Reposted by Ash HuangOrion's Belt magazine @orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social · 17/09/2026We’ve started mailing out our new OB sticker to our subscribers & to anyone who bought a copy of our latest summer issue! 💌 The sticker will come attached to the back of a lovely postcard! If you’d like one too, you know what to do. 😉🧡 3154
Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 21/09/2026If I do a ‘tool stack’ newsletter/pep talk edition of everything I use to write and research books will you all be bored af 340
Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Last @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social event coming up is a 1:1 chatty with bff @roseciesla.bsky.social. We’re gonna nerd out about writing and researching history, and the pitfalls therein. It is called WELL ACTUALLY. Alternate titles are our first agenda item and they are unhinged. In 90m! Come play! 032
Reposted by Ash HuangSerenity "🜔🝆🜌🜂" Dee 🍜 @sapphixy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The Devourers by Indra Das. 173
Reposted by Ash HuangFlights of Foundry @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026So, a lot of the things people are really into about the convention this year - the instant replay videos, the agenda in your own time zone - cost money to make happen. Free to attend does not mean free to put on. Donate so we can keep doing awesome things! flights-of-foundry.org/donate/ 058
Reposted by Ash HuangE.M. White, load-bearing grad student @emwhite.sadbutbuildingworlds.blog · 19/09/2026Terrific panel session today. We all had a good time geeking out about history and talking about how we find those tidbits. For that matter, there's been a healthy number of history-related panels and talks this year, all quite eye-opening! 153
Reposted by Ash HuangJeané D. Ridges @jdridges.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Immortality and the Aunties @ashsmash.bsky.social @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social was with and without time😜expansing the eternal 🫶🏾 (For those catching the recording [reg if haven't!👟], I bite-size posted, as Accelevents allowed, reading recs with a couple extra thoughts at the end of chat thread.) 011
Reposted by Ash HuangNicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Periplus, a mentorship collective serving US-based early-career writers of color, is now accepting applications for our 2027 class of fellows! Apply by Oct. 11: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) at bit.ly/periplusfaqdocs.google.com 1170185
Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 15/09/2026this just dropped in the group chat and i've actually never seen a more potent visual description of my personality www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BWy...youtube.comJem and the Holograms - "Truly Outrageous" by JemYouTube video by Hasbro 140
Reposted by Ash HuangOrion's Belt magazine @orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social · 09/09/2026We are currently reading for our Winter issue! ❄️☃️ And submissions will stay open until October 31! :) 0206
Reposted by Ash HuangRose Ciesla @roseciesla.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I'm at Flights of Foundry come see me: Sat 9/19 5pm: Music and Narrative (panel) Sun 9/20 5pm: Well, Actually (dialogue w/ @ashsmash.bsky.social on historical research) Suny 9/20 6pm: More than Milford (panel on critique techniques) flights-of-foundry.org Sign up here for the best online con! 1135
Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Oh, hi! Cover reveal for The Secret Lives of Immortals today ~ I'm beyond thrilled!!!! As a fortuitous bonus, B&N is also running a 25% off preorder sale if you're a member. Link and info in 🧵 5269
Reposted by Ash HuangSeoung @seoungkim.bsky.social · 19/08/202619. How To Fill A House by Ash Huang. a couple move into a new house in the country and start finding mysterious gifts. even a benevolent haunting can be stressful!! the escalation of the objects as they relate to jayesh and ollie is really good. smallbeerpress.com/lcrw/2026/06...smallbeerpress.comLady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 52 | Small Beer PressWho doesn't have at least 52 issues? 221
Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Anyone going to Anaheim for Worldcon? Lmk lmk lmk 💫 here are the panels I’ll be on 081
