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Hannah Yang @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social · 22h

I’ve had the honor of workshopping this manuscript and I still think about Vesper and Ireika 🌸 plus look at this gorgeous art!!

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Hannah Yang @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social · 9d

honored to see "Brooklyn Beijing" in this roundup alongside so many excellent flash stories!

Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 13d

September MicroVerse roundup is out!

Flash Roundup * September 2025

A gathering of recent speculative flash & micro fiction, each presenting a tiny-yet-powerful universe. How tiny? About one-thousand words for flash; four-hundred words for micro. The word count…

mynachang.com

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · Sep 2

I love all the connections and disconnections in this @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social story in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social : www.uncannymagazine.com/article/broo...

Brooklyn Beijing - Uncanny Magazine

When Beijing appeared on the other side of the East River, you turned off your phone. Your friends had hoped for Paris, or Rome, or Santorini, so in the soft fog of their collective disappointment you...

www.uncannymagazine.com

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Hannah Yang @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social · Sep 3

What would you do if your city migrated to a different part of the world overnight?

My flash story “Brooklyn Beijing” is out today in Uncanny 🌉

Read it for free here: www.uncannymagazine.com/article/broo...

@uncannymagazine.bsky.social

Brooklyn Beijing - Uncanny Magazine

When Beijing appeared on the other side of the East River, you turned off your phone. Your friends had hoped for Paris, or Rome, or Santorini, so in the soft fog of their collective disappointment you...

www.uncannymagazine.com

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Hannah Yang @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social · Jul 11

Thank you so much!! 🥹

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C. M. Harmon @cmh-writes.bsky.social · Jul 9

Listen closely. Hannah is one of the most talented writers ever. And I mean ever. Go read all her stuff, she has linked to a lot of beautiful work on her profile. It’s the best thing you’ll do with your day!
(Also give her more awards they’re so well deserved!!)

Hannah Yang @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social · Jul 7

Shocked and delighted that my short story “Everything in the Garden Is Lovely” in @apexmag.bsky.social made the shortlist for the World Fantasy Award!!

World Fantasy 2025 @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social · Jul 7

The World Fantasy Awards 2025 shortlist is now out! Congratulations to all the finalists.

Please see the post on our website for the full list and more info: worldfantasy2025.co.uk/world-fantas...

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Hannah Yang @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social · Jul 11

😭💕 couldn’t do it without you!!

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Lesley Conner @lesleyconner.bsky.social · Jul 8

A huge congratulations to @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social! Her story "Everything in the Garden is Lovely" (@apexmag.bsky.social issue 143) has been shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award!!!

If you missed it, you can read Hannah's story here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

Everything in the Garden is Lovely

Now that I’ve failed as a woman, my punishment is to become a garden. I receive the verdict on a Sunday evening. They’re supposed...

www.apexbookcompany.com

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · Jul 8

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! 🎉🎉🎉

We are thrilled to congratulate @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social on her short fiction published in Apex Magazine Issue 143, "Everything in the Garden is Lovely," being chosen as a World Fantasy Award finalist!

www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

"Everything in the Garden is Lovely" by Hannah Yang a World Fantasy Award finalist!

"Everything in the Garden is Lovely" by Hannah Yang from Apex Magazine Issue 143 is a World Fantasy Award finalist in the short...

www.apexbookcompany.com

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Hannah Yang @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social · Jul 7

Shocked and delighted that my short story “Everything in the Garden Is Lovely” in @apexmag.bsky.social made the shortlist for the World Fantasy Award!!

World Fantasy 2025 @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social · Jul 7

The World Fantasy Awards 2025 shortlist is now out! Congratulations to all the finalists.

Please see the post on our website for the full list and more info: worldfantasy2025.co.uk/world-fantas...

World Fantasy Awards Shortlists – World Fantasy Convention 2025

worldfantasy2025.co.uk

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Hannah Yang @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social · May 30

Contract signed! I was smiling so big when I got my first acceptance email from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 🥹

Look out for my flash story “Brooklyn Beijing,” about the migration of an entire city, in a future issue 👀

#amwriting

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Washington Post Opinions @postopinions.bsky.social · May 9

"The rich are buying bunkers," Christian Ruhl and @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social write.

As the threat of global catastrophe — especially the risk of another devastating pandemic — grows, the world’s wealthiest people are preparing for the worst: wapo.st/4iXhTei

Opinion | The Jet Set has a survival plan. What about the rest of us?

We need a new civil defense, tailored to the unprecedented threats we face today.

wapo.st

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Jennifer Hudak @jenniferhudak.bsky.social · Apr 17

I am in awe of this story. How it made me so uncomfortable, and so seen at the same time. How it doesn't offer any easy answers and yet still feels so complete. So, so good.

