Nghi Vo
@nghivo.bsky.social
Spec fic writer. It probably didn't happen, but it should have, could have or might have. Represented by Fox Literary. Cis, queer, she/her.
(screams myself hoarse)
This one is so much. It's SO MUCH, you don't even know!
This one is so much. It's SO MUCH, you don't even know!
Announcing a BRAND NEW Gilded Age fantasy of ballrooms, bargains, and bloodshed from the one and only @nghivo.bsky.social!! The Scarlet Ball commences October 2026 🩸
Announcing The Scarlet Ball by Nghi Vo - Reactor
A Gilded Age fantasy of ballrooms and bloodshed, arriving October 2026
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December 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
(screams myself hoarse)
This one is so much. It's SO MUCH, you don't even know!
This one is so much. It's SO MUCH, you don't even know!
Whoa, it's been 5 years since When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain came out on audio!
Check it out for 70% off at the link!
It's sapphic tigers, imperial exams, and telling stories to save your life, all narrated by the incredible @cindykay.bsky.social !
www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
Check it out for 70% off at the link!
It's sapphic tigers, imperial exams, and telling stories to save your life, all narrated by the incredible @cindykay.bsky.social !
www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain
The cleric Chih finds themself and their companions at the mercy of a band of fierce tigers who ache with hunger. To stay alive until the mammoths can save them, Chih must unwind the intricate, layere...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Whoa, it's been 5 years since When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain came out on audio!
Check it out for 70% off at the link!
It's sapphic tigers, imperial exams, and telling stories to save your life, all narrated by the incredible @cindykay.bsky.social !
www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
Check it out for 70% off at the link!
It's sapphic tigers, imperial exams, and telling stories to save your life, all narrated by the incredible @cindykay.bsky.social !
www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
Once in a while, I get asked "where do your ideas come from?" and this morning I got a mini-version of the process to share.
1. See an ad from 1925 for Tuxedo Tobacco which features a white woman in profile stating "I love to see a man smoke a pipe."
1. See an ad from 1925 for Tuxedo Tobacco which features a white woman in profile stating "I love to see a man smoke a pipe."
October 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Once in a while, I get asked "where do your ideas come from?" and this morning I got a mini-version of the process to share.
1. See an ad from 1925 for Tuxedo Tobacco which features a white woman in profile stating "I love to see a man smoke a pipe."
1. See an ad from 1925 for Tuxedo Tobacco which features a white woman in profile stating "I love to see a man smoke a pipe."
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we're hosting @nghivo.bsky.social tonight 🐈⬛ 6pm at the bookstore 🐈⬛ wander in, clerics 🧙📚✨
October 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
we're hosting @nghivo.bsky.social tonight 🐈⬛ 6pm at the bookstore 🐈⬛ wander in, clerics 🧙📚✨
Hey, Wisconsin folks, you around in Madison tonight?
I'm gonna be at A Room of One's Own at 6PM talking about A Mouthful of Dust, #6 in the Singing Hills standalone novella series!
roomofonesown.com/event/2025-1...
I'm gonna be at A Room of One's Own at 6PM talking about A Mouthful of Dust, #6 in the Singing Hills standalone novella series!
roomofonesown.com/event/2025-1...
A Mouthful of Dust by Nghi Vo
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October 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Hey, Wisconsin folks, you around in Madison tonight?
I'm gonna be at A Room of One's Own at 6PM talking about A Mouthful of Dust, #6 in the Singing Hills standalone novella series!
roomofonesown.com/event/2025-1...
I'm gonna be at A Room of One's Own at 6PM talking about A Mouthful of Dust, #6 in the Singing Hills standalone novella series!
roomofonesown.com/event/2025-1...
Left a handful of signed copies of Don't Sleep with the Dead at Barbara's Bookstore in O'Hare, F Concourse mear the McDonalds!
October 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Left a handful of signed copies of Don't Sleep with the Dead at Barbara's Bookstore in O'Hare, F Concourse mear the McDonalds!
Anyone in Wichita, KS tonight?
I'm on at Watermark Books and Cafe tonight at 6PM talking about Singing Hills #6, A Mouthful of Dust!
watermarkbooks.com/event/2025-1...
I'm on at Watermark Books and Cafe tonight at 6PM talking about Singing Hills #6, A Mouthful of Dust!
watermarkbooks.com/event/2025-1...
October 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Anyone in Wichita, KS tonight?
I'm on at Watermark Books and Cafe tonight at 6PM talking about Singing Hills #6, A Mouthful of Dust!
watermarkbooks.com/event/2025-1...
I'm on at Watermark Books and Cafe tonight at 6PM talking about Singing Hills #6, A Mouthful of Dust!
watermarkbooks.com/event/2025-1...
Actually this is at the Spencer Road Library!!
Anyone in St. Louis tonight at 7PM?
I'm hanging out at Main Street Books talking about the newest Singing Hills, A Mouthful of Dust!!!
mainstreetbooks.indielite.org/event/2025-1...
I'm hanging out at Main Street Books talking about the newest Singing Hills, A Mouthful of Dust!!!
mainstreetbooks.indielite.org/event/2025-1...
10/10- Nghi Vo, A MOUTHFUL OF DUST
Main Street Books is an independent bookstore located on Historic Main Street in downtown St. Charles, MO.
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October 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Actually this is at the Spencer Road Library!!
Anyone in St. Louis tonight at 7PM?
I'm hanging out at Main Street Books talking about the newest Singing Hills, A Mouthful of Dust!!!
mainstreetbooks.indielite.org/event/2025-1...
I'm hanging out at Main Street Books talking about the newest Singing Hills, A Mouthful of Dust!!!
mainstreetbooks.indielite.org/event/2025-1...
10/10- Nghi Vo, A MOUTHFUL OF DUST
Main Street Books is an independent bookstore located on Historic Main Street in downtown St. Charles, MO.
mainstreetbooks.indielite.org
October 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Anyone in St. Louis tonight at 7PM?
I'm hanging out at Main Street Books talking about the newest Singing Hills, A Mouthful of Dust!!!
mainstreetbooks.indielite.org/event/2025-1...
I'm hanging out at Main Street Books talking about the newest Singing Hills, A Mouthful of Dust!!!
mainstreetbooks.indielite.org/event/2025-1...
Anyone free in Milwaukee tonight?
Come check me out at Boswell Book Company, where I'll be talking about A Mouthful of Dust, Singing Hills #6, all about hunger, famine, food and the stories we tell about all of 'em!
boswellbooks.com/event/2025-1...
Come check me out at Boswell Book Company, where I'll be talking about A Mouthful of Dust, Singing Hills #6, all about hunger, famine, food and the stories we tell about all of 'em!
boswellbooks.com/event/2025-1...
Nghi Vo, author of A Mouthful of Dust, in Conversation with Oli Schmitz
Boswell Book Company - 2559 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI
boswellbooks.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Anyone free in Milwaukee tonight?
Come check me out at Boswell Book Company, where I'll be talking about A Mouthful of Dust, Singing Hills #6, all about hunger, famine, food and the stories we tell about all of 'em!
boswellbooks.com/event/2025-1...
Come check me out at Boswell Book Company, where I'll be talking about A Mouthful of Dust, Singing Hills #6, all about hunger, famine, food and the stories we tell about all of 'em!
boswellbooks.com/event/2025-1...
Happy book birthday to A Mouthful of Dust, standalone novella in the Singing Hlls Cycle, out today!
This time, Cleric Chih and Almost Brilliant the hoopoe memory spirit are investigating the town of Baolin, famous for its pork recipe and its famine.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
This time, Cleric Chih and Almost Brilliant the hoopoe memory spirit are investigating the town of Baolin, famous for its pork recipe and its famine.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
A Mouthful of Dust
Hunger makes monsters in this dark new tale in Nghi Vo's Hugo Award-winning Singing Hills Cycle."Nghi Vo is so good."―NPR on The Brides of High HillWanderi...
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October 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Happy book birthday to A Mouthful of Dust, standalone novella in the Singing Hlls Cycle, out today!
This time, Cleric Chih and Almost Brilliant the hoopoe memory spirit are investigating the town of Baolin, famous for its pork recipe and its famine.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
This time, Cleric Chih and Almost Brilliant the hoopoe memory spirit are investigating the town of Baolin, famous for its pork recipe and its famine.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Hey. Hey.
On sale TOMORROW is my standalone novella A Mouthful of Dust, #6 in the Singing Hills Cycle!
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
The story-collecting Cleric Chih and Almost Brilliant are headed to Baolin, a town known for its incredible pork and a famine that occurred eighteen years ago.
On sale TOMORROW is my standalone novella A Mouthful of Dust, #6 in the Singing Hills Cycle!
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
The story-collecting Cleric Chih and Almost Brilliant are headed to Baolin, a town known for its incredible pork and a famine that occurred eighteen years ago.
A Mouthful of Dust
Hunger makes monsters in this dark new tale in Nghi Vo's Hugo Award-winning Singing Hills Cycle."Nghi Vo is so good."―NPR on The Brides of High HillWanderi...
us.macmillan.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Hey. Hey.
On sale TOMORROW is my standalone novella A Mouthful of Dust, #6 in the Singing Hills Cycle!
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
The story-collecting Cleric Chih and Almost Brilliant are headed to Baolin, a town known for its incredible pork and a famine that occurred eighteen years ago.
On sale TOMORROW is my standalone novella A Mouthful of Dust, #6 in the Singing Hills Cycle!
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
The story-collecting Cleric Chih and Almost Brilliant are headed to Baolin, a town known for its incredible pork and a famine that occurred eighteen years ago.
Any one in Minneapolis this weekend? I'm here for Gaylaxicon!
Friday
1pm-Signing
2:30pm- Bits and Bobs panel
4pm- Blood and Bone
8:30- interview
Saturday
2:30pm- Queering the Classics
4:30pm- reading
Sunday
10am- signing
Friday
1pm-Signing
2:30pm- Bits and Bobs panel
4pm- Blood and Bone
8:30- interview
Saturday
2:30pm- Queering the Classics
4:30pm- reading
Sunday
10am- signing
October 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Any one in Minneapolis this weekend? I'm here for Gaylaxicon!
Friday
1pm-Signing
2:30pm- Bits and Bobs panel
4pm- Blood and Bone
8:30- interview
Saturday
2:30pm- Queering the Classics
4:30pm- reading
Sunday
10am- signing
Friday
1pm-Signing
2:30pm- Bits and Bobs panel
4pm- Blood and Bone
8:30- interview
Saturday
2:30pm- Queering the Classics
4:30pm- reading
Sunday
10am- signing
1-866-952-4456 to tell Netflix that in no way do you want Elon fucking Musk determining what you watch.
I just called, got through in about 15 seconds, and told them that I strongly support queer inclusion in their programming and that I will cancel my subscription if they cave.
I just called, got through in about 15 seconds, and told them that I strongly support queer inclusion in their programming and that I will cancel my subscription if they cave.
1. Led by Elon Musk, the far-right has exploded in a campaign to get Netflix to remove shows with queer and trans characters.
If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.
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If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters
Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.
www.erininthemorning.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
1-866-952-4456 to tell Netflix that in no way do you want Elon fucking Musk determining what you watch.
I just called, got through in about 15 seconds, and told them that I strongly support queer inclusion in their programming and that I will cancel my subscription if they cave.
I just called, got through in about 15 seconds, and told them that I strongly support queer inclusion in their programming and that I will cancel my subscription if they cave.
I'm in town for Gaylaxicon, but before we kick off, I'm at DreamHaven Books at 6:30PM tonight!
You want to get a copy of the standalone Singing Hills novella A Mouthful of Dust early? This is where ya do it!
dreamhavenbooks.com/event/pre-ga...
You want to get a copy of the standalone Singing Hills novella A Mouthful of Dust early? This is where ya do it!
dreamhavenbooks.com/event/pre-ga...
Pre-Gaylaxicon Signing Event - DreamHaven
When: 2025.10.02 @ 18:30 Join us for a signing with Gaylaxicon Guests of Honor Nghi Vo, Emma Törzs and K.D. Edwards (and Greg Ketter) the night before the convention! They will be here at 6:30 pm, ...
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October 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I'm in town for Gaylaxicon, but before we kick off, I'm at DreamHaven Books at 6:30PM tonight!
You want to get a copy of the standalone Singing Hills novella A Mouthful of Dust early? This is where ya do it!
dreamhavenbooks.com/event/pre-ga...
You want to get a copy of the standalone Singing Hills novella A Mouthful of Dust early? This is where ya do it!
dreamhavenbooks.com/event/pre-ga...
Hey, what's everyone up to?
I'm gonna be in Gaylaxicon up in Minneapolis this weekend, likely running around like a chicken with her head unavailable.
www.gaylaxiconmn.org
I'm gonna be in Gaylaxicon up in Minneapolis this weekend, likely running around like a chicken with her head unavailable.
www.gaylaxiconmn.org
Home - Gaylaxicon 2025
October 3-5, 2025 Crowne Plaza Suites: MSP / MOA Join us for a weekend of LGBTQ+ focused sci-fi, fantasy, and horror with professional guests, program panels, gaming, and more. REGISTER Guests of Hono...
www.gaylaxiconmn.org
October 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Hey, what's everyone up to?
I'm gonna be in Gaylaxicon up in Minneapolis this weekend, likely running around like a chicken with her head unavailable.
www.gaylaxiconmn.org
I'm gonna be in Gaylaxicon up in Minneapolis this weekend, likely running around like a chicken with her head unavailable.
www.gaylaxiconmn.org
September 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
To hell with DC for this stupid fucking call.
Go buy some books from one of the best horror writers working today: bookshop.org/beta-search?...
Go buy some books from one of the best horror writers working today: bookshop.org/beta-search?...
September 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
To hell with DC for this stupid fucking call.
Go buy some books from one of the best horror writers working today: bookshop.org/beta-search?...
Go buy some books from one of the best horror writers working today: bookshop.org/beta-search?...
Thank you so much to everyone who chimed in on this post- I would really like to see this diary find a place somewhere, and now I've got a few leads to run down.
Have one of my favorite entries:
Have one of my favorite entries:
Hey, does anyone here have an in with the Annapolis Royal Heritage Society in Nova Scotia or any similar group from the region? I've tried a few emails and not had any luck.
Please, I have the 130+ year old diary of a woman living in the region and would like to see it taken care of!
Please, I have the 130+ year old diary of a woman living in the region and would like to see it taken care of!
September 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Thank you so much to everyone who chimed in on this post- I would really like to see this diary find a place somewhere, and now I've got a few leads to run down.
Have one of my favorite entries:
Have one of my favorite entries:
Hey, does anyone here have an in with the Annapolis Royal Heritage Society in Nova Scotia or any similar group from the region? I've tried a few emails and not had any luck.
Please, I have the 130+ year old diary of a woman living in the region and would like to see it taken care of!
Please, I have the 130+ year old diary of a woman living in the region and would like to see it taken care of!
August 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Hey, does anyone here have an in with the Annapolis Royal Heritage Society in Nova Scotia or any similar group from the region? I've tried a few emails and not had any luck.
Please, I have the 130+ year old diary of a woman living in the region and would like to see it taken care of!
Please, I have the 130+ year old diary of a woman living in the region and would like to see it taken care of!
I've been walking around stunned all weekend, thank you everyone who voted for Stitched!
If you missed this one, you can check out at Uncanny Magazine, ALSO a 2025 Hugo winner!
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/stit...
If you missed this one, you can check out at Uncanny Magazine, ALSO a 2025 Hugo winner!
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/stit...
August 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I've been walking around stunned all weekend, thank you everyone who voted for Stitched!
If you missed this one, you can check out at Uncanny Magazine, ALSO a 2025 Hugo winner!
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/stit...
If you missed this one, you can check out at Uncanny Magazine, ALSO a 2025 Hugo winner!
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/stit...
COVER! A Long and Speaking Silence is out next year, but in the meantime, we can all stare at the cover, or at least, I know that's what I'm going to be doing.
A million thanks to Alyssa for her incredible work; this series wouldn't be what it is without her!
A million thanks to Alyssa for her incredible work; this series wouldn't be what it is without her!
Happy cover reveal day for the next installation in @nghivo.bsky.social's Singing Hills series! I love drawing for this series, and getting to include whales is an added bonus. 🐳
Out 5/5/2026!
#bookcover
Out 5/5/2026!
#bookcover
August 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
COVER! A Long and Speaking Silence is out next year, but in the meantime, we can all stare at the cover, or at least, I know that's what I'm going to be doing.
A million thanks to Alyssa for her incredible work; this series wouldn't be what it is without her!
A million thanks to Alyssa for her incredible work; this series wouldn't be what it is without her!
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Nghi Vo (@nghivo.bsky.social) introduces and reads from her novel The City in Glass, which is shortlisted for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction.
For more about this year's shortlist: www.ursulakleguin.com/prize25
For more about this year's shortlist: www.ursulakleguin.com/prize25
Nghi Vo reads from City in Glass.
YouTube video by Ursula K. Le Guin Foundation
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August 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Nghi Vo (@nghivo.bsky.social) introduces and reads from her novel The City in Glass, which is shortlisted for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction.
For more about this year's shortlist: www.ursulakleguin.com/prize25
For more about this year's shortlist: www.ursulakleguin.com/prize25
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Reading for the Hugo Awards? "Stitched to Skin like Family Is" by Nghi Vo @nghivo.bsky.social is a finalist for a Best Short Story Hugo Award!
It's also a Locus Award finalist! Read it here or in the Hugo Award Packet!
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It's also a Locus Award finalist! Read it here or in the Hugo Award Packet!
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July 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Reading for the Hugo Awards? "Stitched to Skin like Family Is" by Nghi Vo @nghivo.bsky.social is a finalist for a Best Short Story Hugo Award!
It's also a Locus Award finalist! Read it here or in the Hugo Award Packet!
buff.ly/bhzn4PL
It's also a Locus Award finalist! Read it here or in the Hugo Award Packet!
buff.ly/bhzn4PL
Hey, are you in Columbus, OH and wanna see me talk about fantasy, writing, all that good stuff?
I'm on at 1:30PM at the Columbus Book Festival on the Fabulous Fantasy panel ar Author Stage 1!
I'm on at 1:30PM at the Columbus Book Festival on the Fabulous Fantasy panel ar Author Stage 1!
July 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Hey, are you in Columbus, OH and wanna see me talk about fantasy, writing, all that good stuff?
I'm on at 1:30PM at the Columbus Book Festival on the Fabulous Fantasy panel ar Author Stage 1!
I'm on at 1:30PM at the Columbus Book Festival on the Fabulous Fantasy panel ar Author Stage 1!