Lucy Zhang
@dango-ramen.bsky.social
Anime fan. Writer. Software engineer. Editor @hfr.bsky.social, @vestalreview.bsky.social, @pitheadchapel.bsky.social. https://lucyzhang.tech
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The second story for our 2026 Hard SF, invite only, anthology "The Glorious Melancholy of Urgency" has arrived from @mteasdalewriter.bsky.social. Settling down to read the draft now. Sydney Sackett and @dango-ramen.bsky.social are hard at work as well.
January 25, 2026 at 9:37 PM
The second story for our 2026 Hard SF, invite only, anthology "The Glorious Melancholy of Urgency" has arrived from @mteasdalewriter.bsky.social. Settling down to read the draft now. Sydney Sackett and @dango-ramen.bsky.social are hard at work as well.
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Our spring submission window is now open, 2/1 through 5/15! Let's see what you've got!
vestalreview.net/guidelines
vestalreview.net/guidelines
February 1, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Our spring submission window is now open, 2/1 through 5/15! Let's see what you've got!
vestalreview.net/guidelines
vestalreview.net/guidelines
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A new flash by yours truly, on All The Feelings of finding out you're going to have a boy 👦🏻
Thank you @flashfrog.bsky.social and @ericscottryon.bsky.social for giving this a home!
flash-frog.com/2026/01/12/b...
Thank you @flashfrog.bsky.social and @ericscottryon.bsky.social for giving this a home!
flash-frog.com/2026/01/12/b...
January 12, 2026 at 6:18 PM
A new flash by yours truly, on All The Feelings of finding out you're going to have a boy 👦🏻
Thank you @flashfrog.bsky.social and @ericscottryon.bsky.social for giving this a home!
flash-frog.com/2026/01/12/b...
Thank you @flashfrog.bsky.social and @ericscottryon.bsky.social for giving this a home!
flash-frog.com/2026/01/12/b...
I have a short essay out in @thesunlightpress.bsky.social written only a few months back, but those months feel like years. 😆
www.thesunlightpress.com/2026/01/04/2...
www.thesunlightpress.com/2026/01/04/2...
January 6, 2026 at 4:48 PM
I have a short essay out in @thesunlightpress.bsky.social written only a few months back, but those months feel like years. 😆
www.thesunlightpress.com/2026/01/04/2...
www.thesunlightpress.com/2026/01/04/2...
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Happy new year and congratulations to our 2026 best small fictions nominations!
@marioaliberto3.bsky.social Anna Schachner J.D. Strunk @francinewitte.bsky.social @eileentomarchio.bsky.social
@marioaliberto3.bsky.social Anna Schachner J.D. Strunk @francinewitte.bsky.social @eileentomarchio.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Happy new year and congratulations to our 2026 best small fictions nominations!
@marioaliberto3.bsky.social Anna Schachner J.D. Strunk @francinewitte.bsky.social @eileentomarchio.bsky.social
@marioaliberto3.bsky.social Anna Schachner J.D. Strunk @francinewitte.bsky.social @eileentomarchio.bsky.social
I swear my writing productivity post-baby feels like 1 word every 18 years.
December 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I swear my writing productivity post-baby feels like 1 word every 18 years.
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Our winter 2025 issue is here!
vestalreview.net/issue-67
We've got the latest by: @marioaliberto3.bsky.social, Alisa Golden, @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social, L. F. Khouri, @mattleibel.bsky.social, @skyskkyy.bsky.social, Jennifer Met, Manuel Moyano, James Womack, @emilyrinkema.bsky.social, +
vestalreview.net/issue-67
We've got the latest by: @marioaliberto3.bsky.social, Alisa Golden, @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social, L. F. Khouri, @mattleibel.bsky.social, @skyskkyy.bsky.social, Jennifer Met, Manuel Moyano, James Womack, @emilyrinkema.bsky.social, +
December 8, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Our winter 2025 issue is here!
