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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang

@ezhang77.bsky.social

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Writer | Chicago | Work in HAD, Maudlin House, The Citron Review + more | Pushcart Prize and BotN nom | Best Microfiction ‘24, '25 https://elenalzhang.wordpress.com/writing/

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · Aug 17

My tiny chapbook, “The Moon, My Heart,” is finally available now! So so grateful to @tinywrenlit.bsky.social and Dana Knott for making this dream come true! www.tinywrenlit.com/product-page...

The Moon, My Heart (Elena Zhang) | Tiny Wren Lit

Evocative micro-poems inspired by Chinese folklore

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 3m

Just read this phenomenal story in @molotovlitzine.bsky.social

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The Molotov Cocktail

Dead Man from the Ocean Floor by Neil Clark He climbed into my boat tonight, seawater spewing from the bottoms of his trouser legs, a thousand tiny crabs crawling in and out the holes in his bloate…

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 13h

Can’t beat fall in Chicago 🍂

Tree in sunlight, grass littered with fallen yellow leaves, Lake Michigan

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 13h

Can’t beat fall in Chicago 🍂

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 16h

I’m not autistic, just a parent to an autistic kid w/ fairly significant support needs, but I personally find it very frustrating to see so many people fixated on preventing, reducing, or “curing” autism and neurodiversity instead of talking about inclusion + getting folks whatever support they need

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 20h

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Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · 20h

We love learning story origins! 👇🏼👇🏼

Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 22h

Fun fact: My story “Baby Wheels” in @flashfrog.bsky.social was inspired by this painting

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Remedios Varo @remediosvaro.bsky.social · 1d

Homo rodans
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19511

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 22h

Fun fact: My story “Baby Wheels” in @flashfrog.bsky.social was inspired by this painting

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Remedios Varo @remediosvaro.bsky.social · 1d

Homo rodans
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19511

In "Homo rodans" by Remedios Varo, a surreal skeletal structure resembling a unicycle is poised against a turbulent background of swirling, fiery hues. Varo, a prominent figure in the Surrealist movement, often infused her work with themes of transformation and mysticism, evident in this fantastical depiction.

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 2d

(Almost) 10 horror movies to get to know me by

Evil dead 2
Drag me to hell
28 days later
Inland empire
Color out of space
Alien
Eraserhead

I’m a horror newbie, but these are the ones that have really stuck with me so far

Cindy Creature Feature Phan 💀 @cindyphanauthor.com · 2d

10 horror movies to get to know me by

💀 Alien
💀 Terrified
💀 The Autopsy of Jane Doe
💀 Hereditary
💀 It Follows
💀 Exhuma
💀 The Wickerman
💀 Army of Darkness
💀 The Descent
💀 A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

Eve Harms, Gourd Respecter @eveharms.com · 2d

10 horror movies to get to know me by

Evil Dead 2
Frankenhooker
Hellraiser
Reanimator
The Thing
Inland Empire
Under the Skin
Videodrome
Gozu
Lair of the White Worm

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MythologyBot @mythologybot.boodoo.co · 1d

F1068.2
Wound received
in dream.

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The Molotov Cocktail @molotovlitzine.bsky.social · 1d

Take a load off and read Issue 16.2. Featuring #flashfiction by @gioclair.bsky.social, @christinaltudor.bsky.social, and Al Ryanne Gatcho.

themolotovcocktail.com/2025/10/07/v...

Volume 16, Issue 2

Flash Monster 2025 contest deadline hits very soon! Survival Instincts by Christina Tudor The Gribble Took My Name by Al Ryanne Gatcho Constellations of Calcium by Gio Clairval

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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 1d

Gather round the campfire and let me tell you a scary story about scary stories, at @mrbullbull.bsky.social. Big thanks to @thedrevlow.bsky.social for publishing this, and to *you* for reading it. Happy camping! mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...

“I’m not losing my mind, right? This guy was not in the picture we took.”
“Who the hell is he?” They’re squinting hard in the dark. He just looks like another one of them, to put it plainly. Like he could have been a fourth roommate. But there was no fourth roommate. It was always just the three of them.
“I have absolutely no memory of this dude. I’ve never seen him before in my life.”

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 1d

Hell yeah Chicago

Crate of apples with sign that says “frostbite: the Malort of apples”

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 1d

Hell yeah Chicago

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D.W. Baker @lowermelody.bsky.social · 1d

couldn't be happier to see this poem land in @bruisermag.com, a venue i admire for their commitment to a unique vision

BRUISER @bruisermag.com · 1d

More like a flower than a gun

WITH EACH BITE MORE MAD by @lowermelody.bsky.social

www.bruisermag.com/baker_bite

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 1d

Received a rejection so fast my head is spinning and I’m doubting everything I’ve ever known

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BRUISER @bruisermag.com · 1d

More like a flower than a gun

WITH EACH BITE MORE MAD by @lowermelody.bsky.social

www.bruisermag.com/baker_bite

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Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social · 1d

I have four new poems in the newest 'censorship' issue of The Indianapolis Review

Here's one of them

theindianapolisreview.com

Silent America

The superstitious
lamb asks
for more
bricks.

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Frankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 1d

This now hangs in my doorway to set the vibes for all who enter

Yellow orange poster with image of crying toddler in white tank top and shorts reaching up to be picked up by disembodied hands.

Words: “keep calm and baobao*”

*hug/carry

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 1d

In a fight between Pritzker and and police, who is going to win? This is what happens when both parties allowed law enforcement to become one of the most powerful political actors in the country -- a taxpayer-funded political movement that wants to kill people.

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Ewen Glass @ewenglass.bsky.social · 1d

Have a new poem about prop comedy, shitty childhoods and The Mighty Boosh up at @farewelltransmiss.bsky.social! farewelltransmission.net/2025/10/in-t...

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you so much, Ronita!

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Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · 2d

"A city grows in my left palm.
The people teeter on curved lines.
The subway wraps around my finger like a promise."

#TodaysPoem #poetry
Amplification by Elena Zhang (@ezhang77.bsky.social) (2025 @havehashad.com)

Amplification by Elena Zhang

Amplification A city grows in my left palm. The people teeter on curved lines. The subway wraps around my finger like a promise. I like to send endings to myself and forget who wrote them. When the…

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 1d

Ooh forgot In the Mouth of Madness, that was a fun one

Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you so much for sharing!

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 2d

Such a good time, the ending made me laugh

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