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Joel Hans
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Author of THE BEDTIME EMPTYING OF OUR WORLD (Feb 2026, Moon City Press + Short Fiction Award)

Forever writing fairy tales in speculative/weird/SFesque disguises.
Dad-ing.
Materializing @astrolabe.ooo.

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Joel Hans @joelhans.com · 16d
Like weirdness? Fairy tales and fabulism? Voids in the backyard? Gila monsters with uplifted intelligence? Oblations to the ocean? Bakers who speak toads and snakes? Beautiful things that fall apart?

I have a short story collection with that & much more coming soon: www.uapress.com/product/bedt...
The Bedtime Emptying of Our World
Short Stories Joel Hans 978-0-913785-69-0 Paper February 2026
www.uapress.com
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Book is off being printed for real-real, book is off to reviewers, what a newly exciting and scary moment.
February 13, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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"Taste it, swallow it up, take in that geyser of purified air. Taste the electrolytes?... Now exhale in beat with the machine’s cycles.

It’s okay if we feel a little dizzy at first."

Horror meets the wellness industry in this astonishing new offering from @pegasusunder.bsky.social ! 😱💨😱
Airable Consumption by Z. K. Abraham
Can you tell us about your journey to start Airable Consumption? I like to share my journey to inspire others. In this age of unnatural living, we are farther removed from the earth than we have ev...
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February 10, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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New author interview with the amazing Patricia Q. Bidar about PARDON ME FOR MOONWALKING!

@patriciaqbidar.bsky.social @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social
Author Interview * Patricia Quintana Bidar
Patricia Quintana Bidar’s collection, Pardon Me for Moonwalking (2025 Unsolicited Press), is filled with quirky characters who, nevertheless, feel absolutely real. These are people living on the ed…
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February 5, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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✨LIGHT CHEMICAL SEA - Cover Reveal!✨

After years of writing tiny stories about small moments, I’m so excited to announce that my flash fiction chapbook LIGHT CHEMICAL SEA is forthcoming November 10, 2026 with @bullcitypress.com

Preorders are now available:
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Front cover of book is an abstract painting of ocean blue paint over white canvas. The title is in blocky font with pale navy blue letters. JENNY WONG LIGHT CHEMICAL SEA STORIES & SMALL FICTIONS Back cover of book with the following blurbs: "Quiet, contemplative, transformative, Light Chemical Sea, will send you on a meditative journey through wavelengths of sound, of light, of love, of loss, on pathways of auroras, of highways, of elements, of life. Jenny Wong's singular voice will whisper, will call, will summon you to be present in the warp and weft of her words." -MELISSA LLANES BROWNLEE, AUTHOR OF BITTER OVER SWEET "Jenny Wong is an alchemist turning moments of being into illumination of character. Wong is drawn to those on the periphery, people who don't quite fit in. In small flashes of brilliance she highlights the elements of their lives as they find solace in nature or catch glimpses of their true selves." -DEBBIE ROBSON, AUTHOR OF A GLIMPSE AND THE HERMITAGE "The obscure and almost-absurd become visible and believable under the skillful care of writer Jenny Wong in the compelling Light Chemical Sea, a collection of stories and small fictions. In three parts, she delivers us into the essence of light, dips us full-bodied into the effervescent chemicals we are made of, and then returns us to the sea where life as we know it really begins. The words, beyond language-rich, flawlessly represent images we want to hold under a microscope to try to assess the ways she gives them voice. It's a magic only a few can master. Make no mistake, this is the work of a sterling storyteller who weaves mystery with mundane to concoct a world view that draws us not only into her personal reflections of such basic natural forces (light, chemical, and sea), but leads us, sometimes unknowingly, into a labyrinth of cues and clues towards to the majesty of life we all belong to." —KAREN PIERCE GONZALEZ, AUTHOR OF DOWN RIVER WITH LI PO Description: Jenny Wong peeks into the lives of characters caught in lighthouses, subways, shorelines, Walmart aisles, and airports. With a talent for lingering and looking, with the elemental precision of a poet, her small mosaics imbue the quotidian with quiet wonder. The international traveler, the preteen chemistry student, and the perimenopausal millennial who spends her days in the sun are trail guides for landscapes saturated with solitude and vastness, the whispers of ancestors and the ironies of aging. Light Chemical Sea reports back from the transpacific diaspora, glimpsing into the liminal pause between what happened and what happens next.
February 5, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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hey hey hey I have a short story collection coming out soon. I'd love to do more interviews and get copies out to reviewers. I’ll also be at AWP and have one reading lined up but open to more... 10 years ago did a reading of an apatosauruses story that made someone cry, if that helps.
February 5, 2026 at 10:34 PM
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Gentle reminder for anyone still building awards consideration & reading lists for awards, reviews, retrospectives or general books to read + enjoy,

that both FEAST OF THE PALE LEVIATHAN as a first-time horror novel and BOXCUTTERS as a short story collection would cherish your support 🍻
johnchrostek.com John Chrostek @johnchrostek.com · Aug 25
I may be tired and overwhelmed by life (and trying to get my hot water turned back on sometime this week) but FEAST comes out tomorrow and I am proud of it and of Two Book Year & I appreciate everyone who has engaged with these brain holes I’ve been privately digging for five years now 🙏🍻🤘
February 5, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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After 8 years of working from home and trying to parent on all the random days the girls are home, today has been different. They've finished homework and played outside and drawn many things all on their own. It's a new bliss to just be doing our own things, calmly, in the same time and place.
February 4, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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Literally would be impossible to be more hyped for a book 😍 So excited to read this collection by @joelhans.com!! (And I think this is a sign I need to get on socials more often, because I would've been so sad to miss the preorder!!)

Order here: www.uapress.com/product/bedt...
February 2, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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On January 24th, my parents home burned down. They and my disabled brother escaped with only minor burns but they lost everything they've ever had.

I'm running a GoFundMe to help them recover and rebuild. I would be deeply grateful for any donations but also for any shares!
Donate to We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild., organized by Chloe Clark
On January 24th, our childhood home burned down. Our parents lost 50… Chloe Clark needs your support for We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild.
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February 1, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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COVER REVEAL & PREORDERS ARE OPEN! I’m thrilled to share to the cover for my forthcoming hybrid/micro CNF collection from @riverriverbooks! Thank you to @han.vanderhart & @amorakhuey for believing in my odd, sad bird & my eternal gratitude to brilliant designer, @albyfischer for this gorgeousness!
Book cover reveal for There Is News Along The Ohio River: a fog encased Big Four Bridge, that crosses the Ohio River between Louisville, KY and Jeffersonville, IN.
January 30, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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This guy is so good.
joelhans.com Joel Hans @joelhans.com · 16d
Like weirdness? Fairy tales and fabulism? Voids in the backyard? Gila monsters with uplifted intelligence? Oblations to the ocean? Bakers who speak toads and snakes? Beautiful things that fall apart?

I have a short story collection with that & much more coming soon: www.uapress.com/product/bedt...
The Bedtime Emptying of Our World
Short Stories Joel Hans 978-0-913785-69-0 Paper February 2026
www.uapress.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:40 PM
joelhans.com
Like weirdness? Fairy tales and fabulism? Voids in the backyard? Gila monsters with uplifted intelligence? Oblations to the ocean? Bakers who speak toads and snakes? Beautiful things that fall apart?

I have a short story collection with that & much more coming soon: www.uapress.com/product/bedt...
The Bedtime Emptying of Our World
Short Stories Joel Hans 978-0-913785-69-0 Paper February 2026
www.uapress.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:59 AM
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Just now passed 11k words in a new story that will eventually probably need to be 6k, tops? Turns out trying to convey a life, a reincarnation, and a second life in one short story gets kinda long-winded, oof.
January 27, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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Very cool new interview with Joel Hans about his upcoming collection, THE BEDTIME EMPTYING OF OUR WORLD! Coming in Feb from Moon City Press!

