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, Baffling Magazine, khōréō magazine and more. 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

Author photo by Rosena Fung

Publications

2026

Beyond the Beholder — Cosmic Horror Monthly, #70.
Bonnie Bell, Come Home Why Don't You? — Perilous Plants Anthology. Forthcoming.
In Love & War & Catfish Wishes — Who Am I? Sapphic Speculative Fiction of Identity and Purpose Anthology. Forthcoming.
The Father, The Son and The Hungry Ghosts — Wierd Fiction Quarterly. Forthcoming.
The Universe & Miss Debbie (reprint) — Cast of Wonders, Episode 690.

2025

All Her Darling Little Ones — Silk and Foxglove: A BIPOC Erotic Eco-Horror Anthology.
Ron, Howard — Baffling Magazine, Issue 19.4.
What to do When a Demon is Talking Shit at You — Inner Worlds, Issue 8.

2024

Alistair Catfish Walks Among 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, Issue 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 (September 2025).
Bonnie Bell, Come Home Why Don't You? Perilous Plants Anthology (November 2026).
Flesh, Not Blood — Belief: Ricepaper Magazine Books 3 (April 2021).
In Love & War & Catfish Wishes — Who Am I? Sapphic Speculative Fiction of Identity and Purpose Anthology (September 2026).

Collected Catfish Stories

Alistair Catfish — Luna Station Quarterly, Issue 49.
Alistair Catfish Walks Among the Monstrosity Superstars — Illustrated Worlds Magazine, Issue #8.
In Love & War & Catfish Wishes — Who Am I? Sapphic Speculative Fiction of Identity and Purpose Anthology.
The Universe & Miss Debbie — khōréō magazine, Issue 4.3.

Nominations and Awards

Ontario Arts Council (OAC) Grant, Augur Society Recommender, 2026.
Ontario Arts Council (OAC) Grant, Bookland Press Inc. Recommender, 2026.
Smalls the Wonder — Inner Worlds Vol. 2. Nominated for the Pushcart Prize 2024.
Run Away, Tender Heart (From the Farther Trees, Issue 6). Nominated for the Pushcart Prize 2022.
Chicken & Egg (The/tƐmz/Review, Issue 10). Nominated for the Best of the Net 2021.

Contact

Send Cindy a message via the contact form

Bluesky: @cindyphanauthor.com