Mary Fan
@astralcolt.bsky.social
YA & sci-fi/fantasy writer based in Jersey City. Author of Stronger than a Bronze Dragon, Starswept, and Artificial Absolutes. Co-editor of Brave New Girls. Life-long theater kid and proud circus freak.
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Mary Fan
@astralcolt.bsky.social
· Nov 16
HELLO, BLUE SKY! For those of you who don’t know me, I’m a YA & sci-fi/fantasy author and anthology editor, mostly of books and stories about intrepid Asian heroines 🦸🏻♀️ . More on my website: www.maryfan.com
I’m also an amateur aerialist, recreational kickboxer, and semi-professional choir alto. 🥊🎪🎶
I’m also an amateur aerialist, recreational kickboxer, and semi-professional choir alto. 🥊🎪🎶
BIG PUBLISHING ANNOUNCEMENT*
I'm starting a publishing house called Only Fan Press. Because I will be the only one doing everything. I'll write all the books. And edit. And format. And covers. And marketing and distribution and, why not, printing and binding too.
*not really everything here is a lie
I'm starting a publishing house called Only Fan Press. Because I will be the only one doing everything. I'll write all the books. And edit. And format. And covers. And marketing and distribution and, why not, printing and binding too.
*not really everything here is a lie
August 19, 2025 at 4:07 AM
BIG PUBLISHING ANNOUNCEMENT*
I'm starting a publishing house called Only Fan Press. Because I will be the only one doing everything. I'll write all the books. And edit. And format. And covers. And marketing and distribution and, why not, printing and binding too.
*not really everything here is a lie
I'm starting a publishing house called Only Fan Press. Because I will be the only one doing everything. I'll write all the books. And edit. And format. And covers. And marketing and distribution and, why not, printing and binding too.
*not really everything here is a lie
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Add the #SystemaParadoxa series to your reading list! Lots of fantastic cryptofiction to be had! buff.ly/Fn1kH7U @kradec.bsky.social @astralcolt.bsky.social @carolgyzander.bsky.social @mothman13.bsky.social @mrgreenberger.bsky.social @gryphonrose.bsky.social @dmcphail.bsky.social #cryptids #monsters
July 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Add the #SystemaParadoxa series to your reading list! Lots of fantastic cryptofiction to be had! buff.ly/Fn1kH7U @kradec.bsky.social @astralcolt.bsky.social @carolgyzander.bsky.social @mothman13.bsky.social @mrgreenberger.bsky.social @gryphonrose.bsky.social @dmcphail.bsky.social #cryptids #monsters
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Not all is as it seems when high-school student Jenny Chen captures a glimpse of an unbelievable creature when filming in the woods near Princeton. The danger, though? That’s real enough. buff.ly/dITyIZ0 @astralcolt.bsky.social #MantisMan #FoundFootage @dmcphail.bsky.social
Found Footage by Mary Fan | eSpec Books
(If you are placing a digital-only order, please email us before placing your orderfor a discount code to remove the shipping.)There are creatures lurking in our world. Obscure creatures long…
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July 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Not all is as it seems when high-school student Jenny Chen captures a glimpse of an unbelievable creature when filming in the woods near Princeton. The danger, though? That’s real enough. buff.ly/dITyIZ0 @astralcolt.bsky.social #MantisMan #FoundFootage @dmcphail.bsky.social
Our latest #BraveNewGirls antho is out now! Smart is the new superpower in this collection of short stories about tech-savvy girls in sci-fi worlds. Proceeds from sales are donated to the Society of Women Engineers! books2read.com/bravenewgirls9
July 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Our latest #BraveNewGirls antho is out now! Smart is the new superpower in this collection of short stories about tech-savvy girls in sci-fi worlds. Proceeds from sales are donated to the Society of Women Engineers! books2read.com/bravenewgirls9
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The camera doesn’t lie… but it does hold secrets. The same goes for ruthless scientists looking for truth from unsanctioned sources. Beware the innocent students that get in their way. Get Found Footage by Mary Fan buff.ly/sQWwj3r @astralcolt.bsky.social #MantisMan #cryptids @dmcphail.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The camera doesn’t lie… but it does hold secrets. The same goes for ruthless scientists looking for truth from unsanctioned sources. Beware the innocent students that get in their way. Get Found Footage by Mary Fan buff.ly/sQWwj3r @astralcolt.bsky.social #MantisMan #cryptids @dmcphail.bsky.social
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Debuting at @shoreleavecon.bsky.social this weekend: PRISM: THE MISSION FILES ed. by Hildy Silverman w/stories by me @astralcolt.bsky.social @paulkupperberg.bsky.social @cdanabbott.bsky.social @daytonward.bsky.social & more!
If you're not at the con, you can order the book online!
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If you're not at the con, you can order the book online!
a.co/d/gj1z9y0
PRISM: The Mission Files: Silverman, Hildy, Rosenberg, Aaron, Colchamiro, Russ, Thorne, Geoffrey, Fan, Mary, Ward, Dayton, DeCandido, Keith R.A., Abbott, Christopher D., Greenberger, Robert, Kupperber...
PRISM: The Mission Files [Silverman, Hildy, Rosenberg, Aaron, Colchamiro, Russ, Thorne, Geoffrey, Fan, Mary, Ward, Dayton, DeCandido, Keith R.A., Abbott, Christopher D., Greenberger, Robert, Kupperber...
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July 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Debuting at @shoreleavecon.bsky.social this weekend: PRISM: THE MISSION FILES ed. by Hildy Silverman w/stories by me @astralcolt.bsky.social @paulkupperberg.bsky.social @cdanabbott.bsky.social @daytonward.bsky.social & more!
If you're not at the con, you can order the book online!
a.co/d/gj1z9y0
If you're not at the con, you can order the book online!
a.co/d/gj1z9y0
Been meaning to dive into the other stories in this anthology for a minute… excited to revisit the Phenomenons!
June 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Been meaning to dive into the other stories in this anthology for a minute… excited to revisit the Phenomenons!
Unplugging from the world tonight 📖
June 27, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Unplugging from the world tonight 📖
Just proofed my stories for PRISM! Can’t wait to share this 1980s retro spy thriller with y’all!
June 21, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Just proofed my stories for PRISM! Can’t wait to share this 1980s retro spy thriller with y’all!
Been a minute since I made this shape on static trapeze 🎪
June 11, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Been a minute since I made this shape on static trapeze 🎪
So excited for this anthology!!!
Check out the fancy cover for PRISM, the upcoming anthology from @crazy8press.bsky.social, which now features the full author lineup including those of us who are stretch goal participants. If all goes to plan it'll debut at @shoreleavecon.bsky.social next month!
June 11, 2025 at 4:03 AM
So excited for this anthology!!!
Me doing aerials Eska getting brushed
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“What other side???”
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“What other side???”
June 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Me doing aerials Eska getting brushed
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“What other side???”
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“What other side???”
Dang revisiting a fantasy world you first started building over a decade ago is hard… There’s all this mythology that I’m sure I could’ve rattled off back then but now I feel like I’m studying a history of places I made up 😅
May 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Dang revisiting a fantasy world you first started building over a decade ago is hard… There’s all this mythology that I’m sure I could’ve rattled off back then but now I feel like I’m studying a history of places I made up 😅
Cozy cabin getaway for the long weekend 🧙
May 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Cozy cabin getaway for the long weekend 🧙
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On the blog: my schedule for @treklongisland.bsky.social next weekend in Hauppauge, New York! All kinds of crazy stuff with @bobgreenberger.bsky.social @dattico.bsky.social @astralcolt.bsky.social @gryphonrose.bsky.social and a whole mess of others.
