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Joel Hans
@joelhans.com
Author of THE BEDTIME EMPTYING OF OUR WORLD (Feb 2026, Moon City Press + Short Fiction Award)

Forever writing fairy tales in speculative/weird/SFesque disguises.
Dad-ing.
Materializing @astrolabe.ooo.

https://joelhans.com
Also, I finished reading your book about 2 weeks ago and really loved it—so cool to see how this place, varied as it already is, inspired such a different approach to place.
January 12, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Thanks so much! I love seeing so many AZ folks with books out recently or soon… the community is so strong right now.
January 12, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Thanks so much Scott! And congrats on the new gig! I hope we’ll find another time & place in the weird world of conferences to catch up
January 12, 2026 at 10:32 PM
And to give you just *one* reason to consider it for now, I had to include an incredibly kind blurb from Kate Bernheimer, who led me into a new understanding of fairy tales and what they mean for my writing, and so much else~~
January 12, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Thanks so much for sharing this one again! The voids are indeed *much* fun when they're complete mysteries.
December 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Reposted by Joel Hans
27. Eek I forgot to mention the excellent "Mouth, Wormhole, Window" by @joelhans.com, which I love for a lot of reasons unrelated to this but, as a lesson: If there's an interdimensional void in the backyard, I don't need any infodumping as to how it got here.

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Issue #25
“Breathing Under Ice” by Phoebe Billups: sisterhood / inheriting the volcano / what lies beneath”Dear New Tenant” by Jaq Evans: respawning sisters / sign the lease / going t…
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December 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
💚 Unbelievably excited to tackle the rest of the process now that the cover is out the door!
November 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
💚 Thank you!
November 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM
So happy to hear that! And for the other message Mike beamed over to me this afternoon from you, thank you a million 💚
November 25, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Yes, Mike and I were just talking readings and whatnot! It'll be my first one in... 10 years??? And thank you so much!
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Thank you! So glad I found a good place within for the crows/time story you all published at Atlas + Alice!
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Thank you! 💚 And I owe you an email!!
November 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Thank you Sarah! What a joy to see it all come together.
November 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Thank you!! Arizona fiction forever! 🌵
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM