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Champ Wongsatayanont

@champwongs.bsky.social

Unintentional horror writer. Based in 🇹🇭 Bram Stoker and Ignyte Finalist ✒️ Stories in Reactor and Nightmare 🫶🏼 Clarion West, Tin House, Banff Centre, Faber Academy

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Story Hour @storyhour.bsky.social · last mo.

Spookymonth continues with the Palumbo-Piper gut-punch combo! Yes, favorite Suzan Palumbo returns, and favorite Hailey Piper makes her Story Hour debut! Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! @sillysyntax.bsky.social @haileypiperfights.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com

Color close-up of Suzan Palumbo, a Trini woman with dark hair worn in a shoulder-length bob without bangs. She wears a charcoal-colored crewneck sweater and smoky eye makeup. She poses in front of a neutral background with her face in three-quarters view. She looks directly into the camera with large, clear brown eyes and an expression that suggests forgiveness is not forthcoming.

Close-up of Hailey Piper, a fair-skinned woman with ash-blonde hair worn in a tumble of shoulder-length curls. She wears a jean jacket with white sleeves and hood, scarlet lipstick, and glasses with large plastic frames. She wears the jacket open to show a color tattoo of what appears to be a cute and Biblically accurate seraph. She poses in front of a red wall, tilting her head and looking directly into the camera with an amused smile.

Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social · last mo.

Ok this is the real Shaolin practice before my competition next week in Singapore. Tongbeiquan on the sand is no joke

Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social · last mo.

Sharing you the legendary cake-breathing technique of Shaolin

Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Ok now I meet the real-real Somsak

The inside of a taxi from the backseat view. The rear view mirror has a lot of hanging amulets. The ceiling has yantra cloth with magical symbols

Kathleen Jennings @tanaudel.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A few short story reading notes are now up in this blog post — I'm working on how to get back up to pre-end-of-PhD speed! tanaudel.wordpress.com/2026/07/15/m... #storynotes

March and April 2026 short story reading notes

notes from last year because I’m not near my recent notebook This post is a roughly tidied version of my March and April 2026 posts (on Bluesky) about short stories. There’s a list of all the…

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Conrad Loyer @conradloyer.bsky.social · 4mo ago

So excited/delighted/honored to have my first ever piece of flash fiction published with @bafflingmag.bsky.social and @neonhemlock.bsky.social !

Neon Hemlock@neonhemlock.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Delighted to share our twenty-fourth issue of @bafflingmag.bsky.social, edited by @davorobyov.bsky.social, and with a cover by @grimolkin.bsky.social, on the theme of mecha vs kaiju. 🤖👾 You can read the issue here: www.bafflingmag.com/issue-twenty... 👾🤖

Bafflng Issue 24
July 2026

Stories from:
Rhiannon Rasmussen
Christian M. Ivey
Kel E Lyle
Rem Wigmore
Sabyasachi Roy
Conrad Loyer
Jay Kang Romanus
Jason Schembri
Jeoi Gawain Lin

Story Hour @storyhour.bsky.social · 5mo ago

...congratulations also to Ignyte Award finalists @aimeeogdenwrites.com, @vanessafogg.bsky.social, @mariahaskins.com, @davering.bsky.social, and @champwongs.bsky.social, who read his nominated story on Story Hour! (2/2) youtu.be/0Gwk1zD4qQo

March 24, 2026 Story Hour: Champ Wongsatayanont and Lyndsie Manusos

YouTube video by Story Hour

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Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social · 5mo ago

(4) Normalising every day Thai food of a Phuket local: The perfect Khao Mun Gai (ข้าวมันไก่). This place does NOT skimp on ginger and chilli in their sauce

A plate of Hainanese chicken rice topped with generous amounts of ginger, chilli and chilli sauce seasoning. Iced Chinese tea, condiments, chicken broth and vegetable in the background

Close up of a plate of Hainanese chicken rice topped with generous amounts of ginger, chilli and chilli sauce seasoning

Anathema Magazine @anathemamagazine.bsky.social · 5mo ago

THE TIME HAS COME ✨ Anathema is OPEN to submissions from June 20th—July 20th! We’re looking for speculative works by queer creators of color. Send us your best, your weirdest, & your queerest work! We are proud to be paying a professional SFWA rate. 🎉 So excited to see what you have to offer! 💜

Anathema: Spec from the Margins is now OPEN for submissions from June 20th to July 20th! We’re looking for speculative fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and art by queer creators of color! We pay a professional SFWA rate! Check the link in bio for submission guidelines!

