Lucy Zhang

I have a flash out in Palmetto Row! Titled "The Society of Useless Husbands" which I hope is self explanatory 😁 www.thecriterioncc.com/the-society-...

A story about a new baby, difficult grandparents, and the debts families believe they owe one another. buff.ly/2vgPnaS

I have a piece “Son Debt” out in @electricliterature.com. A product of my endless worries about motherhood. electricliterature.com/my-husband-s...

I have a new story "Bare Branches" in Cutleaf! On dying out bloodlines, propaganda from dubious sources, and poison. cutleafjournal.com/content/bare...

“One day we’re going to build something that destroys us all . . ." Today is a good day to read Lucy Zhang. @dango-ramen.bsky.social

Sundays are for reading. Here's a brilliant story by Lucy Zhang @dango-ramen.bsky.social doric-literary.com/2026/06/01/o...

Vol. VII: “Flux” was a Best American Essays notable issue and features @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social winner @dango-ramen.bsky.social, as well as multi-genre pieces by @charlesjensen.bsky.social, @mariannelchan.bsky.social, @jessyrandall.bsky.social & many more: tinyurl.com/ExpoV7Flux.

Ryan was a one-of-a-kind. Please read his poetry and other written works. I am especially fond of his poems here: heavyfeatherreview.org/2019/07/20/b...

Thank you @doricliterary.bsky.social for giving this odd story of mine a home! 💜

"Overdue," by Lucy Zhang @dango-ramen.bsky.social, won the Doyle Short Story Award from the Nassau Review but . . . it was never published. Tomorrow, Doric Literary will rectify that by bringing you this terrific story!

Coming June 1: new fiction by @dango-ramen.bsky.social

Congrats to our frequent contributor Andrew Bertaina!

Piece up at @hfr.bsky.social! heavyfeatherreview.org/2026/03/12/u...

I have a story up at the wonderful @hfr.bsky.social today! Many thanks to the editors 🙏🙏. Thank you for checking it in here : heavyfeatherreview.org/2026/05/12/p...

We are almost done reading for our spring submission period, and we'd love to see what you've got! www.vestalreview.net/guidelines

My story "Ox Predilection" was the runner up to the McGovern Center Community Award in Fiction, now published in the Journal of Medical Humanities! 🐂 link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...

Lucy Zhang @dango-ramen.bsky.social, one of our editors here at VR, is in this collection from Sword & Kettle Press! Support a worthwhile Kickstarter campaign for this independent publisher. www.swordandkettlepress.com

New Release: Spoon Knife 10 (Polarities) is available for e-book & paperback, shipping in the United States to start. In this volume, 19 authors representing a wide range of genres (and often gleefully crossing conventional genre boundaries) explore the strange alchemy of opposites. autpress.com

I have a sci-fi story in @naturefutures.bsky.social! On the baby you always wanted…or not www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Tiny Forklift and the Crew are unpacking the newly arrived copies of "The Glorious Melancholy of Urgency" (now available for order - aanpress.com/aanorder.htm...). Stories by @mteasdalewriter.bsky.social @dango-ramen.bsky.social, E J Delaney, and Sydney Sackett #sf #book #booksky

Looking for some flash this Friday? Contributor @dango-ramen.bsky.social published a story in @flashfrog.bsky.social! 🤩 buff.ly/PcbC3W1

"The Glorious Melancholy of Urgency" is off to the printer next week with stories by @mteasdalewriter.bsky.social @dango-ramen.bsky.social, E J Delaney, and Sydney Sackett. Provocative hard SF stories that share a common opening. Pre order (4/20/26 ship date) - aanpress.com/aanorder.htm...

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.

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.

Our spring submission window is now open, 2/1 through 5/15! Let's see what you've got! vestalreview.net/guidelines

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

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

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

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

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, +

I have a new piece in The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts. Not at all inspired by my preggo paranoia 😜 matterpress.com/journal/2025...

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

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

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

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

I have a flash piece in @oysterriverpages.bsky.social. On cats and their dubious nine lives 🐱 😄 www.oysterriverpages.com/terminal

Thank you @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social for publishing this flash of mine! On mice and experimental procedures and things 🐁 www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/zhang/mea...

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

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

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

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

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!

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.

Hello Bluesky! Migrating over here from Twitter. About me: I write fiction for fun, work on software updates and operating systems so I don’t starve, and watch anime (although way more back in my heyday).