It's an amazing feat of writing how @meganflchee.bsky.social can turn any mundane scenario into a hilarious and piercing critique of our society and capitalism, while also maintaining our empathy for the characters. And this story is no exception! in @lightspeedmagazine.com

👾 The fabulous @elianeboey.bsky.social and @meganflchee.bsky.social are somehow even more fabulous in person. Wandering through Chinatown talking books, history and culture over dinner and desserts was 💯 👾 Sing Lit Station with its amazing bookish cocktails and great conversations!

Such a great story! (Isn't it amazing how mundane things like audits and HR are everywhere??) Thanks for the tale, the laughs, and the perfect ending. @lightspeedmagazine.com And #MirronWillis did an incredible narration; if anyone knows him, please tell him so.

My new sci-fi story about stressed-out accountants in space is out now in Lightspeed Magazine! What's the appropriate valuation methodology for an alien artifact anyway? www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/ever...

Are wrongs ever fully righted? Do intentions matter? Can we redeem ourselves from collective sin? @meganflchee.bsky.social’s The Museum of Cosmic Retribution in @nightmare-magazine.com, replies to Dickens and Lovecraft with a star-spangled hammer to the heart. #horror #sff #shortstories #fiction

A little behind in podcast listening but wanted to make sure @meganflchee.bsky.social and @wilwheaton.net knew that I LOVED this story and its audio performance so much this morning! On to the next Storytime productions and to find more Megan Chee stories to read!

My story in The Speculative Detective Agency is set in Singapore's central business district, about an unnaturally work-addicted team of financial analysts. Maybe they're just really passionate about spreadsheets... or maybe it has something to do with that cursed e-learning course...

Cayetano Valenzuela created all the fantastic images for the Speculative Detective Agency. It's always a joy to work with Cayetano and we are grateful for the beauty he brings to the world! www.kickstarter.com/projects/for... @richienarvaez.bsky.social @cayetanov.bsky.social #kickstarter

Check this out! This is a super fun project where each contributing writer creates their own detective character within a shared world of supernatural entities. I'll have a story in this and there's an open submission call too!

Publishers are noting a shift in industry mindset around short stories as readers embrace shorter works, with a number feeling like “something is slowly shifting” and that “there’s a real excitement around stories again” 👇 #BookSky

Continuing a theme of untangling identity, our story today is "The Dreamweaver's Name" by @meganflchee.bsky.social :

This was so much fun to listen to!! Reminds me of a trouble-making Monkey King 😂 Great story by @meganflchee.bsky.social originally published in @strangehorizons.bsky.social and I listened on @wilwheaton.net strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi... #speculative #asianmyths #shortstory #fantasy

I love a god gaining humility in "The God of Minor Troubles" by @meganflchee.bsky.social. Plus bonus badass old lady! "The Hidden Heart of Brass Attending" by @cscott-author.bsky.social was so unexpectedly sweet. I loved the heartrending, soft underbelly under all of that cold, unyielding brass. >

to celebrate A PALACE NEAR THE WIND’s 1 week since release, I’ll be giving away three copies + swag! 👀✨ X1 Regular First Edition X1 @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social Special Edition (coral sprayed edges) X1 @inkstonebooks.bsky.social Special Edition (teal sprayed edges) 1/3

A super fun short story by @meganflchee.bsky.social with excellent narration by @wilwheaton.net that I listened to on the bus ride in to work this morning. 100% recommend! 🏷️ #Fantasy #Podcast #Storytime

THE GOD OF MINOR TROUBLES by @meganflchee.bsky.social is the latest story on It’s Storytime w. @wilwheaton.net! zenoagency.com/news/icymi-m... Out now, wherever podcasts are downloaded.

Podcast promotion! ✨✨ Now with VIDEO! ✨✨ I'm going to get even further out of my comfort zone and ask you to share this with anyone who likes audiobooks, speculative fiction, and guys with beards who put them together into a podcast. Thanks, friends :)

It's Wednesday, which means I get out of my comfort zone and promote the hell out of my podcast! This week's story is The God of Minor Troubles, by Megan Chee, originally published in Strange Horizons.

Hey friends! It's Wednesday, which means a new episode of It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton is in your favorite podcast app. This week's story is is a beautiful tale that landed squarely on the part of me that's committed to being a Helper: The God of Minor Troubles, by @meganflchee.bsky.social.

“The God of Minor Troubles” by @meganflchee.bsky.social is now on It’s Storytime with @wilwheaton.net! open.spotify.com/episode/60Eq...

As a lifelong Star Trek fan, this is surreal. Listen to actual Wil Wheaton narrate my short story The God of Minor Troubles on Season 1 of his new story podcast! open.spotify.com/episode/60Eq...

My fiction was featured on @wilwheaton.net's podcast It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton!!! Want to read more? "Rock, Paper, Scissors, Love, Death" is one of 27 #stories in my collection "Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World and other stories"... tinyurl.com/mv67cfcp #booksky #books #reads

I’m absolutely thrilled to reveal the cover of THE KING MUST DIE, my new science fantasy novel about found family, revolution, and second chances. The incredible artist, Eleonor Piteira, included so many little details from the book! Out from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social this October!

Hi friends. It's official podcast launch day! It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton's first episode, a wonderful story called Rock, Paper, Scissors, Love, Death, by Caroline M. Yoachim, is now available wherever you get your podcasts. I'm so excited and pretty anxious! It's a big day!

It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton is going to start hitting podcast apps in about 15 hours. I've been developing this for almost two years and I can't believe it's actually happening.

I am so excited to announce It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton, my new podcast. Our first episode drops on March 26th and is available wherever you get your podcasts.

Cat's out of the bag, Space Unicorns! Uncanny’s Michael Damian Thomas and Lynne M. Thomas are the Content Editors of It’s Storytime with Wil Wheaton!!! www.vitalthrills.com/its-storytim...

1) “The Worms That Ate the Universe” by @meganflchee.bsky.social An amazing story in both its scope and unexpected tenderness. There are giant felines, planets devoured, and charades. Megan writes some of the most imaginative sci-fi, and this one’s no exception.

Catching up with @pqwrites.bsky.social and Coco, and gossiping about... I mean discussing publishing 🫢

ICYMI! Reading for the Uncanny Magazine 2024 Favorite Fiction Reader Poll? Try the short story "The Worms that Ate the Universe" by Megan Chee! (@meganflchee.bsky.social) You can read it here! https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-worms-that-ate-the-universe/

Got confimed for 2 major surgeries this week. I will need funds & soon, but I was fired when I was diagnosed with cancer & my only income now is writing. I hate to ask because I know we're all struggling, but I'd appreciate any donation. Thank you & please share. www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...

Happily surprised to see "Loneliness Universe" in the BSFA longlist among amazing writers like @avramargariti.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @premeemohamed.com @wiswell.bsky.social @rachaelkjones.bsky.social @rickandwrite.bsky.social @mynachang.bsky.social @dracopoullos.bsky.social & many more!

I have an agent! Super excited to announce that I am now represented by Stevie Finegan at Zeno Agency. Can't wait to find out what the future will bring for my Cyberpunk 2077 x Spirited Away science-fantasy novel 🤞

It's the eve of lunar new year. Traditionally for Chinese families, it's reunion dinner night where the entire family gets together for a meal. Would you like a story of AI ghosts, nosy relatives and mouth watering Peranakan food? I gotchu! clarkesworldmagazine.com/chan_04_23/

Epic and imaginative and devastating! www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-... @meganflchee.bsky.social

If Found, Return to Hell by @emdashliu.bsky.social - A bored and jaded wizard intern overcommits to a client and ends up hosting a demon prince from hell. This was a wonderfully entertaining fantasy novella. Also, massive kudos for pulling off second person with aplomb.

The Last Flesh Figure Skaters by @clairejiawen.bsky.social - An intriguing sci-fi story that explores the intersection of art, tech and human achievement in the context of a figure skating rivalry. The premise grabbed me immediately! www.khoreomag.com/fiction/the-...

Nophek Gloss by @essahansen.bsky.social - A dark, ambitious sci-fi epic about a boy who witnesses the brutal deaths of his family and embarks on a quest for vengeance across universes. Not always an easy read, but definitely worth the journey and chock full of fascinating ideas.

Also this post! reactormag.com/the-best-afr...

*ahem* reactormag.com/tag/short-fi...

Some of my short fiction recs are in this post: maria-is-reading.blogspot.com/2025/01/my-2...

May I suggest my collection of flash and fiction, Widow Fantasies (Gordon Hill Press): www.gordonhillpress.com/products/wid... And Governor General Award finalist Aaron Kreuter’s Rubble Children (University of Alberta Press): ualbertapress.ca/978177212781...

Any recommendations for spec-fic short stories and novelettes published in 2024? Trying to get up to speed after neglecting short fiction last year.

Catching up on 2024 short fic and had to start with @angelaliu.bsky.social in Uncanny. Another Girl Under the Iron Bell is a darkly romantic novelette about a demon forced to be an assassin. Lovely, sharp, atmospheric prose as always from Angela.

ICYMI! Reading for the Hugo and Nebula Awards? Try the short story "The Worms that Ate the Universe" by Megan Chee! (@meganflchee.bsky.social) You can read it here! https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-worms-that-ate-the-universe/

Reading for the Hugo and Nebula Awards? Try the short story "The Worms that Ate the Universe" by Megan Chee! (@meganflchee.bsky.social) You can read it here! https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-worms-that-ate-the-universe/

Anytime I do some subscription marketing, I feel like I should apologize. Thing is, if we don't market, we don't survive. I'd like to keep doing this job, even with all the "AI" nonsense we deal with. So... Give the gift of short fiction this holiday season. clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

Reading for the Hugo and Nebula Awards? Try the short story "The Worms that Ate the Universe" by Megan Chee! You can read it here! @meganflchee.bsky.social www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

"The Worms that Ate the Universe" by @meganflchee.bsky.social. Read it at @uncannymagazine.bsky.social here: www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...