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ianli.bsky.social
Chinese-Canadian writer | poet | economist | developer (he/him) words in Nightmare Magazine, Orion's Belt, Small Wonders. Codexian. https://ian-li.com
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You're on a roll! Can't wait to read this and your Apex story
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Thanks so much for reading! It makes me happy that my story brightened up your day just a bit
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Thanks Tom, me too! Definitely cooking up more stories exploring these kinds of ideas
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Thanks so much, Jeanna!
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That's awesome, congrats!
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Of course! Your story is delightfully creepy, even though I've never had intrusive thoughts like this—nope, never, don't ask me what happened to my twin (what twin?)
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I loved writing this one, and I appreciated your comments on its first incarnation!
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Yes! short-edition.com/en/p/find-a-... Just a few in Canada, but close enough that I'm planning a visit one of these days (one by Toronto harbourfront, one in Brampton, one in Halton Hills)
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Thank you! I really enjoyed your story as well. I'm hoping to make a trip to one of the story dispensers to see how they work too!
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"Intrusive Minds" by @wordrat.bsky.social: short-edition.com/en/story/sho...
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"Snow Cat" by @eeking.bsky.social: short-edition.com/en/story/sho...
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"Pupthagoras the Wonder Dog" by @jennywritemoore.bsky.social: short-edition.com/en/story/chi...
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"Pulse" by @herbicarnivorous.bsky.social: short-edition.com/en/story/sho...
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"Hard Times at the Four Pines Motel" by @cornellwriter.bsky.social : short-edition.com/en/story/sho...
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Holy smokes, this one really touched me.
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It's a lengthy and thorough set of guidelines, that's for sure. Good luck!
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I could be reading the guidelines wrong, but I think it's okay to resubmit stories rejected under the previous Fantasy? 3rd paragraph under "Cover Letters"
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Wow. Goosebumps. Thanks for sharing! Now I gotta go through the previous years too
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Love your shout-outs. @radonjournal.bsky.social is also fantastic and treats their authors wonderfully
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And please support these lovely publications if you can! But if you can't, and you're reading for awards, feel free to message me and I can provide a reading copy of my poems that aren't freely available.
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"Why did you come to this time? To warn us?" The time traveler laughed. "Why would anyone listen to me?" "You're from our future-" "No, I'm from a different timeline, a different future. I'm a refugee." "To here? Now?" "It looks fucked right now, but this is the timeline that pulls through."
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10. "A World in Her Tresses" in The Fairy Tale Magazine is a Rapunzel re-telling in which she's not rescued by a prince and instead creates her own happy ending by connecting with nature www.fairytalemagazine.com/post/a-world...
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9. "Stealing A Moment" in @sfpoetry.bsky.social's Star*Line is about a compulsive thief that steals from others to extend his life, with his thievery rising to greater and greater heights as he attempts to stave off death www.sfpoetry.com/sl/issues/st...
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8. "A Rahokan's Gem" in Worlds of Possibility, edited by @omgjulia.bsky.social, follows a dragon as he dances joyfully in the sky with his precious gem, which means more to him than you could know www.juliarios.com/introducing-...
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7. "Planetary Almanac: Torus" in @utopiascifi.bsky.social explores a planet with topology so strange that walking in a straight line will eventually get you anywhere, encountering everyone else along the way - and how that shapes their culture www.utopiasciencefiction.com/product-page...
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Gosh Catherine, you're too kind!