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my Trek Long Island schedule
I will be returning to Trek Long Island next weekend for their third convention. Held at the Hyatt Regency Long Island in Hauppauge, New York, this Trek convention is full of wonderful guests, incl…
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May 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
On the blog: my schedule for @treklongisland.bsky.social next weekend in Hauppauge, New York! All kinds of crazy stuff with @bobgreenberger.bsky.social @dattico.bsky.social @astralcolt.bsky.social @gryphonrose.bsky.social and a whole mess of others.
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They say being a writer means giving yourself homework for the rest of your life…
So here I am, thinking about completing an assignment I first set for myself in 2014… or was it 2013? Anyway, I finally published Windborn in 2020 and I’ve been meaning to get back to that world ever since.
So here I am, thinking about completing an assignment I first set for myself in 2014… or was it 2013? Anyway, I finally published Windborn in 2020 and I’ve been meaning to get back to that world ever since.
May 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
They say being a writer means giving yourself homework for the rest of your life…
So here I am, thinking about completing an assignment I first set for myself in 2014… or was it 2013? Anyway, I finally published Windborn in 2020 and I’ve been meaning to get back to that world ever since.
So here I am, thinking about completing an assignment I first set for myself in 2014… or was it 2013? Anyway, I finally published Windborn in 2020 and I’ve been meaning to get back to that world ever since.
Normally I’d be writing a triumphant “OMG it’s finished” post upon completing a short story but this one is so late it’s more like “ugh, finally!” Still, writing 2 9k-10k word short stories in 1 month ain’t bad… and now I’m deadline free!
May 1, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Normally I’d be writing a triumphant “OMG it’s finished” post upon completing a short story but this one is so late it’s more like “ugh, finally!” Still, writing 2 9k-10k word short stories in 1 month ain’t bad… and now I’m deadline free!
Out of sorts because I was gonna work on one short story but turns out I don’t have what I need for that, so I should just work on a different project… but my creative brain was still in the first one and I can’t seem to make it switch 😫
April 24, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Out of sorts because I was gonna work on one short story but turns out I don’t have what I need for that, so I should just work on a different project… but my creative brain was still in the first one and I can’t seem to make it switch 😫
Played TKTS roulette and ended up seeing a play I otherwise wouldn’t have known about (because I’m woefully ignorant about these kinds of things), and I loved it! Retrograde is a sharp and witty play about a meeting between Sidney Poitier, a “good liberal” writer, and a cutthroat studio exec
April 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Played TKTS roulette and ended up seeing a play I otherwise wouldn’t have known about (because I’m woefully ignorant about these kinds of things), and I loved it! Retrograde is a sharp and witty play about a meeting between Sidney Poitier, a “good liberal” writer, and a cutthroat studio exec
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I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
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I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
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April 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Did someone say STRETCH? 😉 We’ve hit our initial Kickstarter goal for PRISM, a collection of spy thriller tales, but we’ve got some amazing stretch goal authors waiting in the wings! Let’s invite them to the party, shall we? 😁
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pri...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pri...
April 1, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Did someone say STRETCH? 😉 We’ve hit our initial Kickstarter goal for PRISM, a collection of spy thriller tales, but we’ve got some amazing stretch goal authors waiting in the wings! Let’s invite them to the party, shall we? 😁
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pri...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pri...
Spent the weekend at #AWP25, where I spoke on a panel with Andrew K Hoe and Frankie Huang on positionality in publishing — a complex topic with no easy answers. Also listened in on some panels and talks, including Roxane Gay’s keynote
March 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Spent the weekend at #AWP25, where I spoke on a panel with Andrew K Hoe and Frankie Huang on positionality in publishing — a complex topic with no easy answers. Also listened in on some panels and talks, including Roxane Gay’s keynote
Been in Middle Earth the past few weeks 🧝🏻♀️
March 14, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Been in Middle Earth the past few weeks 🧝🏻♀️