@loislkchan
follower of Christ, chinese canadian writer, and all around lurker of bookstores 🧑🌾 pubs in yuzu lit, gingerbread house lit mag, and flash fiction mag 🦪 asst. editor for augur magazine/tales and feathers; first reader for prism international
SO lucky to have been an asst. editor for this dreamy and limina issue for @quratdar.bsky.social 's poem about everyone's favourite destroyer Godzilla 🦖🔥💞 go check it out along with many other amazing pieces ✨
An illustration of a field on a sunny day and here’s a clothing line with yellow and red sheets flowing in the wind, and behind them are two people, one with purple wings touching hands. with a blue overlay. At the top of the image reads: “Read it Now” in a yellow banner and underneath reads: “Augur Issue 8.2.” Bellow is the link to the website: http://www.augursociety.org. In the middle of the image is a book with the cover art of Issue 8.1. There are 6 arrows around the book pointing to blurbs from some of the pieces that read: elemental aftermath of an affair, toxic love festers through shed skin & wet sheets, young love, rusted metal, & shattered sunlight, monstrous hymn of awe & destruction, old age drama between two languages, and devastation dripped in honey and rain .
Augur Issue 8.2 is NOW LIVE! 🎊 & you can find 2 FREE pieces on our site!
Discover...
🔥 an elemental aftermath of an affair
🦖 a monstrous hymn of awe and destruction
🍯 devastation dripped in honey and rain
& so much more!
🔗 Starting reading here: augursociety.org/augur-issue-...
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A plain beige background. In each top corner it reads: "augur society in person event" in light purple. In the middle of the image reads in curved: "You're Invited" then in straight text below it: "print launch." Underneath reads: "Join us for an evening of readings, good food, and launching the print edition of Augur Magazine Volume 6" in purple text. There are two images, one is an image of people at the event and the other is a purple event table with magazine volumes, ceramic teacups, and art prints. Below is the event information: "Thursday August 21st from 7-9:30 pm at 967 College St., Toronto in purple text. At the bottom of the image reads: "rsvp @ eventbrite – link in bio!" In purple text.
GTA Augurians, you're invited to celebrate the LIMITED EDITION print run of Augur Magazine Vol 6! 🎊
🕐 Thursday, August 21st from 7-9:30PM
📍 Society Clubhouse, 967 College St, Toronto
You can expect... 👇
The background is an illustration of three fire glowing celestial characters in robes with a split screen overlay of purple on the top half and teal on the lower half. One of them in the middle holding their hand and behind it are flowers. At the corners of the illustration are the two characters with a book in one hand and a pencil in the other. In the middle of the image if a rectangular outline. Inside of the outline reads the submission dates: "Augur. Aug 1st-31st Everyone. Aug 1st - Sept 15th BIPOC, trans, and/or disabled creators in/from Canada. Tales & Feathers. Aug 1st-31st Everyone. Aug 1st - Sept 15th BIPOC, trans, and/or disabled creators across the world" in white text. There is a purple banner that reads submit now and next to it is a graphic of an email. At the bottom of the image is the submissions link: augursociety.org/submissions
📌 FYI...
-Aug 1st-31st: We'll be open to subs from all creators.
-Aug 1st-Sept 15th: We'll be open to subs from trans, disabled, and/or BIPOC creators and creators residing in Canada/Turtle Island.
Visit augursociety.org/submissions/ for more sub guidelines!
We can't WAIT to read your works! 📚
The background is an illustration of three fire glowing celestial characters in robes with an overlay of purple. One of them in the middle holding their hand and behind it are flowers. At the corners of the illustration are the two characters with a book in one hand and a pencil in the other. At the top of the image is the augur logo and below it reads: "Magic. Futures. Dreams" in white text. In the middle, it reads: "Submissions Open Now" in white text. Underneath reads: "$100 CAD per poem. $0.14 CAD per word (fiction, 800+ words). $112 CAD per flash fic (<800 words)" in white text. There is a purple banner that reads submit now and next to it is a graphic of an email. At the bottom of the image is the submissions link: augursociety.org/submissions
📣 Calling all SFF writers...
We're now OPEN for submissions of
🌟 Short fiction
🌟 Flash fiction
🌟 Poetry
for Augur Issues 9.1, 9.2, and 9.3, AND @talesfeathers.bsky.social Vol 5!
Got a sci-fi, fantasy, dystopian, slipstream, or a slice of life story that feels like a warm hug? We want it! 🐉🧚
Augur press novella and novelette submissions now open! Be a part of augur press’ debut line up. We’re looking for works from 12,500-40,000 words to launch as print books in 2027-2029. Canadian & international authors welcomed. Open July 6-August 30. Guidelines at augursociety.org/press-submissions.
HEY SFF WRITERS 👋✨
We want your books.
So we can acquire them.
And print them.
For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨
Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words.
Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread.
Pass it on 👀
So stoked to have my experimental Wikipedia superhero article featured in this issue!! Eavesdrop and its lovely team + contributes do AMAZING work, so please check out all their issues 🤩🤩
Issue 4 is here! ✨
Shadows from beyond. Heroic comics. Mothers upon mothers. Betta fish. Girlhood romance. Jackasses. Best friendships created and dissolved.
All this and more in the Echoes issue of Eavesdrop. Check it out at eavesdropmagazine.ca/issue-4
Cover image: “Flowers” by Rotem Diamant
A purple background with an illustration with dark purple birds. In the middle is an image of a book called Beast by Marian Churchland. In the top corner of the book is a purple circle that reads: "Staff pick" in white text. At the bottom of the image is a dark purple banner that reads: "augur" in white text.
Outside of Augur, Lois enjoys giving her dog furcuts, going on foodie adventures, and browsing antique shops! 🛍️
A dark purple background with a white square boarder enclosing a bio that reads: "Lois L.K. Chan is a writer that identifies as the space in between "Chinese Canadian". Her work has been published in Flash Fiction Magazine and Gingerbread House Literary Magazine, and typically explores themes of anti-colonialism, liminality, and family. She was born and raised in the traditional territories of the Haudenosaunee, Huron-Wendat, Anishnabeg, Seneca, Chippewa, and the Mississaugas of the Credit (Markham, Ontario), and is currently finishing her undergraduate degree in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia, on Musqueam territory (Vancouver, British Columbia). When she's not writing, you can find her thinking about writing as she browses antique stores, makes endless cups of tea, and somehow, manages to get lost on the beach." in white text.
Lois began as a First Reader for Issues 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, AND @talesfeathers.bsky.social Vol 3 (check out the new stories on our site 👀)! She'll also be an Assistant Editor for upcoming Issues this year! 📚
A purple background with an illustration with dark purple birds. At the top of the image is a circular photograph of a Chinese Canadian woman is visible from chest-up against bushes. She has long black hair and a nose piercing. She is wearing a Chinese traditional dress in white. There is a white rectangular boarder enclosing that reads: "Hi! I’m an Assistant Editor at Augur and I really loved reading Beast by Marian Churchland!" in white text. At the bottom of the image is a dark purple banner that reads: "augur" in white text.
Meet @loislkchan.bsky.social, our incredible Assistant Editor! 😻
Always find it absolutely wild when I see people reading a little life in public .... 😨
Congrats!! 🎉🎉 Can't wait to read it!
I've got a story coming out in the next issue of @bcsmagazine.bsky.social!!
LAST TRAIN FROM DEADWALL is what happens when a tired reanimated skeleton just trying to escape an eternity of indentured servitude in his capitalist empire finds himself in the midst of a battle between warring gods. 💀💀
An event poster for Myth, featuring the book cover, a photo of Terese, and the launch information: Book Launch, Terese Mason Pierre, with readings by Natalie Lim and Lois Chan. Iron Dog Books. Wednesday May 14, Doors at 6:30 PM, 2671 E. Hastings St.
Vancouver friends! ✨️
I'm launching Myth next week at Iron Dog Books with Natalie Lim and Lois Chan! Would love to see you there! 🌸💐❤️
Also I have stickers! 👀
🌸 Ravens in bloom
The background is the murmustations graphic of a woman with blue eyes and fair skin. Surrounding her are shades of pink and purple feathers. The background has an overlay of purple. At the top of the image is a pink bar that has a blue microphone and reads: "New! Podcast Episode Release" in white text and next to it is the augur logo in white. Below it reads: "Episode 06: Premee Mohamed” in white text. Underneath that reads: "murmurstations" in white text. On the left side is purple text box and inside of it reads: "This episode explores the unexpected intimacy in the face of cataclysm, whether on a world-changing scale or individually. Premee also discusses how her role as a scientist shapes her science fiction writing, hopepunk as a genre, and more as it relates to her stories Some Solace For Thy Woes and The Youngest Son Misses His Boat To The Crusades." in white text. To the right side of the image is a iPhone graphic with the murmurstations graphic with the play, pause, and forward buttons. At the bottom of the image is a white rectangular bar with a blue headphones graphic inside that reads: "Listen now" in black text.
