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Lark “Tornado” Morgan Lu

@larkmorganlu.bsky.social
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Writing/Tea | They/She | Han Chinese | Works in F&SF, Augur, Pyre & more | Assoc. Editor @flashfictiononline.bsky.social, Baffling Magazine @neonhemlock.bsky.social| Acq. Fiction @anathemamagazine.bsky.social | pfp @unghostlyCasper | VP26 larkmorganlu.com

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emma burnett @slashnburnett.bsky.social · 14h
Hear that? I’m almost perfect, and I write flash.
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A.T. Sayre @atsayre.bsky.social · 14h
Last Sunday, I participated in a live reading hosted by the lovely @csecooney.bsky.social with 9 other fantastic writers. It's now up on YouTube here: buff.ly/OKqhM2t It is pretty long, but well worth checking out. Me and my charismatic cockroach went last. #speclit #booksky
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A Very Witchy Reading
10 authors of reality-redefining Fiction as they converge in a bizarre bazaar for the imagination. Featuring Nadia Bulkin, Christa Carmen, Zig Zag Claybourne, Eden Royce, Virginia Mohlere, Amanda J…
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Nico Martinez Nocito 🏳️‍⚧️ @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
October poetry recommendations thread! In this thread, I'll highlight some fantastic poems I read and reviewed in September on Stardust & Verse. If you want to check out all the reviews now, you can do that here: www.patreon.com/StardustAndV...
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September 2026 Review Round-Up! 💫 | Stardust & Verse | SFF Poetry Reviews
Welcome to the first Stardust & Verse Review Round-Up! These posts collect reviews and interviews that are now free to everyone (free membe
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Didi is a trans immigrant 🏳️‍⚧️ @didichanoch.northsky.social · 10/10/2026
We have many awards in science fiction and fantasy, but most of them have one thing in common: The River Has Roots winning best novella! (We have it at Other Places Books)
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Jenny Rae Rappaport @jennyrae.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
And I can say the same about @scott-h-andrews.bsky.social and @bcsmagazine.bsky.social, which also has a very professional contract. beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/what...
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Beneath Ceaseless Skies - What Will Bring You Home by Jenny Rae Rappaport
The entire journey here to the fairies' hall seems suddenly useless. I can predict what will happen next: I’ll say something that is innocuous, you’ll overreact, and we will be screaming at each other...
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Tom Marcinko @tommarcinko.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
You can now read my story “Every Force Evolves a Form” online in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social Thanks again to Scott Andrews for giving a home to this story of twisted love and dark redemption.
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Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Every Force Evolves a Form by Tom Marcinko
At the edge of our wee but famous settlement lies the Nursery: our garden, our graveyard. Here strange and wonderful growths emerge—slowly, eventually—from the buried hearts of criminals who kept thei...
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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Featuring poems by: Ridwan Fasasi Kyra Jee Anna Drasko Angel Leal @angelvleal.bsky.social Gwendolyn Hicks @prioryruins.bsky.social Prosper C. Ìféányí
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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
New speculative poetry recs from Angela Liu in MicroVerse! Angela collected some gorgeous poems for you - check ‘em out! @angelaliu.bsky.social
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Special Issue * Poetry Recs from Angela Liu
Welcome to this special guest-edited issue, featuring poetry recommendations by Angela Liu! I fell in love with Angela’s short stories several years ago with a double-whammy of her amazing work— &#…
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Lark “Tornado” Morgan Lu @larkmorganlu.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Oh no he’s just got a reflection on the water like Mulan
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Lark “Tornado” Morgan Lu @larkmorganlu.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
When will my reflection shoooow who I am insiiiide
A hognose snake looking out over its water dish, its reflection showing in the water
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Lark “Tornado” Morgan Lu @larkmorganlu.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The hmm part about experiencing existential distress is the not knowing if that’s just a very normal feeling actually and everyone experiences the same ambient chronic pain of being conscious and we’re all just convincing each other we are not for fear of being judged as the weird one
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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Good people, good times, good stories.
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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I'd say "Just go search" but AI would have you believing Brandon Sanderson wrote AFRO PUFFS ARE THE ANTENNAE OF THE UNIVERSE, so instead *splays hands*
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Beginner's Guide to Black Science Fiction & Fantasy part iii
This is a beginner's guide to black science fiction and fantasy.
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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
...L.D. Lewis, DaVaun Sanders, Justin Key, Gerald L Coleman, Brandon O'Brien, LaShawn Wanak, Kinni Ibura Salaam, Sheree Renee Thomas, Andrea Hairston...
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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
...Tananarive Due. Tade Thompson, Tatiana Obey, Nicole Givens Kurtz, Nisi Shawl, Terence Taylor, DK Gaston, Milton Davis, Maurice Broaddus, Cerece Rennie Murphy, Minister Faust, Errick Nunnally, Karen Lord, Alex Jennings, Emmy Jackson...
