D.A. Xiaolin Spires

My forthcoming SF novella ELLIPSES from Infinivox is now available to pre-order on Kobo! www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

Wonderful reviews of poems from the Aliens issue of Eye to the Telescope (the issue I edited)--and more! www.patreon.com/StardustAndV... @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social @danielausema.bsky.social @acadialogue.bsky.social @deborahldavitt.bsky.social

honored that my speculative ethnography poem in @spires.bsky.social's Eye to the Telescope issue made @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social's October poetry recommendations! What better praise than "A properly weird execution"?

Happy to announce that my poem “precious cache” is forthcoming as an Editor Pick in Gavagai! @gavagai.com If you like dragons and books, take a gander when it drops!

"A Deeper, Darker Sea" by Jay Werkheiser Hard sci-fi supernovella coming spring 2027 Sign up to be notified when launched: www.kickstarter.com/projects/all... Deep dive! Learn more and join our newsletter: www.infinivoxsf.com/ddsea #HardSF #kickstarter #crowdfunding

Supernovella "Ellipses" by @spires.bsky.social has dropped! Get your signed, numbered, limited edition hardcover copy while the getting is good. Learn more and order here: www.infinivoxsf.com/ellipses #HardSF #BookSky #SciFiBooks #novella

Happy to announce that my poems "bereavement of selfdriving stroller" and “an apology letter from an AI to a toddler” are forthcoming in Reimagined AI Anthology: Volume 2, edited by Achi Mishra. As I understand it, the anthology was funded by a Public Humanities Cluster grant. www.reimaginedai.org

Live today! I share a TOC with the amazing @abigailkemske.bsky.social @spires.bsky.social and @bethgoder.bsky.social ! Buy it here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0HKF5V83W and enjoy!

Come to my book launch event for my sci-fi novella ELLIPSES from Infinivox at Protagonist Books & Coffee in Dryden, NY on Saturday, Sept. 26 at 3pm! protagonistbookshop.com/event/2026-0... @infinivoxsf.bsky.social

Join me at Ithaca is Books Festival where I'll be presenting at two events! Fri 9/11 4pm | En Plein Ear: Speculative Reading and Live Art Event CAP Artspace on the Commons, Ithaca, NY Sun 9/13 12pm | Speculative Fiction panel Buffalo Street Books, Ithaca, NY ithacaisbooks.org/2026-schedule

Happy to announce that my two poems, "knotwork" and "cold determination" are forthcoming in the Cozy in the Apocalypse anthology from Angry Gable Press, edited by Naomi Simone Borwein and Chun Hyon Lee. angrygablepress.com @angrygablepress.bsky.social Many thanks to the editorial team & staff!

I'm in the paper! ... and on the front cover page! Kira Walter at The Ithaca Times interviewed me and did a write-up about Ithaca is Books fest and the release of my novella ELLIPSES! @infinivoxsf.bsky.social Check it out! @ithacatimes.bsky.social www.ithaca.com/entertainmen... Yay & thanks!

Prepping another set of postcards for ELLIPSES that my publisher Infinivox graciously sent me! @infinivoxsf.bsky.social My sci-fi novella ELLIPSES is out now! www.infinivoxsf.com/ellipses I'll be at Ithaca is Books fest as a panelist & presenter and Protagonist Bookstore, NY for a release event!

Supernovella "Ellipses" by @spires.bsky.social has dropped! Get your signed, numbered, limited edition hardcover copy while the getting is good. Learn more and order here: infinivoxsf.com/ellipses #BookSky #SFF

Supernovella "Ellipses" by @spires.bsky.social has dropped! Learn more and grab a copy here: infinivoxsf.com/ellipses

Supernovella "Ellipses" by D.A. Xiaolin Spires has dropped! Happy Book Birthday! (Publisher: Infinivox SF, Cover Artist: Maurizio Manzieri)

Supernovella "Ellipses" by @spires.bsky.social has dropped! Happy Book Birthday! Get your signed, numbered, limited edition hardcover copy while the getting is good. Learn more and order here: www.infinivoxsf.com/ellipses #booksky

Supernovella "Ellipses" by @spires.bsky.social has dropped! Get your signed, numbered, limited edition hardcover copy while the getting is good. Learn more and order here: www.infinivoxsf.com/ellipses #booksky

Supernovella "Ellipses" by @spires.bsky.social drops Friday! Learn more and preorder here: www.infinivoxsf.com/ellipses #booksky

Happy to announce that the Issue 61 of Eye to the Telescope is live, featuring 21 wonderful poems about sentience and aliens. I really enjoyed guest editing this issue—and am honored to see it come to life! Thanks to the poets, (Terran or non-Terran) readers and staff of the Eye to the Telescope!

