K.J. Chien
@kjchasabsky.bsky.social
writer • sporadic bskyer ✌️ • she/her/hers
kjchienwrites.weebly.com
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NYC's indie horror bookstore, The Twisted Spine, got flooded in the last storm. Support their recovery efforts below!
Donate to Support The Twisted Spine's Flood Recovery Efforts, organized by Lauren Komer
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November 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
NYC's indie horror bookstore, The Twisted Spine, got flooded in the last storm. Support their recovery efforts below!
I'm working on a short story I feel intimidated to write, so I'm procrastinating by putting together picture inspirations to hype myself up. Here we go!
October 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I'm working on a short story I feel intimidated to write, so I'm procrastinating by putting together picture inspirations to hype myself up. Here we go!
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This is important for all writers, no matter where they are in their publication journey. Your work is your work, and contracts are meant to protect it, and you, and the writing community at large. MRM is trying to normalize _very_ bad behavior.
I’ve made an update to this situation.
open.substack.com/pub/pacornel...
open.substack.com/pub/pacornel...
This is an interesting and important read if you want to know about contracts, negotiations and the ongoing situation regarding MRM.
September 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is important for all writers, no matter where they are in their publication journey. Your work is your work, and contracts are meant to protect it, and you, and the writing community at large. MRM is trying to normalize _very_ bad behavior.
very excited to be doing the 12-week @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social workshop this fall! are there any other odyssey fellows out there? would love to connect!
May 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
very excited to be doing the 12-week @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social workshop this fall! are there any other odyssey fellows out there? would love to connect!
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In our latest blog, we chat with @kjchasabsky.bsky.social about her short story, "The Ones Left Behind", which was a finalist in @grist.org's Imagine 2200 Climate Fiction competition.
Read the full piece here: greentwopointzero.org/grist-imagin...
Read the full piece here: greentwopointzero.org/grist-imagin...
May 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
In our latest blog, we chat with @kjchasabsky.bsky.social about her short story, "The Ones Left Behind", which was a finalist in @grist.org's Imagine 2200 Climate Fiction competition.
Read the full piece here: greentwopointzero.org/grist-imagin...
Read the full piece here: greentwopointzero.org/grist-imagin...
May 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
During some very unfergilicious times, here is some better news. BIPOC spec writers, share your comfort stories, love stories, rage stories, adventure stories-- we need all of them!
hey!
Fantasy Magazine is currently open to submissions from BIPOC writers (today through Jan 25th)
send us your fantastic stories!
full guidelines here (PLEASE read the full guidelines before submitting)
Fantasy Magazine is currently open to submissions from BIPOC writers (today through Jan 25th)
send us your fantastic stories!
full guidelines here (PLEASE read the full guidelines before submitting)
Fantasy Magazine Guidelines - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
updated January 22, 2025
psychopomp.com
January 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
During some very unfergilicious times, here is some better news. BIPOC spec writers, share your comfort stories, love stories, rage stories, adventure stories-- we need all of them!
It's been a tough week to imagine positive futures for climate change.
@gristnews.bsky.social
Imagine 2200 collection features 12 hope-filled stories of climate progress, and I was honored my story was one of them. May we continue to advocate for better, and look out for each other along the way
@gristnews.bsky.social
Imagine 2200 collection features 12 hope-filled stories of climate progress, and I was honored my story was one of them. May we continue to advocate for better, and look out for each other along the way
“But joy never asked for permission to keep living. It simply and stubbornly went on”
“The Ones Left Behind” is a beautiful and delicious story of perseverance and adaptation by @kjchasabsky.bsky.social in the Imagine 2200 collection for 2025 by @gristnews.bsky.social
grist.org/climate-fict...
“The Ones Left Behind” is a beautiful and delicious story of perseverance and adaptation by @kjchasabsky.bsky.social in the Imagine 2200 collection for 2025 by @gristnews.bsky.social
grist.org/climate-fict...
The Ones Left Behind
Climate fiction: In the backroom of a Sichuan restaurant, Grace tends to the family’s legacy and discovers a new beginning.
grist.org
January 12, 2025 at 5:19 AM
It's been a tough week to imagine positive futures for climate change.
@gristnews.bsky.social
Imagine 2200 collection features 12 hope-filled stories of climate progress, and I was honored my story was one of them. May we continue to advocate for better, and look out for each other along the way
@gristnews.bsky.social
Imagine 2200 collection features 12 hope-filled stories of climate progress, and I was honored my story was one of them. May we continue to advocate for better, and look out for each other along the way
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STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING. This is the best short story I read in 2024, and soon it shall be yours.
Tamara Masri's "Inside the House of Wisdom" is brutal and devastating, as befits the subject matter, but the horrors are framed with so much hope and joy.
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/insi...
Tamara Masri's "Inside the House of Wisdom" is brutal and devastating, as befits the subject matter, but the horrors are framed with so much hope and joy.
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/insi...
Inside the House of Wisdom - Lightspeed Magazine
This is the eighth floor of the Al-Ahli Memorial Library, my favorite place in the building. When the elevator door opens, it’s like walking into a quiet circle of glass. So, as we walk, I’m going to ...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
December 5, 2024 at 3:06 PM
STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING. This is the best short story I read in 2024, and soon it shall be yours.
Tamara Masri's "Inside the House of Wisdom" is brutal and devastating, as befits the subject matter, but the horrors are framed with so much hope and joy.
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/insi...
Tamara Masri's "Inside the House of Wisdom" is brutal and devastating, as befits the subject matter, but the horrors are framed with so much hope and joy.
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/insi...
Also happy to share that my wild, wild west take on the Monkey King is available in Luna Station Quarterly's December issue! A young Chinese railroad worker encounters the legendary trickster deep in the Sierra mountains.
The new issue is out! These are stories of opposites, of contradictions. Of transitions and unexpected guests. Most of all, they are stories of courage in the face of uncertainties. We need stories like this.
www.lunastationquarterly.com/issues/060
www.lunastationquarterly.com/issues/060
December 3, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Also happy to share that my wild, wild west take on the Monkey King is available in Luna Station Quarterly's December issue! A young Chinese railroad worker encounters the legendary trickster deep in the Sierra mountains.
For all my 90's baby, Bay Area immigrant kids. A story close to my heart about hauntings and forging your own path. Honored to have my story, "The Exorcist's Guidebook" available to read in Gamut's final issue.
houseofgamut.com/magazine/
houseofgamut.com/magazine/
December 3, 2024 at 1:37 PM
For all my 90's baby, Bay Area immigrant kids. A story close to my heart about hauntings and forging your own path. Honored to have my story, "The Exorcist's Guidebook" available to read in Gamut's final issue.
houseofgamut.com/magazine/
houseofgamut.com/magazine/
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Well, first up, my solidarity with Erin, and with all other people affected — and in hope of accountability.
But also, while this is about the actions of one individual, it’s also not *just* about that: it’s also about an industry climate that has enabled this. I want to talk a bit about that. 🧵
But also, while this is about the actions of one individual, it’s also not *just* about that: it’s also about an industry climate that has enabled this. I want to talk a bit about that. 🧵
Here is my report on my experience with unethical behavior and bad faith dealings of Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki.
ethicsreport.tiiny.site
ethicsreport.tiiny.site
ODE_Ethics Report
ODE_Ethics Report
ethicsreport.tiiny.site
October 26, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Well, first up, my solidarity with Erin, and with all other people affected — and in hope of accountability.
But also, while this is about the actions of one individual, it’s also not *just* about that: it’s also about an industry climate that has enabled this. I want to talk a bit about that. 🧵
But also, while this is about the actions of one individual, it’s also not *just* about that: it’s also about an industry climate that has enabled this. I want to talk a bit about that. 🧵
Signing up for bsky already prompting the big questions like: Am I human or do I need to see my eye doctor
September 17, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Signing up for bsky already prompting the big questions like: Am I human or do I need to see my eye doctor