Jenny M. Liu
@jennymliu.bsky.social
sffh + lit writer | best microfiction 2025 + wigleaf top 50 longlist
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95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
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New CNF (my first!) is out now at @paranoidxtree.bsky.social 🛍️
I wrote it almost exactly a month before I quit this job and didn't think I would ever send it out. Grateful to the editors for picking this up and Ruth Baccam for grasping the crux of this story when they created the accompanying art 💞
I wrote it almost exactly a month before I quit this job and didn't think I would ever send it out. Grateful to the editors for picking this up and Ruth Baccam for grasping the crux of this story when they created the accompanying art 💞
"I spend too much on supportive shoes. There is a mound of black on the back of my door, hanging ghouls perfumed with company-gifted By Kilian—it is a wardrobe for a funeral, the mourning of."
New CNF by Jenny M. Liu. Sending solidarity to retail workers this season!
paranoidtree.com/read/vol-59
New CNF by Jenny M. Liu. Sending solidarity to retail workers this season!
paranoidtree.com/read/vol-59
November 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
New CNF (my first!) is out now at @paranoidxtree.bsky.social 🛍️
I wrote it almost exactly a month before I quit this job and didn't think I would ever send it out. Grateful to the editors for picking this up and Ruth Baccam for grasping the crux of this story when they created the accompanying art 💞
I wrote it almost exactly a month before I quit this job and didn't think I would ever send it out. Grateful to the editors for picking this up and Ruth Baccam for grasping the crux of this story when they created the accompanying art 💞
New CNF (my first!) is out now at @paranoidxtree.bsky.social 🛍️
I wrote it almost exactly a month before I quit this job and didn't think I would ever send it out. Grateful to the editors for picking this up and Ruth Baccam for grasping the crux of this story when they created the accompanying art 💞
I wrote it almost exactly a month before I quit this job and didn't think I would ever send it out. Grateful to the editors for picking this up and Ruth Baccam for grasping the crux of this story when they created the accompanying art 💞
"I spend too much on supportive shoes. There is a mound of black on the back of my door, hanging ghouls perfumed with company-gifted By Kilian—it is a wardrobe for a funeral, the mourning of."
New CNF by Jenny M. Liu. Sending solidarity to retail workers this season!
paranoidtree.com/read/vol-59
New CNF by Jenny M. Liu. Sending solidarity to retail workers this season!
paranoidtree.com/read/vol-59
November 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
New CNF (my first!) is out now at @paranoidxtree.bsky.social 🛍️
I wrote it almost exactly a month before I quit this job and didn't think I would ever send it out. Grateful to the editors for picking this up and Ruth Baccam for grasping the crux of this story when they created the accompanying art 💞
I wrote it almost exactly a month before I quit this job and didn't think I would ever send it out. Grateful to the editors for picking this up and Ruth Baccam for grasping the crux of this story when they created the accompanying art 💞
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Dashed out to Yew Tree Tarn this afternoon to capture the autumn display. I was about half an hour too late for the best light but was happy with these two snatched from the roadside with the treetops illuminated.
November 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Dashed out to Yew Tree Tarn this afternoon to capture the autumn display. I was about half an hour too late for the best light but was happy with these two snatched from the roadside with the treetops illuminated.
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I'm on the hunt for ARC readers! Sign up here if you'd like to receive a free digital copy of THE CHAMOS PROJECT a month before publication: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F....
November 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I'm on the hunt for ARC readers! Sign up here if you'd like to receive a free digital copy of THE CHAMOS PROJECT a month before publication: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F....
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Only 8 days left in the @apexmag.bsky.social Kickstarter and we're $6,304 away from our initial funding goal. If you love and appreciate Apex. If you want more dark, weird stories. If you want a market to submit to. Then please consider helping us hit our goal. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Apex Magazine 2026
An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.
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October 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Only 8 days left in the @apexmag.bsky.social Kickstarter and we're $6,304 away from our initial funding goal. If you love and appreciate Apex. If you want more dark, weird stories. If you want a market to submit to. Then please consider helping us hit our goal. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
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Genres aren't real. They are mental projections we impose on stories to simplify the way talk about and sell them but stories come unshaped from deep within us and writers shouldn't feel constrained by or even respect genres at all. The story comes first.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Genres aren't real. They are mental projections we impose on stories to simplify the way talk about and sell them but stories come unshaped from deep within us and writers shouldn't feel constrained by or even respect genres at all. The story comes first.
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*banging pots and pans together* QUEER SCIFI WITH LIKE ROBOTS AND SHIT. I've read it, it's very good. And sad. But good.