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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH Approaching the 2nd weekend of the annual October celebration of the Black Fantastic, gotta ask if you've read anything by Charles Saunders, L.A. Banks, or -contemporarily- Veronica Henry, Malon Edwards, Tana Jenkins, Leslye Penelope, Rob Cameron, Linda Addison...
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Flash Fiction Online @flashfictiononline.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Keep your stake handy! These bodies may not be dead dead…yet. Check out “Really and truly dead” by Emma Burnett, now free to read on FFO @slashnburnett.bsky.social #flashfiction #writingcommunity #darkfantasy #paranormal #noir flashfictiononline.com/issues/octob...
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October 2026 - Flash Fiction Online
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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Amended for posterity:
Banner restating Michael Warren Lucas's blurb for KHUMALO TALES. "Like all the best fantasy, Khumalo Tales shows is the best and worst of humanity in an obsidian mirror. ZZ's incisive eye and generous heart will both sweep you away and return you to a home forever changed."
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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I don't wear blurbs a lot, but to celebrate the completion of this trilogy? Zoolander Blurb Runway of Advance Readers! About KHUMALO TALES, friend and ice cream connoisseur Michael Warren Lucas had this to say. www.kickstarter.com/projects/obs... (He said more, but this reaction was gold)
Banner featuring heartfelt blurb from author Michael Warren Lucas regarding the upcoming fantasy book KHUMALO TALES. "Holy crap! he said. "HOLY CRAP!"
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Lark “Tornado” Morgan Lu @larkmorganlu.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Sometimes I look at my bluesky drafts like damn… I hold back so much
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Kenna Alexander @kennaalexander.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Indigenous artists! Help us make a cool game. Let them know I sent you. Share where you can! Wado! www.montecookgames.com/call-for-ind...
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Call for Indigenous Artists for Between Earth & Sky: the Roleplaying Game! - Monte Cook Games
Celestial prophecies, political intrigue, and forbidden magic. Dreamwalking, sea-singing, and crow communication. Dangerous gods, difficult choices, and sweet romances. This […]
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Ladz ❄️🖤🩸 @ladzwriting.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
also since it's their bday, you should buy and read The Lord of Astiigos by @sorenhaxan.bsky.social, the greatest gothic that truly has it all: cursed folk songs, the worst sabbatical ever, and a fat dilf Go a bit crazy!!!
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The Lord of Astiigos - Complete Part 1 by Soren Häxan
queer gothic horror - epub, mobi & pdf
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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Good news: @sfwa.bsky.social's Recommended Reading List once again lives! The general public and SFWA members can sort the list to see what SF/F novels, stories, poems, comics, scripts and games are receiving the most love and attention from the org's writers. 1/ www.patreon.com/jasonsanford...
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Genre Grapevine: Good News as the SFWA Recommend Reading List Returns | Jason Sanford's Genre Grapevine
When Professor Farnsworth in Futurama says "Good news everyone!" it's rarely good news for his Planet Express crew. But in this case, the ne
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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Had the pleasure of Q & A with Anthony Cardno for his Writer Wednesday feature about genre, process, definitions, and ideas.
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Writer Wednesday: Zig Zag Claybourne — ANTHONY R. CARDNO
Today, Writer Wednesday welcomes the great Zig Zag Claybourne. I had the pleasure of meeting Zig in person a few years ago at ReaderCon, where we both participated in a play test of C.S.E. Cooney and ...
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Lily Lachance 🏳️‍⚧️🚀✍️ @lilylachance.com · 06/10/2026
This is a beautiful, utterly brilliant flash story: it should be in textbooks on concise writing. (GTFO, Hemingway, and take your white elephants with you. 😛) Take a few minutes to read it. You'll love it. :) hexliterary.com?p=3592
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Sixty-One Seconds by Martin Cahill
Remember the recharge time. A minute and one. A lot can happen in that time. Microjumps, they say. Alternate realities at the speed of what-if. The velocity of wondering. All I must do is make...
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Lark “Tornado” Morgan Lu @larkmorganlu.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Hello friens. Have you considered… supporting Apex…
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Lark “Tornado” Morgan Lu @larkmorganlu.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Tired: ragebait Wired: AITA agita
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OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
We are now OPEN TO SUBMISSIONS from all 2SLGBTQIA+ authors! Issue 4's theme: EXPLORATION. Send us stories and poems that interpret the concept of exploration in abstract or literal ways, internal or external, strange and surreal—don't self-reject 🪐🗡️ Guidelines: othersidespec.com/guidelines/
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Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE
Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.
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Lark “Tornado” Morgan Lu @larkmorganlu.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Evergreen: always looking for folks who would like to be on this list! go.bsky.app/FEEX1Wp (I will create a third, forth, etc. if need be, there will ALWAYS be room for you!)
