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makana yamamoto
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they/she/he | kānaka maoli + hapa haole | māhū + lesbian | SF writer | rep = Keir Alekseii | https://linktr.ee/makanayama | HAMMAJAMG LUCK out now! | THE OBAKE CODE February 2026
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it's awards season!!!

this year Hammajang Luck is eligible for:

the Goodreads Choice Awards
the Astounding Award
the Hugo for Best Novel*

I hope you consider my cyberpunk lesbian space heist in your voting!!!

mahalo nui loa

*this is due to where/when I was first published. timelines are weird!
graphic for Hammajang Luck's award eligibility. the cover is on a background of a yellow, green, and teal nebula. the text reads "HAMMAJANG LUCK Awards Eligibility. Hammajang Luck is eligible for the Goodreads Choice Awards. Makana is eligible for the Astounding Award. And due to weird publication date things Hammajang Luck is also eligible for Best Novel at the Hugos. Thank you for your consideration, mahalo nui!!!"
November 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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the ebook for HAMMAJANG LUCK, my cyberpunk lesbian space heist, is on sale for $1.99 across platforms!!! that includes Bookshop.org!

don't have an indie to support? can I suggest one of mine?

@sidequestbooks.bsky.social @narrativebookshop.bsky.social @allshewrotebks.bsky.social
graphic showing the cover of Hammajang Luck on a green, orange, and blue nebula background. the text reads "HAMMAJANG LUCK" and "'s ebook is $1.99 this month!!!"
November 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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it’s a Goodreads giveaway!!! Voyager is giving away 100 copies of THE OBAKE CODE, so here’s your chance to read my Neuromancer x Fast and the Furious cyberpunk lesbian space heist early!!!

enter here: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
graphic of the obake code cover on a pink and white gradient background. the cover shows a Black young woman with long dip died green locs looking up at a passing flying car. in the background are towers with electronic signs and pink and purple windows. a sign at her feet says obake in hiragana. a badge on the left side of the cover reads “obake” in traditional japanese weapons. the text on the graphic reads “Goodreads Giveaway. Enter for a chance to win an early copy!” there is a small crescent moon logo for Harper Voyager at the bottom of the graphic.
October 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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ANOTHER COVER REVEAL

this time for the UK edition of my cyberpunk lesbian space heist featuring a bored cringe hacker and her ragtag crew, THE OBAKE CODE! illustrated by Jordan Hiwa Wolf, I am SO happy with how this cover came out!!!

available for preorder in the UK, publishing February 19th!!!
cover for the UK edition of THE OBAKE CODE, illustrated by Jordan Hiwa Wolf. green foiled designs of traditional Hawaiian tattoo motifs in the design of a circuit board swirl on a black background. there is big block text that reads “THE OBAKE CODE” and the tagline “be a ghost. fight the machine”
October 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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I am always surprised by international lesbian day lol

I'm Makana! I'm a mixed race nonbinary lesbian who writes science fiction full of mixed race nonbinary lesbians! my debut cyberpunk space heist novel HAMMAJANG LUCK is out now, and it's standalone sequel THE OBAKE CODE will be out Feb 17th!
trope graphic for the obake code but oops it's all lesbians. the cover is in the center of the graphic, showing malia, a black woman in a white shirt, black pants, black boots, and her long hair in green dip-dyed locs. she is looking up at a futuristic sky, with skyscrapers with pink and purple windows and a flying car whizzing overhead. the cover is on a background of the lesbian flag in spattered paint. the arrows read "lesbians," "so many lesbians," "butch lesbians," "chapstick lesbians," "femme lesbians," "aro/ace lesbians," "lesbians of color," "indigenous lesbians," "black lesbians," "they/them lesbians," and "he/him lesbians."
October 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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friends at @sidequestbooks.bsky.social! @voidcricket.bsky.social @wordsiren.bsky.social @understatesmen.bsky.social @thesuiway.bsky.social
photo of An Unbreakable World by Ren Hutchings on a book display table photo of So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole on a book shelf a photo of The Dawnhounds by Sasha Stronach face out on a bookshelf a photo of The Dragonfly Gambit by A.D. Sui on a book display table
September 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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I love science and scientists because you find The Guy who knows everything about catfish taste and he says shit like this

