literary cousins
Happy December! North Continent Ribbon is in Esquire's list of 30 best sci-fi books of 2024, and I'm absolutely preening. There's a lovely capsule review:...
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...
