Melissa Ren
@melisfluous.bsky.social
SFF & literary | Chinese-Canadian Tin House | senior editor @augursociety.bsky.social linktr.ee/MelissaRen
FFer Read of the Day: "A Húlíjīng Always Keeps One Tail Hidden" by @melisfluous.bsky.social in @adventitiouswords.bsky.social www.adventitious.net/stories/a-hu...
A Húlíjīng Always Keeps One Tail Hidden
A woman makes a deal with a tricky fox spirit to bring her sister back from the dead in this dark short story from Melissa Ren.
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On A Húlíjīng Always Keeps One Tail Hidden by @melisfluous.bsky.social: "Rich and sumptuous and felt like it contained far more than its mere 4 pages. It was marvelous and unexpected." 🦊🧵 www.adventitious.net/stories/a-hu...
A Húlíjīng Always Keeps One Tail Hidden
A woman makes a deal with a tricky fox spirit to bring her sister back from the dead in this dark short story from Melissa Ren.
adventitious.net
Mark down your calendars 👀‼️ 🍃🌬️🌊A RIVER FROM THE SKY🌊🍃🌬️ events forthcoming— release date: April 28th with @titanbooks.bsky.social 💫
Day 81! I read A Húlíjīng Always Keeps One Tail Hidden by @melisfluous.bsky.social published in @adventitiouswords.bsky.social. One must never be too hasty with a fox! Read my review here: mickstaniforth.wordpress.com/2026/03/22/s...
S/D/Y Mar 21 – A Húlíjīng Always Keeps One Tail Hidden by Melissa Ren – Adventitious
Described by the author as a love letter Chinatown and to fox spirits, you can definitely feel the love in the prose of this story. Thick and sweet descriptive passages like molasses really put you…
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My love letter to Chinatown. And to fox spirits 😏
Adventitious.@adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 5mo ago"I watched from the corner of Spadina and Dundas tucked in the crevice between two buildings, the moss-covered brick scraped each of my shoulders." A Húlíjīng Always Keeps One Tail Hidden by @melisfluous.bsky.social #FirstLineMondays www.adventitious.net/stories/a-hu...
🦊"A Húlíjīng Always Keeps One Tail Hidden" by @melisfluous.bsky.social 🐙"Hunter Mother Sailor Wife" by @cjtavares.bsky.social www.adventitious.net
Adventitious | A Speculative Short Fiction Magazine - Adventitious.
Adventitious is a speculative short fiction magazine publishing boundary-defying stories, novellas, and unclassifiable work.
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My story is now up on @adventitiouswords.bsky.social ! Check it out! 🦊🍵
Adventitious.@adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 6mo agoGreat news! You can totally trust a Fox Spirit! (Not necessarily accurate.) @melisfluous.bsky.social's stunning "A Húlíjīng Always Keeps One Tail Hidden" has got... ✨ Dark Fantasy Suspense 🏮 Chinese Folklore ⚠️ Dangerous Bargains 🦊 Definitely trustworthy foxes www.adventitious.net/stories/a-hu...
Factually accurate! Hugh at @turnandwork.com calls @melisfluous.bsky.social's A Húlíjīng Always Keeps One Tail Hidden "another stunner." I (biased) agree.
we are SO THRILLED to see several of our novellas and a collection on the @locusmag.bsky.social recommended reading list we want you to read those books! (and vote for them, YES, if you love them) so we put them on SALE OMR - $2.99 Starstruck - $1.99 NTHTDD - $1.99 you can get them here:
The Entire Psychopomp Book Collection - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Looking for something to read? Check out our entire collection of books that we've published--from novellas to collections and more!
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Hey, who loves a reprint? "What Any Dead Thing Wants" is up at @adventitiouswords.bsky.social as part of their inaugural issue, along with more works by awesome writers like @cornellwriter.bsky.social, @melisfluous.bsky.social, and Catherine Tavares. go check it out maybe??