Supernovella "Ellipses" by @spires.bsky.social drops August 21. Learn more and preorder here: www.infinivoxsf.com/ellipses #BookSky #SciFiLit

My novelette "Piece de Resistance" is now available to read in this month's @clarkesworldmagazine.com! Yay! With futuristic bubble technology, the dining industry, subverting the ad economy... and a heist! clarkesworldmagazine.com/spires_08_26/ -with thanks to Neil Clarke and the editorial team

The August issue of Clarkesworld is now online and features stories by Ravn J. Silver, Eilis O’Neal, Jordan Alexander, D.A. Xiaolin Spires, E.N. Auslender, Y.M. Pang, and H.H. Pak. clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_239 Subscribe today at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

Supernovella "Ellipses" by @spires.bsky.social dropping August 21. Learn more and preorder here: www.infinivoxsf.com/ellipses

Got this contributor copy of speculative poetry magazine Star*Line about a week ago! Yay!

Got these cool stickers from Spec Colorways In Verse! Oooh shiny! @speccolorwaysverse.bsky.social

Supernovella "Ellipses" by @spires.bsky.social coming August 21. Learn more and pre-order here:: www.infinivoxsf.com/ellipses

My two poems, "determination" and "knotwork" are forthcoming in the anthology Cozy in the Apocalypse, edited by Chun Hyon Lee and Naomi Simone Borwein. Yay! Excited! @angrygablepress.bsky.social angrygablepress.com

Supernovella Ellipses by @spires.bsky.social Pre-order ebook: Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0H49WZR25 Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/... Google Play: books.google.com/books/about?... Learn more: www.infinivoxsf.com/ellipses

We're on track to earn over payment costs for '26 🥳 (thank you subscribers 🫶🏾). But, planning for next year, we're reconsidering how to boost support so we can boost its lineup (translation: poems say yes to) and stay consistent. ✌🏾 ways you can help 🧵: 🛣️1️⃣$3-5/month www.patreon.com/c/speccolorw...

5) Chip by D. A. Xiaolin Spires: passenger takes sentient low-cost cab and gets taken for a long ride with many detours and advertisements to subsidize fare. Passenger talks cab into a form of emancipation. Good dialogue and extrapolation of current trends

Achingly good, intoxicating and mind-bending science fiction by Dafydd McKimm—and free to read. Chirality turned on its head, the longing for truth and unknowing, fruitful considerations of identity and star-crossed passion. Highly recommended! www.myheartandotherplanets.online

Between now and October (our 20th anniversary issue), we're running a subscription drive and dedicating all new revenue toward improving pay for our staff, writers, artists, and contractors. Details on how to subscribe can be found here: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

I got my contributor copy for Scifaikuest! My scifaiku poems "pregnancy on kepler-c", "netting lemon drops" and "clear pearls" are on page 29 and there are some really intriguing gems of poems alongside mine in here! -with thanks to t. santitoro and the editorial team

And more thanks! Brian Malachy Quinn, Andrew Fraknoi, @baileythomas92.bsky.social, Carl Scharwath, Olga Vruble, @spires.bsky.social, @arcanepixels744.bsky.social, Corinne Engber, @christinasng.bsky.social ... www.penumbric.com/currentissue... #fiction #poetry #art #scifi #fantasy #horror #magazine

Balticon weekend, yay!--my first panel is today! "We Come in Peace: Writing Non-human Sentience" (virtual) #balticon @balticon.bsky.social Tomorrow, I'll be in these virtual panels: "Location, Location, Location" "Building Worlds Through Words"

Wait? Are you telling me you aren't registered for WisCon yet? We have panels, community, games, readings, and... hold up! Darcie Little Badger and Premee Mohamed as our Guests of Honor. Let's go! Get your tickets today. wiscon.net

I'll be at virtual Wiscon on a panel on Sunday, May 24, 9am CST/10am EST talking speculative fiction and alternative worlds in imagining the body and rights. program.wiscon.net/PublicSchedu...

And while I'm here, should probably mention book 3 in the Echogenesis series is done, dusted and ready for publication on March 18. Ebook is all prepped for Kindle in all territories, with paperback and hardback to follow close behind. Preorder link: www.amazon.co.uk/Echoterminus...

people all over the world are working to protect their environment, like these groups in Cuba. This month @globalvoices.org is bringing you stories of environmental defenders, brilliant solutions, committed local action, in our climate action Spotlight: globalvoices.org/special/posi...

HELLO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE SOME #RECORDED STICKER DESIGNS 👀 Follow on BackerKit—you will not wanna miss this found media anthology I'm editing! And #writers? Check out the guidelines (open June 15-30th): mercfennwolfmoor.carrd.co#recordedantho FOLLOW ⬇️ tiny.cc/recordedantho

Ok ok ok here we go! Cover reveal for my next novel: THE FIST OF MEMORY. Check out that lovely dynamic design. And look at those amazing quotes by the incredibly generous @aptshadow.bsky.social and @annaleen.bsky.social to whom I am greatly indebted! Get the book y'all! buff.ly/X3CHaZk