“Negative Scholarship on the Fifth State of Being” (Clarkesworld, Nov 2024)
A human “doctor” must treat a very rare alien species using only AI assistance and translation machines. But the corporatization of medical technology and a history of genocide means nothing is as it seems. Audio version on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Here’s a thread where I talked a little about my thoughts behind the story. […]
“My Mother’s Voice and the Shadow” (Cast of Wonders, Sep 2024)
A book-mender starts seeing shadows in the books she mends, shadows that are traces of a forbidden magic that reveal the dark history of both the empire and her own family. Audio version on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
“The Window at My Mother’s Back, the Door in My Belly” (Ghoulish Tales, Nov 2024)
A vengeful ghost and her half-human daughter promised to be good for a second chance to live, but both life and the nature of their own flesh creep too close to violence. If you’d like a free copy of this story for award reading, please email me.
“The God Who Never Sleeps Dwells Under an Inky Sea” (Haven Speculative, Sep 2024)
After his ship drowned in a storm, a sailor is stranded on the great sea wall off the coast of the sunken city Jakarta.
“In (Future) Memory of an Absent Father” (Mysterion, Nov 2024)
With graduation fast approaching, Bandhu must find his magical Intuition to know what kind of jobs he’ll be good for. But his search of his magical power brings him to a piece of family history—and political history—that had forced his parents and grandparents to drift apart.