vestalreview.net/issue-67
We've got the latest by: @marioaliberto3.bsky.social, Alisa Golden, @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social, L. F. Khouri, @mattleibel.bsky.social, @skyskkyy.bsky.social, Jennifer Met, Manuel Moyano, James Womack, @emilyrinkema.bsky.social, +
vestalreview.net/issue-67
We've got the latest by: @marioaliberto3.bsky.social, Alisa Golden, @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social, L. F. Khouri, @mattleibel.bsky.social, @skyskkyy.bsky.social, Jennifer Met, Manuel Moyano, James Womack, @emilyrinkema.bsky.social, +
I have a new piece in The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts. Not at all inspired by my preggo paranoia 😜
matterpress.com/journal/2025...
matterpress.com/journal/2025...
November 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I have a new piece in The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts. Not at all inspired by my preggo paranoia 😜
matterpress.com/journal/2025...
matterpress.com/journal/2025...
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We were going to type, "Only three more weeks till we close for fall submissions!" but that was two days ago, so now it's only 19 days. Please send us your best by the end of November: www.vestalreview.net/guidelines
Submission Guidelines — Vestal Review
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November 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
We were going to type, "Only three more weeks till we close for fall submissions!" but that was two days ago, so now it's only 19 days. Please send us your best by the end of November: www.vestalreview.net/guidelines
I have a flash fiction story in @thebitterwolf.bsky.social! On the art of husband killing, birds, and tea ☕️ www.realbitterwolf.com/the-bitter-w...
Fidelity - fiction by Lucy Zhang
I left our husband’s body where I found it: in front of the redwood desk, head slumped over a stack of papers and a dried ballpoint pen. I made tea by squeezing the milky sap from poppies into...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I have a flash fiction story in @thebitterwolf.bsky.social! On the art of husband killing, birds, and tea ☕️ www.realbitterwolf.com/the-bitter-w...
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It's a Halloween Gift for us! Aurora: Tales of Winter Dreams is the #1 New Holiday Release!
This collection of magic, folklore, fantasy and poetry centering around the dreaming dark of winter is available Tuesday! Presale up now!
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This collection of magic, folklore, fantasy and poetry centering around the dreaming dark of winter is available Tuesday! Presale up now!
amzn.to/4nw7t7O
October 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
It's a Halloween Gift for us! Aurora: Tales of Winter Dreams is the #1 New Holiday Release!
This collection of magic, folklore, fantasy and poetry centering around the dreaming dark of winter is available Tuesday! Presale up now!
amzn.to/4nw7t7O
This collection of magic, folklore, fantasy and poetry centering around the dreaming dark of winter is available Tuesday! Presale up now!
amzn.to/4nw7t7O
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We've been at this business for years, but to encounter a way cool story in our submissions stack still brings an almost indescribable joy. We just accepted two more for our December issue. Keep 'em coming, please. www.vestalreview.net/guidelines #flashfiction
Submission Guidelines — Vestal Review
www.vestalreview.net
October 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
We've been at this business for years, but to encounter a way cool story in our submissions stack still brings an almost indescribable joy. We just accepted two more for our December issue. Keep 'em coming, please. www.vestalreview.net/guidelines #flashfiction
I have a flash piece in @oysterriverpages.bsky.social. On cats and their dubious nine lives 🐱 😄
www.oysterriverpages.com/terminal
www.oysterriverpages.com/terminal
Terminal — Oyster River Pages
www.oysterriverpages.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I have a flash piece in @oysterriverpages.bsky.social. On cats and their dubious nine lives 🐱 😄
www.oysterriverpages.com/terminal
www.oysterriverpages.com/terminal
Thank you @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social for publishing this flash of mine!
On mice and experimental procedures and things 🐁
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/zhang/mea...
On mice and experimental procedures and things 🐁
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/zhang/mea...
August 27, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Thank you @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social for publishing this flash of mine!
On mice and experimental procedures and things 🐁
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/zhang/mea...
On mice and experimental procedures and things 🐁
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/zhang/mea...
I have a flash piece about a snake, baby, and...uncontained brain(?) in Barely South Review 🐍
barelysouthreview.com/snake-son-lu...
barelysouthreview.com/snake-son-lu...
Snake Son, Lucy Zhang, Issue 16.2
Snake Son My boy slipped out like a snake rather than human. I had thought I’d be having a daughter like my mother and grandmother and great grandmother, cursed with girls they’d craft into paper p…
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June 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I have a flash piece about a snake, baby, and...uncontained brain(?) in Barely South Review 🐍
barelysouthreview.com/snake-son-lu...
barelysouthreview.com/snake-son-lu...
I have a story in this beautiful issue of @iselemagazine.bsky.social 💕
On life, death, time, and all the things that pass 🕰️
iselemagazine.com/2025/04/30/lon…
On life, death, time, and all the things that pass 🕰️
iselemagazine.com/2025/04/30/lon…
https://iselemagazine.com/2025/04/30/lon…
May 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I have a story in this beautiful issue of @iselemagazine.bsky.social 💕
On life, death, time, and all the things that pass 🕰️
iselemagazine.com/2025/04/30/lon…
On life, death, time, and all the things that pass 🕰️
iselemagazine.com/2025/04/30/lon…
I have a new flash story in @flashpointsf.bsky.social 🧠😊
April 13, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I have a new flash story in @flashpointsf.bsky.social 🧠😊
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Upon the last few days of our first #Flash405 writing contest of 2025, we're rereading @dango-ramen.bsky.social's flash fiction from our "Flux" issue: expositionreview.com/issues/vol-v..., along with her "Flight" winners: expositionreview.com/2023/07/flas.... #ExpoContributor #ExpoFam #ExpoReview
Unstable Relationship - Exposition Review
by Lucy Zhang Flash Fiction We’re making papier-mâché birds in art class, ripping strips of newspaper and smearing glue over our fingers. Albatross females lay only one egg, and those whose eggs don...
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February 28, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Upon the last few days of our first #Flash405 writing contest of 2025, we're rereading @dango-ramen.bsky.social's flash fiction from our "Flux" issue: expositionreview.com/issues/vol-v..., along with her "Flight" winners: expositionreview.com/2023/07/flas.... #ExpoContributor #ExpoFam #ExpoReview
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Our amazing intern Evangeline Lim put together a great collection of pieces about love for your Valentine's Day! Check out work by @samforbreakfast.bsky.social @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social @rpmirabella.bsky.social @dango-ramen.bsky.social & MORE!
Happy Valentine’s Day from SLM!! Here are some love-filled recommendations from our archive that we hope you—well, love. https://buff.ly/3CGwufd
February 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Our amazing intern Evangeline Lim put together a great collection of pieces about love for your Valentine's Day! Check out work by @samforbreakfast.bsky.social @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social @rpmirabella.bsky.social @dango-ramen.bsky.social & MORE!
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Happy Valentine's Day from The Cincinnati Review! To celebrate the day, we've assembled a roundup of our miCRos about love, romance, and sex, including work by @amorak.bsky.social, @dango-ramen.bsky.social, @dinahcox.bsky.social, @davidwrites1.bsky.social, and others. Link in first comment.
February 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Happy Valentine's Day from The Cincinnati Review! To celebrate the day, we've assembled a roundup of our miCRos about love, romance, and sex, including work by @amorak.bsky.social, @dango-ramen.bsky.social, @dinahcox.bsky.social, @davidwrites1.bsky.social, and others. Link in first comment.
Hello Bluesky! Migrating over here from Twitter.
About me:
I write fiction for fun, work on software updates and operating systems so I don’t starve, and watch anime (although way more back in my heyday).
About me:
I write fiction for fun, work on software updates and operating systems so I don’t starve, and watch anime (although way more back in my heyday).
January 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Hello Bluesky! Migrating over here from Twitter.
About me:
I write fiction for fun, work on software updates and operating systems so I don’t starve, and watch anime (although way more back in my heyday).
About me:
I write fiction for fun, work on software updates and operating systems so I don’t starve, and watch anime (although way more back in my heyday).