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Lark “Tornado” Morgan Lu @larkmorganlu.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Yes!! Adding you!’
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Lark “Tornado” Morgan Lu @larkmorganlu.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
She uses the word lovely like a weapon and the way a chef admires pre-carved meat
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Lark “Tornado” Morgan Lu @larkmorganlu.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The halo reach gender
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Lark “Tornado” Morgan Lu @larkmorganlu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
There are only 2 genders: - a noble death holding the line so that others may escape - fighting through the hoard to drag your war brother to safely
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Ian Li @ianli.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
As promised, I'm sharing my feelings on @orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social's Summer 2026 poems. "Moonlit Memories" by Gospel Chinedu I've long been a fan of Gospel's poetry. Here, I feel I'm lost in the dark, chased by this fox-grandfather, taken on a surreal journey of personal and familial history.
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Moonlit Memories — Orion's Belt
Gospel Chinedu
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Nghi Vo @nghivo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
BOOK DAY BOOK DAY BOOK DAY THE SCARLET BALL is out today! If you like demons, debutantes, blood, glamor, beautiful things and what happens when you rip them to bits, this one's for you! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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The Scarlet Ball
From USA Today bestselling author Nghi Vo, this all-consuming tale of ballrooms and bloodshed weds The Gilded Age with the Gothic vision of Guillermo del Tor...
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Lark “Tornado” Morgan Lu @larkmorganlu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Love triangle between good for her serial killer, final girl, and true crime superfan girlie
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🍄 C.G. Aubrey🍂 @cgaubrey.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It is officially my birthday! Coincidentally, this feels like a great time to remind folks of the great environmental justice work we publish over @reckoningmag.bsky.social. Also, we are a 501c3 nonprofit so your donations are tax-deductible. Lots of ways to help out below, including patreon. <3
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Nico Martinez Nocito 🏳️‍⚧️ @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🌈🚀💫Queer & trans* SFF poets: share your work pub'd this September! Drop the title/link for your recent poetry to be included in the monthly Queer Spec Poetry Roundup on Stardust & Verse! Originals & reprints welcome; feel free to interpret queer/trans* and speculative broadly. Shares appreciated!
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Lark “Tornado” Morgan Lu @larkmorganlu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
There are only 2 genders: - a noble death holding the line so that others may escape - fighting through the hoard to drag your war brother to safely
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Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 06/10/2026
heck yeah!!!!!! happy release day to this terrific anthology of trans cosmic horror, featuring new stories and reprints! it is out now and as gorgeous as you are
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Lark “Tornado” Morgan Lu @larkmorganlu.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
They love you like sandpaper Every touch leaves you less You do not notice when you’ve been made dull But they do, when they leave
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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
New Story Day: "Congratulations on your Magic Sword™" is now out in Lightspeed Magazine! Magic weapons keep turning against their owners over "improper usage." This story is a list of tips to keep you on your magic sword's good side! Legendary weapons, man. They're a real double-edged sword.
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Congratulations on your Magic Sword™ - Lightspeed Magazine
Congratulations on your Magic Sword"! For all inquiries as to its powers and perils, please consult the Virtue Exercises Manual". However, we know new users sometimes get in over their heads. That’s w...
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Lark “Tornado” Morgan Lu @larkmorganlu.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
My story got held! My story got held! The other stories in the hold pile:
Several intimidating looking characters from Tokyo Revengers
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B'alith Tia | 7.56 spoilers @inmyleylines.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
healing magic as body horror, my beloved 🥰
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R.B. Lemberg. Yes, still in Kansas @rblemberg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hurray! Congrats to @older.bsky.social @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social and authors! Glad to share this honor with you all.
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Scylla Publishing @scyllapublishing.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is happening! “Who Am I?” officially releases on October 30 in ebook and paperback on our website and from online retailers globally. #sapphicbooks #smallpress
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Save the Date” releasing October 30
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Lark “Tornado” Morgan Lu @larkmorganlu.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🚫 there is only one bed ✅ there is only one pole on the bus Bonus points if the bus jostles them together 🙂‍↕️
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Jennifer Hudak @jenniferhudak.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My poem "Swimming the Witch," about how systems of power often create the very things they are attempting to quell, is now free to read at @trollbreathmag.bsky.social -- just in time for spooky season! I hope you enjoy! magazine.trollbreath.com/swimming-the...
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Angela Liu @angelaliu.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Guys, I’m speechless. Gonna be sharing this award with my 8-year-old since this poem was inspired by their question “why do we never see fireflies in the winter?” Huge thanks to the Ignyte organizers, all the voters/readers, and to @thedeadlands.com for giving this one a wonderful home!
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Betsy Aoki (she/her) @betsyaoki.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It’s a week later but hoping you caught my story with Sunday morning transport… if not I put code in the reply for free trial access.
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