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Oh hey hi there. Thanks for taking the time to check out my website!

I write science fiction, fantasy, and horror, much of it gay as heck. My debut novel won a Nebula Award, and was one of NPR’s best books of the year. My second was a “Must-Read” in Entertainment Weekly and O, The Oprah Magazine. My books and stories have been published in translation around the world, which is awesome because it gives me an excuse to travel all over the place.

I also like to draw monsters & dinosaurs & hot dudes in peril. And I take a ton of pictures. All the images in the slideshow, above, are my own – except for the ones of my book jackets. Those were created by professionals, which is why they are actually good.

Learn more about my novels here – and you can read lots of my short stories. I also have a blog with updates about things like new publications, upcoming events, and recent achievements.

Also? You should totally follow me on Twitter, where I say smart or funny things on occasion, and follow me on Instagram for more of the aforementioned photographs.

If you like anything I’ve written, holler at me on social media or write to me.

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GOOD NEWS EVERYONE

  • THE BIG BOOK OF CYBERPUNK includes my story “Feral Arcade Children of the American Northeast.”
  • KID WOLF & KRAKEN BOY wins the Subjective Chaos Kind of Award.
  • Come see me at the NYPL: “Confronting Climate Anxiety in Fiction”
  • A World Fantasy Award nomination for BOYS, BEASTS & MEN.
  • New Short Story: “If Someone You Love Has Become a Vurdalak”

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That feeling when you're simultaneously infuriated That feeling when you're simultaneously infuriated and flattered that your books were pirated to train an AI large language model without your consent. WHY ARE WE LIKE THIS.

My damage aside, the Books3 dataset is being widely used by companies like Meta and Bloomberg, and it's an infuriating reminder that corporations are inherently immoral and will use any new tech tool without asking questions about whose exploitation produced it.
Sunday was the Momo Crawl, one of my favorite days Sunday was the Momo Crawl, one of my favorite days of the year. A fundraiser for Students for a Free Tibet,  which puts a billion delicious Tibetan and Nepali and Indian and Mongolian dumplings in my belly?? Hell fucking yes. Be on the lookout for the date for next year, New York friends.
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Melissa Etheridge was incredible!! "My Window" o Melissa Etheridge was incredible!! 

"My Window" on Broadway is a powerful show, and it's electrifying to hear her belt out these brilliant songs.
Such an incredible panel - "Confronting Climate Gr Such an incredible panel - "Confronting Climate Grief in Fiction" at @nyplevents last night with certified geniuses Mary Annaïse Heglar @mary.annaise & Akil Kumarasamy @akilluh and Nathaniel Rich. 

Thanks to the whole sold out crowd and everyone who tuned in on the livestream!

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This is tomorrow!! The IRL event is SOLD OUT (??!? This is tomorrow!! The IRL event is SOLD OUT (??!?!?) but you can still register for the livestream, and watch from the comfort of wherever. Link in bio!

Confronting Climate Grief in Fiction with Akil Kumarasamy, Sam J. Miller, Nathaniel Rich, and Mary Annaïse Heglar
Icelandic dock geometry. #latergram Icelandic dock geometry.

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Excited to be in conversation with Josh Rountree a Excited to be in conversation with Josh Rountree about his awesome new book The Legend of Charlie Fish, tomorrow at 6pm at Mysterious Bookshop in New York! 58 Warren St, New York, NY 10007. 

COME THRU NYC!!!
The astonishing Paraguas fountain, pure Aztec cybe The astonishing Paraguas fountain, pure Aztec cyberpunk, at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.
The day may come when I die inside enough to stop The day may come when I die inside enough to stop taking pictures through train windows, but today is not that day.
One of my favorite New York City spaces. Anyone kn One of my favorite New York City spaces. Anyone know where this is?
What heaven looks like, on a hot New York City nig What heaven looks like, on a hot New York City night. I might have ridden my bike back and forth through it many times....
I am so excited to be returning to the New York Pu I am so excited to be returning to the New York Public Library! 

Come check out "Confronting Climate Anxiety in Fiction" on Thursday, 9/21, 7PM, with magnificent writers Akil Kumarasamy, Jeff VanderMeer & Nathaniel Rich!! 

Tickets are free. You'll also be able to tune in virtually.

 Link in bio!
Mexico City's endlessly magnificently photogenic C Mexico City's endlessly magnificently photogenic Calle de Allende. BEYOND STREET

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What a wild wonderful privilege to see the magnifi What a wild wonderful privilege to see the magnificent brilliant Maria Bamford from the very edge of the stage!! Her physicality and voices and transitions are all so perfect and precise, but it's easy to miss the rigor of it because YOU'RE LAUGHING SO HARD at the painful realness of her jokes.

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I can't believe it's been twenty years since the N I can't believe it's been twenty years since the Northeast Blackout. Which also makes twenty years of sobriety for me! A truly wild NYC weekend. And while it was a personal low point, it was also a time when I got to see New Yorkers come together in amazing ways to help each other out. Sharing their ice cream with strangers. Helping neighbors get home in the dark. Making music on stoops.
Doorways of Mérida. Doorways of Mérida.
Icelandic hot springs sulfurous bubbling ooze look Icelandic hot springs sulfurous bubbling ooze looking a lot like The Thing (1982)
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