“We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read” won an Ignyte...
Yesterday “We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read” won the Ignyte Award for Outstanding Short Story!! Congratulations to all the winners and finalists! Tempting though it may...
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I’ll be at Worldcon (in Seattle!) next week, come say hi! Here’s my schedule: Thursday 8/14 1:00pm -2:00 pm – Fairwood Press table w/Tina Connolly 4:30pm – 5:30pm (Room 435-436) – Panel: Smile for the...
View Article“Unfinished Architectures of the Human-Fae War” is online at Uncanny!
New story day!!! “Unfinished Architectures of the Human-Fae War” is out in Uncanny Magazine, and I’m so excited to share it with you! Inspired by (among other things) bees, the Winchester Mystery...
View Article“We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read” is a Hugo...
Honored that my Lightspeed story “We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read” is a Hugo Finalist! This is our story, simplified: Life. Loss. Transformation. Love. Death. Iteration. I...
View Article“Rock, Paper, Scissors, Love, Death” is on It’s Storytime with Wil Wheaton!
I’ve gotten a bit behind on website updates, but some exciting news from a couple weeks ago: My Lightspeed Magazine story “Rock, Paper, Scissors, Love, Death” is the debut story of Wil Wheaton’s new...
View Article“We Will Teach You How To Read | We Will Teach You How To Read” is a Nebula...
Absolutely delighted that my Lightspeed story “We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read” is a Nebula Finalist! If you missed the live announcement, there’s a video! SFWA had...
View Article2024 Publications
Catching up on reading for the year? I had three stories out in 2024. This is our story, simplified: Life. Loss. Transformation. Love. Death. Iteration. “We Will Teach You How To Read | We Will Teach...
View ArticleReadercon!
I will be at Readercon! Want to find me? Here’s my schedule: Friday, July 12 11:30am (Salon C) – Reading: Caroline M. Yoachim 2:00pm (Salon 3) – Panel: Retroactive Problem Solving in SF A lot of the...
View Article“Our Chatbots Said “I Love You,” Shall We Meet?” now online at Clarkesworld!
I have a new story out today in issue 213 of Clarkesworld Magazine! Our Chatbots Said “I Love You,” Shall We Meet? Here at 123aiLOVEu, we take all the guesswork out of dating. With personalized...
View Article“We Will Teach You How To Read | We Will Teach You How To Read” online at...
I have a new story in issue 168 of Lightspeed, and I am so excited to share it with you! This is a story that I wrote with the deliberate goal of making your brain do a thing that human brains really...
View Article2023 Year-end Post
I only had one piece out this year, which makes for a year-end post that is short and sweet. Worlds pop into existence, composed by clicking keyboards or in spraying foam on waves of thought; tucked...
View ArticleNorwescon!
I will be at Norwescon! Want to find me? Here’s my schedule: Thursday, April 6 Time Travel and Historical Fiction 4:00pm – 5:00pm @ Evergreen 1 & 2 Frank Morin (M), Caroline M. Yoachim, Ellis Bray,...
View Article“Collaboration?” is in Uncanny Magazine, Issue 50!
New fiction out today! “Collaboration?” is a novelette I wrote with Ken Liu, and it is in Uncanny Magazine’s 50th issue! “Worlds pop into existence, composed by clicking keyboards or in spraying foam...
View Article2022 Year-End Post
I wasn’t going to write an end-of-year post this year, partly because I usually focus on new stories I’ve published… and this is a gap year for me with nothing new coming out. But despite that it was a...
View ArticleWorldcon Schedule!
If you will be at Chicon next month, come see me! Here’s my schedule: Friday, Sept 2 10am – The Writing Workshop (Michigan 3) Saturday, Sept 3 10am – Reading (Dusable) 1pm – Let Me Tell You About the...
View ArticleAlmond Cream Pie
I often post pictures of almond cream pie when I make it for Thanksgiving, and people sometimes ask for the recipe. So here it is! This is basically a recipe for the filling, because I use a store...
View Article2021 Award Eligibility
I had one novelette out in 2021: “Colors of the Immortal Palette” (12,900 words) appeared in issue 39 of Uncanny Magazine. “Colors of the Immortal Palette” combines so many things that I love–Sondheim...
View ArticleNew Fiction: “Colors of the Immortal Palette”
I have a new novelette out in Uncanny Magazine! “Colors of the Immortal Palette” is a story of art and identity, history and truth. It was a difficult story to write, and I’m really proud of how it...
View Article2020 Award Eligibility
I had one new novelette out in 2020: “Shadow Prisons,” which originally appeared in three parts in The Dystopia Triptych (eds. John Joseph Adams, Hugh Howey, and Christie Yant). The novelette is...
View ArticleNew fiction: “Shadow Prisons”
I haven’t been very good about updating this blog, but I had some new fiction out June 30th!! “Shadow Prisons” is a novelette in three parts, appearing in The Dystopia Triptych (eds. John Joseph Adams,...
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