Mary Fan
@astralcolt.bsky.social
YA & sci-fi/fantasy writer based in Jersey City. Author of Stronger than a Bronze Dragon, Starswept, and Artificial Absolutes. Co-editor of Brave New Girls. Life-long theater kid and proud circus freak.
BIG PUBLISHING ANNOUNCEMENT* I'm starting a publishing house called Only Fan Press. Because I will be the only one doing everything. I'll write all the books. And edit. And format. And covers. And marketing and distribution and, why not, printing and binding too. *not really everything here is a lie
Add the #SystemaParadoxa series to your reading list! Lots of fantastic cryptofiction to be had! buff.ly/Fn1kH7U @kradec.bsky.social @astralcolt.bsky.social @carolgyzander.bsky.social @mothman13.bsky.social @mrgreenberger.bsky.social @gryphonrose.bsky.social @dmcphail.bsky.social #cryptids #monsters
Not all is as it seems when high-school student Jenny Chen captures a glimpse of an unbelievable creature when filming in the woods near Princeton. The danger, though? That’s real enough. buff.ly/dITyIZ0 @astralcolt.bsky.social #MantisMan #FoundFootage @dmcphail.bsky.social
Found Footage by Mary Fan | eSpec Books
(If you are placing a digital-only order, please email us before placing your orderfor a discount code to remove the shipping.)There are creatures lurking in our world. Obscure creatures long…
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Our latest #BraveNewGirls antho is out now! Smart is the new superpower in this collection of short stories about tech-savvy girls in sci-fi worlds. Proceeds from sales are donated to the Society of Women Engineers! books2read.com/bravenewgirls9
The camera doesn’t lie… but it does hold secrets. The same goes for ruthless scientists looking for truth from unsanctioned sources. Beware the innocent students that get in their way. Get Found Footage by Mary Fan buff.ly/sQWwj3r @astralcolt.bsky.social #MantisMan #cryptids @dmcphail.bsky.social
Debuting at @shoreleavecon.bsky.social this weekend: PRISM: THE MISSION FILES ed. by Hildy Silverman w/stories by me @astralcolt.bsky.social @paulkupperberg.bsky.social @cdanabbott.bsky.social @daytonward.bsky.social & more! If you're not at the con, you can order the book online! a.co/d/gj1z9y0
PRISM: The Mission Files: Silverman, Hildy, Rosenberg, Aaron, Colchamiro, Russ, Thorne, Geoffrey, Fan, Mary, Ward, Dayton, DeCandido, Keith R.A., Abbott, Christopher D., Greenberger, Robert, Kupperber...
PRISM: The Mission Files [Silverman, Hildy, Rosenberg, Aaron, Colchamiro, Russ, Thorne, Geoffrey, Fan, Mary, Ward, Dayton, DeCandido, Keith R.A., Abbott, Christopher D., Greenberger, Robert, Kupperber...
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Been meaning to dive into the other stories in this anthology for a minute… excited to revisit the Phenomenons!
Just proofed my stories for PRISM! Can’t wait to share this 1980s retro spy thriller with y’all!
So excited for this anthology!!!
Dayton Ward@daytonward.bsky.social · last yr.Check out the fancy cover for PRISM, the upcoming anthology from @crazy8press.bsky.social, which now features the full author lineup including those of us who are stretch goal participants. If all goes to plan it'll debut at @shoreleavecon.bsky.social next month!
Me doing aerials Eska getting brushed 🤝 “What other side???”
Dang revisiting a fantasy world you first started building over a decade ago is hard… There’s all this mythology that I’m sure I could’ve rattled off back then but now I feel like I’m studying a history of places I made up 😅
On the blog: my schedule for @treklongisland.bsky.social next weekend in Hauppauge, New York! All kinds of crazy stuff with @bobgreenberger.bsky.social @dattico.bsky.social @astralcolt.bsky.social @gryphonrose.bsky.social and a whole mess of others. decandido.wordpress.com/2025/05/25/m...
my Trek Long Island schedule
I will be returning to Trek Long Island next weekend for their third convention. Held at the Hyatt Regency Long Island in Hauppauge, New York, this Trek convention is full of wonderful guests, incl…
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They say being a writer means giving yourself homework for the rest of your life… So here I am, thinking about completing an assignment I first set for myself in 2014… or was it 2013? Anyway, I finally published Windborn in 2020 and I’ve been meaning to get back to that world ever since.
Normally I’d be writing a triumphant “OMG it’s finished” post upon completing a short story but this one is so late it’s more like “ugh, finally!” Still, writing 2 9k-10k word short stories in 1 month ain’t bad… and now I’m deadline free!
Out of sorts because I was gonna work on one short story but turns out I don’t have what I need for that, so I should just work on a different project… but my creative brain was still in the first one and I can’t seem to make it switch 😫
Played TKTS roulette and ended up seeing a play I otherwise wouldn’t have known about (because I’m woefully ignorant about these kinds of things), and I loved it! Retrograde is a sharp and witty play about a meeting between Sidney Poitier, a “good liberal” writer, and a cutthroat studio exec
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
Did someone say STRETCH? 😉 We’ve hit our initial Kickstarter goal for PRISM, a collection of spy thriller tales, but we’ve got some amazing stretch goal authors waiting in the wings! Let’s invite them to the party, shall we? 😁 www.kickstarter.com/projects/pri...
Spent the weekend at #AWP25, where I spoke on a panel with Andrew K Hoe and Frankie Huang on positionality in publishing — a complex topic with no easy answers. Also listened in on some panels and talks, including Roxane Gay’s keynote
Alternate cover for THE GREEN HORNET AND KATO: DETROIT NOIR CITY unlocked! With 30ish hours to go, can we unlock our final stretch goal: an extra story from the creator of Thrawn himself, Timothy Zahn? Check out our campaign! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gre...
What passes for lyrics in this score… can you tell what we’re signing? 🧝🏻♀️