🎙️ MURMURSTATIONS EP 6 with @premeemohamed.com is NOW LIVE! 🚨
Join Sonia Urlando & @premeemohamed.com as they chat about the connection between horror & intimacy in her two stories, Some Solace For Thy Woes & The Youngest Son Misses His Boat To The Crusades!
🔗 Link in bio!
Augurians!🚨 Murmurstations podcast Ep 6 DROPS on April 17th!🎙️
Join Sonia Urlando & @premeemohamed.com as they talk about unforgettable characters & apocalypse in her stories, Some Solace For Thy Woes & The Youngest Son Misses His Boat To The Crusades! 📚✨
Subscribe to Murmurstations on Spotify! 🎧
A background image of a person writing with a pen in their hand with a purple overlay. At the top of the image is the Augur logo. In the middle of the image is a purple banner that reads: "canlit & sff mags open now" in white text. In the corner of the banner is a pink circle that reads: "April 2025" in white text. At the bottom of the image is a dark purple bar that reads: "Psst... Augur submissions open this fall," in white text. Beside that is a yellow exclamation mark in yellow with a pink circle behind it.
CANLIT & SFF OPEN CALLS ⬇️ Augurians - submit your work!
doing a writing project w friends rn and responded to the accusation that my egregious use of em dashes in dialogue is NOT bc I used to write fanfics (I did) but bc whenever i dont know how to finish a sentence I'll just give up halfway and pass it off as an em dash cutting off the words 😌😌😌
found this absolutely gorgeous 1988 edition of beloved at the used bookstore AHHH
Our next free piece is ONE, TWO, WE, OUR, by @marisca.bsky.social. The coziest witchy cottage filled with the quiet noise of creatures and the life of the natural world. Take a deep breath, and relax into the beauty of it.
Check it out here: augursociety.org/one-two-we-o...
In dusty reddish-gold tones, a vast sky over dusty plains. A field of wind turbines fills the space, with a small house (white walls hosting dangling paraphernalia, peaked red tin roof) at their base. A traveller in a windswept coat, backpack, and mask stands in the foreground, headed towards the house. In front of the house, two smaller figures: one a person with their hand raised in greeting; the other a very good dog waiting patiently.
Our first free piece is THE WINDKEEPER by @srinivassimo.bsky.social. Dusty plains, new connections, and a very good doggo. Featuring this GORGEOUS piece of art from Jacob Tonellato!
Check it out here: augursociety.org/the-windkeep...
Hello wonderful readers
big news today
🌟✨TALES & FEATHERS VOLUME 3 IS RELEASED!✨🌟
Get ready for fish-gyals, hellhound puppies, food, family, friendship, & more. 💖
Subscribers will find the issue in their inboxes within 24 hours, and 2 pieces are free on our site RIGHT NOW. 😍
(scroll for more 👀)
I have a new story out today in Singapore Unbound, about the superstition surrounding the number 4 in Chinese culture and the avoidance of bad luck
singaporeunbound.org/suspect-jour...
made the mistake of drinking coffee ytd and stayed up until 3:30am but hey at least I came up w two new story concepts while trying to sleep ✨✨✨
a spilled pile of candy in the corner of an art gallery
"Untitled" (Portrait of Ross in L.A.) is a 1991 piece by Felix Gonzalez-Torres in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. It's a spilled pile of candy. The pile of candy consists of commercially available, shiny wrapped confections. The physical form of the work changes depending on the way it is installed. The work ideally weighs 175 pounds (161 kg) at installation, which is the average body weight of an adult male. "Untitled" (Portrait of Ross in L.A.) represents a specific body, that of Ross Laycock, Gonzalez-Torres' partner who died of AIDS in 1991. This piece of art serves as an "allegorical portrait," of Laycock's life. Visitors are invited to take a piece of candy from the work. Gonzalez-Torres grew up Roman Catholic and taking candy is a symbolic act of communion, but instead of taking a piece of Christ, the participant partakes of the "sweetness" of Ross. As the patrons take candy, they are participants in the art. Each piece of candy consumed is like the illness that ate away at Ross's body.
thinking again of this work of art. this work of shattering grief, of enduring love. a work that is somehow, at the same time, a kind of magical play
Not me buying 4 discounted books the past week on two separate trips to the bookstore... But 4 books for $50? And no GST?? kinda worth it 🥴
Reading log: finished Ducks by Kate Beaton!
Finished parable of the talents. Not okay but also awed by butler's geniussssssssssss