're back to rolling terms for everything, so send us what you've got for Gone Lawn: fiction (no length limit), prose poetry, novel excerpts (≤200 words), cover art, other media!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
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Me and Keke have the same vibe today. Chillin in our boxes, I mean house.
November 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Me and Keke have the same vibe today. Chillin in our boxes, I mean house.
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Sleepy literary critic
November 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Sleepy literary critic
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die im Schatten, die im Licht
October 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
die im Schatten, die im Licht
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I always thought if I ever owned a house I’d make us “the book house” each Halloween.
Getting all the chapter books, MG reads, and YA (we had a lot of teens last year, and yes, teenagers are kids don’t be jerks to them on Halloween) sorted for tomorrow!
250 giveaway books! But also candy.
Getting all the chapter books, MG reads, and YA (we had a lot of teens last year, and yes, teenagers are kids don’t be jerks to them on Halloween) sorted for tomorrow!
250 giveaway books! But also candy.
October 31, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I always thought if I ever owned a house I’d make us “the book house” each Halloween.
Getting all the chapter books, MG reads, and YA (we had a lot of teens last year, and yes, teenagers are kids don’t be jerks to them on Halloween) sorted for tomorrow!
250 giveaway books! But also candy.
Getting all the chapter books, MG reads, and YA (we had a lot of teens last year, and yes, teenagers are kids don’t be jerks to them on Halloween) sorted for tomorrow!
250 giveaway books! But also candy.
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Had an idea for a last-minute Halloween costume. Is this anything? #SoRandomHouse
October 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Had an idea for a last-minute Halloween costume. Is this anything? #SoRandomHouse
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The roulette issue of @ettereview.bsky.social is out! I'm in love with ette's design for this issue and Beth's illustration for "Landlines." Huge thanks to Nora and Beth for including my work.
ettereview.com/fall2025/
ettereview.com/fall2025/
October 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The roulette issue of @ettereview.bsky.social is out! I'm in love with ette's design for this issue and Beth's illustration for "Landlines." Huge thanks to Nora and Beth for including my work.
ettereview.com/fall2025/
ettereview.com/fall2025/
Made a Zoey (Kpop Demon Hunters) costume for Halloween from a secondhand hoodie & fabric scraps
No one recognised it aaa
No one recognised it aaa
October 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Made a Zoey (Kpop Demon Hunters) costume for Halloween from a secondhand hoodie & fabric scraps
No one recognised it aaa
No one recognised it aaa
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"ELEVATED HORROR" DIRECTOR SEEING ANY WOMAN OVER THE AGE OF 45: ahh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AIEEEE!!!! AAAuuUGHHHH!H! OUGHGHGHGGHHGHGHGGHHG
October 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"ELEVATED HORROR" DIRECTOR SEEING ANY WOMAN OVER THE AGE OF 45: ahh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AIEEEE!!!! AAAuuUGHHHH!H! OUGHGHGHGGHHGHGHGGHHG
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I understand why they had to stop him but I don’t agree with imprisoning him in the phantom zone
October 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I understand why they had to stop him but I don’t agree with imprisoning him in the phantom zone
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A moth got into the shelter tonight and it was the event of the season.
October 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
A moth got into the shelter tonight and it was the event of the season.
Came home to a brown line drawn through the house. Followed it with disinfectant & cloths til it ended, ominously, by my bed. Changed the linens and cleaned the other rooms but still didn't find cat poop. Does this count as a cozy mystery
October 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Came home to a brown line drawn through the house. Followed it with disinfectant & cloths til it ended, ominously, by my bed. Changed the linens and cleaned the other rooms but still didn't find cat poop. Does this count as a cozy mystery
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Can’t believe this is out there now, but so it goes.
Look, do I regret the tattoo? Sure. Especially the spelling errors (lol.)
Do I agree with it anymore? Absolutely not
In fact I’m getting it covered up with some ink blot work this week
Look, do I regret the tattoo? Sure. Especially the spelling errors (lol.)
