giants and motorcycles
Gentlest of readers, It has been a weird month--and, in Michigan at least, a paradoxically beautiful one, with glorious warm fall weather that foreshadows...
murmurations and jaguars
Delightful readers, Today I bring you ebooks, some images of me reading aloud, and a gorgeously evocative bit of mathematical vocabulary. Ebooks first! North...
barberries and bookmarks
Most delightful of readers, I have a schedule of readings and signings to offer you--as well as an essay about "Fisher of Stars," strategies for buying...
north continent's birthday
Kindest of readers, It's a glorious summer evening and my collection of interwoven stories, North Continent Ribbon, has now been released. You can order it...
north continent invitations
Gallant readers, North Continent Ribbon comes out next week! We're celebrating with a Zoom event the evening of August 22, hosted by Argo Bookshop in...
Glasgow and other glamorous locations
Happy August! I intentionally buried a lede in my previous letter. Let me take the opposite tack in this message. Here's a quick preview of everything I want...
reviews and salamanders
Worthiest of readers, I bring you a combination of reviews, cats, and (precursors to) dragons. Let's start with the dragons and their humbler relatives. I've...
toolboxes and towers
Happy Fourth of July eve! I've recently returned from a trip variously involving multiple mathematical institutes, nerding out with fellow medieval names...
poetry, prizes, and Palestine
Fairest of readers, I have good news to share about award nominations (or fractions thereof) and sad things to say about war--together, because they are...
parallelograms over the entryway
Happy incipient Memorial Day (or, if you're in the UK, happy incipient bank holiday)! My story Flannelfeet is out in the world, just in time for the long...
fake shadows and real elliptic curves
Kind readers, Things continue to happen! Here are many tidbits of news. On the North Continent Ribbon front, the Neon Hemlock Kickstarter is now finished,...
the heartbeat of the universe
Valorous readers, This letter includes poetry, mix tapes, and a very important question about dumplings. Let's start with the poetry. My poem "Ansibles" is...
sky yachts and oracles
Worthiest of readers, This letter is full to the brim with stories and collections. I reviewed Ann Leckie's Lake of Souls recently, which is one of those...
covers and kickstarts
Intrepid readers, It's a week full of news involving the planet of Nakharat. My story collection North Continent Ribbon is seeming ever more real. Yoon Ha...
chromium or dumplings
Happy New Year! My poem "Hexavalent" is in the January/February issue of Analog (my first time in the magazine!) Here's Gennoveus modeling with my...
love and monsters
Gentle readers, Today I released a game! Monster in the Wilderness by yarntheory "Monster in the Wilderness" is a one-player role-playing game. It took me a...
once and future poems
Gallant readers, Rosalind's Siblings, which contains my post-societal-crumbling protest poem "Circle Packing," is officially released today. I can also...
those tiny red eyes
Happy almost-Labor Day! My poem "Olympia" is in the September/October issue of Asimov's Science Fiction. It begins: Time is only distance. I’m choosing a...
dungeons, dragons, and inspirational messages
Greetings from the height of summer! I have two different kinds of autobiographical essay to tell you about this week. The first is The Gamemaster’s Guide to...
queen of the dead
Fearless readers, My poem Persephone takes up the garnets is now free to read at The Deadlands--or you can purchase the entire issue as an ebook! Here is a...
weak force, strong force
Happy July! I have two small pieces of math-adjacent news for you. The first is that the science-fiction-about-scientists anthology Rosalind's Siblings is...
assassins and monodromy
Gentle readers, My story Closer than your kidneys is up at Frivolous Comma! This is the story of an assassin, Tashnur, who finds herself falling in love with...
North Continent Ribbon
Valiant readers, I have news in the shape of a book! Neon Hemlock Press will be publishing my interwoven collection of short stories North Continent Ribbon...
graded by a ghost
Happy day-after-Earth-Day! Asimov's has posted the beginning of my novelette "The Fifteenth Saint" on its website. It's a substantial excerpt, with lots of...
a book with one page
O most sagacious newsletter subscribers, Today I can direct you to a story! My novelette "The Fifteenth Saint" is in the May/June issue of Asimov's, which...
garnets and pie
Happy almost-equinox! My poem “Persephone takes up the garnets” will be in The Deadlands later this year–I just signed the contract yesterday. The poem is...
I shall be a felt windbreak
Dear friends, I signed a contract this morning with Frivolous Comma: they’re going to publish my story “Closer than your kidneys” this summer! “Kidneys” is...
New Zealand suburbs and nonbinding polls
Happy New Year! I began the year in the manner traditional for me, which means I went from the bosom of my family straight to the largest math conference in...
pro rate and pumpkin pancakes
Good morning on the first of December! The photo above shows my current knitting project and a piece of Advent calendar lemon chocolate. I realized, when I...
Asimov's, Analog, and circus factions
O perspicacious newsletter subscribers, This week I signed contracts for two different poems: "Hexavalent" will be my first publication in Analog, and...