science-fiction, horror writer

ABOUT

C L Chang (she/her), known as Risa online, is a Chinese-Singaporean writer focused on science-fiction, horror and some fantasy. She enjoys writing stories inspired by her unique ESEA culture and mythology whilst tackling heavier topics close to her heart. She was accepted into the Singapore Creative Arts Programme in 2019 and the Write Team Mentorship Programme in 2024.When she's not writing, she's scrambling to complete her legal training or catching up on playthroughs of the latest horror games which piques her interest.She is represented by Julie Gourinchas at Bell Lomax Moreton.banner by @kuri_huang for onmyoji

ADULT SCIENCE-FANTASY HORROR

Our Feast So Divine

❝ Be Gay Eat God ❞HARROW THE NINTH x GHOST STATION x IRON WIDOWA renowned scientist joins a team of researchers to enter a cursed, abandoned city with the goal of using a god's corpse to create a serum of youth, but he doesn't anticipate hallucinating its tender embrace and reveling in it ... nor craving a taste of its flesh.OUR FEAST SO DIVINE is a science fantasy horror. It combines the unreliable narrator, body horror and corpselust in Tamsyn Muir's HARROW THE NINTH with the isolation horror in S.A. Barnes' GHOST STATION, and the futuristic reimagining of ancient China in Xiran Jay Zhao’s IRON WIDOW.

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ADULT SCIENCE-FICTION HORROR — REVISING

BackroomsWIP

EVENT HORIZON x OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA x BACKROOMSLooking for her missing girlfriend, Leina discovers a familiar door on a deserted spaceship. The rooms within almost feel like home. But home has a soul, and this place does not—she must uncover what connects this space and Elisette’s disappearance before it swallows her whole.• toxic yuri
• memory manipulation
• themes of idealisation, control and co-dependency

Curious about Risa's other works—past, present and future? Find them below. Projects range from finished manuscripts to early drafts and mere concepts.moodboard by @stelaernis on twitter

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You can find Risa on twitter and instagram.

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ADULT CONTEMPORARY HORROR — DRAFTING

HandsWIP

SOME PLACE IN THE KINKI REGION x A GAME IN YELLOWA youtube video in the woods gone wrong featuring:
• linear time travel
• a cursed book
• themes of mental health (self-destruction)
• too many severed hands

NA SCIENCE-FICTION — TEMPORARILY SHELVED

Sina Von Solis

GIDEON THE NINTH x THE TRAITOR BARU CORMORANT x EXORDIAIn the midst of an intergalactic war, Bernadette and her estranged childhood friend must find their way off an enemy planet. She left her friend to die once before, now she must decide if she is willing to do so again.