Hannah Yang @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social · Apr 15

Publication day!!!

My short story “Pandora’s Formula”—about how we love each other at the end of the world—is out today in @strangehorizons.bsky.social 💛

strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

Pandora's Formula

The formula for how to end the world got published the same day I married the girl who used to bully me in middle school. We found out about it the morning after, on the first day of our honeymoon …

strangehorizons.com

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Hannah Yang @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social · Apr 20

Thank you so much, Angel! That made my day ☺️

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Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · Apr 17

Pandora's Formula
by Hannah Yang @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social

"The formula for how to end the world got published the same day I married the girl who used to bully me in middle school."

Read the full story at the link to the latest issue in our bio!

FICTION

Pandora's Formula
by Hannah Yang

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"The formula for how to end the world got published the same day I married the girl who used to bully me in middle school.

We found out about it the morning after, on the first day of our honeymoon in Cozumel."

14 April 2025
Strange Horizons

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Kat / K. A. Tutin @mskatutin.bsky.social · Apr 15

Just finished reading! Enjoyed this one immensely.

Hannah Yang @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social · Apr 15

Publication day!!!

My short story “Pandora’s Formula”—about how we love each other at the end of the world—is out today in @strangehorizons.bsky.social 💛

strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

Pandora's Formula

The formula for how to end the world got published the same day I married the girl who used to bully me in middle school. We found out about it the morning after, on the first day of our honeymoon …

strangehorizons.com

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Hannah Yang @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social · Apr 16

Thank you MR!

Hannah Yang @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social · Apr 16

This is the first time I’ve had two new publications back to back! My short story “The Octopus Dreams of Personhood,” about a girl who lets an octopus take over her body periodically, is out today in Diabolical Plots 👀💛

Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · Apr 16

New fiction day!
"The Octopus Dreams of Personhood" by Hannah Yang @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social
(It is a weird one, you're going to love it!)
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-122b-the-...

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Hannah Yang @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social · Apr 15

Publication day!!!

My short story “Pandora’s Formula”—about how we love each other at the end of the world—is out today in @strangehorizons.bsky.social 💛

strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

Pandora's Formula

The formula for how to end the world got published the same day I married the girl who used to bully me in middle school. We found out about it the morning after, on the first day of our honeymoon …

strangehorizons.com

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Hannah Yang @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social · Apr 5

New contract signed!

I’m thrilled to announce that my short story “Pandora’s Formula,” about a populist way to end the world, will be my first work published in @strangehorizons.bsky.social 💛

#WritingCommunity

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WWCD 🐙 @drhbh.bsky.social · Nov 13

“Now that I’ve failed as a woman, my punishment is to become a garden.”
—Hannah Young @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social,
“Everything in the Garden is Lovely”

Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · Apr 14

“Everything in the Garden is Lovely” by @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social has a stunner of an opening line and builds into a beautiful and sobering tale of society’s valuation of womanhood apex-magazine.com/short-fictio...

Everything in the Garden is Lovely - Apex Magazine

Now that I’ve failed as a woman, my punishment is to become a garden.

apex-magazine.com

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Hannah Yang @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social · Apr 5

Hi Mahmud! I just saw this post because I haven’t been on Bluesky lately - I’m so happy to hear that your reading club chose and loved “Eating Bitterness” ☺️ that means a lot to me!

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · Mar 31

Our next iteration of our series The Storytellers is here! Watch @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social read original short story A Monster in the Shape of a Boy on our YouTube channel! Link in bio
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The Storytellers: Hannah Yang Reads A Monster in the Shape of a Boy

Locus Magazine is happy to present a reading of "A Monster in the Shape of a Boy" by Hannah Yang!! You can view other author readings on our channel at @LocusMagazine and visit https://locusmag.com for all things science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Don't forget to like and subscribe! Originally

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Hannah Yang @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social · Apr 5

honored to share that my short story “Inheritance” has been translated into Spanish ☺️

Crononauta @crononauta.es · Apr 1

🪐 Ya disponible, en Aanuk, el relato de abril: «Herencia», de @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social, un relato de #cienciaficción sobre la familia, la maleabilidad de los recuerdos y la sanación de heridas.

¿Te quedarías con los recuerdos de tus padres tras su muerte? Os dejamos con la sinopsis.👇
#litesky

Imagen con fondo de color salmón. Pone el título del relato, la autora y la traductora.

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Hannah Yang @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social · Aug 16

Still thinking about this incredibly kind message a reader left me on my website contact form 🥹

If you love a short story, let the author know - you’ll probably make their day 💛

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