@joelhans.com @mooncitypress.bsky.social
Author Interview * Joel Hans
I’m looking forward to reading The Bedtime Emptying of Our World, a new collection from Joel Hans. The book will be released by Moon City Press in February. I loved the title story when it appeared…
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January 20, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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Thanks so much to @mynachang.bsky.social for interviewing me about my forthcoming collection, the struggle of building said collection, finding a ~similar strangeness~ in my work, and the joy of language.
January 21, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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It's pub day!
blacklawrence.bsky.social Black Lawrence Press @blacklawrence.bsky.social · 25d
A big happy pub day to The Earth Room, featured here in Reactor's "Can't Miss Indie Specualtive Fiction" roundup. Dana Diehl's collection of fantastical tales is officially here! Purchase your copy at blacklawrencepress.com, and check out Reactor's full list at reactormag.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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Here are the acknowledgements from the collection coming out next month. Just unbelievably grateful for every reader and editor at every journal that thought my stories were worth something.

& a friendly preorder link if you're so inclined: www.uapress.com/product/bedt...
In front of a painting of a saguaro cactus, the following text: “A Man, His Oblations” — No Tokens “The Bedtime Emptying of Our World” — Flash Frog “Thirty-One Functions for a Girl Living Inside an Apple” — Fairy Tale Review “The Cirrus Circus” — The Offing “Once, Three Brothers Guided Two Moons Across the Sky” — Fractured Lit “Cardinine, Seafoamyst, Morningite” — West Branch “A Protest of Tortoise” — Gone Lawn “The Times I’ll Trade Time with the Crows” — Atlas and Alice “The Coup of Animal New” — The Masters Review “Once, You Were Asked to Count the Hummingbirds” — New Flash Fiction Review In front of a painting of a desert mountain landscape, the following text: “Mouth, Wormhole, Window” — Fusion Fragment “Sapling by Shingle by Soot” — Passages North “The Aunt of Everything” — West Branch “Once There Was an Upside-Down Daughter” — Booth: A Journal “Does Yours Have a Heart, Too?” — Green Mountains Review “Upon Return from the Land Where One Never Dies” — The Journal “Two Decorated Skulls in the Miramonte Swamp” — Story “The Flamingo” — HAD “When Stars Are Just Stars” — Peatsmoke Journal
January 18, 2026 at 9:07 PM
joelhans.com
Here are the acknowledgements from the collection coming out next month. Just unbelievably grateful for every reader and editor at every journal that thought my stories were worth something.

& a friendly preorder link if you're so inclined: www.uapress.com/product/bedt...
In front of a painting of a saguaro cactus, the following text: “A Man, His Oblations” — No Tokens “The Bedtime Emptying of Our World” — Flash Frog “Thirty-One Functions for a Girl Living Inside an Apple” — Fairy Tale Review “The Cirrus Circus” — The Offing “Once, Three Brothers Guided Two Moons Across the Sky” — Fractured Lit “Cardinine, Seafoamyst, Morningite” — West Branch “A Protest of Tortoise” — Gone Lawn “The Times I’ll Trade Time with the Crows” — Atlas and Alice “The Coup of Animal New” — The Masters Review “Once, You Were Asked to Count the Hummingbirds” — New Flash Fiction Review In front of a painting of a desert mountain landscape, the following text: “Mouth, Wormhole, Window” — Fusion Fragment “Sapling by Shingle by Soot” — Passages North “The Aunt of Everything” — West Branch “Once There Was an Upside-Down Daughter” — Booth: A Journal “Does Yours Have a Heart, Too?” — Green Mountains Review “Upon Return from the Land Where One Never Dies” — The Journal “Two Decorated Skulls in the Miramonte Swamp” — Story “The Flamingo” — HAD “When Stars Are Just Stars” — Peatsmoke Journal
January 18, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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It's release day for my book! Thank you so much to @jacklegpress.bsky.social and @fulmerford.com
The cover of Every Galaxy a Circle
January 15, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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I recently gave @astrolabe.ooo a visual overhaul I'm pretty proud of. I wanted to take nothing away from the universe viz but make it more grounded and better match the aesthetics of everything we've published over the last 3(!) years. And hopefully show we're in it for the long haul.
January 15, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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Looking forward to it!
joelhans.com Joel Hans @joelhans.com · Jan 12
My debut collection of speculative short stories, winner of the 2024 @mooncitypress.bsky.social Short Fiction Award, is now available for preorder and, well, I hope you'll want one when it releases this time next month.

Get it from The University of Arkansas Press:

www.uapress.com/product/bedt...
In front of an illustration of a saguaro cactus and woodpecker, the words: The Bedtime Emptying of Our Word winner of the 2024 Moon City Short Fiction Award Joel Hans Now available for preorder from the University of Arkansas Press Ships mid-February In front of an illustration of a saguaro cactus and woodpecker, the words: "The Bedtime Emptying of Our World by Joel Hans is a remarkable debut. These breathtaking stories rock the reader with “their hopes overexposed.” What an ethics, what a lyrical feat! Hans is a true storyteller in the folkloric tradition. He brings lovely new color into our world." — Kate Bernheimer, World Fantasy Award-winning editor, My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales
January 12, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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My debut collection of speculative short stories, winner of the 2024 @mooncitypress.bsky.social Short Fiction Award, is now available for preorder and, well, I hope you'll want one when it releases this time next month.

Get it from The University of Arkansas Press:

www.uapress.com/product/bedt...
In front of an illustration of a saguaro cactus and woodpecker, the words: The Bedtime Emptying of Our Word winner of the 2024 Moon City Short Fiction Award Joel Hans Now available for preorder from the University of Arkansas Press Ships mid-February In front of an illustration of a saguaro cactus and woodpecker, the words: "The Bedtime Emptying of Our World by Joel Hans is a remarkable debut. These breathtaking stories rock the reader with “their hopes overexposed.” What an ethics, what a lyrical feat! Hans is a true storyteller in the folkloric tradition. He brings lovely new color into our world." — Kate Bernheimer, World Fantasy Award-winning editor, My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales
January 12, 2026 at 5:18 PM
joelhans.com
My debut collection of speculative short stories, winner of the 2024 @mooncitypress.bsky.social Short Fiction Award, is now available for preorder and, well, I hope you'll want one when it releases this time next month.

Get it from The University of Arkansas Press:

www.uapress.com/product/bedt...
In front of an illustration of a saguaro cactus and woodpecker, the words: The Bedtime Emptying of Our Word winner of the 2024 Moon City Short Fiction Award Joel Hans Now available for preorder from the University of Arkansas Press Ships mid-February In front of an illustration of a saguaro cactus and woodpecker, the words: "The Bedtime Emptying of Our World by Joel Hans is a remarkable debut. These breathtaking stories rock the reader with “their hopes overexposed.” What an ethics, what a lyrical feat! Hans is a true storyteller in the folkloric tradition. He brings lovely new color into our world." — Kate Bernheimer, World Fantasy Award-winning editor, My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales
January 12, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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Who wants something entirely wonderful for a Monday? This month I've handed over my monthly craft article to a dazzle of other writers who've provided tips and prompts for writing effective flash:

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Tips and Prompts for the New Writing Year
January feels a little too early in the year to be fully engaging my brain.
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January 12, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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So thrilled to see Veronica Tucker's “The Waiting Room At The End of the Universe” selected for the 2026 edition of Best Microfiction! You can read the story, part of the Whale asterism we published this fall, here:

www.astrolabe.ooo/tucker-the-w...
January 7, 2026 at 8:16 PM