Wen Wen

@muteddragon.bsky.social

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Chinese American short fiction writer in the Rumpus, Cast of Wonders, Apex & more WenWenWrites.com She/her. Codex, SFWA Flight Crew, Viable Paradise, Brave New Weird. Fast talker from the Bronx.

LA Con V. Where to find me at Worldcon Found Family: Who We Call Home Fri Aug 28 12:00 PM Social Classes in SF and Fantasy Fri Aug 28 1:30 PM Rare Fantastical Creatures and Where to Find Them Sat Aug 29 6:00 PM Redefining Strength: Asian Heroines Beyond the Stereotypes Sun Aug 30 10:30 AM Modern Monsters Mon Aug 31 9:00 AM
Lifetime Stats: Pieces: 79 Submissions: 600 Rejections: 432 Acceptances: 60 Pending Submissions: 31
The Rumpus. Sunday Scaries: Lu's Laundry and Other Services
Interstellar Flight Magazine best of year six 2024
Business card for Wen Wen Yang. Speculative Fiction writer. Wenwenwrites.com. wenwenwrites@protonmail.com. @muteddragon.bsky.social
Terrier bundled in blankets
Terrier in the way of a mop
A brown terrier on the stairs while I am attempting to vacuum the stairs.
Futures to Live by Ana Sun
Augur portal
Two birds at a bird feeder
From the WSJ: A neW generation Of wealthy retirees is commissioning their own memoirs. They're not trying to reach the bestseller list. Many of them just want the kids to know how hard they had it. D.k https://on.wsj.com/45EJcpi Rudi Pauly, 92, paid $12,000 for a 185-page book about her life and family history from L_ifeBook Memoirs. The book, "From Menzingen *O Lake Chelan" starts ff with her German immigrant grandparents living in a sod dugout on a Nebraska farm at the end of the 19th century. Five of the couple's 1 4 children died, including two in a lightning strike. The ghostwritten memoirs can run hundreds of pages and cost up to $100,000. An entire ecosystem of writers and high-end self-publishers has emerged to meet the demand. Some reveal family secrets (Grandpa's acid trip, anyone?). Most gloss over drama like divorces and alcohol issues and focus on uplifting narratives about their humble upbringings and the Sweat and tears that enabled the S comfortable lives of their intended audience: their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
A farmer has had enough. Duke Muptus has abused his position of power one too many times. Our narrator sets off to appeal to the Imperial Prince, and gains followers as her journey progresses. The trip isn’t easy, but by the time they reach the fortress, they have an army of denizens who have also been slighted by the Duke. When the time comes to make her demands, the farmer chooses the option that allows her to help as many people as she can. A sweet albeit very short story about kindness in the face of tyranny and community resilience. (Worlds of Possibility—April 2025; version 2)
The April Worlds of Possibility is split into two parts, and the second contains a number of stories featuring magic and adventure. These range from light and whimsical to a bit more serious, as in Wen Wen Yang's "The Case Against Raven Mail', which finds a grow- ing group of supplicants seeking the intervention of the prince of the realm to intercede on their behalf against a corrupt and despotic duke. What starts as a single person's quest for justice slowly gains a large following as the procession moves through the countryside, finding more and more people impacted and imperiled by the policies of the duke. Together, they bring their case to the highest court in the land, and show that when people come together to help people and to speak out against tyranny, it's often more powerful to do so in person - showing not just those in charge but those other people affected that this is not an isolated problem, and that those pushing back and not doing so alone. Yang provides a powerful and timely reminder of the importance of collective action and mutual aid.
Were Wolf short stories open to the first page of Worse than a Wolf By Wen Wen Yang
Cut watermelon in plastic square seaweed containers
Wearing the lion by John Wiswell
the cover for "No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson" by Gardiner Harris that resembles the baby powder bottle colors and font.
Two gulf shrimp on an open hand
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A fridge with 3 30-egg cartons
Dirty Magick Magazine, April 2025, Issue No. 8. Authors: Wen Wen Yang, Rich Danforth, M.B. Henry & Jacob Steven Mohr.
Terrier dog laying on his back on a lap, his head cradled by the photographer's hand
me, East Asian woman, holding 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About African American History, with the scores behind me. Team 1: 800. Team 2: 4500. Team 3: 400
Terrier curled up on a carpeted step
A tan terrier in a skull sweater camouflaged in dried leaves.
screenshot from Submission Grinder showing submissions, acceptances, rejections.
Terrier playing with plush toy
Sweet tooth
4.7 mile journey is 8 min by car, 103 min by bus, 95 min by walking
Get to know my writing For every like, I will post one piece I wrote
Do it for her poster from the simpsons
brown hound dog on a striped rug
How we fight for our lives by Saeed Jones
1. Who's your favorite character you've written? 2. What book has had the biggest influence on your writing? (not counting craft books) 3. Which of your characters is the most like you? 4. Which of your characters is least like you? 5. What is your Big Author Dream? 6. Which do you like best: plotting, drafting, revising, or editing? 7. What is the genre of your current WIP? 8. What was the genre of your first WIP? 9. What do you do when you get stuck in your plot? 10. What is your ideal writing environment? 11. What author's style do you most admire? 12. Can you read and write at the same time? 13. Do you write every day? Why or why not? 14. What's your average word count in a day? 15. What time of day do you like to write? 16. What is the hardest part of starting a new project? 17. How do you get inspired when the well is dry? 18. If you want, tag three people to do the prompt!
First 10% of bluesky users.
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From the Simpsons, the TV, "When Buildings Collapse"
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede.
Terrier dog lying on tile
East Asian woman in a n95
Terrier next to box he chewed through
Dog with his head on my leg because a laptop is on my lap and he wants to be on the lap.
A terrier dog lying on his back
Terrier dog chewing on a cow ear
A Tale of Two Titties book tour schedule
Google doc comment "that's a hell of a way to die."
Me to my favorite author: I like your weird brain very much.
Most similar to Northeast, least similar dialect to Texas.
Yellow glass sculpture
Dog with his kibble on a blanket
A tree split from storms
Pawn Stars "Best I Can Do" meme: "We'd like an equitable division of labor." "Best we can do is wash and move our flesh sacks."
If There is Anyone Left Volume 4
Two Asian women, one the grandmother of the other, sitting on a bench.
Masked woman standing by an ax on a bulls eye.
Small terrier dog on a heating pad