Jan Lee

@janleewriter.bsky.social

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Author of Fairhaven - A Novel of Climate Optimism and Defying Futility - The Fairhaven Stories. Editor in Chief of The Apostrophe. Book reviewer and contributing writer for Earth.org.

A cartoon of a car with drums, with the caption "status cymbals". A man is saying "These are the most technologically advanced cars on the road" and the cymbals are saying, "Wait till the Zildjians see us in this!"
Photo of abandoned building under cloudless blue sky
An image of beach and text that says 'Our theme for Issue #14: GOLD Submissions open July 1-31, 2026'
Zoom in on the part of the graph showing 3 countries who have downward per capita GHG emissions since 2000
Flowers climbing up the wall of a house. Text: Family Planning - HKWCMAGAZINE.SUBSTACK.COM
A red abstract painting. Text: The Yawn. Somehow I had convinced myself it would not happen again. Life had returned to normal, and my porcelain plates remained porcelain. My toothpaste frothed and was spat into the sink every morning and ... HKWCMAGAZINE.SUBSTACK.COM
A black-and-white image of a ghostly face in a window looking out. Text: 'The Day After The old lady hasn't been outside in four months. Five, perhaps. She lost count around the time her neighbours fled. Quick, clumsy footsteps down the stairs in the deadest part of the night... HKWCMAGAZINE.SUBSTACK.COM
Text: Mesozoic Warning - A sonnet to Humanity from a Dinosaur. hkwcmagazine.substack.com A black and white photo of a ruined building from above
A firefighter fighting a fire that looks like a horse. Text: The Purge. hkwcmagazine.substack.com
Closeup of a black cat, yawning. Text: A Yawning Gap - Editor's Note for Issue 13 hkwcmagazine.substack.com
Triumphant singer holding up a mic. Text says Marcus Reclaimed.
Colorful painting of a woman with birds and vines
A stone ruin with a fountain. Text: The Grotto. The Grotto’s serenity belied the rumours that swirled like noxious clouds, casting shadows on its role as a tranquil resting place for the school’s long-gone members. It hid its mystery...
Hedgehogs in my trunk (text). A lamppost covered in lost keys.
Earth.Org article Winter Olympics: Athletes Call on IOC to End Fossil Fuel Sponsorships
Earth.Org article "The Implications of Rescinding the US Endangerment Finding" with a photo of a power plant with smokestacks
Image of a prismatic daytime sky. Text: Babel. hkwcmagazine.substack.com
The Desert Songbird Chapter 2 fairhavenclimatenovel.substack.com a pair of sandaled feet on a rainy stoop
4 panel comic ending with a gravestone of David Jenkins. https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/how-i-was
Sea background. Covers of 2 books Fairhaven and Defying Futility
Clip of article from Earth.Org. Image is a row of windmills in the ocean.
White cubicle desk with a stainless steel smelling bucket on the left and monitor.
Cover of The Apostrophe Issue 10 Q3/2025 | PASSION. An abstract blue-black painting with white splotches
Text: Knife Box - hkwcmagazine.substack.com. A photo of a stiletto high heeled shoe inside a mini fridge.
Island Solitude - hkwcmagazine.substack.com - photo of a sunset.
Summer Twilight - hkwcmagazine.substack.com - a pastel drawing of a lake and some mountains behind it at twilight
A Needless Love - hkwmagazine.substack.com - A floating plant in a water garden
Pablo and Dolores - Winter had descended on the village, shrouding it in unrelenting grey, and the morning chill penciled the ground with frosty scribbles when love, a caprice of Fate indifferent to seasons... hkwcmagazine.substack.com Text on top of a complicated collage image artwork of two women
Words of Passion - Editor's Note for Issue 10 hkwmagazine.substack.com 4 silhouetted dancers on a green and blue background
Hong Kong Victoria harbor at night
A dark door with graffiti of a head and the letters WC
Book cover Defying Futility. Cover image of the Titanic sinking but with all the people in life boats
Street, from above with streamers crossing it. Blue sky.
Our theme for issue #10: PASSION Submissions open July 1-31, 2025. a notebook with a heart drawn on it.
A photo of a farm with the headline and first paragraph of text of the article (which is the same as my post)
Mountain peaks peeking through a lake of clouds, seen through a plane window
A woman burning paper in a metal container