em x. liu | 雯雯
@emdashliu.bsky.social
🤘i write ∙ astounding award & BFA finalist ∙ IF FOUND, RETURN TO HELL + THE DEATH I GAVE HIM + work in Clarkesworld
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@emdashliu.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast. This page: Stellar Evolutions in Pop Idol Artistry by Em X. Liu
clarkesworldmagazine.com
award season! please consider for your ballots, “Stellar Evolutions in Pop Idol Artistry," my speculative love letter to the kpop panopticon—eligible in the short story category at 6640 words & available in the July 2024 issue of Clarkesworld! clarkesworldmagazine.com/liu_07_24/
every time i think about sex writing, i think about this excerpt from a book i read once that talked about how broadly speaking, vaginas get hard and penises get wet, and the emphasis of what is like physically happening in each circumstance is incredibly gendered (sorry i forget which book now)
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
every time i think about sex writing, i think about this excerpt from a book i read once that talked about how broadly speaking, vaginas get hard and penises get wet, and the emphasis of what is like physically happening in each circumstance is incredibly gendered (sorry i forget which book now)
brainwashed early by the High Achieving Asian Disapora culture in my weird insular high school cohort; ruled out business (evil), engineering (too much screen time), law (can't handle being wrong occasionally) > guess i'm gonna do medicine
November 22, 2025 at 11:46 PM
brainwashed early by the High Achieving Asian Disapora culture in my weird insular high school cohort; ruled out business (evil), engineering (too much screen time), law (can't handle being wrong occasionally) > guess i'm gonna do medicine
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We lost some work because some authors who showed their weirdness and rough edges asked uncomfortable questions about the power structures too many people accept as given, and then a bunch of the "community" tormented them until they hid away.
Isabel Fall was one for starters.
Isabel Fall was one for starters.
I think we lost some work because authors were afraid to show their weirdnesses, rough edges, to ask uncomfortable questions.
We can debate all day about who got cancelled and whether or not they deserved it, but one thing I have noticed is that a lot of queer YA written from ~2019-2022 has a kind of sterile after-school-special vibe where you can just tell they sanitized the fuck out of it to appease the Twitter hivemind
November 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
We lost some work because some authors who showed their weirdness and rough edges asked uncomfortable questions about the power structures too many people accept as given, and then a bunch of the "community" tormented them until they hid away.
Isabel Fall was one for starters.
Isabel Fall was one for starters.
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everyone remembers what happened to Isabel Fall.
I think we lost some work because authors were afraid to show their weirdnesses, rough edges, to ask uncomfortable questions.
We can debate all day about who got cancelled and whether or not they deserved it, but one thing I have noticed is that a lot of queer YA written from ~2019-2022 has a kind of sterile after-school-special vibe where you can just tell they sanitized the fuck out of it to appease the Twitter hivemind
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
everyone remembers what happened to Isabel Fall.
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"Novels of female interiority have dominated literary fiction for nearly a decade." Happy almost 11 months of pub to CLUB CONTANGO. ✨️😮 Did you know!✨️ It has a not-young MC, and takes on "themes of migration and money"! 🎲📉
November 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
"Novels of female interiority have dominated literary fiction for nearly a decade." Happy almost 11 months of pub to CLUB CONTANGO. ✨️😮 Did you know!✨️ It has a not-young MC, and takes on "themes of migration and money"! 🎲📉
my monday routine these days is doing my little rounds and seeing if there are any updates for Things That I Am Waiting On
November 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
my monday routine these days is doing my little rounds and seeing if there are any updates for Things That I Am Waiting On
impossible to tell if this is a not enough caffeine headache or a too much caffeine headache
November 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
impossible to tell if this is a not enough caffeine headache or a too much caffeine headache
guys not to be like this but i am sitting on some bomb ass short stories that are currently being run through the submission grinder. and i'm like ik patience is the game but man. one of them in particular i am actually quite proud of, it is perhaps the best complete thing ive written in a while
November 4, 2025 at 1:06 AM
guys not to be like this but i am sitting on some bomb ass short stories that are currently being run through the submission grinder. and i'm like ik patience is the game but man. one of them in particular i am actually quite proud of, it is perhaps the best complete thing ive written in a while
spent all day doing research to write one (1) paragraph and i'm really not even sure if it reads well, classic
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
spent all day doing research to write one (1) paragraph and i'm really not even sure if it reads well, classic
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For some #FridayFun, how about a Spooktastic Selection of Solaris Books?
Remember, being spooky is for life, not just for Halloween!
Ft. books from @rainewilson.bsky.social @samkhorton.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @emmanewman.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social @alexdecampi.bsky.social & more!
Remember, being spooky is for life, not just for Halloween!
Ft. books from @rainewilson.bsky.social @samkhorton.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @emmanewman.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social @alexdecampi.bsky.social & more!
October 31, 2025 at 3:47 PM
For some #FridayFun, how about a Spooktastic Selection of Solaris Books?
Remember, being spooky is for life, not just for Halloween!
Ft. books from @rainewilson.bsky.social @samkhorton.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @emmanewman.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social @alexdecampi.bsky.social & more!
Remember, being spooky is for life, not just for Halloween!
