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SFF writer & nerd, associate ed. @EscapePod | 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 they/he/佢/keoi5 | words in Amplitudes, Uncanny, The Deadlands, etc. | cantopop enthusist | http://ewenma.com

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ewen ma @ewenmaer.bsky.social · May 6
My new flash story “Pale Serpent, Green Serpent” is out in this issue of Uncanny!! 🐍
uncannymagazine.bsky.social Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · May 6
May the 6th be with you, Space Unicorns! Uncanny Magazine Issue 64 is LIVE ON YOUR INTERNET!! buff.ly/lZTC7b6
Cover image Barbershops of the Floating City by Grace P. Fong. An Asian woman with long black hair, wearing a blue qipao-like dress with blue floral designs, holds a pair of black scissors and faces us. A shadowy figure, a woman in profile, stands behind her. At the women’s feet are gray-brown skyscrapers. Behind her is a pale-green-blue sky and a pale yellow sun-like circle surrounded by yellow rays and black angled points shaped like scissors. The Uncanny banner, May/June 2025, Issue Sixty-Four, list of author, essayists, and poets credits, and the editor credits, are on top of the image.
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leemandelo.bsky.social
For #transawarenessweek, a bump for Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity!

Featuring contributors from across the globe, including both familiar and fresh voices, it gathers 22 speculative stories about queer and trans futures—and I hope at least one of them will hit for you 🖤
Cover art for Amplitudes, over a pastel rainbow heart Canva background Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity "The Republic of Ecstatic Consent" by Sam J. Miller "Trans World Takeover" by Nat X Ray "The Orgasm Doula" by Colin Dean "The Shabbos Bride" by Esther Alter "MoonWife" by Sarah Gailey "Forever Won't End Like This" by Dominique Dickey "They Will Give Us a Home" by Wen-yi Lee "There Used to Be Peace" by Margaret Killjoy "Fettle & Sunder" by Ramez Yoakeim "Six Days" by Bendi Barrett "The They Whom We Remember" by Sunny Moraine "When the Devil Comes From Babylon" by Maya Deane "Copper Boys" by Jamie McGhee "A Few Degrees" by Ash Huang "Where the World Goes Sharp and Quiet" by Ewen Ma "Circular Universe" by Ta-wei Chi, trans. Ariel Chu "Blueprint for the Destruction of Solitude" by Paul Evanby "The Garden of Collective Memory" by Neon Yang "Sugar, Shadows" by Aysha U. Farah "A Step into Emptiness" by Aiki Mira, trans. CD Covington "pocket futures in the present past" by Katharine Duckett "Bang Bang" by Meg Elison
November 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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uncannymagazine.bsky.social
Reading 2025 fiction?

Try the short story "Pale Serpent, Green Serpent" by Ewen Ma @ewenmaer.bsky.social!

You can read it here!

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The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 64, “Barbershops of the Floating City" by Grace P. Fong: A woman stands facing the viewer, her qipao is a light blue color with flower designs in a darker shade of blue. Her long, black hair trails elegantly behind her while she holds a pair of scissors close to her chest. Behind there is a shadow that looks in the opposite direction, as if she is looking down at the city depicted below. At the top is a sun that crowns the two figures and bathes the entire picture in light. The quote reads: "Our meetings have become ritual by now: me and Tsing, once every few seasons, or years, or decades, or however long it takes for one of us to buckle from the weight of our individual lonelinesses and contact the other first."
November 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
ewenmaer.bsky.social
Hi my story "Pale Serpent, Green Serpent" is on this list, alongside a bunch of fantastic stories by some really incredible authors! Please give these stories a read, and if you enjoyed "Pale Serpent, Green Serpent", I'd be very honoured if you would consider it for 2025 SF/F awards nominations. 🖤
uncannymagazine.bsky.social Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 29d
Behold, Space Unicorns! The Uncanny Magazine 2025 Award Eligibility post! buff.ly/2OBnGgP
Cover image The Duet by Nilah Magruder. Two brown women sit at a piano smiling at each other as they play. The younger woman with long white hair, a pendant, and a lavenger dress sits further away. The older woman with her black hair in a bun, her hovering, disembodied head has a propellor and metal collar on her throat, sits closer to us. Her body underneath is dressed in a burgandy dress with poofy sleeves. Her right hand, also with a metal collar, is detatched and on the keyboard between the other woman's hands. Behind them is a blue curtain in front of a gray wall. The Uncanny banner, July/August 2025, Issue Sixty-Five, list of author, essayists, and poets credits, and the editor credits, are on top of the image. Cover image Barbershops of the Floating City by Grace P. Fong. An Asian woman with long black hair, wearing a blue qipao-like dress with blue floral designs, holds a pair of black scissors and faces us. A shadowy figure, a woman in profile, stands behind her. At the women’s feet are gray-brown skyscrapers. Behind her is a pale-green-blue sky and a pale yellow sun-like circle surrounded by yellow rays and black angled points shaped like scissors. The Uncanny banner, May/June 2025, Issue Sixty-Four, list of author, essayists, and poets credits, and the editor credits, are on top of the image.
November 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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fusionfragment.bsky.social
FFer Read of the Day: "Pale Serpent, Green Serpent" by @ewenmaer.bsky.social in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social

