SL Huang is finally on Bluesky. THE WATER OUTLAWS is out!
@slhuang.com
THE WATER OUTLAWS is out now! Queer feminist bandits rising up against a tyrannical Empire. Lots of sword fighting. "Breakneck, adrenaline-filled pace" - Booklist (starred review)
Not here very much. Mailing list: slhuang.com
Not here very much. Mailing list: slhuang.com
Pinned
The Language of Liars
"Pitch-perfect science fiction about linguistics and consequences. This book destroyed me."—Yoon Ha Lee, New York Times bestselling author of Ninefox Gambi...
us.macmillan.com
oh my next book is up for preorder
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
✨ "this book destroyed me" - Yoon Ha Lee
✨ "I felt shattered" - Sue Burke
✨ "truly ambitious science fiction" - Marie Brennan
✨ "beautiful, brilliant, heartbreaking" - Yume Kitasei
✨ "I inhaled it all in one sitting" - Wole Talabi
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
✨ "this book destroyed me" - Yoon Ha Lee
✨ "I felt shattered" - Sue Burke
✨ "truly ambitious science fiction" - Marie Brennan
✨ "beautiful, brilliant, heartbreaking" - Yume Kitasei
✨ "I inhaled it all in one sitting" - Wole Talabi
Reposted by SL Huang is finally on Bluesky. THE WATER OUTLAWS is out!
A pair of happy hammerhead sharks
(ca. 1735 Edo period Japan)
(ca. 1735 Edo period Japan)
December 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A pair of happy hammerhead sharks
(ca. 1735 Edo period Japan)
(ca. 1735 Edo period Japan)
Reposted by SL Huang is finally on Bluesky. THE WATER OUTLAWS is out!
Reposted by SL Huang is finally on Bluesky. THE WATER OUTLAWS is out!
My final publication of this year is now free-to-read. If you missed it on Christmas Day, here you Go!
My flash “The Space Between Us” is now free-to-read at @lightspeedmagazine.com! Get it in print or audio (with not one, but TWO amazing narrators). And Happy Holidays to all!
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...
The Space Between Us - Lightspeed Magazine
Xylina The first date had that delicious awkwardness that makes you self-conscious in the moment, but in retrospect seems endearing and makes you nostalgic for a more innocent and hopeful time. Adis ...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
My final publication of this year is now free-to-read. If you missed it on Christmas Day, here you Go!
holy shit, thanks @deuceofgearsmusic.bsky.social !!
We asked @deuceofgearsmusic.bsky.social for their best book of '25, the book they'd love for Xmas & their anticipated reads of '26.
Read on https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025 to find out why they picked @slhuang.com @abraham.bsky.social & more!
https://geni.us/moonstorm
https://geni.us/starstrike
Read on https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025 to find out why they picked @slhuang.com @abraham.bsky.social & more!
https://geni.us/moonstorm
https://geni.us/starstrike
December 28, 2025 at 2:57 AM
holy shit, thanks @deuceofgearsmusic.bsky.social !!
Reposted by SL Huang is finally on Bluesky. THE WATER OUTLAWS is out!
We asked @lavanya.bsky.social for her best book of '25, the book she'd love for Xmas & her anticipated read of '26.
Read the full article: https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025 to find out why she picked @slhuang.com @robertjbennett.bsky.social @samitbasu.bsky.social & more!
https://geni.us/killingspell
Read the full article: https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025 to find out why she picked @slhuang.com @robertjbennett.bsky.social @samitbasu.bsky.social & more!
https://geni.us/killingspell
December 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
We asked @lavanya.bsky.social for her best book of '25, the book she'd love for Xmas & her anticipated read of '26.
Read the full article: https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025 to find out why she picked @slhuang.com @robertjbennett.bsky.social @samitbasu.bsky.social & more!
https://geni.us/killingspell
Read the full article: https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025 to find out why she picked @slhuang.com @robertjbennett.bsky.social @samitbasu.bsky.social & more!
https://geni.us/killingspell
Reposted by SL Huang is finally on Bluesky. THE WATER OUTLAWS is out!
