Cindy Phan

Author



Author Bio

Cindy Phan (she/her) writes about the everyday fantastic, in which the boundaries between the tragic and the absurd shift, transform and misbehave. A Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize-nominated author, Phan’s fiction has appeared in Augur Magazine, Luna Station Quarterly, khōréō magazine and others. She and her partner live in a wonderfully cluttered home with their son and poodle. She has six tarantulas. She prefers Garamond. Find her on Bluesky: @cindyphanauthor.com.

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Publications

2025

  • All Her Darling Little Ones - Silk and Foxglove: A BIPOC Erotic Eco-Horror Anthology. Forthcoming.
  • Ron, Howard - Baffling Magazine, Issue 19.4

2024

  • Alistair Catfish Walks Amoung the Monstrosity Superstars - Illustrated Worlds Magazine, Issue #8
  • Moniker - Fraidy Cat Quarterly, Issue 1.
  • Monstrous Attractions (reprint) - Luna Station Quarterly, Issue 58.
  • Smalls the Wonder - Inner Worlds Vol. 2. Nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
  • The Universe & Miss. Debbie - khōréō magazine, Issue 4.3.

2022

  • Alistair Catfish - Luna Station Quarterly, Issue 49.
    • Recommended in Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: 12 Stories You May Have Missed in 2022 by Alex Brown.
    • Reviewed in SFF Reviews by Sara L. Uckelman.
    • Issue 049 Author Interview: Cindy Phan and Alistair Catfish with Luna Station Quarterly Press.
  • Where Secrets Lie - khōréō magazine, Issue 2.2 (print and audio version).

2021

  • Is Good for the Gander - The Wondrous Real, Issue 6
  • Run Away, Tender Heart - From the Farther Trees, Issue 6. Nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
  • Storm Waters - Truancy Magazine, #10. Reviewed in Maria’s Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Short Fiction Roundup for December 2021 by Maria Haskins.

2020

  • Chicken & Egg - The/tƐmz/Review, Issue 10. Nominated for the Best of the Net.

2019

  • Flesh, Not Blood - RicePaper Magazine (online and 2021 Belief anthology).
  • Good Books All - Astral Waters Review, Issue 2.
  • Monstrous Attractions - Augur Magazine, Issue 2.3. Reviewed in Quick Sips - Augur #2.3 by Charles Payseur.

Anthologies

  • All Her Darling Little Ones - Silk and Foxglove: A BIPOC Erotic Eco-Horror Anthology (2025).
  • Grim & Hilde - Queerblades Vol. 2. (Forthcoming.)
  • Flesh, Not Blood - Belief: Ricepaper Magazine Books 3 (April 2021).

Nominations and Awards

Links

Contact

Email: cinphan at gmail dot com

Bluesky: @cindyphanauthor.com