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Moonstorm

Moonstorm #1

Cover for Moonstorm by Yoon Ha Lee: a teenage Asian girl with short black hair with a white streak and blue eyes amid white flowers against a fissured red moon in targeting crosshairs.

In a society where conformity is valued above all else, a teen girl training to become an Imperial pilot is forced to return to her rebel roots to save her world in this adrenaline-fueled sci-fi adventure—perfect for fans of Iron Widow and Skyward!

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Brain Games for Blocked Writers: 81 Tips to Get You Unstuck

Brain Games for Blocked Writers: 81 Tips to Get You Unstuck, book cover with a fountain pen 'chess piece' against a chessboard backdrop

Howdy! During the pandemic, one of my weekend projects was a book of tips for breaking through writer’s block. It’s finally here!

Stuck on your story? It can happen to the best of us: our characters refuse to character, our book refuses to book. Here are 81 creative exercises to get your brain moving again, including:

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Tiger Honor

Thousand Worlds #2


Sebin, a young tiger spirit from the Juhwang Clan, wants nothing more than to join the Thousand World Space Forces and, like their Uncle Hwan, captain a battle cruiser someday. But when Sebin’s acceptance letter finally arrives, it’s accompanied by the shocking news that Hwan has been declared a traitor. Apparently the captain abandoned his duty to steal a magical artifact, the Dragon Pearl, and his whereabouts are still unknown. Sebin hopes to help clear their hero’s name and restore honor to the clan.

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Fox Snare

Thousand Worlds #3


While on a mission to cement peace between the Sun Clans and the Thousand Worlds, Min the fox spirit and her ghost brother Jun get stranded on a death planet with Haneul the dragon spirit and Sebin the tiger spirit. To survive, the young cadets will have to rely on all their wits, training, and supernatural abilities. And let’s not forget the Dragon Pearl…

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The Fox’s Tower and Other Tales

Fox's Tower cover

In this magical collection of flash fiction fairy tales, encounter science-minded fox spirits, tiger wives, books that can be read by anyone but their owner, and more!

Enter a world of magic and myth, where foxes fall in love and robots build their own dragons. In The Fox’s Tower and Other Tales, New York Times bestselling author Yoon Ha Lee crafts together short and moving stories of love, adventure, magic, and nature. With poetic language and intricate world building, readers will be whisked away to a different adventure with every new story. Full of fascinating creatures and LGBT+ romances, this collection combines the classic with the contemporary in Yoon’s captivating style.

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The Candlevine Gardener and Other Stories

Candlevine Gardener cover

On a dark and dreary world at the edge of all known space, at the end of the universe, there lives a candlevine gardener.

Phoenix Extravagant


NEWS: Due to the pandemic, Solaris will be delaying the release of Phoenix Extravagant from June 2020 to October 2020. I’m really sorry about this–they think the book will have a better chance to succeed with a later release. For anyone who can’t wait, there will be a limited edition from Goldsboro Books Sci-Fi and Fantasy Fellowship releasing in May 2020–check the link for details. (Yes, they do international orders; they’re in the UK.)

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Hexarchate Stories

The Machineries of Empire #4


Hexarchate Stories is a collection of short fiction set in the world of the Machineries of Empire trilogy (Ninefox GambitRaven Stratagem, and Revenant Gun).  It’s about half reprints and half new material; the latter is mostly in the form of “Glass Cannon,” a novella sequel to Revenant Gun.

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The Vela

The Vela cover image

The Vela is a serialized space opera from Serial Box, which I co-wrote with Becky Chambers (The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet), Rivers Solomon (An Unkindness of Ghosts), and S. L. Huang (Zero Sum Game). Concept by Lydia Shamah.

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Dragon Pearl

Thousand Worlds #1

Dragon Pearl cover, art by Vivienne To

Dragon Pearl is a middle grade Korean mythology space opera: the heroine is Min, a fox spirit who runs away from her impoverished planet to solve the mystery of her missing brother.  Along the way, she’ll encounter space pirates, a sinister tiger spirit captain, ghosts, and more–perhaps even the legendary Dragon Pearl with its ability to terraform worlds.

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