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THE SECRET LIVES OF IMMORTALS (Orbit/Redhook, 2027) • Three pep talks in a trench coat • LCRW, Nightmare, Lightspeed, Ecotone • Editor at Orion's Belt • Rep: @hel-no-wai.bsky.social • ashsmash.com

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Orion's Belt magazine @orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We’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. 😉🧡
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Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If I do a ‘tool stack’ newsletter/pep talk edition of everything I use to write and research books will you all be bored af
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Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Last @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!
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Serenity "🜔🝆🜌🜂" Dee 🍜 @sapphixy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The Devourers by Indra Das.
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Flights of Foundry @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
So, 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/
The flights of foundry info graphic for 2026 - purple background, yellow and black and teal logo at the top. Text: The round-the-clock, international convention for speculative creatives and fans. 60 striaght hours. 8 program tracks. 6 continents. 5 guests of honor. 1 amazing event. September 18-20 virtual.
The dream foundry logo is to the left, and purple and teal ringed planets are on the right.
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E.M. White, load-bearing grad student @emwhite.sadbutbuildingworlds.blog · 19/09/2026
Terrific 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!
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Jeané D. Ridges @jdridges.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Immortality 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.)
Screenshot of paused video playback for panel "Immortality and the Aunties: Living Forever in the Diaspora" with Ash Huang (Ash is seated before a chock-full bookshelf—a sewing machine can also be spied over left shoulder—and wears rounded squarish glasses on her slender oval face framed by sleek, black hair) and Jeané D. Ridges (Jeané round face with dimples out and close-cut curly hair, a stickered white poster board can be spotted slightly in backdrop along with quilted bed and table lamp). Chat thread to the side.
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Periplus, 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/periplusfaq
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Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
this 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...
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Jem and the Holograms - "Truly Outrageous" by Jem
YouTube video by Hasbro
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Orion's Belt magazine @orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We are currently reading for our Winter issue! ❄️☃️ And submissions will stay open until October 31! :)
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Rose Ciesla @roseciesla.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I'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!
Rose Ciesla's Flights of Foundry schedule superimposed over a cute pic of a raccoon clinging to a tree
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Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Oh, 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 🧵
The cover for The Secret Lives of Immortals by me, Ash Huang, featuring a dark blue backdrop with white text and a golden bottle and stars, on a gilded background
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Seoung @seoungkim.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
19. 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...
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Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 52 | Small Beer Press
Who doesn't have at least 52 issues?
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Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Anyone going to Anaheim for Worldcon? Lmk lmk lmk 💫 here are the panels I’ll be on
Ash Huang’s Worldcon 2026 panels: 
Rewriting History: the art and ethics of alternate timelines; Friday Aug 28 at 19:30
Purple vs Windowpane Prose: navigating between two extremes; Saturday Aug 29 at 9:00
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Orion's Belt magazine @orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
We 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
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Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
This was a fun conversation 💜 thanks for having us, hosting, conversing, and attending yall
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Sid Jain @sid--j.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Ever 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/4e57zhh8
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Single-Session: Sid Jain teaches The Charged Field: How Writers Build
Just 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...
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Lauren (LJ) McMenemy @laurenwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
PSA: 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. 🧵⬇️
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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.social
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Dr. Robby is Not Your Friend
No real people were harmed in the making of this fictional narrative.
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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Our 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
Shown is a graphic that has a blue wormhole background with streaks of light blue lightning through it. In the centre is the outline of a fist smashing down. On the top right and left is the BFS logo, a white dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. Text: BFS Online: Power in SFFH; Panel: Power corrupts; Saturday 25th July 2026, 4pm to 5pm. Photos (left to right): Lauren McMenemy; Erin Brown; Luke Dumas; Kieron Gillen; Ash Huang.
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Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
So 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
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Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
If 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-...
Saturday, July 11, 12pm EST, Envision Enliven. V.M. Ayala, Stephen Granades, me (Ash Huang), P.H. Low, K.M. Veohongs!
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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
author, editor, and personal bud Lee Mandelo is trying to get (the hell) out of kentucky this summer. if you can-- gofund.me/e45094aec
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Donate to Help Lee Move to Chicago!, organized by Lee Mandelo
Hi 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!
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Mia Tsai says buy her books @itsamia.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I 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...
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1-Hour Copyedit Ride Along
Auction item '1-Hour Copyedit Ride Along' hosted online at 32auctions.
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Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
peptalks.ashsmash.com/ugliness-par... Latest pep talk—and news. Lots of appearances and a publication this time around. Threading specific events and links below:
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Ugliness. Part 2: Ugliness is human
Work must ugly before it gets good.
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The 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
The cited quote and information written in black against a white background. the full Rumpus logo is at the top.
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Ai Jiang || 江艾🎐 @aijiang.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Breaking 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...
Cover of I AM AI and MEMORIES ARE ONLY VALUABLE IF THEY CAN BE LOST: STORIES graphic for feature film adaption option article with VarietyI AM AI and MEMORIES ARE ONLY VALUABLE IF THEY CAN BE LOST: STORIES covers graphic 

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I AM AI IS INCLUDED IN
AI JIANG'S DEBUT COLLECTION, MEMORIES ARE ONLY VALUABLE IF THEY CAN BE LOST, AS 1 OF 40 TOTAL STORIES!
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Putri Prihatini @putriprihatini.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Singaporean 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
An illustration of the Fellowship, reimagined with Chinese-style period outfits.An illustration of armors of Gondor, Rohan, and Rivendell Elves, reimagined using different periods of Chinese armors as concepts. On the top right are three side profiles of Rohan man, Gondorian, and Elf with different Chinese hairstyles. On the bottom right is Aragorn's banner redrawn with Chinese influence.A concept art of Bag End reimagined as Chinese court houses, with tall stone gates, round wooden doors, curved roofs, and open courtyard, nestled in a hill.A concept art of Rivendell in the style of Chinese painting. Next to it are several props drawn in Chinese style such as Fellowship brooch based on gingko leaves, lembas in the shape of mooncake, Elfstone as round jade, Galadriel's phial in a green jade bottle, and shards of Narsil.
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Rose Ciesla @roseciesla.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
A 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...
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Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
😭💜 tysm Jenni I am over the moon
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Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Graduating Gemini Harvard to unveil this secret (and many others 👀) in 2027!
Screenshot of the bookseller’s announcement of my forthcoming novel, The Secret Lives of Immortals
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Eden Royce @edenroyce.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Hollow 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...
Cover of HOLLOW TONGUE on a beige background. The book has a brown cover with a golden frame in the middle. Inside the frame are a variety of butterflies in a skull-shaped pattern.  

Above the cover is text in brick red: Shirley Jackson Award Winner and below the image is a picture of Shirley's trademark cat eye frames in black.Collage of all book overs in the Shirley Jackson Award book bundle: 

•         To the Woman in the Pink Hat by LaToya Jordan
  
•         I Will Find You Even in the Dark by Jessica Landry

•         Hollow Tongue by Eden Royce, edited by RJ Joseph

•         The Convexity of Our Youth by Kurt Fawver

•         Pwdre Ser by Kurt Fawver

•         The Thirteen Ways We Turned Darryl Datson Into a Monster by Kurt Fawver

•         Azeman or, the Testament of Quincey Morris by Lisa Moore-Smith

•         Red Skies in the Morning by Nadia Bulkin

•         The Nga'phandileh Whisperer by Eugen Bacon

•         NOVIC by Eugen Bacon

•         The Attic Tragedy by J. Ashley Smith   

•      Pomegranates by Priya Sharma

•         The Bone Lantern by Angela Slatter

•         A Voice Calling by Christopher Barzak

•         His Unburned Heart by David Sandner, edited by RJ Joseph

•         Stay On the Line by Clay McLeod Chapman

•         Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris 
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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Finally, 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...
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Sign 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...
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Orion's Belt magazine @orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Happy 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/4vAsun5
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SmokeLong Quarterly
This is the home of our communities: The SmokeLong Fitness year-round workshop The Village with All of the Flash Writers
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Orion's Belt magazine @orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Orion'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
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Guan Un @thisisguan.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Today 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
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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Journey with @kmveohongs.bsky.social in a bittersweet tale of duty and sacrifice in "The Savior of the Three Lands." kaleidotrope.net/winter-2026/...
There’s nothing to be gained in hating me. I neither asked for you, nor have any power to send you away. Our Most Sacred King has decided I require a companion, and therefore one has been acquired.
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Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Listen. 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. 🧵
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A 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.
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Small 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...
Captain America sits casually in a chair turned backwards and says "So... you want to support Small Wonders"
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Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Deeeee 💜💜💜 besides Dee: @melisfluous.bsky.social @kmveohongs.bsky.social @roseciesla.bsky.social @sarahpauling.bsky.social @cislyn.bsky.social
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Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I think about this comic regularly. thenib.com/im-a-luddite/ worth a read if you haven’t yet
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I’m a Luddite (and So Can You!) | The Nib
What the Luddites can teach us about resisting an automated future.
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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...
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The McCormack Writing Center Places Artists and Community First - Electric Literature
As they shed the Tin House Workshop name, Executive Director Lance Cleland discusses the values that remain at the organization's core
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Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Do 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
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Elizabeth 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...
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States of Matter by Elizabeth Cobbe
They 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.
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val - V.M. Ayala 🏳️‍🌈 @spacevalkyries.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
I 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 ✨
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La Sirena’s Blessing of Belonging
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Ash Huang @ashsmash.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
And send us your burning publishing q’s, for our surprise bonus episode 💜 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Questions for Thanks but Not For Me
Surprise! 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...
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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
It'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.
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The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar eBook
Subterranean Press creates readable art, publishing limited editions and groundbreaking original works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
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K.M. Veohongs @kmveohongs.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
New 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)
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Thanks, but Not for Me
Two writers embark on the often hair-raising journey to become published novelists: a standalone podcast with series potential.
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Orion's Belt magazine @orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Orion’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/submissions
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Submissions — Orion's Belt
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