www.uncannymagazine.com/article/pale...
Pale Serpent, Green Serpent - Uncanny Magazine
We play this game every time we meet, and I’ve never lost yet. Our meetings have become ritual by now: me and Tsing, once every few seasons, or years, or decades, or however long it takes for one of u...
www.uncannymagazine.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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locusmag.bsky.social
“AMPLITUDES: STORIES OF QUEER AND TRANS FUTURITY is an exceptional speculative anthology.” @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social (@QueenOfRats) reviews a new anthology edited by @leemandelo (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:szpg4dlgc7naaiaptcdwiah7" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@leemandelo.bsky.social)
Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity edited by Lee Mandelo: Review by Alex Brown
Being queer and trans in the United States in 2025 is both a herculean effort and an experience of profound joy. Every day brings some new horror aimed at eradicating my rights as a person, putting…
locusmag.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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ewenmaer.bsky.social
Emerging out of my hermit cave for a bit to say that I'll be attending Flights of Foundry (26-28 Sept) as a participant!

This year I'll be doing a bit of reading, a chill-and-chat (where you get to ask me stuff!), and a panel, plus moderating two other super cool panels as well. Come say hi!! ✨
Ewen's Flight of Foundry 2025 attendence schedule
September 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
ewenmaer.bsky.social
Emerging out of my hermit cave for a bit to say that I'll be attending Flights of Foundry (26-28 Sept) as a participant!

This year I'll be doing a bit of reading, a chill-and-chat (where you get to ask me stuff!), and a panel, plus moderating two other super cool panels as well. Come say hi!! ✨
Ewen's Flight of Foundry 2025 attendence schedule
September 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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cypayseur.bsky.social
🏳️‍🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - MAY 2025🏳️‍🌈
I round up over 35 stories by @jlgeorge.bsky.social @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social @domsdickey.bsky.social ‪@authorizedmusings.bsky.social‬ @ewenmaer.bsky.social @robotleblanc.bsky.social @jennahanchey.bsky.social & MORE!!!‬
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Some Queer Short SFF - May 2025 | Charles Payseur
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June 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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fusionfragment.bsky.social
Need some reading recs? This list includes tons of great stories, including some recent work by FFers @authorizedmusings.bsky.social and @ewenmaer.bsky.social!
June 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
ewenmaer.bsky.social
What a delightful surprise to find "Pale Serpent, Green Serpent" (www.uncannymagazine.com/article/pale...) mentioned here along with a bunch of other incredible stories!! This is one of my fave stories I've written, and it's super close to my heart. Thanks so much, @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social ✨
June 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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fusionfragment.bsky.social
FFer Read of the Day: "What Does Your Revolution Look Like?" by @ewenmaer.bsky.social in @havenspec.bsky.social

www.havenspec.com/what-does-yo...
What Does Your Revolution Look Like? by Ewen Ma, Haven Spec Magazine
Fiction and Poetry for the 21st Century!
www.havenspec.com
June 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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eliaseells.bsky.social
A vital and necessary anthology! AMPLITUDES is timely, at moments painfully so, rooted in persistent determination, and powerful in its hard-won perseverance. We have always been here and we will always be here, come flood and famine, beyond the atmosphere and in the heart of memory. A must read.
An advance copy of Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity ed. by Lee Mandelo on a white mantle alongside a prismatic rainbow wash.
June 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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dianapho.bsky.social
Happy pub week to Lee Mandelo and AMPLITUDES: Stories of #Queer and #Trans Futurity! These stories will stay with you, and it's an honor to bring out this anthology at a time when readers need tales like these more than ever 🌈 🩵🤍🩷