What Any Dead Thing Wants | Speculative Fiction - Adventitious.
A Nebula-nominated work of literary speculative fiction by Aimee Ogden exploring death, exploitation, and what we owe to those that are gone.
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This book is now a British Science Fiction Association awards longlister! Get it while it's hot! (it's always hot)
Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY is out now!@lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 7mo agoWant to read An Honour and a Privilege but can't justify the cost of a paperback right now? Get the e-book instead for only $4—it's packed with amazing fiction as well as incredible craft tips and techniques to help you write deeper, more intricate prose in easier ways!
Collaboration baby!! So excited to see where this brilliant anthology I’m very lucky to be part of is going next 👏👏 Huge congrats to @lindzmcleod.bsky.social and the rest of the collaboration gang. #shortstory #craft #collaborativewriting
Melissa Ren@melisfluous.bsky.social · 7mo agoThis is absolutely incredible! The antho AN HONOUR AND A PRIVILEGE is longlisted for the BSFA awards! What an amazing project, and I'm thrilled to be a part of it. www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
Want to read An Honour and a Privilege but can't justify the cost of a paperback right now? Get the e-book instead for only $4—it's packed with amazing fiction as well as incredible craft tips and techniques to help you write deeper, more intricate prose in easier ways!
An Honour & A Privilege PDF | Stanchion
In collaboration with eleven writers, including The Handmaid's Tale screenwriter Lynn Renee Maxcy, Sunday Times bestseller Thomas D. Lee, and Nebula/WFA finalist Eugenia Triantafyllou, award-winning a...
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This is absolutely incredible! The antho AN HONOUR AND A PRIVILEGE is longlisted for the BSFA awards! What an amazing project, and I'm thrilled to be a part of it. www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
An Honour & A Privilege | Stanchion
In collaboration with eleven writers, including The Handmaid's Tale screenwriter Lynn Renee Maxcy, Sunday Times bestseller Thomas D. Lee, and Nebula/WFA finalist Eugenia Triantafyllou, award-winning a...
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Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY is out now!@lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 7mo agoI'm on the longlist for the British Science Fiction Association Awards TWICE this year! As editor of craft anthology An Honour and a Privilege from @stanchion.bsky.social, and also for my @apexmag.bsky.social short story, 'One by One'! This is AWESOME 🥳 please consider voting for me!
Oooh! I have a new story out today. This is one of my favourites, but mind the cw: perceived suicide, graphic death, implied addiction. Handle yourself with care ❤️
Wallstrait@wallstrait.bsky.social · 8mo agoIssue 2.23 is live! Check this one out: "Tomorrow Never Comes" by Melissa Ren www.wallstrait.com/post/tomorro... #amreading #fiction
Today's the day! Look at what we created! 😍
Stanchion@stanchion.bsky.social · 9mo agoHappy publication day, @lindzmcleod.bsky.social & your brilliant collaborators! An Honour & A Privilege is now available to order from wherever you buy books online, as well as direct from Stanchion in physical & PDF form www.stanchionzine.com/product-page... www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
Psssssst, this is my agent 😊😊
Can*Con@canconsffh.bsky.social · 9mo agoWe are very excited to announced that our 2026 Agent Guest of Honour will be @hel-no-wai.bsky.social! Hana is a Literary Agent and Rights Manager at Cooke McDermid and a co-founder of BIPOC Publishing in Canada. We are super thrilled that Hana can join us next fall!
Psychopomp is one of the best publishing teams on the planet and I love being a part of it. They consistently put out amazing work. But most of all, they are such good people. Please support The Deadlands if you're able. We can't lose another. ❤️❤️
Psychopomp@psychopomp.com · 9mo agoa post about Psychopomp in 2026 please read and share thank you very much
Oh hello, I am in this 🫣
Stanchion@stanchion.bsky.social · 10mo ago@lindzmcleod.bsky.social's collaborative craft writing book An Honour & A Privilege "offers us both a testimony as to what can be done together and a guide on how to do it." This is a craft book like no other. It will amaze you and inspire your writing. www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
I'm a big fan of Terese and I can't wait to read all the stories in this book. Canlit and Canspec should get right behind this. A speculative anthology filled with Black writers from Canada? Let's go.
