Man, this poem by @marissalingen.bsky.social in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social feels so relevant for writing. You can be a novelist, short story writer, poet. You can write sci-fi, romance, horror, anything you want. Don't let anyone ever tell you what you can write or what kind of writer you are.

Kiddo set up a little fairy house on the sunny spot my dad used to plant tomatoes every year when I was kid.

mood

My new story “How To Kill A Yaoguai,” about two monster-killing Chinese sisters in a reimagined Wild West hell, is in this anthology, alongside fantastic stories and poetry by some of my favorite horror/spec writers.

@angelaliu.bsky.social I love this wonderfully weird story so much! electricliterature.com/spinal-tap-b...

Every time I see a review for a story I loved panning it for no other reason other than it “not being original enough,” I am chanting this in my head

Contract signed! My Nebula, Hugo, and Rhysling Finalist poem "The Mourning Robot" (in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social) will be translated into Chinese and published at Science Fiction World! This has been one of my top writer bucket list items for a long, long time. Can’t wait to show my parents 😭

Eeee SMALL BITES has a cover! Thank you so much to @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social for the reveal. Original art by @drewhuff.bsky.social. Cover design by @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social. LOOK 🕷️🥩 bookjockeyalex.com/2026/05/11/c...

Always my favorite poem for Mother’s Day.

Anyways, just a reminder in case you need it too.

An exciting life update: I am now an associate literary agent at @thetobiasagency.bsky.social … and I’m opening to queries! Send me all your weird, genre-mashing books; I’m currently open in several genres in Adult books, from horror and fantasy to romance and scifi. querytracker.net/query/4283

"The little girl pressed her nose against the window as a Spinosaurus rose out of the swampy river nearby, water sliding down the boney sail on its back." #firstlineThursdays www.adventitious.net/stories/fern...

Thanks to you, this community is growing, which means getting more fantastic stories to more fantastic people. As you continue to devour Issues One and Two, here's the full TOC for Issue Three. WHAT COULD THEIR CRYPTIC TITLES MEAN. By the Wings of an Albatross by @abigailkemske.bsky.social 🧵

FFer Read of the Day: "Swallow Test" by @angelaliu.bsky.social in @nightmare-magazine.com www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/swal...

What are some novel titles that strike you as powerful? I'll go first: my question is inspired by Hannah Kaner's upcoming novel, A Snake Among Swans. A love when a title alone stirs up the imagination.

Super psyched to have two poems selected as Rhysling Award Finalists! “The Language of Fireflies” (in @thedeadlands.com) and “The Mourning Robot” (in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social). Thanks so much to everyone who nominated and congrats to all the wonderful finalists!

That's right, it's MY COVERRRR! LOOK at how pretty! ADMIRE the deep bluey green color, an ornament to all shelves! MARVEL at how Matt Curtius managed to evoke my story, which does in fact include a lot of music and also harpies! PREORDER today! or, you know, a different day soon!

Amusement Park Arcana, my little horror novella coming July 15, 2026 now has a few PAPERBACK PREORDER links! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 to celebrate, please enjoy this blurb by @pauljessup.com 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 🎢🎡🎠 books2read.com/AmusementPar...

The Hugo Packet alone is worth more than the cost of a @laworldcon.bsky.social membership As a member of their staff, I encourage you to register for the con: scifiinc99.regfox.com/membership

skeleton flail!! @angelaliu.bsky.social's The Language of Fireflies from our issue 37 is a Rhysling Award Finalist!!! Congratulations Angela 🎉💀🫶 you can read the full poem here: psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

First story of 2026 out this month! "Archaeological Evidence for the Time Traveler" is about an archaeologist, her son, her time travel expert ex, and the messages said ex might've left her from hundreds of years in the past 👀 clarkesworldmagazine.com/tashiro_05_26/

"It is not a weakness to be seen." Just finished @dragons.bsky.social's THE POET EMPRESS and man, I am not okay. This book was so addictive, so gorgeously written, and so utterly heartbreaking, I have no words. If you liked Apothecary Diaries (+ wished it were darker), you need to read this now.

This thread was mesmerizing. Would love to see one for Heavenly Bodies 😭

Friends! Thrilled to announce that my novelette "The Snatchers" is out at @uncannymagazine.bsky.social!!! It's a sci-fi horror satire and a reimagining of "The Invasion of the Body Snatchers". What if everyone in the world turned into one person: the Leader? Would that be enough to fix everything?

The May issue of Clarkesworld is now online and features stories by Louis Inglis Hall, Tia Tashiro, Nick Wolven, Sheri Singerling, Grace Chan, Raahem Alvi, and Zhao Haihong. clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_236 Subscriptions available at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

Happy to see my @apexmag.bsky.social story “The Island of Sea Turtles and Blood” reviewed by @tarvolon.bsky.social alongside some great older short fiction (it also makes my little black heart happy to see people reading more horror 👀). www.tarvolon.com/2026/04/02/m...

Things to look forward to: “Magical Girl Eater” by Angela Liu (upcoming in Uncanny #70) is in some ways a dark mirror of “The Dare” by John Wiswell (Uncanny #69). @uncannymagazine.bsky.social

that moment when your most rejected story becomes your second pro rate sale? @scyllapublishing.bsky.social 🥹😭 i first wrote “letters to a lost time” in 2022/23 and i’ve always loved the concept but didn’t have the skill to execute it until this year. i guess some stories never die after all??

The Spring issue of @southernreview.bsky.social is out! Check it out to see my latest essay as well as the work of some other phenomenal writers

I recently learned that one of my old professors passed away. I so I wrote about a time that he ambushed me and made me interview someone to get me out of my shell. I'll never forget it.

when we mourn le guin, we mourn one of our greatest writers & thinkers. but we also mourn one of our all-time greatest haters

Hey y'all, this is starting in twenty minutes!! Come listen or read your own! events.sfwa.org/events/specu...

Guys, I finally got my first author phishing scam email! 🎉 I don’t know whether to be offended or terrified that they're offering to use my poem to design a reading experience that focuses on “Mind Expanding Insights.”

"We want no plot, just vibes." Might I suggest a book of poetry?

Uhhh…wow. They told me about this three weeks ago and I still don’t know what to say. It’s completely wild that people know I exist. To be nominated for a Hugo is absolutely surreal and an incredible honor. Thanks to everyone who has read, shared, and encouraged me over the years!

Ahh, my poem is a Hugo Finalist!!!!!!!!!!! 😱 Thank you to everyone who read “The Mourning Robot” and to @uncannymagazine.bsky.social for giving it a home! Huge congrats to all the nominees! Honored to be sharing this wonderful ballot with so many writers I adore 🙏

For those who missed it: this was the moment The Strokes ensured they’ll never be invited back to Coachella again! I'm so proud of them

Good morning, book birthday is finally upon me!! Rabbit Test and Other Stories is out in the woooorld 🥳

Happy book birthday to Tea & Treachery at the Infinite Pantry! 🎉🎂🫖 A museum of rare and precious foods. Lovable found family. Loads of queer characters. A tasty mystery & a sweet F/NB romance. Get your copy: books2read.com/tea-treachery #BookBirthday #BookSky #QueerBooks 🌈 #CozyFantasy #SFF

Hey guys! I'm doing a @sfwa.org poetry reading this Saturday at 11am PST (with an open mic beforehand!). I'd love to know which poems you'd like to hear me read! (here's a list of them all: liu-angela.com/poetry-2/) 🙏

Obsessed with Mr. Flower Fantastic’s Concrete Jungle. Familiar NYC scenes from laundromats to the infamous street steam, all recreated with orchids.

Two Lius for you to peruse.

Honored to have two stories, “Empire State of Mind” (@frivolouscomma.bsky.social) and “What We Mean When We Talk About The Hole In The Bathroom” (@uncannymagazine.bsky.social) mentioned in here. Always a joy when a writer you admire really gets the core of your story 😭🙏

Opens slush pile. Reads generated story... Bans. Reads generated story... Bans. Reads generated story... Bans... Screams. Closes computer. Screams again. Runs off into the woods. Sees squirrel. Hmmm... Squirrels have never submitted a generated story. Squirrel gets treat.

Ranma 1/2, always.

My short fiction recs from Jan-March are now up! With stories from @clairejiawen.bsky.social @dracopoullos.bsky.social @angelaliu.bsky.social @russellnichols.bsky.social @rajivmote.bsky.social @amfisher.bsky.social @joelhans.com @jenniferhudak.bsky.social itsajumble.blogspot.com/2026/04/shor...

SFBC is finishing our season on our favorite post: the Short Fiction Book Club Awards! We read many gems this year, but we've voted on our favorites. I'm happy to present our slate of awards (with very normal award names and presenter speeches). www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/co...

"threads so much existential emptiness, human loneliness, and black comedy into these instructions" So grateful to see this kind review by @mariahaskins.com for my flash story, "How To Set Up Your Mourning Robot" in @lightspeedmagazine.com 🙏 locusmag.com/review/light...

Really excited to be joining this virtual spec poetry open mic session! Come read some of your poems or listen to me read some of mine ☕️ 📖

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