Do I agree with it anymore? Absolutely not
In fact I’m getting it covered up with some ink blot work this week
October 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Can’t believe this is out there now, but so it goes.
Look, do I regret the tattoo? Sure. Especially the spelling errors (lol.)
Do I agree with it anymore? Absolutely not
In fact I’m getting it covered up with some ink blot work this week
Look, do I regret the tattoo? Sure. Especially the spelling errors (lol.)
Do I agree with it anymore? Absolutely not
In fact I’m getting it covered up with some ink blot work this week
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I need a poster for a scripted podcast made, please reply with portfolios!!!!
October 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I need a poster for a scripted podcast made, please reply with portfolios!!!!
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New poem in Cream City Review alongside the work of so many extraordinary talents! I’m super excited by this one, which is also forthcoming in my collection, MORE FLOWERS, out with Trio House Press in February 2026! 💙💜
@creamcityreview.bsky.social
@triohousepress.org
@creamcityreview.bsky.social
@triohousepress.org
October 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
New poem in Cream City Review alongside the work of so many extraordinary talents! I’m super excited by this one, which is also forthcoming in my collection, MORE FLOWERS, out with Trio House Press in February 2026! 💙💜
@creamcityreview.bsky.social
@triohousepress.org
@creamcityreview.bsky.social
@triohousepress.org
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151 India
171 Russia
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October 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
2025 Press Freedom Rank
1 Norway
2 Estonia
3 Netherlands
4 Sweden
5 Finland
11 Germany
16 NZ
20 UK
21 Canada
25 France
27 S Africa
29 Australia
31 Poland
49 Italy
52 Ghana
57 US
58 Gambia
61 S Korea
63 Brazil
66 Japan
89 Greece
112 Israel
124 Mexico
151 India
171 Russia
178 China
rsf.org/en/index
1 Norway
2 Estonia
3 Netherlands
4 Sweden
5 Finland
11 Germany
16 NZ
20 UK
21 Canada
25 France
27 S Africa
29 Australia
31 Poland
49 Italy
52 Ghana
57 US
58 Gambia
61 S Korea
63 Brazil
66 Japan
89 Greece
112 Israel
124 Mexico
151 India
171 Russia
178 China
rsf.org/en/index
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Researching Malcolm Lowry in Oaxaca & discovered this gem from the 1991 Washington Post:
“Some of Lowry’s poems from Mexico give one a sense of what sort of trip he was having:
“In the Oaxaca Jail;” “Delirium in Veracruz”; “Thirty-Five Mezcals in Cuautla;” “Eye-Opener” & “Sestina in a Cantina”
“Some of Lowry’s poems from Mexico give one a sense of what sort of trip he was having:
“In the Oaxaca Jail;” “Delirium in Veracruz”; “Thirty-Five Mezcals in Cuautla;” “Eye-Opener” & “Sestina in a Cantina”
October 16, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Researching Malcolm Lowry in Oaxaca & discovered this gem from the 1991 Washington Post:
“Some of Lowry’s poems from Mexico give one a sense of what sort of trip he was having:
“In the Oaxaca Jail;” “Delirium in Veracruz”; “Thirty-Five Mezcals in Cuautla;” “Eye-Opener” & “Sestina in a Cantina”
“Some of Lowry’s poems from Mexico give one a sense of what sort of trip he was having:
“In the Oaxaca Jail;” “Delirium in Veracruz”; “Thirty-Five Mezcals in Cuautla;” “Eye-Opener” & “Sestina in a Cantina”
Trying an Star Wars opening sequence angle for the other @the-ethelzine.bsky.social bookmail
Just a beautifully made chapbook
Just a beautifully made chapbook
October 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Trying an Star Wars opening sequence angle for the other @the-ethelzine.bsky.social bookmail
Just a beautifully made chapbook
Just a beautifully made chapbook