University of Guelph Creative Writing MFA@uguelphcwmfa.bsky.social · 10mo agoCongratulations to Guelph MFA alum @teresempierre.bsky.social on the release of #ASTHEEARTHDREAMS (House of Anansi), out now! Edited by Terese Mason Pierre, this groundbreaking anthology of speculative fiction uplifts the spectacular imaginings, reflections, and hopes of Black writers in Canada.
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My unhinged literary opinion is that you should buy all my small press and indie pub friends books. ALL.
ICYMI I finally dove back into my newsletter, in which I talk about my novella's birthday, @psychopomp.com awesomeness, and some most excellent short fiction recommendations.
Lyndsie Manusos@lmanusos.bsky.social · 11mo agoA new addition to my newsletter! Where I talk about forgetting, upcoming publications, and short fic recs with amazing work by @haileypiperfights.bsky.social, @catvalente.bsky.social, @katemcintyre.bsky.social, @noirbettie.bsky.social, and @babblewocky.bsky.social. buttondown.com/LyndsieWrite...
Ahhh, Melissa's a fantastic writer and one of my favorite people and now she’s AGENTED. Can’t wait for y’all to read her books! 🎉
Melissa Ren@melisfluous.bsky.social · 11mo agoSome news! 👀 In a crazy ass turn of events, I have somehow found myself ✨AGENTED!✨ I'm THRILLED to now be represented by Hana El Niwairi @hel-no-wai.bsky.social. I cannot wait to see what shenanigans we get up to together. 🥰
Some news! 👀 In a crazy ass turn of events, I have somehow found myself ✨AGENTED!✨ I'm THRILLED to now be represented by Hana El Niwairi @hel-no-wai.bsky.social. I cannot wait to see what shenanigans we get up to together. 🥰
CookeMcDermid@cookemcdermid.bsky.social · 11mo agoWe are so thrilled to welcome @melisfluous.bsky.social to CookeMcDermid! She is represented by Hana El Niwairi.
Oh.... Hey! I have a story in this! 🥰 Thanks so much to @takahemagazine.bsky.social for taking such great care of my work. ❤️
takahē magazine@takahemagazine.bsky.social · 12mo agoOut now! The 114th issue of takahē is free online for everyone to enjoy. www.takahe.org.nz/takahe-114/ This issue is a little slimmer, but just as carefully curated with new words and art to challenge, stimulate and engross. We hope you love it. Let us know your favourites! 🖤
I am THRILLED to be in this along side all of these amazing writers! 🎉
Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY is out now!@lindzmcleod.bsky.social · last yr.HERE WE GOOOOO! I'm unbelievably excited to bring you such a wildly ambitious craft book; each month for the last *year* I wrote a story collaboratively with an amazing writer, accompanied by a non-fiction piece about how and why we wrote what we did. It's both a tremendous collection of fiction &
If you didn't read this one in FF#20, check out "The Memory Shop" by @melisfluous.bsky.social in audio! (Plus an author interview!)
Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness@tangledwilderness.bsky.social · last yr.This month on Strangers, we have The Memory Shop by Melissa Ren, a short story about grief, belonging, and memory alteration. The word of the month is about deep care and as well as deep anxiety. Read along at www.tangledwilderness.org/features/the...
I have a new story out today in Singapore Unbound, about the superstition surrounding the number 4 in Chinese culture and the avoidance of bad luck singaporeunbound.org/suspect-jour...
The Number Death — Singapore Unbound
How far would you go to avoid bad luck? Read the new story by Melissa Ren to find out.
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