Alan Mark Tong

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

[Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong]

Find me on the blue app in the sky.

[Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong]

@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!

[Arley Sorg @arleysorg]

So - this is the latest news: Fantasy Magazine is BACK!!!

https://t.co/jhiA4SrnKu

[Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong]

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.

[Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong]

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?

[Heartlines Spec @HeartlinesSpec]

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

https://t.co/3Om7k8UMO7

[Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong]

@marie_croke Congratulations, Marie!

[Cosmic Horror Monthly @CosmicHorrorMo]

Submissions are opening soon!

Open Jan 1-7, 3 cents per word.

Check the guidelines and send us your best: https://t.co/ZBiu6RGNUs

[Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong]

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.

[Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong]

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.

[Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong]

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.

[Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong]

@LinardosAkis Shiiiiiiiit. That’s amazing!

[TheCosmicBackground @theCosmicbgr]

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.

https://t.co/nvOEnZ5al5

[Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong]

@Pedro__Iniguez Congratulations, Pedro!

[Ai Jiang || 江艾 || 🇨🇳🇨🇦 @AiJiang_]

*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*—

[Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong]

@JohnAMcColley @AWWLitMag Thank you!

[Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong]

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 @alanmarktong]

Um. Vague acceptance tweet? I guess the first one wasn’t a total fluke.

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@ColtonTheShaper @AWWLitMag Thank you, Colton!

[Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong]

@kjy1066 @AWWLitMag Thank you, Karlo!

[Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong]

@RyanB4890 @AWWLitMag Thank you, Ryan!

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@Danaiwrites @AWWLitMag Thank you, Danai!