I was *shaking* when I finished reading @slhuang.com 's prequel to THE WATER OUTLAWS, even more than the novel itself, which is saying something! Some stories you can taste even if it's nothing culinary, and this is bitter, fortifying, exhilarant, bony. reactormag.com/the-river-ju...
The River Judge - Reactor
In this prequel novelette to the critically acclaimed THE WATER OUTLAWS, nine-year-old Li Li is introduced to a web of community secrets and family intrigue when she helps her mother bury the corpse o...
reactormag.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I was *shaking* when I finished reading @slhuang.com 's prequel to THE WATER OUTLAWS, even more than the novel itself, which is saying something! Some stories you can taste even if it's nothing culinary, and this is bitter, fortifying, exhilarant, bony. reactormag.com/the-river-ju...
oops I realized people may not have context for this.
big game studios are OBSESSED with security. like, obsessed obsessed.
I *guarantee* there are game writers who literally cannot answer these questions.
big game studios are OBSESSED with security. like, obsessed obsessed.
I *guarantee* there are game writers who literally cannot answer these questions.
ok what are *game* writers supposed to do about all the things outside their control? (even less a rhetorical question!) all the things they don't know about? are full-time game writers supposed to endanger their jobs to snitch to the nebulas? (c'mon now)
December 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
oops I realized people may not have context for this.
big game studios are OBSESSED with security. like, obsessed obsessed.
I *guarantee* there are game writers who literally cannot answer these questions.
big game studios are OBSESSED with security. like, obsessed obsessed.
I *guarantee* there are game writers who literally cannot answer these questions.
Reposted by SL Huang is finally on Bluesky. THE WATER OUTLAWS is out!
oh my GOSH
Finally had a chance to read Someone You Can Build a Nest In by @wiswell.bsky.social. Loved it—it's so weird and heartfelt and grotesquely funny and queer. Did a fanart ink doodle because bears.
#Doodles
#Doodles
December 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
oh my GOSH
someone help I tried to see if I could expand on sfwa's nonsense rule #2 about "process" in a way that would give adequate guidance across prose, poetry, games, comics, film, tv, and plays without stressing writers or administrators into an early grave
I'm 7 pages in and it's not even good
I'm 7 pages in and it's not even good
December 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
someone help I tried to see if I could expand on sfwa's nonsense rule #2 about "process" in a way that would give adequate guidance across prose, poetry, games, comics, film, tv, and plays without stressing writers or administrators into an early grave
I'm 7 pages in and it's not even good
I'm 7 pages in and it's not even good
Reposted by SL Huang is finally on Bluesky. THE WATER OUTLAWS is out!
In case you can’t quite place the name, this is the writer of classic Trek’s Trouble with Tribbles. Let’s help him out.
David needs folks to lend a hand. https://www.gofundme.com/f/david-gerrolds-health-and-leukemia-fundraiser?lang=en_GB&ts=1765731124&fbclid=IwdGRjcAOs_FtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xNzM4NDc2NDI2NzAzNzAAAR6KKiZ2rx4-CeehknGhy0m7jAsLfQXTijNNB--x4dSYOZovtFMCTh0YuSl10w_aem_bDanHCEMaHX8JsZvYYD7Jg
Donate to David Gerrold's Health and Leukemia Fundraiser, organized by David Gerrold
Here is a thank you just for coming this far, a link to a short collec… David Gerrold needs your support for David Gerrold's Health and Leukemia Fundraiser
www.gofundme.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:18 AM
In case you can’t quite place the name, this is the writer of classic Trek’s Trouble with Tribbles. Let’s help him out.
Can someone from @sfwa.org please explain what this means?
Genuine question, as the other rule already covers text, so it's clearly not about text...
This would seem to bar any use of say a search engine in writing research (all modern search engines use LLMs, including the non-gen results list)
Genuine question, as the other rule already covers text, so it's clearly not about text...