My marketing is at about the same level as Alexis', clearly
My marketing is at about the same level as Alexis', clearly
I've been sitting on this blog post since August, but I finally posted yesterday about my plan to publish my gay sci-fi book: alexisamesbooks.com/2025/10/10/a.... I'd like to say that my marketing in the coming months will be better than this but tbh that's probably a lie. #WritingCommunity #SFF
October 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
*banging pots and pans together* QUEER SCIFI WITH LIKE ROBOTS AND SHIT. I've read it, it's very good. And sad. But good.
My marketing is at about the same level as Alexis', clearly
My marketing is at about the same level as Alexis', clearly
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Free yourself from the Canva mines ⛏️🖼️
We're offering a totally new product only on our Kickstarter through the month of October: an author graphics bundle of fully customizable Canva templates for speculative fiction authors! 🎨 check below for details! ⬇️
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
We're offering a totally new product only on our Kickstarter through the month of October: an author graphics bundle of fully customizable Canva templates for speculative fiction authors! 🎨 check below for details! ⬇️
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
October 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Free yourself from the Canva mines ⛏️🖼️
We're offering a totally new product only on our Kickstarter through the month of October: an author graphics bundle of fully customizable Canva templates for speculative fiction authors! 🎨 check below for details! ⬇️
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
We're offering a totally new product only on our Kickstarter through the month of October: an author graphics bundle of fully customizable Canva templates for speculative fiction authors! 🎨 check below for details! ⬇️
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
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Hey y'all, OTHERSIDE is smashing their Kickstarter goals. Help them get fully funded for their second year!
And if you've ever wanted me to critique your poetry, that's one of the add-ons, alongside tons of great reward options.
And if you've ever wanted me to critique your poetry, that's one of the add-ons, alongside tons of great reward options.
WE'RE LIVE! AND WE ARE SO EXCITED! Back now to support a new magazine of speculative fiction by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists! Snag some amazing rewards, including discounted subscriptions! Support queer art! And help us SMASH DAY ONE!
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September 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Hey y'all, OTHERSIDE is smashing their Kickstarter goals. Help them get fully funded for their second year!
And if you've ever wanted me to critique your poetry, that's one of the add-ons, alongside tons of great reward options.
And if you've ever wanted me to critique your poetry, that's one of the add-ons, alongside tons of great reward options.
I ADORE Kanopy!! My library's catalog is especially incredible for world cinema and documentaries
A small sampling of my watchlist and what you may be able to find:
A small sampling of my watchlist and what you may be able to find:
September 3, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I ADORE Kanopy!! My library's catalog is especially incredible for world cinema and documentaries
A small sampling of my watchlist and what you may be able to find:
A small sampling of my watchlist and what you may be able to find:
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If you can read Spanish, I hope you like Sofón, Issue 1. It includes 17 SFF short stories and poems in Spanish, which I really enjoyed reading, editing, and putting together. Sofón is the third speculative fiction magazine from Mexico that pays its authors. I also did the cover art ^u^
August 24, 2025 at 7:12 AM
If you can read Spanish, I hope you like Sofón, Issue 1. It includes 17 SFF short stories and poems in Spanish, which I really enjoyed reading, editing, and putting together. Sofón is the third speculative fiction magazine from Mexico that pays its authors. I also did the cover art ^u^
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Absolute must-read, whether you're aiming for trad or to self-publish. So much great advice RE red flags, self-worth, and the importance of communicating with your peers
If anyone wonders why I keep hammering on about vetting small presses... here's an account from a publisher sib that shows how much worse than nothing a small press can be.
www.morgansloan-author.com/post/lessons...
www.morgansloan-author.com/post/lessons...
Lessons I Learned As A Failed Debut Author
I'd like to start by saying that the bookish community scares me. It doesn't take much for one post, one word, or one misunderstood comment to spiral out of control. I've been watching this circle onl...
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August 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Absolute must-read, whether you're aiming for trad or to self-publish. So much great advice RE red flags, self-worth, and the importance of communicating with your peers
tried spaghetti squash for the first time last night. a new world has opened up!
August 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
tried spaghetti squash for the first time last night. a new world has opened up!
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Saros #5 is open for submissions! Send us your 500-2,500 word fiction themed around sound(s), silence(s), and the spectrum in between: Music, speech, singing, unbearable (enticing?) noise(s), and/or auditory nothingness.
The Saros #5 reading period has arrived and the submission gates have been opened! Send us your 500-2500 words speculative fiction stories focused on sound/silence! We'll stay open until we've reached 111 stories submitted.
sarossf.com/submissions/
sarossf.com/submissions/
August 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Saros #5 is open for submissions! Send us your 500-2,500 word fiction themed around sound(s), silence(s), and the spectrum in between: Music, speech, singing, unbearable (enticing?) noise(s), and/or auditory nothingness.
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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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August 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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...
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Back Issue Summer Sale!!! We're tired of hoarding all these oldies, but goodies all to ourselves. Become a Paranoid Tree completist! Volumes 1-30 are only $3 apiece! Sale ends Mon, Aug 11. Check it out at the link in our bio. Happy reading!
August 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Back Issue Summer Sale!!! We're tired of hoarding all these oldies, but goodies all to ourselves. Become a Paranoid Tree completist! Volumes 1-30 are only $3 apiece! Sale ends Mon, Aug 11. Check it out at the link in our bio. Happy reading!
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"ChatGPT is great for brainstorming!"
Actually we have a tool for that already! It's called thinking. We use our brain. It's called brainstorming! Clue is in the name.
Actually we have a tool for that already! It's called thinking. We use our brain. It's called brainstorming! Clue is in the name.
July 31, 2025 at 7:49 PM
"ChatGPT is great for brainstorming!"
Actually we have a tool for that already! It's called thinking. We use our brain. It's called brainstorming! Clue is in the name.
Actually we have a tool for that already! It's called thinking. We use our brain. It's called brainstorming! Clue is in the name.
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We are delighted to reveal the cover for @victormanibo.com's The Villa, Once Beloved, a haunting gothic about folklore, family, and postcolonial vengeance in the Philippines...
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Revealing The Villa, Once Beloved by Victor Manibo - Reactor
A dark history is unearthed amid crumbling façades in a new gothic horror arriving November 2025
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July 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
We are delighted to reveal the cover for @victormanibo.com's The Villa, Once Beloved, a haunting gothic about folklore, family, and postcolonial vengeance in the Philippines...
reactormag.com/cover-reveal...
reactormag.com/cover-reveal...
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THE MEMORY HUNTERS is out today. With my debut, I didn't understand what kind of change a release would mean. Now I do. This book is no longer mine or my team's. I've released it, and all that's in it and all I left unsaid belongs to you.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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The Memory Hunters
Check out The Memory Hunters - <b><i>Inception</i> meets <i>Indiana Jones</i> in this cinematic, slow burn, romantic fantasy following a headstrong academic and her equally stubborn bodyguard as they ...
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July 29, 2025 at 11:44 AM
THE MEMORY HUNTERS is out today. With my debut, I didn't understand what kind of change a release would mean. Now I do. This book is no longer mine or my team's. I've released it, and all that's in it and all I left unsaid belongs to you.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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for the people on the Sky at this timezone, i have some PROMOTION for you (oh boy). if you would like to read a hopeful story of climate change from the perspective of a mountain that does not want to die? did i write the BOOK FOR YOU!!!!
"The Death of Mountains"
it's been called 'good as hell'
"The Death of Mountains"
it's been called 'good as hell'
The Death of Mountains
Lethe Press is an independent publishing house specializing in speculative fiction, books of gay interest, poetry, spirituality, as well as classic works of the occult & supernatural. Named after the ...
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July 14, 2025 at 7:01 AM
for the people on the Sky at this timezone, i have some PROMOTION for you (oh boy). if you would like to read a hopeful story of climate change from the perspective of a mountain that does not want to die? did i write the BOOK FOR YOU!!!!
"The Death of Mountains"
it's been called 'good as hell'
"The Death of Mountains"
it's been called 'good as hell'
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Super important for anyone encountering a moral rights waiver in contracts lately, as I have. Don’t skip reading this. Thanks @victoriastrauss.com for making this so easy to understand.
Today I'm writing for Writer Beware at Planetside, SFWA's online magazine, with a look at moral rights--what they are, why they matter, and the implications of giving them up, as some contracts and agreements require you to do www.sfwa.org/2025/07/03/m...
Moral Rights: What Writers Need to Know - SFWA
By Victoria Strauss of WRITER BEWARE® What Are Moral Rights? In addition to various economic rights, such as the ability to license and profit from the use of their original work, the Berne Convention...
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July 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Super important for anyone encountering a moral rights waiver in contracts lately, as I have. Don’t skip reading this. Thanks @victoriastrauss.com for making this so easy to understand.
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For all my fellow well-digging and dwelling writers: reckonreview.com/wind-and-roo...
June 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
For all my fellow well-digging and dwelling writers: reckonreview.com/wind-and-roo...