*book is An Immense World by Ed Yong
screenshot of a passage from An Immense World by Ed Yong that reads “if you lick one of them, you’ll both simultaneously taste each other. ‘If I were a catfish, I’d love to jump into a vat of chocolate,’ says John Caprio to me. ‘You could taste it with your butt.’”
September 18, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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i am not above plugging my own shit

THE OBAKE CODE is a cyberpunk heist! no cyberpunk isn't dead, we're just queer now. out February 17th wherever books are sold!!!

more info here: linktr.ee/makanayama
trope graphic for the obake code. the cover shows Malia, a brown skinned woman with long locs dip-dyed green and dressed in a white top, black baggy pants, and black boots, stands with her arm raised looking overhead. above her are futuristic cityscape style towers, with pink and purple lighted windows and glowing neon signs. a futuristic flying car zooms by overhead. there is a white Hawaiian-style tattoo badge to the left, depicting scythes, a bow, geometric shapes, and axes that spell OBAKE. the text reads THE OBAKE CODE, with "code" in glowing neon. the cover is set on a background of a green vaporous nebula. the tropes read "2 heists 2 lesbians!" "-hacker voice, I'm in" "cyborg prize fights" "evil butch mafiosos!" "questionable physics!" "set three years after Hammajang Luck" "a standalone sequel in the heist lesbians universe" "street racing!" "starring Malia, our favorite cringe hacker." the release date is February 17th, 2026 and preorders are open now
August 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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meme of a youtube video thumbnail of a young Black boy with his head in his hand titled “my longest deep sigh ever”
August 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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screenshot from page 80 of The Obake Code. the text reads, "What could possibly best the Obake?"
August 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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very spoilery page!!! here's a little snip
screenshot of page 74 of The Obake Code. the text reads "'Bitch, you really thought!' a voice cried, triumphant."
August 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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screenshot from page 22 of The Obake Code. the text reads, "Do you want the nepotism, the conspiracy beliefs, or the orphanage?"
August 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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screenshot of page 252 of The Obake Code. the text reads "They laughed. ''What's up?' There's so much in the air right now, I hardly know what's up and what's down.'"
August 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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screenshot of page 1 of the Obake Code. the text reads "it takes twenty milliseconds to take a swing at someone."
August 4, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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screenshot of page 127 of The Obake Code. the text reads "Don't worry, Just Malia. I'm very good at closing the deal."
August 4, 2025 at 11:29 PM
makana-yama.bsky.social
IT'S PASS PAGES SNIPPET TIME

so excited to talk more about this book, and pass pages are a great excuse for it haha!

reply with a number between 1-337 and I'll share a line from that page in THE OBAKE CODE!
image of the OBAKE CODE cover on a background of space and a green nebula that looks like smoke. the cover is of Malia, a dark skinned woman with black locs dip dyed green, looking up into the night sky with her arm raised. above her is a futuristic looking flying car and cyberpunk style towers with purple and pink lights. she stands in front of a sign that says "OBAKE" in hiragana. there is a badge in white of two scythes, a bow, and Hawaiian tattoo motifs that spell "OBAKE" in white. the text reads THE OBAKE CODE in white font with a pink glow on "code." the text of the graphic reads "Pass pages snippet time!!! Reply with a number between 1-337 and I'll share a line from that page in The Obake Code!"
August 4, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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I have so many playlists for so many projects! I’ll rotate through HAMMAJANG LUCK, OBAKE CODE, heist lesbians: origins, and some other projects in da works (cowboys, political marriage OT3, murderwives)
handwritten text that reads “1 like = 1 song from my OC playlist” highlighted in blue surrounded by yellow sparkles
July 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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when a book isn't easily explained by a trope graphic or fan wiki
screencap of a woman screaming with the subtitle 'screams loudly out of fear of the unknown'
July 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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19. contrary to popular belief, plants are NOT for cats to eat
picture of steve, a big gray tabby cat. he is curled up next to his toy basket on a floral rug like a shrimp, looking content
July 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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howzit 🤙 I'm Makana, and I'm a hapa haole māhū lesbian who writes books about AAPI lesbians getting into situations in space. my next novel is THE OBAKE CODE, which is a standalone sequel set 3 years after HAMMAJANG LUCK