This would seem to bar any use of say a search engine in writing research (all modern search engines use LLMs, including the non-gen results list)
December 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Can someone from @sfwa.org please explain what this means?
Genuine question, as the other rule already covers text, so it's clearly not about text...
This would seem to bar any use of say a search engine in writing research (all modern search engines use LLMs, including the non-gen results list)
Genuine question, as the other rule already covers text, so it's clearly not about text...
This would seem to bar any use of say a search engine in writing research (all modern search engines use LLMs, including the non-gen results list)
If hypothetically one has never seen a Godzilla movie and knows nothing about it, which Godzilla movie should one start with
(this appears to be a hotly debated question)
also subs or dubs
(this appears to be a hotly debated question)
also subs or dubs
December 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
If hypothetically one has never seen a Godzilla movie and knows nothing about it, which Godzilla movie should one start with
(this appears to be a hotly debated question)
also subs or dubs
(this appears to be a hotly debated question)
also subs or dubs
Reposted by SL Huang is finally on Bluesky. THE WATER OUTLAWS is out!
ok I know it's annoying when someone is like "this book is so good" and then it turns out the book isn't out for like five months but this book is SO GOOD. playful and utterly devastating. if there's justice in the world it will join Story of Your Life in the pantheon of linguistic SF. go! preorder!
oh my next book is up for preorder
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
✨ "this book destroyed me" - Yoon Ha Lee
✨ "I felt shattered" - Sue Burke
✨ "truly ambitious science fiction" - Marie Brennan
✨ "beautiful, brilliant, heartbreaking" - Yume Kitasei
✨ "I inhaled it all in one sitting" - Wole Talabi
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
✨ "this book destroyed me" - Yoon Ha Lee
✨ "I felt shattered" - Sue Burke
✨ "truly ambitious science fiction" - Marie Brennan
✨ "beautiful, brilliant, heartbreaking" - Yume Kitasei
✨ "I inhaled it all in one sitting" - Wole Talabi
The Language of Liars
"Pitch-perfect science fiction about linguistics and consequences. This book destroyed me."—Yoon Ha Lee, New York Times bestselling author of Ninefox Gambi...
us.macmillan.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
ok I know it's annoying when someone is like "this book is so good" and then it turns out the book isn't out for like five months but this book is SO GOOD. playful and utterly devastating. if there's justice in the world it will join Story of Your Life in the pantheon of linguistic SF. go! preorder!
Reposted by SL Huang is finally on Bluesky. THE WATER OUTLAWS is out!
My Most Anticipated books list for 2026 - do you share any anticipation for these titles? 💜
Featuring authors @cothillion.bsky.social , @cachaplin.bsky.social , @slhuang.com , @megbontra.bsky.social, & more!
Featuring authors @cothillion.bsky.social , @cachaplin.bsky.social , @slhuang.com , @megbontra.bsky.social, & more!
December 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
My Most Anticipated books list for 2026 - do you share any anticipation for these titles? 💜
Featuring authors @cothillion.bsky.social , @cachaplin.bsky.social , @slhuang.com , @megbontra.bsky.social, & more!
Featuring authors @cothillion.bsky.social , @cachaplin.bsky.social , @slhuang.com , @megbontra.bsky.social, & more!
Reposted by SL Huang is finally on Bluesky. THE WATER OUTLAWS is out!
Reposted by SL Huang is finally on Bluesky. THE WATER OUTLAWS is out!
My novel, The Subtle Art of Folding Space, has a cover!
Read about repairing physics, unreasonable parental expectations, and great Taiwanese food! Out on April 7, 2026. Pre-order now: t.co/0nz8JuNhwf
Art credits: Jacket art by Weston Wei, Jacket Design by Katie Klimowicz.
Read about repairing physics, unreasonable parental expectations, and great Taiwanese food! Out on April 7, 2026. Pre-order now: t.co/0nz8JuNhwf
Art credits: Jacket art by Weston Wei, Jacket Design by Katie Klimowicz.
