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Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social · 9h

Truly the greatest compliment

Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social · 10h

Thank you so much 🥹🥹🥹

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Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social · 10h

All credit goes to my CW2024 cohort. This is my week 6 story and our brains have undergone enough stewing together that I've been inspired by all the elements of everyone's work. This is the most irreverent, yet most faithfully Buddhist story I've ever written. I couldn't have done it without y'all.

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Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social · 10h

WE MAKING IT OUT OF THE CYCLE OF SAMSARA WITH THIS ONE

The Good Place X The Wolf of Wall Street set in the Thai-Buddhist heaven. I hope you enjoy this absurd, divine comedy!

Thank you @malf.bsky.social for the opportunity to gush about the Traibhumikatha and Wenjing Yang for the godlike art!!

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 10h

A minor deva drudging away in the gleaming offices of Buddhist heaven discovers there are easier ways to improve his karma than kind thoughts and spiritual deeds.

"Where the Hell Is Nirvana?" by @champwongs.bsky.social is out now at Reactor!

Art by Wenjing Yang
Edited by @malf.bsky.social

Where the Hell Is Nirvana? - Reactor

A minor deva drudging away in the gleaming offices of Buddhist heaven discovers there are easier ways to improve his karma than kind thoughts and spiritual deeds.

reactormag.com

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Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social · 11d

I can't wait to play it 🥺 Witchcraft and dark magic let's goooo

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Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social · 13d

Please search 'Ferrari hit-and-run scandal Thailand'

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Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social · 13d

Disappointed that none of my Western readers have discovered my main inspiration for Autogas Ferryman yet, I need to share the interview.

All the Thai folks immediately recognise the reference, but the world must also know.

Author Spotlight: Champ Wongsatayanont - Nightmare Magazine

The thing that got me excited to write this story is the jaded and familiar voice of Bangkok taxi drivers. They’re my biggest driver, literally. Taxis decorated for spiritual protection aren’t such an...

www.nightmare-magazine.com

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Sasha Ravitch ☄️ @sasharavitch.bsky.social · 14d

HEY NEW WRITING COMING OUT IN A MONTH FROM MOI

if you love experimental sapphic religious horror you're in luck!

(s)crawl literary magazine @scrawlmagazine.bsky.social · 14d

read the rest of “the serpent finds eve in every lifetime; or, GARDEN REVISITED” by sasha ravitch (@sasharavitch.bsky.social) in issue no. 01 of (s)crawl on 10.26.25

#scrawlmagazine #litmag #horrorwriters #horrorlit

greyscale graphic showing a portion of a human skull.
overlaid text says:
FIRST LINES
God help me l have never loved anything as much as her, I have never loved anyone this much and I cannot stop eating her ...
the serpent finds eve in every lifetime; or, GARDEN REVISITED
Sasha Ravitch

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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 14d

You’re pushed on by numbers and punitive measures: pain, rejection, and unpaid bills. You can either play or you can crawl under a boat and waste away -- turn into salt or a flock of seagulls. Your enemies would love that. Or you can fight. The only way to load the dice is to keep on fighting.

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Leigh Loveday @leighloveday.bsky.social · 15d

Great fun. Yes, it's about grief and futility and mangled car crash ghosts, but somehow also incredibly charming.

Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social · Sep 7

I guess a taxi ghost story is my debut into professional publishing!

I hope you enjoy the notorious scandal twist and the Southeast Asian noir flavour.

Read the story here!
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/auto...
(1/5)

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Yuming Li @yumingart.bsky.social · 15d

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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 14d

STEBAN, THE STUDENT COMMUNIST - “In dark times, should the stars also go out?”

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 22d

Writers! apply today for 2-6 weeks in @banffcentre.bsky.social's Leighton Studios; a great chance to finish that manuscript, start new thoughts, and gain some solitude and brain-space: www.banffcentre.ca/programs/int...

Leighton Artist Studio Residency: Solo 26/27

The Solo residency offers multiple dates for self-directed creative retreats in Banff, with private studios for individual research and project development.

www.banffcentre.ca

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Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social · 18d

It's a team effort!

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Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social · 18d

BRANDING is real

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Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social · 18d

Thanks to @joberry.bsky.social for the idea and thanks to @kercoby.bsky.social the photographer

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Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social · 18d

Insight gained from Banff Sci-Fi Residency has planted eyes inside my brain. Thanks to my cohort leader @aijiang.bsky.social, and mentors @amalelmohtar.com and @premeemohamed.com who have been so generous with their time, energy and wisdom. Everyone has been awesome and unforgettable!

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Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social · 19d

Thank you so much 🫶🏼 We're so proud to improve your horror resistance throughout this residency

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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 19d

I laughed out loud several times reading this story, and then at the end got all teary. What a lovely piece @champwongs.bsky.social!!! www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/auto...

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...

www.nightmare-magazine.com

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Sasha Ravitch ☄️ @sasharavitch.bsky.social · 24d

@champwongs.bsky.social is a rockstar

Kiera Lesley @kieralesley.bsky.social · 24d

Fave short fiction read this week was this banger of a poignant ghost story from @champwongs.bsky.social in Nightmare. Layered motifs, strong characterisation and a deft ending. Well worth your time

www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/auto...

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Kiera Lesley @kieralesley.bsky.social · 24d

Fave short fiction read this week was this banger of a poignant ghost story from @champwongs.bsky.social in Nightmare. Layered motifs, strong characterisation and a deft ending. Well worth your time

www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/auto...

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Kelly Robson @kellyrobson.com · 28d

This story by @champwongs.bsky.social, holy shit.

www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/auto...

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...

www.nightmare-magazine.com

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P H Lee 🪬 @p-h-lee.bsky.social · Sep 8

good story.

Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social · Sep 7

I guess a taxi ghost story is my debut into professional publishing!

I hope you enjoy the notorious scandal twist and the Southeast Asian noir flavour.

Read the story here!
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/auto...
(1/5)

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Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social · 20d

Thank you so much!! So happy that you got everything I was going for 😊

Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social · 28d

Thank you 🥹 I'm so glad you liked it 🙏🏼

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