Alan Mark Tong

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@arleysorg I almost squealed out loud when I saw the news but had to stop myself because I’m at work. Congratulations! So happy for Fantasy to be back!

So - this is the latest news: Fantasy Magazine is BACK!!! psychopomp.com/fantasy/

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.

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?

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/publication/he…

@marie_croke Congratulations, Marie!

Excited to announce ive made a (fourth!!) sale to Beneath Ceaseless Skies! "Our Echoes Drifting Through the Marsh" is coming in January and features driftwood statues that erupt from a marsh and hold memories from the past 🐚🐌

Submissions are opening soon! Open Jan 1-7, 3 cents per word. Check the guidelines and send us your best: bit.ly/3FZcgMA

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.

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.

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.

@LinardosAkis Shiiiiiiiit. That’s amazing!

2024 writing report - 41 stories accepted - 14 poems accepted - Published over 30 pieces at Apex (2x), Strange Horizons, Gamut, Heartlines, Flame Tree, Radon, Tales to Terrify, among others - 174.947 total words written. I'm exhausted 🛏️

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/theco…

@Pedro__Iniguez Congratulations, Pedro!

Just signed a contract for something awesome that's been a dream of mine. Can't discuss just yet but I'm extremely happy today. We're aiming for a Halloween 2025 publication date. Much love.

*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*—

@JohnAMcColley @AWWLitMag Thank you!

@alanmarktong @AWWLitMag Way to persist! Congrats!

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.

@ColtonTheShaper @AWWLitMag Thank you, Colton!

@alanmarktong @AWWLitMag Holy wow. That’s some metal persistence. Yessssss

@kjy1066 @AWWLitMag Thank you, Karlo!

@alanmarktong @AWWLitMag Hell yeah. Congrats, Alan!

@RyanB4890 @AWWLitMag Thank you, Ryan!

@Danaiwrites @AWWLitMag Thank you, Danai!

@alanmarktong @AWWLitMag Congratulations!