May 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
My novel, The Subtle Art of Folding Space, has a cover!
Read about repairing physics, unreasonable parental expectations, and great Taiwanese food! Out on April 7, 2026. Pre-order now: t.co/0nz8JuNhwf
Art credits: Jacket art by Weston Wei, Jacket Design by Katie Klimowicz.
Read about repairing physics, unreasonable parental expectations, and great Taiwanese food! Out on April 7, 2026. Pre-order now: t.co/0nz8JuNhwf
Art credits: Jacket art by Weston Wei, Jacket Design by Katie Klimowicz.
Reposted by SL Huang is finally on Bluesky. THE WATER OUTLAWS is out!
Happy Independent Bookstore Day!
@bookshop.org is an easy way to order books in the U.S. through your local indie. For example...
Kitemaster: bookshop.org/p/books/kite...
Slayers of Old: bookshop.org/p/books/slay...
#booksky
@bookshop.org is an easy way to order books in the U.S. through your local indie. For example...
Kitemaster: bookshop.org/p/books/kite...
Slayers of Old: bookshop.org/p/books/slay...
#booksky
Kitemaster
Check out Kitemaster - <p>Award-winning author Jim C. Hines delivers a deeply personal epic in <i>Kitemaster</i>. In this labor of love written over twenty years, Hines whisks readers away to a world ...
bookshop.org
April 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Happy Independent Bookstore Day!
@bookshop.org is an easy way to order books in the U.S. through your local indie. For example...
Kitemaster: bookshop.org/p/books/kite...
Slayers of Old: bookshop.org/p/books/slay...
#booksky
@bookshop.org is an easy way to order books in the U.S. through your local indie. For example...
Kitemaster: bookshop.org/p/books/kite...
Slayers of Old: bookshop.org/p/books/slay...
#booksky
Reposted by SL Huang is finally on Bluesky. THE WATER OUTLAWS is out!
It's CLICKY DUCKIES! This little rainbow duck sits on top of the best kind of clicky keyboard switch. You can tap him and pretend you're just typing away in your office!
thebrokencircle.etsy...
thebrokencircle.etsy...
April 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
It's CLICKY DUCKIES! This little rainbow duck sits on top of the best kind of clicky keyboard switch. You can tap him and pretend you're just typing away in your office!
thebrokencircle.etsy...
thebrokencircle.etsy...
it'll be nice if the world still exists by the time the book comes out
April 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
it'll be nice if the world still exists by the time the book comes out
oh my next book is up for preorder
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
✨ "this book destroyed me" - Yoon Ha Lee
✨ "I felt shattered" - Sue Burke
✨ "truly ambitious science fiction" - Marie Brennan
✨ "beautiful, brilliant, heartbreaking" - Yume Kitasei
✨ "I inhaled it all in one sitting" - Wole Talabi
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
✨ "this book destroyed me" - Yoon Ha Lee
✨ "I felt shattered" - Sue Burke
✨ "truly ambitious science fiction" - Marie Brennan
✨ "beautiful, brilliant, heartbreaking" - Yume Kitasei
✨ "I inhaled it all in one sitting" - Wole Talabi
The Language of Liars
"Pitch-perfect science fiction about linguistics and consequences. This book destroyed me."—Yoon Ha Lee, New York Times bestselling author of Ninefox Gambi...
us.macmillan.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
oh my next book is up for preorder
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
✨ "this book destroyed me" - Yoon Ha Lee
✨ "I felt shattered" - Sue Burke
✨ "truly ambitious science fiction" - Marie Brennan
✨ "beautiful, brilliant, heartbreaking" - Yume Kitasei
✨ "I inhaled it all in one sitting" - Wole Talabi
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
✨ "this book destroyed me" - Yoon Ha Lee
✨ "I felt shattered" - Sue Burke
✨ "truly ambitious science fiction" - Marie Brennan
✨ "beautiful, brilliant, heartbreaking" - Yume Kitasei
✨ "I inhaled it all in one sitting" - Wole Talabi
Reposted by SL Huang is finally on Bluesky. THE WATER OUTLAWS is out!
Genuinely, I am so excited to work with Erewhon on this, and can't wait to share the finished story with you all! 😁😈
Deal announcement for THE WEIGHT AND THE MEASURE by @fozmeadows.bsky.social, a new queer fantasy series about a pair of godtouched investigators for an organization ostensibly devoted to justice outside the law, for fans of WITCH KING and Dragon Age. ⚖️
April 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Genuinely, I am so excited to work with Erewhon on this, and can't wait to share the finished story with you all! 😁😈
Reposted by SL Huang is finally on Bluesky. THE WATER OUTLAWS is out!
This week I am thoroughly enjoying "The Water Outlaws" by @slhuang.com #booksky #nebulafinalist #books #reading #slhuang #thewateroutlaws
April 9, 2025 at 10:35 AM
This week I am thoroughly enjoying "The Water Outlaws" by @slhuang.com #booksky #nebulafinalist #books #reading #slhuang #thewateroutlaws
Reposted by SL Huang is finally on Bluesky. THE WATER OUTLAWS is out!
¡Buenos días con un nuevo relato!
Hoy publicamos «El gato espacial de la Suzaku Maru», de S. L. Huang (@slhuang.com), una historia muy divertida sobre los quehaceres de un gato en una nave espacial.
Disponible para todos los niveles de suscripción: www.patreon.com/posts/123152...
#litesky
Hoy publicamos «El gato espacial de la Suzaku Maru», de S. L. Huang (@slhuang.com), una historia muy divertida sobre los quehaceres de un gato en una nave espacial.
Disponible para todos los niveles de suscripción: www.patreon.com/posts/123152...
#litesky
March 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM
¡Buenos días con un nuevo relato!
Hoy publicamos «El gato espacial de la Suzaku Maru», de S. L. Huang (@slhuang.com), una historia muy divertida sobre los quehaceres de un gato en una nave espacial.
Disponible para todos los niveles de suscripción: www.patreon.com/posts/123152...
#litesky
Hoy publicamos «El gato espacial de la Suzaku Maru», de S. L. Huang (@slhuang.com), una historia muy divertida sobre los quehaceres de un gato en una nave espacial.
Disponible para todos los niveles de suscripción: www.patreon.com/posts/123152...
#litesky
Reposted by SL Huang is finally on Bluesky. THE WATER OUTLAWS is out!
Super cool to see that from Light From Uncommon Stars auf Deutsch is a finalist for the 2025 Kurd Laßwitz Preis! Thank you @scalzi.com letting me know, and congratulations to you, @marthawells.com, Becky Chambers, Ray Nayler, and all the finalists!
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www.kurd-lasswitz-preis.de/2025/KLP_202...
,
www.kurd-lasswitz-preis.de/2025/KLP_202...
March 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Super cool to see that from Light From Uncommon Stars auf Deutsch is a finalist for the 2025 Kurd Laßwitz Preis! Thank you @scalzi.com letting me know, and congratulations to you, @marthawells.com, Becky Chambers, Ray Nayler, and all the finalists!
,
www.kurd-lasswitz-preis.de/2025/KLP_202...
,
www.kurd-lasswitz-preis.de/2025/KLP_202...
Reposted by SL Huang is finally on Bluesky. THE WATER OUTLAWS is out!
Several awards are open for noms. I’d be honored if readers consider my work. My most popular stories are my AI cautionary tale, “Bright Horizons,” & my machine apocalypse story, “The Life You’ve Given Me, Rusty.” Both on the Nebula list and BSFA longlist. & here: www.pacornell.com/2024-awards-...
February 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Several awards are open for noms. I’d be honored if readers consider my work. My most popular stories are my AI cautionary tale, “Bright Horizons,” & my machine apocalypse story, “The Life You’ve Given Me, Rusty.” Both on the Nebula list and BSFA longlist. & here: www.pacornell.com/2024-awards-...