Wen Wen
@muteddragon.bsky.social
Chinese American short fiction writer in the Rumpus, Cast of Wonders, Apex & more WenWenWrites.com She/her. Codex, SFWA Flight Crew, Viable Paradise, Brave New Weird. Fast talker from the Bronx.
My latest story is available to Orion's Belt subscribers now! Grief, connection and some special candles.
Orion's Belt magazine@orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social · 10h ago🌞 OB summer issue #36 is now live for our subscribers, & also available to buy (link below). This issue was made possible by powerful, transformative stories, poems, & interviews that invite us to look inside ourselves, into our past, and at the world around us. Join the read & the journey! 🌞
🌞 OB summer issue #36 is now live for our subscribers, & also available to buy (link below). This issue was made possible by powerful, transformative stories, poems, & interviews that invite us to look inside ourselves, into our past, and at the world around us. Join the read & the journey! 🌞
We created this guide for anyone who could experience a miscarriage in a state with abortion restrictions. We wrote it in consultation with dozens of doctors, including those who regularly treat patients who are miscarrying 👇
If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...
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hello friends I have a story in The Dark this month!! it’s a reprint from an anthology that I hope is spooky heheh (cw toxic relationship, racist character) www.thedarkmagazine.com/portrait-of-...
Portrait of a Woman in a Red Qipao - The Dark Magazine
Most everyone has heard the Ben Franklin saying that death and taxes are the only constants in life. But there’s one more. I call it the Law of the Door. If someone tells you not to open a door, you a...
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when your X-Men fan friend tries to figure out which character you're most like and she goes for Cecilia Reyes because she's a doc and really more interested in that than being an X-Men, and her superpower is stabby AND don't touch me. And, bonus, she's from the Bronx! I feel seen!
My favorite pieces from July is up! @xauriel.satan.social @muteddragon.bsky.social @ktwagner.bsky.social @deborahldavitt.bsky.social www.emmiechristie.com/short-fictio...
Favorite Pieces From July — Emmie Christie
I’ve listed my favorite piece from each author below. If anyone wants to read along with me but can’t go at this pace (fair!) I’d encourage you to check this monthly post! 1. Xauri’EL Zwaan “Nor...
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A short newsletter about that persistent question for writers buttondown.com/wenwenwrites...
Idea Generation
Where do you get all those ideas? Anywhere, everywhere. You could go personal. When’s the last time you cried? What happened? What you experience is singular...
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scheduled a flu and covid shot. month out to World Con in Anaheim
TIL they named the My Cabbages guy Cai. y'all named him vegetables!
I hope whoever wrote the Not My Job on this week's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me that made Tyler James Williams muahahaha is floating on that achievement.
The Fortunes of Jaded Women by Carolyn Huynh is a riot! When the guests gather for the wedding, it was a real popcorn moment.
It's National Wine and Cheese Day & hey, I have a perfectly cheesy book to go with your beverage of choice! CHEDDAR LUCK NEXT TIME is a cozy mystery with an autistic lead & a megachonk orange cat. Book 2, BRIE MY VALENTINE, is out in February! www.bethcato.com/cheese-myste...
i stg, there's a heat advisory every boiling day and they can just be like hey, heat advisory until end of Sept, prolly. this is what you get for living in this hell hole. k, peace.
T-minus 9 days until we are open for general submissions. August 1st! Mark it! pseudopod.org/submissions/
Submissions | PseudoPod
PseudoPod wants to find quality fiction to feed our listeners. If you’re a writer with a short horror story that you’d like to hear narrated by one of our talented performers, we’d like to see it.
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"Tenebrous Press knocks it out of the park again with this anthology of the Weird" Are you feeling BRAVE? Are you feeling WEIRD? Then these are the NEW Voices you need to hear! BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More, Vol. Four, OUT NOW. Get it: store.tenebrouspress.com
"When we left the room, the parents and the entire medical team had been stunned into silence. I remember thinking that it couldn’t get worse than that heartbreak. Until it did."
Eye on Texas: A Birth Plan for the Dying
When an ultrasound reveals a lethal fetal anomaly, each image is the unwinding of a miracle. Then, Texas’ abortion ban makes the nightmare even worse.
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stumbled on a joke penname of Noah Ward, that'll be up for a Hugo and ppl will hear "No award" to receive the Hugo for short story.
I shouted 'thank you!' at my computer this morning. Angelica Jade Bastien is correct all the way around. open.spotify.com/episode/19WH...
Does ‘The Odyssey’ Have A Woman Problem?
The Sam Sanders Show · Episode
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It's so fitting that the last story Emmie reviewed in this stretch was my first story as I started writing again. After years focusing on surviving, I finally found the energy to create and start submitting. My stories are all that I'll leave behind, and this one is one of my best.
Emmie Christie@emmiechristie33.bsky.social · 3w ago14. Why You Should Read “The Fox Spirit’s Retelling” | WYSR Review @smallwondersmag.com A human glimpses a fox spirit in the river, but the tale is different than the one you know. inkfoundry.net/review/why-y...
14. Why You Should Read “The Fox Spirit’s Retelling” | WYSR Review @smallwondersmag.com A human glimpses a fox spirit in the river, but the tale is different than the one you know. inkfoundry.net/review/why-y...
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My latest story, inspired when a friend suggested I write stories in the same world. The Old American West was an unkind, brutal place.
Emmie Christie@emmiechristie33.bsky.social · 3w ago13. Why You Should Read "Lu's Laundry and Other Services" @therumpus.net While working as a laundress, Lu encounters a spirit bent on revenge. inkfoundry.net/review/why-y...
I'm at 13 acceptances for the year, matching last year's so yea, I'm aiming for that 15 before year end because I'm a competitive little beast.
I have a lot of love for Mulan, Disney and other versions.
Emmie Christie@emmiechristie33.bsky.social · 3w ago11. Why You Should Read “To Kiss the Chrysanthemum Moon” | WYSR Review @smallwondersmag.com Following a successful military campaign, the general is told to become a concubine. inkfoundry.net/review/why-y...
Getting a "Oh, fuck yes." from Emmie is 🏆 inkfoundry.net/review/why-y... This was my first forray into horror and not my last!
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Emmie Christie@emmiechristie33.bsky.social · 3w ago9. Why You Should Read “Ghost Festival In the Desert” | WYSR Review @gavagai.com On the day of the Ghost festival, a Chinese cook tells a group of white men a story. inkfoundry.net/review/why-y...
