Author, Poet, Fantasist
We went to Prairie Lights as a reward for all the relentless packing (moving for the fifth time in a year — this is not a drill!), and I spotted a copy of Gardner Dozois’s Year’s Best SF on display. I looked at the Honorable Mentions section in the backRead More
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Uncanny Magazine is running their third year Kickstarter. They had a great run for the first two years, publishing brilliant award-winning stories, nonfiction, poetry, and art. These folks published my poem “Archival Testimony Fragments/minersong,” set in the Boundless universe; this poem was a Rhysling Award nominee, and was on the Locus Recommended ReadingRead More
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I am very pleased to announce that I sold “The Book of How to Live,” A Birdverse novelette, to Beneath Ceaseless Skies. “The Book of How to Live” has two protagonists, both artificers without magical ability: Efronia Lukano, an autistic woman who is a peasant (and also ace), and Atarah-nai-Rinah, aRead More
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My Birdverse poem “Mirrored Mappings” is up at Through the Gate today! This poem takes place in the Burri desert; the “I” and the “you” of the poem reference the two main characters of the new Birdverse novella I just finished, “A Portrait of the Desert in Personages of Power.” ThanksRead More
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I signed the contract and am very happy to announce that my Nebula-nominated Birdverse novelette “Grandmother-nai-Leylit’s Cloth of Winds” will appear in Chinese translation in Science Fiction World. Here is the website with some recent issues, and here is an English-language Wikipedia page about the magazine. I am very excitedRead More
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To celebrate Pride Month, I am highlighting ten LGBTQIA creators of color in the field of SFF. I ask those of you who would like to participate, to highlight your favorite LGBTQIA creators using the hashtag #pridecreators Ten LGBTQIA creators of color (order is arbitrary!) 1. Nalo Hopkinson has just created the Lemonade Award to “toRead More
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A few years ago in Kansas City, I visited the Mission Road Antique Mall. I love going to places that have old beautiful old objects, because I love art and material culture. My parents have done a lot of interior design work, and I grew up around it. Looking at old and intricateRead More
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I just heard from my editor that the World Fantasy Award nominations are open, with a very narrow voting window: they are due on June 15, 2016. WFA is mostly a juried award, but 2 slots in each category are open for voters. Members of the 2014, 2015, and 2016Read More
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I have published in a variety of speculative genres: science fiction, magic realism, surrealism, slipstream, horror, and even dubiously a bit of memoir which might or might not be speculative. But secondary world fantasy, and epic fantasy in particular, remains my favorite genre – the genre that sustains me, theRead More
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I am back from the Nebula Awards weekend, which I attended with my wonderful spouse, Bogi Takács. It made all the difference to be there with Bogi rather than on my lonesome. The con was excellent. I met many wonderful people face-to-face for the first time, participated in two panels (“LanguageRead More
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