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Lucy Zhang

@dango-ramen

Anime fan. Writer. Software engineer. Editor @hfr.bsky.social, @vestalreview.bsky.social, @pitheadchapel.bsky.social. https://lucyzhang.tech

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06.03.2026 00:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We are so happy to share that Tendon’s Issue 08: Care is now live! Our deepest thanks to everyone involved in making this issue a reality. Read here today: hopkinsmedicalhumanities.org/tendon-magaz...

Artwork: Nina Violette, Mother and Daughter, watercolor and digital drawing, France 2022.

16.02.2026 13:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you Chelsea πŸ₯°

23.02.2026 21:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you Pat ❀️

23.02.2026 21:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you Matt πŸ’•

12.02.2026 22:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
An arabian/asian architectually inspired city stronghold sits on a dusky desert mountainside. A large gray spaceship is tethered to it by cables. At the bottom an exotic caravan is kicking up dust. All oranges and red under a mauve/blue sky.

An arabian/asian architectually inspired city stronghold sits on a dusky desert mountainside. A large gray spaceship is tethered to it by cables. At the bottom an exotic caravan is kicking up dust. All oranges and red under a mauve/blue sky.

The second story for our 2026 Hard SF, invite only, anthology "The Glorious Melancholy of Urgency" has arrived from @mteasdalewriter.bsky.social. Settling down to read the draft now. Sydney Sackett and @dango-ramen.bsky.social are hard at work as well.

25.01.2026 21:37 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our spring submission window is now open, 2/1 through 5/15! Let's see what you've got!

vestalreview.net/guidelines

01.02.2026 18:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Green flier announcing Flash Frog being open. 1,000 words max. Pays $25. Free to sub. flash-frog.com. There’s a green frog with bright orange eyes poking its head out from the right.

Green flier announcing Flash Frog being open. 1,000 words max. Pays $25. Free to sub. flash-frog.com. There’s a green frog with bright orange eyes poking its head out from the right.

01.02.2026 20:41 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

A new flash by yours truly, on All The Feelings of finding out you're going to have a boy πŸ‘¦πŸ»
Thank you @flashfrog.bsky.social and @ericscottryon.bsky.social for giving this a home!
flash-frog.com/2026/01/12/b...

12.01.2026 18:18 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

I have a short essay out in @thesunlightpress.bsky.social written only a few months back, but those months feel like years. πŸ˜†
www.thesunlightpress.com/2026/01/04/2...

06.01.2026 16:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy new year and congratulations to our 2026 best small fictions nominations!

@marioaliberto3.bsky.social Anna Schachner J.D. Strunk @francinewitte.bsky.social @eileentomarchio.bsky.social

03.01.2026 06:02 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4

I swear my writing productivity post-baby feels like 1 word every 18 years.

20.12.2025 22:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our winter 2025 issue is here!

vestalreview.net/issue-67

We've got the latest by: @marioaliberto3.bsky.social, Alisa Golden, @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social, L. F. Khouri, @mattleibel.bsky.social, @skyskkyy.bsky.social, Jennifer Met, Manuel Moyano, James Womack, @emilyrinkema.bsky.social, +

08.12.2025 08:34 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4
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I have a new piece in The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts. Not at all inspired by my preggo paranoia 😜

matterpress.com/journal/2025...

28.11.2025 18:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Submission Guidelines β€” Vestal Review

We were going to type, "Only three more weeks till we close for fall submissions!" but that was two days ago, so now it's only 19 days. Please send us your best by the end of November: www.vestalreview.net/guidelines

11.11.2025 08:31 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you πŸ₯°

09.11.2025 17:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you πŸ’•

09.11.2025 17:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fidelity - fiction by Lucy Zhang I left our husband’s body where I found it: in front of the redwood desk, head slumped over a stack of papers and a dried ballpoint pen. I made tea by squeezing the milky sap from poppies into...

I have a flash fiction story in @thebitterwolf.bsky.social! On the art of husband killing, birds, and tea β˜•οΈ www.realbitterwolf.com/the-bitter-w...

07.11.2025 19:28 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
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It's a Halloween Gift for us! Aurora: Tales of Winter Dreams is the #1 New Holiday Release!
This collection of magic, folklore, fantasy and poetry centering around the dreaming dark of winter is available Tuesday! Presale up now!
amzn.to/4nw7t7O

31.10.2025 18:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Submission Guidelines β€” Vestal Review

We've been at this business for years, but to encounter a way cool story in our submissions stack still brings an almost indescribable joy. We just accepted two more for our December issue. Keep 'em coming, please. www.vestalreview.net/guidelines #flashfiction

25.10.2025 20:23 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Terminal β€” Oyster River Pages

I have a flash piece in @oysterriverpages.bsky.social. On cats and their dubious nine lives 🐱 πŸ˜„

www.oysterriverpages.com/terminal

19.09.2025 15:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you Pat πŸ₯°

01.09.2025 17:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social for publishing this flash of mine!

On mice and experimental procedures and things 🐁
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/zhang/mea...

27.08.2025 01:46 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Snake Son, Lucy Zhang, Issue 16.2 Snake Son My boy slipped out like a snake rather than human. I had thought I’d be having a daughter like my mother and grandmother and great grandmother, cursed with girls they’d craft into paper p…

I have a flash piece about a snake, baby, and...uncontained brain(?) in Barely South Review 🐍
barelysouthreview.com/snake-son-lu...

14.06.2025 17:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much for reading and sharing!

02.06.2025 19:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have a story in this beautiful issue of @iselemagazine.bsky.social πŸ’•
On life, death, time, and all the things that pass πŸ•°οΈ
iselemagazine.com/2025/04/30/lon…

23.05.2025 01:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I have a new flash story in @flashpointsf.bsky.social 🧠😊

13.04.2025 03:55 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Unstable Relationship - Exposition Review by Lucy Zhang Flash Fiction Β  We’re making papier-mΓ’chΓ© birds in art class, ripping strips of newspaper and smearing glue over our fingers. Albatross females lay only one egg, and those whose eggs don...

Upon the last few days of our first #Flash405 writing contest of 2025, we're rereading @dango-ramen.bsky.social's flash fiction from our "Flux" issue: expositionreview.com/issues/vol-v..., along with her "Flight" winners: expositionreview.com/2023/07/flas.... #ExpoContributor #ExpoFam #ExpoReview

28.02.2025 05:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Our amazing intern Evangeline Lim put together a great collection of pieces about love for your Valentine's Day! Check out work by @samforbreakfast.bsky.social @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social @rpmirabella.bsky.social @dango-ramen.bsky.social & MORE!

14.02.2025 16:39 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Valentine's Day from The Cincinnati Review! To celebrate the day, we've assembled a roundup of our miCRos about love, romance, and sex, including work by @amorak.bsky.social, @dango-ramen.bsky.social, @dinahcox.bsky.social, @davidwrites1.bsky.social, and others. Link in first comment.

14.02.2025 16:10 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1