The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The #2026IgnyteAwards finalists in Outstanding Short Story are: Autogas Ferryman – @champwongs.bsky.social Because I Held His Name Like A Key – @aimeeogdenwrites.com Commensalism, Or the Labyrinth’s Vessels – @nkereuwxm.bsky.social (1/2)

OUTSTANDING SHORT STORY
for speculative works ranging from 2,000-7,499 words

Autogas Ferryman – Champ Wongsatayanont (Nightmare Magazine)
Because I Held His Name Like A Key – Aimee Ogden (Strange Horizons)
Commensalism, Or the Labyrinth’s Vessels – Albert Nkereuwem (Will This Be a Problem)
Ichthyosis – M.L. Krishnan (Fantasy Magazine)
The Octopus Dreams of Personhood – Hannah Yang (Diabolical Plots)

The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The #2026IgnyteAwards finalists in Outstanding Novelette are: Human Voices – @isabel.kim Never Eaten Vegetables – @hhpak.bsky.social Uncertain Sons – @thomasha.bsky.social We Begin Where Infinity Ends – @somtoihezue.bsky.social What I Saw Before the War – Alaya Dawn Johnson

OUTSTANDING NOVELETTE
for speculative works ranging from 7,500-17,499 words

Human Voices – Isabel J. Kim (Lightspeed Magazine)
Never Eaten Vegetables – H. H. Pak (Clarkesworld)
Uncertain Sons – Thomas Ha (Undertow Publications)
We Begin Where Infinity Ends – Somto Ihezue (Clarkesworld)
What I Saw Before the War – Alaya Dawn Johnson (Reactor)

Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social · 5mo ago

So honoured to receive this nomination among all the incredible writers!! 🙏🏼

The Ignyte Awards@theignyteawards.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Chris Campbell @chriscampbell.bsky.social · 5mo ago

www.sfrevu.com/php/Review-i... ("A Penrose Dirge" by Chris Campbell Lokton 855376 is the Grand Conductor and Chief Archivist of the sixty-seventh Aeon. It is determined to survive the heat death of the universe. Strange story but a lot of fun.) Strange story but a lot of fun!!! Goal unlocked!

Asimov's Science Fiction June 2026

<P> The May/June 2026 issue of <i>Asimov's Science Fiction</i> has stories by Cecilia Holland, A.M. Dellamonica, Zhou Wen, Steve Rasnic Tem, Betsy Aoki, Chris Campbell, Dale Bailey, Stephanie Feldman,...

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Sarah Pinsker @sarahpinsker.bsky.social · 6mo ago

My first time as a Shirley Jackson Award finalist! I've always wanted that creepy little lottery stone! Congrats to the other finalists! So many exclamation points! www.shirleyjacksonawards.org/2026/05/28/n...

Nominees Announced for the 2025 Shirley Jackson Awards – The Shirley Jackson Awards

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Scott Edelman@scottedelman.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Congrats to all who made the 2025 Shirley Jackson Awards final ballot! I'm especially pleased four of them — @sarahpinsker.bsky.social, @datlow.bsky.social, @jordankurella.com, and @kaaronwarren.bsky.social — have chatted and chewed on Eating the Fantastic. Join them for a nosh! pod.link/1083737796

Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social · 6mo ago

(3) Normalising every day Thai food of a Phuket local: Little feast the night before I fly out for the con-hopping in the US!! If you'll be at Locus, Nebula or Stokercon, please let me know. Would love to meet y'all!

A bunch of plates on a stone table consisting of pork stirfried with lemongrass and shrimp paste, bitter melon stirfried with fried fish pieces, melinjo leaves stirfried with egg, and spicy southern tumeric curry with fish pieces and coconut shoots, all accompanied by two plates of rice and little serving bowls for the curry

Close up of the tumeric spicy curry with a piece of very fresh piece of fish

Kelly Robson @kellyrobson.com · 6mo ago

My new cozy science fiction story NOW IS A KIND OF FOREVER is up @morningtransport.bsky.social www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/now-is-a-k... Get your 60-day free subscription here: www.sundaymorningtransport.com/smt2024

Now is a Kind of Forever

Kelly Robson returns to The Sunday Morning Transport with a new story, filled with brilliant, but hidden, mayhem and joy.

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Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Ok how is this artwork so bang-on accurate for what the taxi would look like? I'm mad impressed! Please stay tuned for a new audio version of Autogas Ferryman with an incredibly gifted reader!

Tales to Terrify@talestoterrify.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Welcome to episode 746. It’s week two of our #BramStokerAwards short fiction showcase. This week, we meet a regular taxi driver with a very special talent. (By @champwongs.bsky.social talestoterrify.com/episodes/746-stokers-champ-wongsatayanont

Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Normalising every day Thai food of a Phuket local. This is a food blog now. Alt-text may be required for this journey. Here's my selection from a rice-and-curry stall. Literally 80 baht (2.5 dollars) for everything

A plate of rice with pink fermented beancurd pork stir-fry, curry paste pork stir-fry and bitter gourd stir-fry with egg and prawns. There is spoon and fork on the plate and a metal cup of water in the background

Tales to Terrify @talestoterrify.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The 2026 short story Stoker nominees at TtT: 745: [Ir]reversible by Anna Taborska 746: Autogas Ferryman by @champwongs.bsky.social 747: Stomata by @ledaniels.bsky.social 748: Inheritance by @rjacksonjoseph.bsky.social 749: St. Dymphna’s School for Borderland Girls by Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece

The Bram Stoker Award in all its hefty Gothic glory.

Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Best pad krapao in Phuket at Chuan Chim restaurant. Eat your heart out Mark Wiens

A plate of minced chicken pad krapao over rice with fried egg, on top of a black table with chopped chilli in fish sauce on the side.

Jo Berry @joberry.bsky.social · 7mo ago

New story day! I wrote The Song Shines On during my residency at Banff (with excellent feedback from friends including @champwongs.bsky.social and @shewhoserenades.bsky.social) so it's dear to my heart 💙

Dream Theory Media [Subs Closed]@dreamtheorymedia.bsky.social · 7mo ago

"And all that is best of dark and bright Shall emerge from what has ionised. [—ise—] [—surprised at the amount of junk data in here. What the hell is this thing returning my pings with?" @joberry.bsky.social's lyrical "The Song Shines On" is now live! www.dreamtheory.media/the-song-shi...

John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 8mo ago

Lots of tech dudes think the "idea" is the important part of creating, not the creative journey you take through work to give that idea actual meaning. Ideas are the easiest, cheapest and least fulfilling part of it. Giving ideas life through work, and sharing that work with others, is the stuff.

the Mountain Goats@themountaingoats.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Seriously it’s like there is a giant chunk of tech people who don’t understand that when you’ve learned how to write, you feel proud, you look forward to doing more of it, you cheerfully neglect your other work just so you can write more

Story Hour @storyhour.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Story Hour does not believe in April Fooling. Story Hour is no tricks, all treats. For instance, our April 1 guests are the seriously awesome Thomas Ha and Karlo Yeager Rodríguez. Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT—and that’s no joke! @thomasha.bsky.social @kjy1066.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com

Head-and-shoulders color photo of writer Thomas Ha, a man of mixed Korean/Irish ancestry who has fair skin, brown eyes, a five-o’clock shadow, and thick black hair worn short and swept back from his forehead. He wears a heathered charcoal tee and gold-tone wire-rimmed glasses. He stands in front of a tree and a building sided with unfinished wood; the building appears to be in near-darkness, although the light on him is bright and casts only soft shadows. He looks directly into the camera, smiling faintly.

Head-and-shoulders color photo of writer Karlo Yeager Rodríguez, a Puerto Rican man with tanned skin, brown eyes, brown hair cut short, a short beard that’s mostly gray, and a well-trimmed mustache that’s about half brown and half gray. He wears glasses with black plastic frames, a V-neck white tee, and a tan aloha shirt with a pattern of toucans. He sits in a leather-backed chair with a decorative shelf and a computer monitor behind him. With his face in three-quarters view and his chin tilted down, he looks into the camera with a faint, soft smile.

Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social · 8mo ago

With the end of the voting season, please let me share my award eligibility one more time. Thank you! 🙏🏼

Champ Wongsatayanont@champwongs.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I'm seeing people posting their 2025 award eligibility, so here's mine. Please consider if any story touches your heart. Thank you! 🙏🏼

Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Had such an incredible reading with the wonderful @lmanusos.bsky.social!! Her story "Unimagined Delicacy" was so so good that I felt myself become something else. The lingering sensations remain 🐙 Please read her story here!

Unimagined Delicacy by Lyndsie Manusos

He picks up dirt with one arm. And then another. The suckers on each limb grab at the dirt, and he throws it in waves behind him. There is Miracle Grow in this soil, he sees by the specks of white and...

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Story Hour@storyhour.bsky.social · 8mo ago

This Story Hour, Lyndsie Manusos read a masterful bit of creepy fiction and Champ Wongsatayanont read his marvelous Bram Stoker Award-nominated novelette. Superb stories, and a superb pairing! You can still watch! @lmanusos.bsky.social @champwongs.bsky.social youtu.be/0Gwk1zD4qQo

Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 8mo ago

One day I'll remember how to post a newsletter at a time when people read their email but in my defence I am on a ship in the Pacific ocean & time is, among other things, a social construct from which I have been abstracted for the foreseeable future ANYWAY MY NEW BOOK IS OUT TODAY

Seasons of Glass and Iron Release Day!

Dear Friends, It's here! Today's the day! Seasons of Glass and Iron is available wherever you get your books! In the normal order of things I should be where my book is – in a shop signing stock, or...

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Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social · 8mo ago

First time doing a reading with the amazing @lmanusos.bsky.social !! Please tune in if you can!

Story Hour@storyhour.bsky.social · 8mo ago

This week, Story Hour brings back the beloved Lyndsie Manusos! Bram Stoker Award nominee Champ Wongsatayanont makes his Story Hour debut! Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! @lmanusos.bsky.social @champwongs.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com

Head-and-shoulders color photo of writer Lyndsie Manusos, a fair-skinned woman with dark hair and large, dark eyes. She wears glasses with tortoiseshell frames, a red plaid shirt, a gold pendant on a chain, and a white beanie. She sits in front of a plain green background with the back of a black office chair just visible behind her. With her face in three-quarters view, she looks into the camera with a crooked, mischievous smile. A filter has flattened the image somewhat.

Usman T. Malik @usmantm.bsky.social · 8mo ago

For the lover: grief and despair For the kings: crown and banner "And what for me," I asked Sounded the Voice: Tablet and pen -- The Rubaiyat of Sadequain, Sadequain +

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 8mo ago

"Locus is authentic in a sea of commercial opportunism." @fondalee.bsky.social writes about @locusmag.bsky.social's impact on SFF writers and readers across its fifty-eight years. And right now, the magazine needs our help:

Locus Is a Longstanding Bright Spot in Our Community - Reactor

Let’s show up and support them the way they support us.

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wen-yi lee @wenyilee.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I'm a Nebula finalist!!!!! "The Name Ziya" is a story I wrote at 22 for my Clarion West application but also to grapple my own thorny relationship with cultural names & assimilation. It took 3 years to publish; I am so proud it's my first award nom and so so thrilled to share space on this list 🥲

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association@sfwa.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Congratulations to our Nebula Finalists for the 61st Nebula Award for Best Novelette! #SFWA #Nebulas #61stNebulaAwards

And the Nebula Finalists for Best Novelette are...

“Our Echoes Drifting Through the Marsh”
Marie Croke (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 1/9/25)

“Uncertain Sons”
Thomas Ha (Uncertain Sons)

“We Begin Where Infinity Ends”
Somto Ihezue (Clarkesworld 2/25)

The Name Ziya
Wen-Yi Lee (Tor)

“Never Eaten Vegetables”
H.H. Pak (Clarkesworld 1/25)

“The Life and Times of Alavira the Great as Written by Titos Pavlou and Reviewed by Two Lifelong Friends”
Eugenia Triantafyllou (Uncanny 3-4/25)