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    • The Art of Starving
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    • Boys Beasts & Men
    • Destroy All Monsters
    • The Blade Between
  • Stories
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    • Smokefall – A Video Game
    • Kid Wolf & Kraken Boy
    • Photos & Drawings
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An illustration of a mammoth in a twilight city alley.

 

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 National Endowment for the Arts chose BLACKFISH CITY for the 2025-2026 “Big Read.”
  • “Planetstuck” is in the awesome anthology NEW ADVENTURES IN SPACE OPERA.
  • A Bram Stoker Award nomination for “If Someone You Love Has Become a Vurdalak.”
  • Announcing the winning stories from the Imagine 2200 climate fiction competition.
  • Teaching Clarion for a Second Time!

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The world is still beautiful. The world is still beautiful.
Happy happy (belated) book birthday to SUNDOWN IN Happy happy (belated) book birthday to SUNDOWN IN SAN OJUELA, by my brilliant Clarion student M.M. Olivas!! Bold and brutal horror from an urgent and powerful new voice. You need this book, horror fam.
Twenty-three years is a lot of protests and marche Twenty-three years is a lot of protests and marches and rage and joy and love and hell-raising. Ready for lots more. Love you @juancy.r 

Photo is from the February 2003 protests in New York City, against the invasion of Iraq - considered by some to be the largest anti-war rally in history.
Today, and every day, I need Audre Lorde. Today, and every day, I need Audre Lorde.
June Jordan is always healing/needed/revelatory, b June Jordan is always healing/needed/revelatory, but especially today. Thanks @poetsorg!!!
Halloween is the greatest night of the New York Ci Halloween is the greatest night of the New York City year! So magnificent seeing all my fellow freaks and monsters strutting their stuff. And we had a pretty great parade crew: Justice, a polar bear, Stephanie from Grease 2, and a lone Grady Twin searching for her sister.
Rare sticker drop, New York City! Vote early today Rare sticker drop, New York City! Vote early today and score this lil cutie that is almost as awesome as helping curb the terrifying rising tide of hate and fascism!!!
Helpful reminder on the walk home from the subway. Helpful reminder on the walk home from the subway.
This world is still so beautiful it makes my heart This world is still so beautiful it makes my heart hurt, even if it is also so ugly it makes my heart break.
ABSOLUTELY GOBSMACKED that BLACKFISH CITY has been ABSOLUTELY GOBSMACKED that BLACKFISH CITY has been chosen by the National Endowment for the Arts for their incredible, iconic Big Read program! Alongside some of my absolute favorite books, like THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD and THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET! Link in bio, omg, brb, hyperventilating
Grazie, Little Italy! The Feast of San Gennaro is Grazie, Little Italy! The Feast of San Gennaro is always such a special thing, and this spicy rigatoni / cacio e pepe combo hit the SPOT.
What a find! An unopened pack of the legendary - i What a find! An unopened pack of the legendary - incredibly gory - Dinosaurs Attack! trading cards from the 1980s - complete with 26-year-old stick of gum - at the awesome Economy Candy on the Lower East Side. I don't know what baffles me more - how they thought this was ok for kids, or how I, a dinosaur obsessed kid in the 1980s, never heard about it back then!
When they're cleaning the scaffolding up above. When they're cleaning the scaffolding up above.
The vibe in the room during the Olympic gold medal The vibe in the room during the Olympic gold medal match in men's water polo.
Lovely moon over the lake last night. Lovely moon over the lake last night.
The Olympic cauldron soaring high and burning brig The Olympic cauldron soaring high and burning bright above the Seine.
Paris's incredible queer bookstore LES MOTS A LA B Paris's incredible queer bookstore LES MOTS A LA BOUCHE @les_motsalabouche is absolutely worth a visit - I was super honored to see the new translation of KID WOLF & KRAKEN BOY from @lebelial was a staff pick, and to sign copies!!
Never seen water polo in my life, but the gold med Never seen water polo in my life, but the gold medal Olympic match between Croatia and Serbia was a pretty great place to start! Merci @juancy.r for getting us excellent seats! #olympics #paris2024
Paris really is the future! They have SPARKLING WA Paris really is the future! They have SPARKLING WATER in the water fountains in public parks AND PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING??!?!?😍😍😭😭
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