Vanessa Jae
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Vanessa Jae
@vanessajae.bsky.social
writing horrifically beautiful anarchies. (scifi, dark fantasy and other horrors)
Poetry Editor for Strange Horizons
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For me, it's probably my poem 'To Be the Change', which was released this spring from @strangehorizons.bsky.social! This was my first explicitly trans piece to enter the world; it tackles familial expectations and ancestral prophecies through a fantasy lens.

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To Be the Change
When the heir becomes a daughter…
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November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
gonna be a blast 💃
October 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
congratulations!!
October 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Congratulations to Fasasi Ridwan who wins the #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Speculative Poetry for RELIVING: POST TRAUMA OF THE LEKKI TOLLGATE MASSACRE strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
October 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM