Acicular appendages, keyboard protuberance. SFF writer. Published in Clarkesworld, Fireside, Analog, Uncanny, Nature Futures, Vice Motherboard Terraform, Star*Line, MIT Press. Codexian. Website: https://daxiaolinspires.wordpress.com/https://bsky.app/profile/spires.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/spires.bsky.social/post/3mlq53l37kk2oMachinehood @sbdivya.bsky.social: Really enjoyed the futuristic concepts: gig economy pushed to the extreme, pills to make human labor competitive, machine-human body dynamics, immersive worldbuilding & thrilling suspense! The food was also lovingly described... mouthwatering! What a lovely read!13 May 2026 10:51 +0000at://did:plc:g77oruiyyfbcne6bjd76bf2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlq53l37kk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/spires.bsky.social/post/3mlq4sx3u222oRead The Language of Liars by @slhuang.com and found the POV really intriguing and can’t go wrong with cool aliens. Enjoyed it a lot and highly recommend! Spoiler alert (well not that much of a spoiler): Gutted in a good way by the ending! What a punch! It was devastating and beautiful. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 10:46 +0000at://did:plc:g77oruiyyfbcne6bjd76bf2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlq4sx3u222ohttps://bsky.app/profile/spires.bsky.social/post/3mlm7m2426s2uI’ll be presenting on panels at Balticon 60 virtually. My panels fall on May 22-May 23. Yay! Swing by if you can! @balticon.bsky.social11 May 2026 21:25 +0000at://did:plc:g77oruiyyfbcne6bjd76bf2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlm7m2426s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/spires.bsky.social/post/3mlg7xolp4227Just a heads up that I’ll be leading a worldbuilding workshop for Spring Writes tomorrow, Sunday, May 10 at 4:45-5:45pm at the Ithaca Downtown Conference Center (in Upstate NY). It’s free! Swing by if you can! https://springwrites.org/events/live-events/09 May 2026 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:g77oruiyyfbcne6bjd76bf2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlg7xolp4227https://bsky.app/profile/spires.bsky.social/post/3mlbefnz3v223@solarshades.club Andrew taught a Clarion workshop I attended on solarpunk and pens an illuminating newsletter... he's very knowledgeable and great at facilitating discussion on interesting speculative and future-oriented subject matters. I can't wait to read his new novel! [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:g77oruiyyfbcne6bjd76bf2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbefnz3v223https://bsky.app/profile/spires.bsky.social/post/3mkx37wcawk2k"Sworn Brothers" by Toshiya Kamei is raw and heartbreaking, with a deep dive into the registers of obligation vs. passionate love. It starts with a creepy punch, that keeps you on edge and flourishes into am ardent tale. https://cutleafjournal.com/content/sworn-brothers @toshiyakamei.bsky.social03 May 2026 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:g77oruiyyfbcne6bjd76bf2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkx37wcawk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/spires.bsky.social/post/3mksslivfyc2lLoved this touching story about the last speakers of their language grieving on another speaker passing. It’s heartfelt and says a lot about the kinds of jokes and references that are linguistically and culturally situated. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:g77oruiyyfbcne6bjd76bf2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksslivfyc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/spires.bsky.social/post/3mk4wl6wsi227Guest editing an issue on Aliens for Eye to the Telescope! If you have any extraterrestrial-related poetry, here's your chance to sub! eyetothetelescope.com/submit.html https://eyetothetelescope.com/submit.html23 Apr 2026 02:09 +0000at://did:plc:g77oruiyyfbcne6bjd76bf2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4wl6wsi227https://bsky.app/profile/spires.bsky.social/post/3mjfyhnape22oHappy to announce upcoming guest appearances and workshops. Speculative story publishing workshop at Ithacon (April 25) and Building Fantastical Worlds at Spring Writes Literary Festival (May 10). www.ithacon.org https://springwrites.org/events/live-events/ https://www.ithacon.org/13 Apr 2026 23:11 +0000at://did:plc:g77oruiyyfbcne6bjd76bf2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfyhnape22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/spires.bsky.social/post/3mivxxcctts2aHappy to aounnce that my story, “Strawberries” was sent to mailboxes subscribed to Sunday Morning Transport on April 5… Easter Day, for those who celebrate! Space travel, luscious fruits & historical memory intertwine. -with thanks to Editors Fran Wilde and Julian Yap and the team! [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Apr 2026 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:g77oruiyyfbcne6bjd76bf2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivxxcctts2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/spires.bsky.social/post/3miqo7akwg22wHappy to announce that “Mamaborg’s Milk and the Brilliance of Gems” will appear in Phantom Pulse Magazine. Yay! The story first appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine. Looking forward to the publication! -with thanks to Editors Michael A Reed, Jess Elizabeth Reed Kat Reed & the team!05 Apr 2026 11:42 +0000at://did:plc:g77oruiyyfbcne6bjd76bf2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3miqo7akwg22whttps://bsky.app/profile/spires.bsky.social/post/3mhc5o6ji522nI received my contributor's copy of The Drabbun Anthology 3.0 edited by Francis W Alexander and Teri Santitoro. My drabbun, "Exoplanet’s Moon: A Strange Culture" is in here, alongside some fun and cool drabbuns. --with thanks to the editors & the editorial team! https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/drabbun-3-217 Mar 2026 23:43 +0000at://did:plc:g77oruiyyfbcne6bjd76bf2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhc5o6ji522nhttps://bsky.app/profile/spires.bsky.social/post/3mgkcr3ymnk2jMy March Patreon post is available, open to certain tiers! https://www.patreon.com/posts/thank-you-hugs-152523138?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link08 Mar 2026 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:g77oruiyyfbcne6bjd76bf2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgkcr3ymnk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/spires.bsky.social/post/3mgkafwfdqc2lHappy to announce that "Bookdrop" is forthcoming in British Fantasy Society's Horizons. @britfantasysoc.bsky.social —with thanks to Editor Robin C.M. Duncan and the editorial team You know you spend way too much time at libraries when you're writing weird, creepy stories about them—in a good way!08 Mar 2026 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:g77oruiyyfbcne6bjd76bf2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgkafwfdqc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/spires.bsky.social/post/3mfwa6td3lc22Happy to announce that my short story, "Strawberries," is forthcoming in Sunday Morning Transport! @morningtransport.bsky.social I was inspired by accounts of Japanese internment & strawberry fields left behind. I also visited a historical interment camp in Hawai'i—it was sobering & edifying.28 Feb 2026 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:g77oruiyyfbcne6bjd76bf2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfwa6td3lc22https://bsky.app/profile/spires.bsky.social/post/3mf7mcpci722rHappy to announce that my scifaiku, "sutures pop," is forthcoming in Star*Line! -with thanks to editor John Reinhart and the team! @sfpoetry.bsky.social19 Feb 2026 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:g77oruiyyfbcne6bjd76bf2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf7mcpci722rhttps://bsky.app/profile/spires.bsky.social/post/3mf2ivjrznc2zHappy Lunar New Year... of the Horse! (gallops away, leaving prints of snow...) ^^ an allusion to: 「山迴路轉不見君，雪上空留馬行處。」 岑參, c. 715–770 (Tang dynasty poem)17 Feb 2026 11:53 +0000at://did:plc:g77oruiyyfbcne6bjd76bf2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf2ivjrznc2z