Ft. books from @rainewilson.bsky.social @samkhorton.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @emmanewman.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social @alexdecampi.bsky.social & more!
current resting state of our household at this moment is no more than three cats stay in the same room at the same time. time will only tell if we can achieve the rare four cat equilibrium
November 1, 2025 at 1:30 AM
current resting state of our household at this moment is no more than three cats stay in the same room at the same time. time will only tell if we can achieve the rare four cat equilibrium
going to do nano this year for the first time in forever wahaha wish me luck
October 29, 2025 at 10:41 PM
going to do nano this year for the first time in forever wahaha wish me luck
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every few months i'm like hm why do i suddenly hate the way i look and want to delete every photo anyone takes and then i realize it's time to get a haircut
October 26, 2025 at 5:01 AM
every few months i'm like hm why do i suddenly hate the way i look and want to delete every photo anyone takes and then i realize it's time to get a haircut
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As we draw to the end of October, how about something Short and Spooky?
Snap up a spooky Solaris novella:
@pennyvixen.bsky.social's A THEORY OF HAUNTING 👉 https://geni.us/h2XM84
@emdashliu.bsky.social's IF FOUND, RETURN TO HELL! 👉 https://geni.us/MPkuABI
Snap up a spooky Solaris novella:
@pennyvixen.bsky.social's A THEORY OF HAUNTING 👉 https://geni.us/h2XM84
@emdashliu.bsky.social's IF FOUND, RETURN TO HELL! 👉 https://geni.us/MPkuABI
October 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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read this book right now if you haven't yet
🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction: Metal From Heaven by August Clarke! 🎉🎉🎉 @sapphomancer.bsky.social @erewhonbooks.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social
#Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
#Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
October 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
read this book right now if you haven't yet
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A list of reasons to make art:
-horny
-spite
-for the bit
-if you don't who will
-horny
-spite
-for the bit
-if you don't who will
December 9, 2024 at 10:54 PM
A list of reasons to make art:
-horny
-spite
-for the bit
-if you don't who will
-horny
-spite
-for the bit
-if you don't who will
discovering that working 14 days in a row the last 7 of which are 24/7 on call days is mentally exhausting even if the daytime stuff is lighter than usual...
September 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
discovering that working 14 days in a row the last 7 of which are 24/7 on call days is mentally exhausting even if the daytime stuff is lighter than usual...
was going to write something today to get the rusty wheels turning again. spent all evening playing hades ii instead oops
September 26, 2025 at 8:21 AM
was going to write something today to get the rusty wheels turning again. spent all evening playing hades ii instead oops
dreamed that some AI generated newspaper flawlessly hallucinated a deal report for my book with the very specific premise intact. i'm not even on sub??
September 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
dreamed that some AI generated newspaper flawlessly hallucinated a deal report for my book with the very specific premise intact. i'm not even on sub??
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deepest of deep breaths
feeling nervous about this one, friends! I've written about the mainstreaming of pull-to-publish, its impact on fandom, and what it means for an increasingly corporate and IP-driven creative landscape.
feeling nervous about this one, friends! I've written about the mainstreaming of pull-to-publish, its impact on fandom, and what it means for an increasingly corporate and IP-driven creative landscape.
"Feed fanfic into capitalism, and it comes out shaped like capitalism."
@readingtheend.bsky.social dissects the trend pulling fanfiction through the traditional publishing pipeline (and what it means for fandom):
reactormag.com/with-the-ser...
@readingtheend.bsky.social dissects the trend pulling fanfiction through the traditional publishing pipeline (and what it means for fandom):
reactormag.com/with-the-ser...
With the Serial Numbers Filed Off: The Problem with Trad Pub Fanfic - Reactor
Jenny Hamilton looks closer at three Dramione fics-turned-novels publishing this year.
reactormag.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
deepest of deep breaths
feeling nervous about this one, friends! I've written about the mainstreaming of pull-to-publish, its impact on fandom, and what it means for an increasingly corporate and IP-driven creative landscape.
feeling nervous about this one, friends! I've written about the mainstreaming of pull-to-publish, its impact on fandom, and what it means for an increasingly corporate and IP-driven creative landscape.
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With all the traveling I've been doing this month, I've been lax in my marketing responsibilities and, as a result, we're down 13 over this time last month. So here I am, taking a very jet-lagged moment to remind you that each subscription makes a difference:
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September 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
With all the traveling I've been doing this month, I've been lax in my marketing responsibilities and, as a result, we're down 13 over this time last month. So here I am, taking a very jet-lagged moment to remind you that each subscription makes a difference:
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
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Other trans writers on here are taking the opportunity to push their books atm so I thought I'd stop worrying about looking opportunistic for a moment and shill the trans cyberpunk noir mystery I originally drafted in 2019. The world is vastly and grimly different than it was back then. 1/2
Aubrey Wood - BANG BANG BODHISATTVA paperback and audio out now!
@briewoodfiction.bsky.social
· Jul 1
My trans cyberpunk debut Bang Bang Bodhisattva is out in hardback, paperback and audiobook! It was a finalist for the 2024 Lambda award for speculative fiction! www.amazon.com/Bang-Bodhisa...
September 22, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Other trans writers on here are taking the opportunity to push their books atm so I thought I'd stop worrying about looking opportunistic for a moment and shill the trans cyberpunk noir mystery I originally drafted in 2019. The world is vastly and grimly different than it was back then. 1/2