Reposted by Ash HuangOrion's Belt magazine @orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social · 28/07/2026We are thrilled to reveal the cover art for our summer issue #36, coming out in August! More here: www.orions-belt.net/issues Cover Art “SUN II” by David Alvàrez, with design by @ashsmash.bsky.social. To subscribe & read it as soon as it’s released, & support our work: bit.ly/orionsbelt-patreon 04118
Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 25/07/2026This was a fun conversation 💜 thanks for having us, hosting, conversing, and attending yall 020
Reposted by Ash HuangSid Jain @sid--j.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Ever felt that you're running low on ideas, either at the start or in the middle of a story? I have some nifty tricks to never run out of ideas (and in a way, rewire your brain to always be spinning up ideas) Come join me as we play with some idea-mashing journaling prompts! tinyurl.com/4e57zhh8metrowestwriters.myshopify.comSingle-Session: Sid Jain teaches The Charged Field: How Writers BuildJust in time for our busy drafting season, this class is perfect for the writer looking for new ways to cultivate story ideas! Every story starts with an idea, and accumulates new ideas with every sen... 163
Reposted by Ash HuangLauren (LJ) McMenemy @laurenwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026PSA: this massive event happens online TOMORROW, Saturday 25 July. It's free for BFS members or £5 for everyone else. You'll get three hour-long panels discussing how writers use power to control, to influence, and to change, both for good and for ill. 🧵⬇️ 278
Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 19/07/2026“Do you really want a novel telling you the only people who can win against tyranny have to be perfectly even-tempered communicators?” woman-screams-at-cloud.ghost.io/dr-robby-is-... by bestie @kmveohongs.bsky.socialwoman-screams-at-cloud.ghost.ioDr. Robby is Not Your FriendNo real people were harmed in the making of this fictional narrative. 021
Reposted by Ash HuangBritish Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Our third panel of BFS Online: Power in SFFH takes place Saturday 25th July 2026, 4pm to 5pm (BST). Power corrupts Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfspowr @laurenwrites.bsky.social @babblewocky.bsky.social @ashsmash.bsky.social @kierongillen.bsky.social #BritishFantasySociety #FantasyBooks #HorrorBooks 196
Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 13/07/2026So nice to meet new folks and finally hang out in person with others I’ve been chatting with forever @readercon.org Ps—if this was your first con and you’re anxious/ruminating over all the low stakes stuff you said, it means you talked to enough people for long enough to be able to ruminate today 3100
Reposted by Ash HuangAsh Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 01/07/2026If you're going to Readercon, I'll be reading with a few other fine folks ( @spacevalkyries.bsky.social @kmveohongs.bsky.social @ph-low.com @granades.com ). Here's the link to add to your schedule: schedule.readercon.org/id/c9252050-... 1148
Reposted by Ash Huangalix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 22/06/2026author, editor, and personal bud Lee Mandelo is trying to get (the hell) out of kentucky this summer. if you can-- gofund.me/e45094aecgofund.meDonate to Help Lee Move to Chicago!, organized by Lee MandeloHi everyone! I'm Lee Mandelo, a gay trans writer, scholar, and editor whose work you might recog… Lee Mandelo needs your support for Help Lee Move to Chicago! 25551
Reposted by Ash HuangMia Tsai says buy her books @itsamia.bsky.social · 01/07/2026I donated a 1-hour copyedit ride along for @romancingthevote.com! Those who have already been on one with me know that it's an hour of laughing and joking, plus, you know, the serious stuff. www.32auctions.com/organization...32auctions.com1-Hour Copyedit Ride AlongAuction item '1-Hour Copyedit Ride Along' hosted online at 32auctions. 12817
Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 01/07/2026peptalks.ashsmash.com/ugliness-par... Latest pep talk—and news. Lots of appearances and a publication this time around. Threading specific events and links below:peptalks.ashsmash.comUgliness. Part 2: Ugliness is humanWork must ugly before it gets good. 142
Reposted by Ash HuangThe Rumpus @therumpus.net · 24/06/2026"I knew what I should do, how I ought to behave. But every time, the monster took the reins. And I let it." From "The Body Monstrous," a new short story by @jenniferhudak.bsky.social. 👹 buff.ly/hvHndpJ 0124
Reposted by Ash HuangAi Jiang || 江艾🎐 @aijiang.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Breaking out with some fancy news on this fine day with @variety.com 👀✨ Honoured to have Matthias Schweighofer and Sascha Rosemann pick this one up! 💫 @shortwavebooks.bsky.social variety.com/2026/film/ne... 4113026
Reposted by Ash HuangPutri Prihatini @putriprihatini.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Singaporean artist Leia Ham reimagined LotR as Tale of the Middle Kingdom, since Chinese name for China (Zhōngguó) means "The Middle Kingdom." Her concept art includes the Fellowship, armors, buildings like Bag End, props like Aragorn's banner and Fellowship brooches, and more. #TolkienTrewsday 4429901363
Reposted by Ash HuangRose Ciesla @roseciesla.bsky.social · 17/06/2026A reminder to register for my online class on romance in nonromance novels (via MetroWest Writers' Guild) on 6/22 at 7pm, during which I will talk about making your characters hot AND quote George Saunders during the same hour. metrowestwriters.myshopify.com/products/how... 042
Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Graduating Gemini Harvard to unveil this secret (and many others 👀) in 2027! 119116
Reposted by Ash HuangEden Royce @edenroyce.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Hollow Tongue my Southern Gothic novella from @rdspress.bsky.social, is part of a choose-your-price-point StoryBundle of Shirley Jackson Award @sjacksonawards.bsky.social winning and nominated novellas! Get 3 ePUB books for $5 minimum or for $30 get all 17! storybundle.com/award?utm_so... 23022
Reposted by Ash HuangMaris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Finally, some good news: workers at Hachette are unionizing, and you can sign an open letter of support. This is the way! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comSign onto our open letter in solidarity with Hachette Workers Coalition!To the management at Hachette Book Group, We are authors, publishing professionals, readers, and union supporters, and we are proud to express our full support for the Hachette Workers Coalition (HWC... 61506628
Reposted by Ash HuangOrion's Belt magazine @orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Happy to share that our Flash Editors @lyndseycroal.bsky.social @ashsmash.bsky.social @yanrongtan.bsky.social & Lindsey Ragsdale did an interview with The Village @heyflashvillage.bsky.social. They dived into what sets a story apart, what keeps them up at night, & more. Read it here: bit.ly/4vAsun5bit.lySmokeLong QuarterlyThis is the home of our communities: The SmokeLong Fitness year-round workshop The Village with All of the Flash Writers 055
Reposted by Ash HuangOrion's Belt magazine @orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Orion's Belt is looking for an Associate Audio Editor! If you’d like to join our team and contribute to our podcast by working alongside our current Audio Editor, Jenna Hanchey, @jennahanchey.bsky.social, please consider applying! More info here: www.orions-belt.net/volunteer 01413
Reposted by Ash HuangGuan Un @thisisguan.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Today I get to join the coolest club in flash: people published in Had! A flash about a memory of a family reunion of a recording of a 32913
Reposted by Ash HuangKaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Journey with @kmveohongs.bsky.social in a bittersweet tale of duty and sacrifice in "The Savior of the Three Lands." kaleidotrope.net/winter-2026/... 082
Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Listen. You need this today. @roseciesla.bsky.social shared this link about an author incorrectly getting ROASTED for calling a Wawa food item ‘sub’ not ‘hoagie’. (yes…'food item'; I'm from New England, I don't want to also be roasted) www.inquirer.com/news/nation-... I BEGGED her to cook. 🧵inquirer.comA rom-com author caught heat for using the phrase ‘Wawa sub’ in her new book. She’s defending it.B.K. Borison's new book, "And Now, Back to You," includes a line about ordering a "sub" — not a hoagie — from Wawa. Some readers are horrified. Now, the author is doubling down. 111
