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/3mumqotjtds2qI'm in the paper! ... and on the front cover page! Kira Walter at The Ithaca Times interviewed me and did a write-up about Ithaca is Books fest and the release of my novella ELLIPSES! @infinivoxsf.bsky.social Check it out! @ithacatimes.bsky.social https://www.ithaca.com/entertainment/books/your-next-good-read-awaits-the-6th-ithaca-is-books-festival/article_4d54b8c2-e6f7-48ee-9ac3-c016a1f2ed68.html Yay & thanks!03 Sep 2026 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:g77oruiyyfbcne6bjd76bf2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumqotjtds2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/spires.bsky.social/post/3mumot2t3522uPrepping another set of postcards for ELLIPSES that my publisher Infinivox graciously sent me! @infinivoxsf.bsky.social My sci-fi novella ELLIPSES is out now! www.infinivoxsf.com/ellipses I'll be at Ithaca is Books fest as a panelist & presenter and Protagonist Bookstore, NY for a release event!03 Sep 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:g77oruiyyfbcne6bjd76bf2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumot2t3522uhttps://bsky.app/profile/spires.bsky.social/post/3mt5wjb4pck2vHappy to announce that the Issue 61 of Eye to the Telescope is live, featuring 21 wonderful poems about sentience and aliens. I really enjoyed guest editing this issue—and am honored to see it come to life! Thanks to the poets, (Terran or non-Terran) readers and staff of the Eye to the Telescope! [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Aug 2026 00:27 +0000at://did:plc:g77oruiyyfbcne6bjd76bf2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt5wjb4pck2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/spires.bsky.social/post/3ms55zkvkis2mMy novelette "Piece de Resistance" is now available to read in this month's @clarkesworldmagazine.com! Yay! With futuristic bubble technology, the dining industry, subverting the ad economy... and a heist! clarkesworldmagazine.com/spires_08_26/ -with thanks to Neil Clarke and the editorial team https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/spires_08_26/02 Aug 2026 23:44 +0000at://did:plc:g77oruiyyfbcne6bjd76bf2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms55zkvkis2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/spires.bsky.social/post/3mrvqch2fcs2fGot this contributor copy of speculative poetry magazine Star*Line about a week ago! Yay!31 Jul 2026 00:49 +0000at://did:plc:g77oruiyyfbcne6bjd76bf2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrvqch2fcs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/spires.bsky.social/post/3mrvpvmqca22aGot these cool stickers from Spec Colorways In Verse! Oooh shiny! @speccolorwaysverse.bsky.social31 Jul 2026 00:42 +0000at://did:plc:g77oruiyyfbcne6bjd76bf2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrvpvmqca22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/spires.bsky.social/post/3mrnyolczkc2aMy two poems, "determination" and "knotwork" are forthcoming in the anthology Cozy in the Apocalypse, edited by Chun Hyon Lee and Naomi Simone Borwein. Yay! Excited! @angrygablepress.bsky.social angrygablepress.com https://angrygablepress.com/27 Jul 2026 22:58 +0000at://did:plc:g77oruiyyfbcne6bjd76bf2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnyolczkc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/spires.bsky.social/post/3mqm35mspcs2gMy forthcoming SF novella ELLIPSES from Infinivox is now available to pre-order on Kobo! https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/ellipses-914 Jul 2026 11:12 +0000at://did:plc:g77oruiyyfbcne6bjd76bf2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqm35mspcs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/spires.bsky.social/post/3moaxxxlpys2uAchingly good, intoxicating and mind-bending science fiction by Dafydd McKimm—and free to read. Chirality turned on its head, the longing for truth and unknowing, fruitful considerations of identity and star-crossed passion. Highly recommended! www.myheartandotherplanets.online https://www.myheartandotherplanets.online/14 Jun 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:g77oruiyyfbcne6bjd76bf2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3moaxxxlpys2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/spires.bsky.social/post/3moavyo62vc2uSplendid praise from Dafydd McKimm for my SF novella ELLIPSES "A somersaulting hard-SF novella with 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩, 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞, made all the more joyful by Spires's uniquely acrobatic prose.”—Dafydd McKimm, author of MY HEART AND OTHER PLANETS & "The Colossus Stops"14 Jun 2026 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:g77oruiyyfbcne6bjd76bf2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3moavyo62vc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/spires.bsky.social/post/3mnzg6i53bk2wI got my contributor copy for Scifaikuest! My scifaiku poems "pregnancy on kepler-c", "netting lemon drops" and "clear pearls" are on page 29 and there are some really intriguing gems of poems alongside mine in here! -with thanks to t. santitoro and the editorial team11 Jun 2026 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:g77oruiyyfbcne6bjd76bf2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnzg6i53bk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/spires.bsky.social/post/3mnhhz5al2s2cLovely praise for my SF ELLIPSES novella from @sbdivya.bsky.social "A lovely story of first contact that takes some unexpected twists and turns - full of lush biology, tense survival, empathy, and friendship."—S.B. Divya, award-winning author of RUNTIME, MACHINEHOOD, and MERU | LOKA (The Alloy Era)04 Jun 2026 11:03 +0000at://did:plc:g77oruiyyfbcne6bjd76bf2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnhhz5al2s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/spires.bsky.social/post/3mmgnqwaisk2aBalticon weekend, yay!--my first panel is today! "We Come in Peace: Writing Non-human Sentience" (virtual) #balticon @balticon.bsky.social Tomorrow, I'll be in these virtual panels: "Location, Location, Location" "Building Worlds Through Words"22 May 2026 09:48 +0000at://did:plc:g77oruiyyfbcne6bjd76bf2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmgnqwaisk2a