#AuntieEditor @erewhonbooks.bsky.social @leemandelo.bsky.social
Cover for Amplitudes, a radiant glowing title Alt text in thread
May 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
ewenmaer.bsky.social
It's out!! A million thank yous to Lee for putting so much trust in my story-- it's such a joy to be able to share an anthology with all these extremely brilliant contributors <3 <3. Support queer and trans authors, buy the book!
leemandelo.bsky.social Lee Mandelo @leemandelo.bsky.social · May 27
At long last, “Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity” is here! I first have to say thank you to every one of our contributors—for trusting me with your work, for being in conversation with one another, for putting up with all my emails.
Copy of Amplitudes held up against an ivy-patch and a grey stone wall
May 27, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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leemandelo.bsky.social
Today’s the day: ‘Amplitudes’ is here!! Several of our contributors pitched in on this set of sneak-previews of their stories over at @lgbtqreads.bsky.social — check it out (and then maybe go pick up the book yeah? ✨)
lgbtqreads.bsky.social LGBTQReads @lgbtqreads.bsky.social · May 21
Inside an Anthology: Amplitudes ed. by Lee Mandelo

Today on the site I'm delighted to help offer a peek inside the upcoming trans SFF anthology Amplitudes: An Anthology of Trans and Queer Futurity, edited by Lee Mandelo and releasing May 27th from Erewhon Books! Here's a little more about the…
Inside an Anthology: Amplitudes ed. by Lee Mandelo
Today on the site I'm delighted to help offer a peek inside the upcoming trans SFF anthology Amplitudes: An Anthology of Trans and Queer Futurity, edited by Lee Mandelo and releasing May 27th from Erewhon Books! Here's a little more about the collection: Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity, ed. by Lee Mandelo (May 27th) From self-styled knights fighting in dystopian city streets to conservationists finding love in the Appalachian forests; from social media posts about domestic “bliss” in a lottery-based, state-housing skyscraper to herding feral cats off of one’s scientific equipment; from street drugs that create doppelgangers to dance-club cruising at the edge of the galaxy—Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity interrogates the farthest borders of the sci-fi landscape to imagine how queer life will look centuries in the future—or ten years from now.
lgbtqreads.com
May 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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lgbtqreads.bsky.social
Inside an Anthology: Amplitudes ed. by Lee Mandelo

Today on the site I'm delighted to help offer a peek inside the upcoming trans SFF anthology Amplitudes: An Anthology of Trans and Queer Futurity, edited by Lee Mandelo and releasing May 27th from Erewhon Books! Here's a little more about the…
Inside an Anthology: Amplitudes ed. by Lee Mandelo
Today on the site I'm delighted to help offer a peek inside the upcoming trans SFF anthology Amplitudes: An Anthology of Trans and Queer Futurity, edited by Lee Mandelo and releasing May 27th from Erewhon Books! Here's a little more about the collection: Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity, ed. by Lee Mandelo (May 27th) From self-styled knights fighting in dystopian city streets to conservationists finding love in the Appalachian forests; from social media posts about domestic “bliss” in a lottery-based, state-housing skyscraper to herding feral cats off of one’s scientific equipment; from street drugs that create doppelgangers to dance-club cruising at the edge of the galaxy—Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity interrogates the farthest borders of the sci-fi landscape to imagine how queer life will look centuries in the future—or ten years from now.
lgbtqreads.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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syr.bsky.social
"She won’t get me to slough off my skin this easily." - joyfully screamed at the end of this sexy brilliant @ewenmaer.bsky.social story in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social this week.
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/pale...
Pale Serpent, Green Serpent - Uncanny Magazine
We play this game every time we meet, and I’ve never lost yet. Our meetings have become ritual by now: me and Tsing, once every few seasons, or years, or decades, or however long it takes for one of u...
www.uncannymagazine.com
May 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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vajra.me
The ebook of my first novel, last year's Nebula and Ignyte-winning, Le Guin and Hugo-nominated THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS, is on sale at $2.99 right now across most ebook retailers! If you were holding out for a really good deal 👉🏾👉🏾 bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Saint of Bright Doors
Check out The Saint of Bright Doors - <p><b>Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel!</b><br><b>A 2023 <i>New York Times</i> Notable Book</b><br><br><b>“The best book I've read all year. Protean, sin...
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May 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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isabelcanas.bsky.social
"Pale Serpent, Green Serpent" by @ewenmaer.bsky.social is just stunning. Highly recommend!
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/pale...
Pale Serpent, Green Serpent - Uncanny Magazine
We play this game every time we meet, and I’ve never lost yet. Our meetings have become ritual by now: me and Tsing, once every few seasons, or years, or decades, or however long it takes for one of u...
www.uncannymagazine.com
May 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
ewenmaer.bsky.social
Aaand I also have another short story ("Where the World Goes Sharp and Quiet") out soon in Amplitudes!! Alongside 21 incredible authors and stories which you should all be reading! ✨
mcflycahill90.bsky.social Marty Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social · May 6
Anthos aren't always an easy sell but @leemandelo.bsky.social has worked MAGIC into each page of AMPLITUDES & I'm so proud. Out 5/27.