Reposted by Ash HuangSmall Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 24/03/2026[Editors, chanting softly] "subscribe, subscribe, subscribe" [Readers chiming in] "Subscribe! SUBSCRIBE!" [The entire internet] "SUBSCRIBE! SUBSCRIBE! SUBSCRIBE!" store.smallwondersma... 01310
Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Deeeee 💜💜💜 besides Dee: @melisfluous.bsky.social @kmveohongs.bsky.social @roseciesla.bsky.social @sarahpauling.bsky.social @cislyn.bsky.social 260
Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 13/03/2026I think about this comic regularly. thenib.com/im-a-luddite/ worth a read if you haven’t yetthenib.comI’m a Luddite (and So Can You!) | The NibWhat the Luddites can teach us about resisting an automated future. 000
Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 12/03/2026“How do we nurture an artistic practice outside of commodification?” Great interview re the Tin House Workshop/MWC name change; how Lance, A.L, Yimei, and Autumn have thoughtfully maintained this community space for us. By bestie @alexismwright.bsky.social !! electricliterature.com/the-mccormac...electricliterature.comThe McCormack Writing Center Places Artists and Community First - Electric LiteratureAs they shed the Tin House Workshop name, Executive Director Lance Cleland discusses the values that remain at the organization's core 110
Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Do yall care about moodboarding/style visualization, or find that interesting? I’m thinking of sharing some tips for how to take em to the next level for your projects in my newsletter 030
Reposted by Ash HuangElizabeth Cobbe @elizabethcobbe.bsky.social · 09/03/2026"They are in the middle of saying grace when Emily turns into smoke." A new story in @innerworlds.bsky.social today! inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-10-sta...inner-worlds.ghost.ioStates of Matter by Elizabeth CobbeThey are in the middle of saying grace when Emily turns into smoke. She doesn’t mean to. She tries to hold on as a courtesy to her in-laws. 043
Reposted by Ash Huangval - V.M. Ayala 🏳️🌈 @spacevalkyries.bsky.social · 08/03/2026I have a new short story out today! "La Sirena's Blessing of Belonging" is about a girl making a wish to find where she belongs. It's a deeply personal piece about biracial identity—and also a contemporary (slightly futuristic) magical realism story rather than secondary world! I hope you enjoy ✨sundaymorningtransport.comLa Sirena’s Blessing of BelongingV.M. 16736
Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 07/03/2026And send us your burning publishing q’s, for our surprise bonus episode 💜 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comQuestions for Thanks but Not For MeSurprise! Katie and Ash are doing a bonus fifth episode…because we had Too Many Publishing Thoughts and deemed it impolite to keep you captive for three whole hours. Do you have questions about publ... 055
Reposted by Ash HuangIndrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 05/03/2026It's apparently World Book Day, so here are the books I've written/edited, any attention given to them is always appreciated. Thank you🤍 THE LAST DRAGONERS OF BOWBAZAR; 90s/00s mythic realist coming of age about a Calcuttan family who may be refugees from another reality. BFA winner, Locus nominee.subterraneanpress.comThe Last Dragoners of Bowbazar eBookSubterranean Press creates readable art, publishing limited editions and groundbreaking original works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. 12113
Reposted by Ash HuangK.M. Veohongs @kmveohongs.bsky.social · 27/02/2026New episode! In which I foolishly share my controversial dog opinions and Ash is concerned about knitting terminology. Listen to Thanks but Not for Me on @rss.com thanksbutnotforme.com (You can also find it on Apple and Spotify and those places)thanksbutnotforme.comThanks, but Not for MeTwo writers embark on the often hair-raising journey to become published novelists: a standalone podcast with series potential. 177
Reposted by Ash HuangOrion's Belt magazine @orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Orion’s Belt is now open for submissions until May 15! 🚀 We are accepting speculative fiction, micro fiction, poetry, translations, and reviews! For more information on submitting, including the link to our Duosuma submission manager👇We can't wait to read your work! www.orions-belt.net/submissionsorions-belt.netSubmissions — Orion's Belt 02319