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Vanessa Fogg

@vanessafogg.bsky.social

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Science fiction and fantasy writer. Also lapsed scientist and freelance medical writer. Website: vanessafogg.com

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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · Jun 19

It’s official! I have a short story collection coming out Nov 3! Pre-orders open now! And look at the gorgeous cover designed in-house by @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social

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The House of Illusionists by Vanessa Fogg

A sea-witch calls to souls from the deep. In modern suburbia, a middle-aged woman fights to keep her daughter from the clutches of a Faerie Queen. . . and finds herself confronting her own past and de...

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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 21h

Husband used this recipe, with a few substitutions (some kind of bok choy in place of lettuce, and some soft round slices of tofu added. I liked the tofu better than the abalone, actually)

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Dad's Authentic : A Chinese Chef's Secrets

Learn how a 2x James Beard Award Winning Chinese Chef cooks this recipe after making this dish thousands of times!

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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, Charles!

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Mia Tsai, rabble-rouser @itsamia.bsky.social · 2d

Friends in the Northeast! I and a whole bunch of authors are headed your way in the next two weeks for @yumewrites.bsky.social 's Traveling SFF Festival! Instead of having conversation partners, we'll be paneling with one another at each stop. More info at
www.yumekitasei.com/travelingsff...

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8 nights, 8 cities, 8 panel discussions

Elaine Cho, JR Dawson, Emily Jane, Micaiah Johnson, Yume Kitasei, Mia Tsai, Julia Vee, with Amanda Foody, Matthew Kressel, Ray Nayler, Sarah Pinsker, Veronica Roth, Fran Wilde

Week 1
Monday, Oct 13: PT Knitwear, New York, NY
Wednesday, Oct 15: Greedy Reads Remington, Baltimore, MD
Thursday, Oct 16: East City Bookshop, Washington, DC
Friday, Oct 17: Mavey Books, Philadelphi, PA (Ardmore)

Week 2
Tuesday, Oct 21: Possible Futures, New Haven, CT
Wednesday, Oct 22: Smith College, Northampton, MA
Thursday, Oct 23: Norwich Bookstore, Norwich, VT
Friday, Oct 24: Brookline Booksmith, Boston, MA

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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 1d

Spending some time with my dad. He had this old can of abalone he wanted to use up, so Husband made this old-school Chinese banquet-style dish

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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, thank you for taking the time to read and write the lovely review, Galen!

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John Joseph Adams @johnjosephadams.com · 2d

Since it's Black Speculative Fiction Month, I thought I'd share a story I love by a Black author each day. Since I'm starting 10 days in, I'll post a bunch to catch up. I'm going to do 15 from the Top 80 of Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy and 15 from Lightspeed/Nightmare.

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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you to Myna for interviewing me!

Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 2d

Interview with @vanessafogg.bsky.social about her upcoming collection, THE HOUSE OF ILLUSIONISTS!

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Author Interview * Vanessa Fogg

Vanessa Fogg has long been one of my favorite writers. Several of her short stories are on my secret “all-time best” list, so it’s a treat to learn about her new collection, The House of Illusionis…

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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning, good weekend!

Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 3d

Most welcome! I loved your story in Silk and Sinew!

Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 3d

"Vanessa Fogg is one such bard, using her words to illuminate the emotions, the ambitions, the hopes and desires, and sometimes fears, of humanity."

A lovely review for my upcoming book, The House of Illusionists! @interstellarflight.bsky.social

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Templeton Gate 3.0 - Literature - The House of Illusionists, and Other Stories by Vanessa Fogg

Reviews of science fiction, fantasy and horror books, films, comics and television shows

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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 3d

This is so, so well deserved. Congrats to the Silk and Sinew team, to everyone on the list, and also special congrats and shoutout to @thomasha.bsky.social for his recognition on this list, too! Silk and Sinew and Uncertain Sons are two of the best books I read this year.

Kristy Park Kulski @garnetonwinter.bsky.social · 3d

New York Public Library names SILK & SINEW in Best New #Horror List for 2025!!!

Thank you #NYPL for this incredible honor. It means so much to be recognized by the best people-- #librarians! Contributors, YOUR words have given us the most amazing, fabulously bloody, 3-legged crow wings!!

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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 3d

Im so sorry Danai 💕

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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 4d

As non-fiction editor I am obviously biased, but we've published some outstanding essays at Ruadán this year. You can read them all here: ruadanbooks.com/category/tho...

Thoughts from the Writer’s Desk - Ruadán Books

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J.A. Prentice @japrenticewrites.bsky.social · 5d

And my second October story is here in issue 151 of @apexmag.bsky.social! “The Horrible Conceit of Death and Night” is a Shakespeare-inspired story about Stories featuring a doomed young lover(?), weird burial rites, and a cat.

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Apex Magazine Issue 151

EDITORIALMusings from Maryland by Lesley Conner ORIGINAL FICTION"Liecraft" by Anita Moskát, translated by Austin Wagner"Ghosts of Summer" by Catherine Tavares "Code Green" by Rebecca Johnson "We Used ...

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Kristina Ten @kristinaten.bsky.social · 5d

Today is pub day for Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine! However much writing can be a solitary act, putting a book out definitely isn’t. Thanks to Stillhouse Press and all of Tell Me Yours’ many champions.

My first book is out now. I hope you like it.

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E. Catherine Octobler @ecatherine.com · 5d

Come help us fund year six of The Deadlands--paying for stories, poems, essays, and staff! Your mushroom coin enters you in spooky giveaways throughout 2026. We can't do this without you!

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Coins for the Ferryman: Fundraiser For 2026 - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

Another October has arrived, crispy around the edges with a coolness that sinks into your bones. One season folds into another we rarely see, the ground

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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks, Charles, same to you!

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Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 7d

Got my September round-up posted, with some great short fiction and my favorite longer read of the year (reading year, not publication year) www.tarvolon.com/2025/10/05/s...

September 2025 Round-up and Short Fiction Miscellany

A round-up of my favorite sci-fi fantasy short stories and novels from September, with favorites from Jackie Roberti, Sara Saab, and Emily St. John Mandel.

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