Kirkus - "A radically queer anthology of trans joy and suffering." ⭐

LJ - "A must have." ⭐

Booklist - "Overflowing with raw emotions."

22 stories for only $18.95!
Softcover of Amplitudes only 18.95, that's wild!!
May 7, 2025 at 12:13 AM
ewenmaer.bsky.social
hi I wrote a tiny flash story about snake demon frenemylovers (?) that is really near and dear to my heart, and it's out now in Uncanny #64 if anyone's interested: www.uncannymagazine.com/article/pale...
Pale Serpent, Green Serpent - Uncanny Magazine
We play this game every time we meet, and I’ve never lost yet. Our meetings have become ritual by now: me and Tsing, once every few seasons, or years, or decades, or however long it takes for one of u...
www.uncannymagazine.com
May 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
ewenmaer.bsky.social
My new flash story “Pale Serpent, Green Serpent” is out in this issue of Uncanny!! 🐍
uncannymagazine.bsky.social Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · May 6
May the 6th be with you, Space Unicorns! Uncanny Magazine Issue 64 is LIVE ON YOUR INTERNET!! buff.ly/lZTC7b6
Cover image Barbershops of the Floating City by Grace P. Fong. An Asian woman with long black hair, wearing a blue qipao-like dress with blue floral designs, holds a pair of black scissors and faces us. A shadowy figure, a woman in profile, stands behind her. At the women’s feet are gray-brown skyscrapers. Behind her is a pale-green-blue sky and a pale yellow sun-like circle surrounded by yellow rays and black angled points shaped like scissors. The Uncanny banner, May/June 2025, Issue Sixty-Four, list of author, essayists, and poets credits, and the editor credits, are on top of the image.
May 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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joolia.bsky.social
A world historical crime, taking place in full view, with the perpetrators so convinced of their impunity that they can brag about genocidal intent, and it’s hard not to agree with their calculation that no one will stop them and no one will be held accountable
Gaza will be entirely destroyed, Israeli minister says
Bezalel Smotrich says Palestinians will ‘leave in great numbers to third countries’, raising fears of ethnic cleansing
www.theguardian.com
May 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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uncannymagazine.bsky.social
Space Unicorns! Behold the Uncanny Magazine Issue 64 Table of Contents and Grace P. Fong cover! buff.ly/FCFfZwj
Cover image Barbershops of the Floating City by Grace P. Fong. An Asian woman with long black hair, wearing a blue qipao-like dress with blue floral designs, holds a pair of black scissors and faces us. A shadowy figure, a woman in profile, stands behind her. At the women’s feet are gray-brown skyscrapers. Behind her is a pale-green-blue sky and a pale yellow sun-like circle surrounded by yellow rays and black angled points shaped like scissors. The Uncanny banner, May/June 2025, Issue Sixty-Four, list of author, essayists, and poets credits, and the editor credits, are on top of the image.
April 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
ewenmaer.bsky.social
hi I wrote a short contemporary queer riff on 白蛇傳/the white snake myth! "Pale Serpent, Green Serpent" comes out in Uncanny issue #64 on 6th May yipee🐍
file770.bsky.social File 770 @file770.bsky.social · Apr 27
Uncanny Magazine Issue 64 Launches May 6
file770.com/uncanny-maga...
April 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM