Ai Jiang || 江艾|| 🪷☁️An Empire in the Clouds☁️🪷 September 8th
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🇨🇳🇨🇦 | she/her | Changle -> Toronto | Ignyte, Bram Stoker, Nebula Winner | Hugo, Astounding, Locus nominee | Odyssey ‘23 | BA,MSc | rep: UTA & Mushens Entertainment | A RIVER FROM THE SKY (Titan Books ‘26) https://aijiang.carrd.co/
haven’t preordered 🪷☁️AN EMPIRE IN THE CLOUDS☁️🪷 yet? 👀 the finished copy includes a map by @dewiwrites.bsky.social 🗺️📍🤍 preorder goodies will be sent during the last week of the month, so do fill out the form in my bio if you haven’t yet! 🤍 @titanbooks.bsky.social 💫
In response to Jiang’s story, writer and narrative researcher Yen Ooi explores the cultural and familial narratives that shape the lives of children in the East Asian diaspora. Read here: issues.org/futuretensef...
In “Prompts for a Perfect Daughter,” this month’s Future Tense Fiction story, writer @aijiang.bsky.social takes this idea literally, imagining a brain implant system that allows parents to embed a sort of operating manual for living. Read here: issues.org/futuretensef...
MY LOVE, MY LOVE, MY LOVE* by Ai Jiang. A poem! As you might guess from the title, it's about a mutilated severed head in a swamp that's still seductive. 2 pages of vivid imagery. 9/ *It took me 'til the 3d "love" to type it correctly on my phone.
Ooi parallels prompts in “Prompts for a Perfect Daughter" to parables of Confucius from “The Analects”, unpacking how his teachings influence many East Asian social dynamics, and why similar themes are becoming common in East Asian media. Read here: issues.org/futuretensef...
This week’s #FreeFictionResponse essay is “From Gospel to Guide” by @yenooi.bsky.social in response to “Prompts for a Perfect Daughter” by @aijiang.bsky.social from @issuesinst.bsky.social. Ooi is a narrative designer, writer, editor, and researcher specializing in life, storytelling, and philosophy
May I offer you a scifi short today? 👀✨h
@imaginationasu.bsky.social · 5d agoThis week's #freefictionfriday is "Prompts for a Perfect Daughter" from @issuesinst.bsky.social by @aijiang.bsky.social. A young protagonist is forced to follow strict prompts embedded deep in her brain via an implant installed by her parents in the hopes of guiding their child to live a good life.
As promised, I'm only doing this newsletter thing once a month. This month's guest is the prolific @aijiang.bsky.social, who may or may not suggest that procrastination is all part of the ritual 🤫 thoughthing.beehiiv.com/p/unease-and...
May I offer you a scifi short today? 👀✨h
@imaginationasu.bsky.social · 5d agoThis week's #freefictionfriday is "Prompts for a Perfect Daughter" from @issuesinst.bsky.social by @aijiang.bsky.social. A young protagonist is forced to follow strict prompts embedded deep in her brain via an implant installed by her parents in the hopes of guiding their child to live a good life.
But when the family immigrates to a place whose customs and language diverge from their own, the protagonist is torn between internal and external prompts—and discovers how quickly they can both become a trap. Read the story here: issues.org/futuretensef...
This week's #freefictionfriday is "Prompts for a Perfect Daughter" from @issuesinst.bsky.social by @aijiang.bsky.social. A young protagonist is forced to follow strict prompts embedded deep in her brain via an implant installed by her parents in the hopes of guiding their child to live a good life.
We celebrate SILK & SINEW contributors with a look at the inspiration behind @aijiang.bsky.social Ai Jiang's story, "The Heaven That Tastes Like Hell" open.substack.com/pub/kpkulski... #badhandbooks #silkandsinewantho #folkhorror #authors #bramstokeraward #asiandiasporastorytelling
AN EMPIRE IN THE CLOUDS by @aijiang.bsky.social, if you wanted to pre-order a book that genuinely blew my mind.
D.J. Tuskmor@tuskmor.com · last wk.Just finished an ARC that was one of the most unique and interesting science-fantasy novels I’ve ever experienced.
May I offer you a story about eating houses? 👀
Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine@3lobedmag.com · 2w ago“Nobody told me that the job of an architect involved investigating a thing everyone has come to call ‘The House Eater’ that has been taking bites of the homes we've helped design, draft, and build.” “A House Eater Roaming the Divine Garden” by Ai Jiang Issue 48 www.3lobedmag.com/issue48/3lbe...
In half an hour!
TBRCon@tbrcon.bsky.social · last wk.Some fictional cities have even more life & staying power than the protagonists they hosted almost! Join @bethtabler.bsky.social, @monteroauthor.bsky.social, @nghivo.bsky.social, @aijiang.bsky.social ,Tim Hickson & Robert F. Lowell while they discuss Cities as Distinct Characters 1 HOUR from now!
Some fictional cities have even more life & staying power than the protagonists they hosted almost! Join @bethtabler.bsky.social, @monteroauthor.bsky.social, @nghivo.bsky.social, @aijiang.bsky.social ,Tim Hickson & Robert F. Lowell while they discuss Cities as Distinct Characters 1 HOUR from now!
May I offer you a story about eating houses? 👀
Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine@3lobedmag.com · 2w ago“Nobody told me that the job of an architect involved investigating a thing everyone has come to call ‘The House Eater’ that has been taking bites of the homes we've helped design, draft, and build.” “A House Eater Roaming the Divine Garden” by Ai Jiang Issue 48 www.3lobedmag.com/issue48/3lbe...
“Nobody told me that the job of an architect involved investigating a thing everyone has come to call ‘The House Eater’ that has been taking bites of the homes we've helped design, draft, and build.” “A House Eater Roaming the Divine Garden” by Ai Jiang Issue 48 www.3lobedmag.com/issue48/3lbe...
A House Eater Roaming the Divine Garden by Ai Jiang
Nobody told me that the job of an architect involved investigating a thing everyone has come to call The House Eater that has been taking bites of the homes we've helped design, draft, and build.
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See y’all there! 👀✨
Los Angeles Worldcon@laworldcon.bsky.social · 2w agoWe're very pleased to welcome @aijiang.bsky.social as one of our featured guests for #LAconV! Jiang is a Chinese-Canadian writer, Ignyte, Bram Stoker, and Nebula Award winner, and Hugo, Astounding, Locus, Aurora, and BFSA Award finalist from Changle, Fujian currently residing in Toronto, Ontario.
may every path we walk bring us closer together 💫 8 years tomorrow 🙆🏻♀️
may every path we walk bring us closer together 💫 8 years tomorrow 🙆🏻♀️
@aijiang.bsky.social joins the Dickheads Podcast for the last interview I filled at my empty old apartment. Sorry for the echo. We talk about the title story from her short story collection www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV6K...
Zoom Hangout Interview #20 - Ai Jiang - Memories Are only Valuable If they Can be Lost
YouTube video by DickHeads Podcast
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See y’all there! 👀✨
Los Angeles Worldcon@laworldcon.bsky.social · 2w agoWe're very pleased to welcome @aijiang.bsky.social as one of our featured guests for #LAconV! Jiang is a Chinese-Canadian writer, Ignyte, Bram Stoker, and Nebula Award winner, and Hugo, Astounding, Locus, Aurora, and BFSA Award finalist from Changle, Fujian currently residing in Toronto, Ontario.
We're very pleased to welcome @aijiang.bsky.social as one of our featured guests for #LAconV! Jiang is a Chinese-Canadian writer, Ignyte, Bram Stoker, and Nebula Award winner, and Hugo, Astounding, Locus, Aurora, and BFSA Award finalist from Changle, Fujian currently residing in Toronto, Ontario.
we’re a little under two months out from the release of 🪷☁️🎭AN EMPIRE IN THE CLOUDS🎭☁️🪷 for those who haven’t preordered yet, do fill out the form in my bio! 👀🤍 9.8.2026 @titanbooks.bsky.social 💫 ft. setting artworks by Peng Lu & character art by 荒人 (huangren) on rednote ✨
The lyrical and moving science-fantasy follow-up to A Palace Near the Wind is finally here... 🌊🌬️🎐 A RIVER FROM THE SKY by @aijiang.bsky.social sees Lufeng and her sister Sangshu fight to protect their culture and their world. 💫 https://tinyurl.com/y3fbxrse
New story published today and today is the birthday of the woman I Tuckerized in it! A happy and coincidental gift here: www.3lobedmag.com/issue48/
3LBE Magazine - Issue 48: Contents
A magazine of speculative fiction, horror, fantasy, and science fiction. Issue 48 features stories by Rachael K. Jones, Nisi Shawl, Nick Mamatas, Ai Jiang, Cody Goodfellow, and Lavie Tidhar.
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3LBE Issue 48 debuts today with new short fiction of weird, wonder, and horror by Rachael K. Jones, Nisi Shawl, Nick Mamatas, Ai Jiang, Cody Goodfellow, and Lavie Tidhar. Read three stories online, buy the full ebook, or become a patron subscriber. www.3lobedmag.com/issue48/