there's heists! there's hacking! there's lesbians! what more could you want!!!
trope graphic for the obake code. the cover shows Malia, a brown skinned woman with long locs dip-dyed green and dressed in a white top, black baggy pants, and black boots, stands with her arm raised looking overhead. above her are futuristic cityscape style towers, with pink and purple lighted windows and glowing neon signs. a futuristic flying car zooms by overhead. there is a white Hawaiian-style tattoo badge to the left, depicting scythes, a bow, geometric shapes, and axes. the text reads THE OBAKE CODE, with "code" in glowing neon. the cover is set on a background of a green vaporous nebula. the tropes read "2 heists 2 lesbians!" "-hacker voice, I'm in" "cyborg prize fights" "evil butch mafiosos!" "questionable physics!" "set three years after Hammajang Luck" "a standalone sequel in the heist lesbians universe" "street racing!" "starring Malia, our favorite cringe hacker." the release date is February 17th, 2026 and preorders are open now
July 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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here's the copy! what could go wrong!!!
copy for the obake code. it reads " An all-new, stand-alone sci-fi caper from the author of Hammajang Luck: a bored hacker is forced by vicious gangsters to take down a crooked politician...only to find herself up against a code she might not be able to crack. After the heist of a lifetime, Malia has it all: a loft apartment aboard the massive Kepler Station, expensive clothes, and a dev credit in her favorite video game. She’s also bored as hell. Three years after retiring her mantle as the Obake, the most infamous hacker in the quadrant—and arguably the galaxy—Malia hasn’t taken well to civilian life. So what’s the harm in rigging a few cybernetic prizefights and making a little cash on the side? When Malia’s scheme is uncovered, she runs afoul of Jeongah Song—the dangerous leader of a local gang with a reputation for brutality. Malia is ready for retribution. But what she gets instead is an offer she can’t refuse: take down the local politician leading a “clean up the streets” campaign displacing residents and hindering Jeongah’s operations on the space station… or die. Without another way out, Malia takes the deal. Luckily, she has some friends she can call on in times of need: a master thief, a street racing wheelman, and a femme fatale grifter. But as Malia digs deeper into the politician’s shady dealings, she finds herself embroiled in a conspiracy that might be too big for her to handle. One that has roots in her own rise as the Obake—a cybernetically enhanced superhacker created by a power-mad genius… a superhacker whose mods are rapidly degrading. Faced with threats on all sides, Malia may finally be in over her head...or stuck—forever—inside her own mind."
July 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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IT'S TIME

so excited to reveal the cover for THE OBAKE CODE, art by the amazing Janelle Barone!

THE OBAKE CODE is the next book in the heist lesbians universe: a standalone sequel set 3 years after HAMMAJANG LUCK, following the hacker, Malia, on her first heist as mastermind. what could go wrong!!
cover for the obake code. Malia, a brown skinned woman with long locs dip-dyed green and dressed in a white top, black baggy pants, and black boots, stands with her arm raised looking overhead. above her are futuristic cityscape style towers, with pink and purple lighted windows and glowing neon signs. a futuristic flying car zooms by overhead. there is a white Hawaiian-style tattoo badge to the left, depicting scythes, a bow, geometric shapes, and axes. the text reads THE OBAKE CODE, with "code" in glowing neon.
July 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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sex scene discourse and here I am looking at my kinky polyamorous lesbian sci fantasy murder mystery like
July 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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okay I may revise. I'm finally watching arcane and got to the part where cait and vi first meet and
July 9, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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excuse me I am NUMBER ONE on Amazon??? HAPPY PRIDE TO ME SPECIFICALLY

let's fucking GO lesbians!!!
screenshot of the amazon listing of hammajang luck showing an orange banner for "#1 best seller" screenshot of the amazon best sellers page showing hammajang luck at the number one spot for LGBTQ SF
June 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM