Vanessa Fogg
@vanessafogg.bsky.social
Science fiction and fantasy writer. Also lapsed scientist and freelance medical writer. Website: vanessafogg.com
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The House of Illusionists – Vanessa Fogg, Writer
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New pinned post: My debut collection of short stories, The House of Illusionists, is now officially out.
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My interview with Vanessa Fogg about her debut, The House of Illusionists, is up!
"Speculative fiction allows me the distance, the disguise of the metaphorical [...] to write about things that would otherwise be too personal, too vulnerable, for me to write about."
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"Speculative fiction allows me the distance, the disguise of the metaphorical [...] to write about things that would otherwise be too personal, too vulnerable, for me to write about."
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The Connecting Image
Interview with Vanessa Fogg, author of The House of Illusionists
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November 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
My interview with Vanessa Fogg about her debut, The House of Illusionists, is up!
"Speculative fiction allows me the distance, the disguise of the metaphorical [...] to write about things that would otherwise be too personal, too vulnerable, for me to write about."
medium.com/interstellar...
"Speculative fiction allows me the distance, the disguise of the metaphorical [...] to write about things that would otherwise be too personal, too vulnerable, for me to write about."
medium.com/interstellar...
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Look what I lack in pretty design skills I make up for in writing skills
November 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Look what I lack in pretty design skills I make up for in writing skills
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At Interstellar Flight Mag, Julie Reeser interviews Vanessa Fogg, author of THE HOUSE OF ILLUSIONISTS, a stellar new short story collection from IFP! magazine.interstella...
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
At Interstellar Flight Mag, Julie Reeser interviews Vanessa Fogg, author of THE HOUSE OF ILLUSIONISTS, a stellar new short story collection from IFP! magazine.interstella...
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NEW PODCAST ALERT!
Episode 17 of the Strange Horizons @ 25 podcast is live now featuring R.B. Lemberg @rblemberg.bsky.social interviewed by Kat Kourbeti @darthj.uno.
Listen and read at the link ⬇️
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Episode 17 of the Strange Horizons @ 25 podcast is live now featuring R.B. Lemberg @rblemberg.bsky.social interviewed by Kat Kourbeti @darthj.uno.
Listen and read at the link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
Writing the Diaspora Experience with R.B. Lemberg (SH@25 Episode 17)
In this episode of Strange Horizons at 25, Podcast Editor Kat Kourbeti sits down with long-time Strange Horizons contributor RB Lemberg to talk about everything from using poetry as a tool to refin…
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November 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
NEW PODCAST ALERT!
Episode 17 of the Strange Horizons @ 25 podcast is live now featuring R.B. Lemberg @rblemberg.bsky.social interviewed by Kat Kourbeti @darthj.uno.
Listen and read at the link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
Episode 17 of the Strange Horizons @ 25 podcast is live now featuring R.B. Lemberg @rblemberg.bsky.social interviewed by Kat Kourbeti @darthj.uno.
Listen and read at the link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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Zachary Gillan's foreword highlights the "occulting," or obscuring Ha uses on the terrors of the wider world, creating an effect of more localized menace for his characters, who are always the focus. I love lore, but I also love the power of the reader's imagination to furnish empty spaces.
November 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Zachary Gillan's foreword highlights the "occulting," or obscuring Ha uses on the terrors of the wider world, creating an effect of more localized menace for his characters, who are always the focus. I love lore, but I also love the power of the reader's imagination to furnish empty spaces.
This is lovely
Oh hey! My story "My Mother is the Water" is available to read online in F(r)iction latest issue. This is a story inspired by the lakes of my hometown, about a girl called to the water yet doesn't want to leave the aunt who raised her.
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My Mother is the Water - F(r)iction
My Mother is the Water by Lyndsie Manusos explores a young woman's relationship (and magical connection to) the lake.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This is lovely
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A funny, sad, and heartwarming tale of a taxi driver just trying to live among the ghosts and the living and do the occasional good deed. Unnoticed, undetected, until that's not an option anymore. Sometimes you have to do the right thing.
By @champwongs.bsky.social in @nightmare-magazine.com
By @champwongs.bsky.social in @nightmare-magazine.com
Autogas Ferryman - Nightmare Magazine
Krungthep means “The City of Gods.” A much more charming name than the bawdy Bangkok that foreigners joke about. But to Somsak, it is the city of ghosts. He drives his taxi slowly along through the gl...
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November 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A funny, sad, and heartwarming tale of a taxi driver just trying to live among the ghosts and the living and do the occasional good deed. Unnoticed, undetected, until that's not an option anymore. Sometimes you have to do the right thing.
By @champwongs.bsky.social in @nightmare-magazine.com
By @champwongs.bsky.social in @nightmare-magazine.com
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It's Day 6 of the TTL's re-read experience and we've got @mynachang.bsky.social with Graduated Justice: An Amelia Li Mystery, in which Detective Li and her prosthetic leg investigate an accident on a spaceship - one that cuts a little too close to corporate interests.
November 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
It's Day 6 of the TTL's re-read experience and we've got @mynachang.bsky.social with Graduated Justice: An Amelia Li Mystery, in which Detective Li and her prosthetic leg investigate an accident on a spaceship - one that cuts a little too close to corporate interests.
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This is very sad news, but I am glad to see that The Deadlands will continue.
Read this and then: support the zines and publishers you love. It is tough, rough times for small publishers and zines. Do what you can to help them continue their good work.
Read this and then: support the zines and publishers you love. It is tough, rough times for small publishers and zines. Do what you can to help them continue their good work.
a post about Psychopomp in 2026
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thank you very much
please read and share
thank you very much
what's next for Psychopomp - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
what to expect from Psychopomp (and The Deadlands and Fantasy Magazine) in 2026.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This is very sad news, but I am glad to see that The Deadlands will continue.
Read this and then: support the zines and publishers you love. It is tough, rough times for small publishers and zines. Do what you can to help them continue their good work.
Read this and then: support the zines and publishers you love. It is tough, rough times for small publishers and zines. Do what you can to help them continue their good work.
Psychopomp has published such beautiful, beautiful work.
a post about Psychopomp in 2026
please read and share
thank you very much
please read and share
thank you very much
what's next for Psychopomp - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
what to expect from Psychopomp (and The Deadlands and Fantasy Magazine) in 2026.
psychopomp.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Psychopomp has published such beautiful, beautiful work.
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New interview with Danai Christopoulou about VILE LADY VILLAINS!
"So Klytemnestra and Lady Macbeth had always been favorites of mine, and growing up I started seeing the parallels between their characters, how they were almost an allegory for female ambition and power."
@danaiwrites.bsky.social
"So Klytemnestra and Lady Macbeth had always been favorites of mine, and growing up I started seeing the parallels between their characters, how they were almost an allegory for female ambition and power."
@danaiwrites.bsky.social
Author Interview * Danai Christopoulou
Danai Christopoulou’s writing consistently makes me smile and/or cry—often within the same story. Danai’s work features lyrical prose, incisive character choices, and an undercurrent of triumph aga…
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November 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
New interview with Danai Christopoulou about VILE LADY VILLAINS!
"So Klytemnestra and Lady Macbeth had always been favorites of mine, and growing up I started seeing the parallels between their characters, how they were almost an allegory for female ambition and power."
@danaiwrites.bsky.social
"So Klytemnestra and Lady Macbeth had always been favorites of mine, and growing up I started seeing the parallels between their characters, how they were almost an allegory for female ambition and power."
@danaiwrites.bsky.social
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As a writer who is in writer forums but who also is a Publisher for two mags, I must disclose a terrible secret….
Yes, subs platforms will tell you what number your piece is at in the queue 👍
No, that does not mean it hasn’t been read 🫣
It is just a number 🥸
More info to come 🧵
Yes, subs platforms will tell you what number your piece is at in the queue 👍
No, that does not mean it hasn’t been read 🫣
It is just a number 🥸
More info to come 🧵
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
As a writer who is in writer forums but who also is a Publisher for two mags, I must disclose a terrible secret….
Yes, subs platforms will tell you what number your piece is at in the queue 👍
No, that does not mean it hasn’t been read 🫣
It is just a number 🥸
More info to come 🧵
Yes, subs platforms will tell you what number your piece is at in the queue 👍
No, that does not mean it hasn’t been read 🫣
It is just a number 🥸
More info to come 🧵
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Hi do you want stories about grief and mushrooms? Alien mushrooms?
A gutting story of love, loss, companionship and how far someone can go to cling to the ghost of a loved one. Fungi consciousnesses have always been an amazing metaphor for our lost connections with nature and with others.
by @lchanwrites.bsky.social in @clarkesworldmagazine.com
by @lchanwrites.bsky.social in @clarkesworldmagazine.com
And The Planet Loved Him by L Chan
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Hi do you want stories about grief and mushrooms? Alien mushrooms?
Random picture of me in Detroit
November 18, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Random picture of me in Detroit
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Thanks to @vanessafogg.bsky.social for including my summer camp horror, "Bunny Ears," on this great list.
PS: Don't miss Vanessa's new story collection, The House of Illusionists, out earlier this month from @interstellarflight.bsky.social!
PS: Don't miss Vanessa's new story collection, The House of Illusionists, out earlier this month from @interstellarflight.bsky.social!
Short fiction recs! Sept-Oct 2025
This reading round-up is shorter than usual, as I admit that my short fiction reading fell off a cliff these last two months, due to trave...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Thanks to @vanessafogg.bsky.social for including my summer camp horror, "Bunny Ears," on this great list.
PS: Don't miss Vanessa's new story collection, The House of Illusionists, out earlier this month from @interstellarflight.bsky.social!
PS: Don't miss Vanessa's new story collection, The House of Illusionists, out earlier this month from @interstellarflight.bsky.social!
Yes!!!
MYTHIC DELIRIUM returns w/ new books in 2026‼️
The 1st step toward that goal’s underway, w/ the forthcoming publication of Haralambi Markov’s debut collection of horror & Weird fiction THE LANGUAGE OF KNIVES. (Introduction by @annvandermeer.bsky.social!)
Sale link here! bit.ly/BoneSwans10th
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The 1st step toward that goal’s underway, w/ the forthcoming publication of Haralambi Markov’s debut collection of horror & Weird fiction THE LANGUAGE OF KNIVES. (Introduction by @annvandermeer.bsky.social!)
Sale link here! bit.ly/BoneSwans10th
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![MYTHIC DELIRIUM returns in 2026
At least that’s the goal! And the first phase is underway, with the forthcoming publication of Haralambi Markov’s debut collection of horror & Weird fiction, THE LANGUAGE OF KNIVES. (Introduction by Ann VanderMeer!)
In a celebration of Mythic Delirium-enabled debuts, we’ve made C.S.E. Cooney’s BONE SWANS—which turned 10 years old this year—Barbara Krasnoff’s THE HISTORY OF SOUL 2065, and Yukimi Ogawa’s LIKE SMOKE, LIKE LIGHT available at HUGE discounts [US Only] in e-book AND paperback editions, WITH pre-orders of LANGUAGE OF KNIVES + shipping costs included in the prices!
Please check it out & spread the word—all found here: https://bit.ly/BoneSwans10th](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:34kxslvwt3munerk3wppza6w/bafkreiftcu2krcb6ustnsonv7ez7x56udhhashfp6xtq7ol4qdtdzuumiy@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Yes!!!
My reading fell off a cliff these last 2 months, so this list is shorter than usual. But here are recent stories I loved, from @renanbernardo.com @isabel.kim @wiswell.bsky.social Testimony Odey @kristinaten.bsky.social and @champwongs.bsky.social
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Short fiction recs! Sept-Oct 2025
This reading round-up is shorter than usual, as I admit that my short fiction reading fell off a cliff these last two months, due to trave...
itsajumble.blogspot.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
My reading fell off a cliff these last 2 months, so this list is shorter than usual. But here are recent stories I loved, from @renanbernardo.com @isabel.kim @wiswell.bsky.social Testimony Odey @kristinaten.bsky.social and @champwongs.bsky.social
itsajumble.blogspot.com/2025/11/shor...
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BEEP BEEP BEEP WE HAVE A COVER
November 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
BEEP BEEP BEEP WE HAVE A COVER
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Need a little eco-horror in your life?
Haunted Ecologies is on sale over at Bookshop :)
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Haunted Ecologies is on sale over at Bookshop :)
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November 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Need a little eco-horror in your life?
Haunted Ecologies is on sale over at Bookshop :)
bookshop.org/p/books/haun...
Haunted Ecologies is on sale over at Bookshop :)
bookshop.org/p/books/haun...
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FFer Read of the Day: "When the Faerie King Toured the Human Realm" by @vanessafogg.bsky.social in @lightspeedmagazine.com
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When the Faerie King Toured the Human Realm - Lightspeed Magazine
When the Faerie King takes his tour of the human realm, he becomes---of course---a viral hit. The first posts and videos stream out from Shanghai, just after the New Year. He’s seen waiting patiently ...
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November 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
FFer Read of the Day: "When the Faerie King Toured the Human Realm" by @vanessafogg.bsky.social in @lightspeedmagazine.com
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/when...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/when...
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Book mail! Actually, this arrived on pub day but I wasn't home to receive it. I was so sorry to miss the book launch party! But now I'm home (at least, for a little while) so I'm eager to read! Vanessa's writing is always wonderful. 💜
@vanessafogg.bsky.social @interstellarflight.bsky.social
@vanessafogg.bsky.social @interstellarflight.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Book mail! Actually, this arrived on pub day but I wasn't home to receive it. I was so sorry to miss the book launch party! But now I'm home (at least, for a little while) so I'm eager to read! Vanessa's writing is always wonderful. 💜
@vanessafogg.bsky.social @interstellarflight.bsky.social
@vanessafogg.bsky.social @interstellarflight.bsky.social
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It’s here: the cover for the UK edition of VILE LADY VILLAINS, coming out April 02 2026 by Penguin Michael Joseph🖤
November 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
It’s here: the cover for the UK edition of VILE LADY VILLAINS, coming out April 02 2026 by Penguin Michael Joseph🖤