@alanmarktong

Writer of fantasy, horror & more. Fiction in SLAY AND SLAY AGAIN! and forthcoming in IN THE DARK anthology. Queer. Chinese. Autistic. Dolphin by @RB_Lemberg

 Washington, USA
Joined February 2022
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Alan Mark Tong retweeted
Arley Sorg@arleysorg15 Jan 2025
So - this is the latest news: Fantasy Magazine is BACK!!! psychopomp.com/fantasy/
Cover for the relaunched Fantasy Magazine, with a young woman sitting in the grass and purple and bright textures and colors behind her

ALT Cover for the relaunched Fantasy Magazine, with a young woman sitting in the grass and purple and bright textures and colors behind her

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I hope Anita Bryant’s afterlife consists of her being repeatedly hit in the face with piping hot banana cream pie by Thom Higgins for all eternity.
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It feels a bit surreal now that I’ve sent out my first two reprint submissions in the last few days. At this time last year I didn’t have anything published or even accepted yet. Like, how did that happen?
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We're open for submissions until Jan 31! Send us your SFF stories/poems that feature long-term relationships: platonic, romantic, or familial Short fiction: 500-3,500 words, $0.08/word Poetry: send up to 5, $60 flat heartlinesspec.moksha.io/pub…
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Submissions are opening soon! Open Jan 1-7, 3 cents per word. Check the guidelines and send us your best: bit.ly/3FZcgMA
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In 2024 I received my first two short story acceptances. “The Rabbits Become the Hunters” was published in the anthology Slay and Slay Again! (Sliced Up Press) on July 31. “Second Love” will appear next year in the anthology Into the Dark from @AWWLitMag.
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Those 2 stories were written in 2022, during a year I reached a creative breakthrough after years of very little writing. 2023 saw a couple of stories completed and several partial pieces worked on. 2024 saw almost no writing at all - it was a horrible year on the personal front.
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I really hope 2025 is much better on the personal front because I missed writing but was not mentally well enough to do much of anything, including reading. I accomplished more of that in 2024, but mostly with short stories here and there.
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The Year Two Cosmic Background Kickstarter is Officially up and running. Help us continue to pay industry-leading rates ($0.10 a word!) for the weirdest fiction possible. kickstarter.com/projects/the…

The Cosmic Background: Year Two

A pro-paying magazine of speculative flash fiction.

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*PM Announcement now live!* Extremely excited to announce that we’ve sold my debut science fantasy novel—AN EMPIRE ABOVE OPERA—at auction, in a two-book deal, to @TitanBooks, forthcoming Autumn 2026!! 🤍🌊🎭🏮🌸🪷 (followed by a far past *prequel*—
White and black cloud and water designs on royal blue background with publishers marketplace announcement for AN EMPIRE ABOVE OPERA

ALT White and black cloud and water designs on royal blue background with publishers marketplace announcement for AN EMPIRE ABOVE OPERA

White and black cloud and water designs on royal blue background with the text: A Drowning Continent A Floating Empire

ALT White and black cloud and water designs on royal blue background with the text: A Drowning Continent A Floating Empire

White and black cloud and water designs on royal blue background with the text: A Royal with a single face An outcast with a thousand faces

ALT White and black cloud and water designs on royal blue background with the text: A Royal with a single face An outcast with a thousand faces

White and black cloud and water designs on royal blue background with screenshot of my quote for The Bookseller announcement

ALT White and black cloud and water designs on royal blue background with screenshot of my quote for The Bookseller announcement

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Contract signed! My short story “Second Love” will be appearing in the anthology Into the Dark (published by @AWWLitMag) during the second half of 2025. This story went through a total of 56 submissions, including 52 rejections and 3 no-responses, over the course of 2.5 years.
Alan Mark Tong@alanmarktong4 Dec 2024
Um. Vague acceptance tweet? I guess the first one wasn’t a total fluke.
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Um. Vague acceptance tweet? I guess the first one wasn’t a total fluke.
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my flash piece “Ancestor Code Error” is up today in @LightspeedMag if anyone is looking for a read that only takes a handful of minutes 🙇🏻‍♀️👀🤍 *preview below*
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Submissions open only a month and a half from now! Have you started thinking about your nuptial horrors? @crystallakepub @HorrorTree
Jacob Steven Mohr - preorder BRIDES IN THE DARK@jacobstevenmohr10 May 2024
Deadly beloved. We gather here today to reveal the submission information for THE JOINING. Join myself, @crystallakepub, and invited authors @GordonBWhite, @JAWMcCarthy, @horrorsong, @gemmafiles, @Jack_Lothian, @_rae_wilde, and @ScottJ_Moses in making this unbreakable vow.
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Alan Mark Tong retweeted
Samir 🩸@spicycloaca8 Sep 2024
do you long for bristlecone pines and plains? have you ever had the half-cigarette breakfast of champions? good news! my dysmorphic body horror, "Colossus" (originally published in The Stygian Lepus) was just reprinted in Inner Worlds! 🌬️🫀 sarah-i-jackson.ghost.io/inn…
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GREAT NEWS: My dark fantasy "As the Shore to the Tides, So Blood Calls to Blood" will be getting a limited print run via @WeirdpunkBooks! Look for it March 2025!
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Our September Issue is ready at last, and subscribers can read it Monday 😻🤩😍! Fiction: @awprihandita, @ericraglin1992, @sillysyntax, @StacieTurner, @timothy_mudie, @need_tea Poetry: @gonspoetry, @OO1810107, @BethCato, @westofcanon, @JessicaPeter1 Cover: @AbiStevens_Art
Haven Spec Magazine, Issue Seventeen, September 2024. Cover and table of contents. Contents Cover Art by Abi Stevens Art Fiction: The God Who Never Sleeps Dwells Under an Inky Sea By A. W. Prihandita The Coral Tombs By Eric Raglin Bleeding Hearts By Suzan Palumbo A Good Catch By Stacie Turner Giant Killer Shark By Timothy Mudie The Poison You Leave By Krystle Yanagihara Poetry: Black Bile By Chinedu Gospel Somewhere in Nigeria By AbdulBasit Oluwanishola Meat, Bone, and Soul By Beth Cato Category 4 By West Ambrose Epitaph of a World on Fire: An Abecedarian By Jessica Peter Nonfiction: Letter from the Editor, Ya Herd? By Leon Perniciaro Short Fiction Reviews By Danai Christopoulou

ALT Haven Spec Magazine, Issue Seventeen, September 2024. Cover and table of contents. Contents Cover Art by Abi Stevens Art Fiction: The God Who Never Sleeps Dwells Under an Inky Sea By A. W. Prihandita The Coral Tombs By Eric Raglin Bleeding Hearts By Suzan Palumbo A Good Catch By Stacie Turner Giant Killer Shark By Timothy Mudie The Poison You Leave By Krystle Yanagihara Poetry: Black Bile By Chinedu Gospel Somewhere in Nigeria By AbdulBasit Oluwanishola Meat, Bone, and Soul By Beth Cato Category 4 By West Ambrose Epitaph of a World on Fire: An Abecedarian By Jessica Peter Nonfiction: Letter from the Editor, Ya Herd? By Leon Perniciaro Short Fiction Reviews By Danai Christopoulou

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ANNOUNCEMENT! the 2024 edition of Afterlives: The Year's Best Death Fiction will be curated by... 💀💀💀 Sheree Renée Thomas ❗️❗️❗️ ALSO! submissions open TOMORROW! all the info you need is in this post (also pls RT and celebrate with us!!!) 👇
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🚨BABY'S FIRST BOOK DEAL🚨 Incredibly grateful to the team at Dead Sky for the opportunity to bring this deeply personal and incredibly bizarre story to shelves next summer. The wheel is waiting for you.
Dead Sky Publishing@DeadSkyPub22 Aug 2024
We're thrilled to announce @Therealkfm's debut FEEDING THE WHEEL, a horror novella focused on friendships that shape us and how far men would go when handed a magical wheel to power and success, no matter whose children it devours.
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