D.A. Xiaolin Spires

Congrats!
Now I'm intrigued about who these mothers are and why I won't ever meet them!

Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and birds that fly above the earth across the expanse of sky P H Lee returns to The Sunday Morning Transport this week with a yearning and a satisfaction

The Sunday Morning Transport moves in new ways today with a story from P H Lee (p-h-lee.bsky.social) that examines the gaps in a contented life. Read a sample or subscribe so you don't miss the ending!

Happy to announce that my short story, "Strawberries," is forthcoming in Sunday Morning Transport!
@morningtransport.bsky.social

I was inspired by accounts of Japanese internment & strawberry fields left behind.

I also visited a historical interment camp in Hawai'i—it was sobering & edifying.

Happy to announce that my scifaiku, "sutures pop," is forthcoming in Star*Line!

-with thanks to editor John Reinhart and the team!
@sfpoetry.bsky.social

Happy Lunar New Year... of the Horse!
(gallops away, leaving prints of snow...)

^^ an allusion to:
「山迴路轉不見君，雪上空留馬行處。」

岑參, c. 715–770
(Tang dynasty poem)

Eligibility post:

I’m Hugo-eligible for Best Fan Writer for my blogging at Tar Vol On and work facilitating discussion for the Hugo Readalong and Short Fiction Book Club

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Thank you for the read and kind words!

Chip by D.A. Xiaolin Spires Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

“Chip” by @spires.bsky.social is a friendly AI story with enough conflict to lend a bit more heft than such stories often have clarkesworldmagazine.com/spires_02_26

Dasher and Prancer and...? (j/k)

Some Queer Short SFF - December 2025 | Charles Payseur Get more from Charles Payseur on Patreon

🏳️‍🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - DECEMBER 2025🏳️‍🌈
I round up over 40 stories by @mruthrobinson.bsky.social @ashvalewrites.bsky.social @elijah.mea.rs @rj-sterling.bsky.social @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social @jamesbennett.bsky.social @ellisnyeland.bsky.social & MORE!!!
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Happy to announce that my novelette, "Piece de Resistance," is forthcoming in Clarkesworld! Yay!

@clarkesworldmagazine.com

Got my contributor copy for the Winter 2026 issue of Star*Line magazine!

My poem, "digging for time," is in here alongside other wonderful nuggets of poetry!

...and look at that robot go, typing away!! (about the cover)

-with thanks to John Reinhart and the staff!

@sfpoetry.bsky.social

Aw, thank you so much for your kind words!

New story "Chip" out in Clarkesworld... exploring a car AI and approaches to food and tourism.

And lovely to share a TOC with some wonderful authors.

-with thanks to Neil Clarke and the editorial team

Lovely to share a TOC!

My story, "The Last Anthropologist," is now available to read in ParSec!

--with thanks to Editor Ian Whates & the editorial team
very cool cover by Ben Baldwin
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Thank you!

My concrete poem, "paper crane wishes", is now available to read in SpecPoVerse.

specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...

-with thanks to Editor Miguel O. Mitchell & the editoral team
@miguelmitchell.bsky.social

My poem, "digging for time" is now available to read with the purchase of Star*Line 49.1 (Winter 2026).

-with thanks to Editor John Reinhart & the editorial team
sfpoetry.org/wp/starline/...

New Star*Line out today. Honoured to be featured along with the likes of @spires.bsky.social, @bethcato.bsky.social, @marysoonlee.bsky.social, @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social and many other fantastic poets! #poetry

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Nice touch!
@spires.bsky.social

Learn More

"Mixology for Humanity's Sake"
www.infinivoxsf.com/robots-ai-3

"Symbiosis"
www.infinivoxsf.com/space-time-4

"Luminous Glass, Vibrant Seeds"
www.infinivoxsf.com/hard-sf-9

Sale ends Jan. 7th:
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Cover of ParSec Magazine. Features humanoid figure with disco globe head and horns.

Available now from PS Publishing, issue #15 of ParSec featuring stories by @lavietidhar.bsky.social @garygibsonsf.bsky.social RB Kelly, @dergullen.bsky.social ❤️
@priya101.bsky.social @lisafransson.bsky.social @spires.bsky.social @starkholborn.bsky.social
and me. pspublishing.co.uk/parsec-digit...

Thank you!

3)Jade Fighter by @spires.bsky.social: Ling enters virtual dojo for taichi and other arts. She befriends an NPC that dreams of gaining agency and breaking out into the real world. Pleasant mix of reality and ethereality.

Learn More
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I was between B and D...
but figured it out!

B is definitely the Borg, but wasn't sure if Spock used it, too, at some point! (apparently not!)

The Year's Top Robot and AI Stories #6 at a glance. YouTube video

Bot and Roll!

The Year’s Top Robot and AI Stories #6
www.infinivoxsf.com/robots-ai-6

Some updates!

I have a concrete poem "paper crane wishes" coming in Specpoverse, drabbun coming in a Hiraeth Publishing anthology, poem "digging for time" coming in Star*Line, poems in Samjoko & forthcoming, and poetry out in Scifaikuest!

@samjokomagazine.bsky.social
@miguelmitchell.bsky.social

Marshmallows by D.A. Xiaolin Spires It’s the first day of December, which means out go all those pesky oranges—no more pumpkin pies, gobbling turkeys, an...

In this early Christmas story, an interruption in the augmented reality subscription that keeps Chunfei from seeing any unpleasantness on her way to work leads to an unexpected encounter. “Marshmallows”, by D.A. Xiaolin Spires. @spires.bsky.social, www.mysteriononline.com/2025/11/mars...

My story, "The Last Anthropologist," is forthcoming in ParSec!

The sci-fi story draws from my research as an anthropologist and includes androids/animatronics!