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Y.M. Pang
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Fantasy & science fiction writer. Part-time poet. Full-time alien. Stories in Magazine of F&SF, Strange Horizons, Clarkesworld. 2x Aurora Award winner. Author of ALL THE BROKEN BLADES.

Website: www.ympang.com
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Pics from the Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction Vol. 3 book launch at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social.

Thank you to @ourmankoto.bsky.social for bringing this project together! Met so many awesome authors, including my fellow finalists in the Aurora Awards!

#fantasyscifi #booklaunch
November 9, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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@canconsffh.bsky.social Day 1 photos
1. at the On Route with my car pool passengers @donmiasek.bsky.social @blooburds.bsky.social and J.W. Lang
2. Toronto SFF Writers Vendor table
3. With fellow panelists at “Hooking the Reader” panel
4. With my cover artist Lana Kamaric
#cancon2025 #amwriting
October 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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On the weekend of Oct 17 -19, I'll be at @canconsffh.bsky.social in Ottawa. I'll be on three panels (one as moderator) and at the vendor room with the Toronto Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers and TDotSpec Publishing.

#CanCon #fantasybooks #sciencefictionbooks #writingcommunity #CanadianWriters
Can*Con 2025. The Brookstreet Hotel 525 Legget Drive, Ottawa ON. Hooking the Reader: Breaking Down What Works Friday Oct 17, 2025 6:30pm - 7:20pm. The Continuation of Epic Fantasy Sunday Oct 19, 2025 11:30am - 12:20pm. No Story Left Behind: The Ups and Downs of Submitting Short Fiction Sunday Oct 19, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm. Vendor Room Toronto Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Fri Oct 17, 2025, 5pm - 8pm Sat Oct 18, 2025, 10am - 6pm Sun Oct 19, 2025: 10am - 4pm.
October 9, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Day 1 at Word on the Street!

#wots2025 #wordonthestreet #bookfestival #sffwriters
Picture of the following authors from Toronto Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers: Kevin R. Coleman, Danny F. Santos, Jesse McMinn, Brandon Butler, David T.E. Foster, James Downe, Y.M. Pang, and Peter G. Reynolds.
September 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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I'll be at Word on the Street this weekend, alongside my partners-in-crime from Toronto SFF Writers!

Sat, Sept 27 – 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Sun, Sept 28 – 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
David Pecaut Square, 215 King Street W, Toronto ON
Booth B32

#WOTS2025 #MeetMeAtWOTS #fantasybooks #sciencefiction #bookfestival
A poster for Word on the Street. Confirmed Exhibitor is at the top, with the Word of the Street logo. In the middle is the Toronto Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' logo, around which are names of all the authors displayed at our table. David Pecault Square Sept 27 - 28, 2025 Free. All ages. Biographies of 9 authors from Toronto Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers who are attending Word on the Street Photograph showing the book ALL THE BROKEN BLADES, alongside a mug and pen with the book title printed on them, a bookmark of the book cover illustration, and a set of four postcards. Map showing layout of Word on the Street, with an arrow pointing to Booth B32 with label "Find us here"
September 23, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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Look what arrived in the mail! Aurora Awards in their natural habitat.

Thank you @csffa.bsky.social for these gorgeous trophies!

#auroraawards #sff #CanadianSFF #shortstories #poetry
Author YM Pang with two Aurora Awards
August 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Photos from the launch party of @augursociety.bsky.social magazine volume 6!

#sff #shortstories #booklaunch #sffmagazine
August 23, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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I'm... a double Aurora Award winner?! I'm probably dreaming but I'll stay this way for now.

#aurorawards #sff #darkfantasy #shortstories #poetry #amwriting #CanadianSFF
Blood and Desert Dreams Aurora Award Winner: Best Short Story Cthulhu on the Shores of Osaka Aurora Award Winner: Best Poem/Song
August 12, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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The Aurora Award ceremonies (by @csffa.bsky.social) will be livestreamed on Youtube this Sunday August 10th at 5pm EST! Support your favourite Canadian fantasy and science fiction authors at the awards.

#SFF #fantasybooks #sciencefictionbooks #sciencefiction #fantasy #CanadianSFF
Aurora Awards for Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction Ceremony livestreamed on Youtube Sunday August 10, 2025 5pm EST
August 9, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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At @james-downe-author.bsky.social’s book launch for THE GORGON COURT. Ft spicy wings gauntlet.

#fantasybooks #fantasytrilogy #epicfantasy #grimdarkfantasy
August 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Join me this Sunday at Indigo's Markville Mall location! I will be having a book signing for ALL THE BROKEN BLADES - my first event at Indigo, and a huge milestone as a Canadian author. 📖🍁

#fantasybooks #booksigning #darkfantasy #epicfantasy #shortstories #fairytales #AlltheBrokenBlades
All the Broken Blades. Book signing. Sunday July 27, 2025 1:00-4:00 p.m. Indigo Markville. 5000 Highway 7, Unit 1210L, Markham, Ontario, Canada.
July 23, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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My event schedule for the rest of 2025! 📖Stop by for signed books, exclusive merchandise, fun freebies, and legendar(il)y (bad) jokes.

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2025 Events and Appearances. All the Broken Blades Book Signing Sunday July 27, 2025, 1-4pm Indigo Books - Markville 5000 Highway 7, Unit 1210L, Markham ON Word on the Street September 27 to 28, 2025 David Pecaut Square 215 King Street West, Toronto ON Can*Con October 17 to 19, 2025 The Brookstreet Hotel 525 Legget Drive, Ottawa ON
July 20, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Photos from launch party and signing for ALL THE BROKEN BLADES hosted at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social last Saturday. Nothing beats an event at Canada’s oldest #sff bookstore!

#fantasybooks #booklaunch #darkfantasy #fairytales #indiebooks
July 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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ALL THE BROKEN BLADES is available at a 75% (!!) discount on @smashwords.bsky.social as part of their Annual Summer/Winter Sale!

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July 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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First bookstore event! Launch party at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social in Toronto on Saturday July 12! Stop by for signed books, light refreshments, free stickers, and an in-person look at the gorgeous painting behind the cover art!

#fantasybooks #booklaunchparty #booklaunch #darkfantasy #epicfantasy
All the Broken Blades Book launch and signing Bakka Phoenix Books 84 Harbord St, Toronto ON Saturday July 12, 2025 @ 2 pm Readings Q&A with the author Light refreshments Free stickers In-person look at the painting behind the cover art
June 28, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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In a first for my blog: I interview a fellow writer, @donmiasek.bsky.social! We talk about #sciencefiction, his novel Pale Grey Dot, and how it feels like to be nominated for an Aurora Award.

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#SFF #sciencefictionbooks #novels #authorinterview
Photo of author Don Miasek signing his book Pale Grey Dot.
June 27, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Book launch for ALL THE BROKEN BLADES! Join me at the Imperial Pub in Toronto on Sunday June 8 @ 1 pm:

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June 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Time flies like the wind. It's been a week since ALL THE BROKEN BLADES released. With gratitude and happiness, I am sharing praise I received from award-winning author @aijiang.bsky.social on the book:

#fantasybooks #darkfantasy #fantasyromance #bookblurb #antihero #AlltheBrokenBlades 1/3
Praise for ALL THE BROKEN BLADES by Y.M. Pang: “All the Broken Blades is a collection filled with new fairytales, as well as twists on those familiar, perfect for readers to savour under an ancient tree. Pang weaves the whimsical and wondrous and witty with the dark yet romantic to explore themes of royalty and duty, love and fragility, familial aches, and memories lost and found, taken and given away.” — Ai Jiang, Nebula and Stoker Award-winning author of Linghun and A Palace Near the Wind
June 6, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Dear reviewers: Last chance to read ALL THE BROKEN BLADES for free on @netgalley.bsky.social! The listing locks tomorrow, meaning no further requests can come in.

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Book cover of ALL THE BROKEN BLADES by Y.M. Pang with list of tropes: Western fairy tales x eastern folklore, 16 fantasy journeys in 1 book, tragic romance, anti-heroes & anti-villains, dragons, gods, immortal & monsters. Available on NetGalley for a limited time.
June 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Thank you! The artist is Lana Kamaric (www.lanakamaric.com), and the cover designer is Tony Sahara (www.tonysahara.com). It's an original commission for my cover, and a physical acrylic painting!
Original painting for ALL THE BROKEN BLADES, showing a sword on the cliffs near the water, with snow and trees to the left.
June 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Love epic fantasy but no time for a 7-book series? ALL THE BROKEN BLADES features 14 fantasy stories in 1 book. Here is @bcsmagazine.bsky.social editor Scott H. Andrew to introduce 3 stories:

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Praise for All the Broken Blades: “Vivid, lyrical, bold in voice, and resonant in relationships, Y.M. Pang’s stories showcase the humanity in a despondent prince in a fishgirl tale; a god fighting his eternal-warrior lover, the champion of another god; and a tool of murder’s reality dissolving as she struggles to retain her humanity.” — Scott H. Andrews, twelve-time Hugo Award finalist and editor-in-chief of Beneath Ceaseless Skies
May 31, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Still surreal to realize that ALL THE BROKEN BLADES released yesterday. Instead of me explaining why you should read it, I'll let the fantastic @mariebilodeau.bsky.social tell you:

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“This collection is a journey: beautiful, complex, unexpected. Y.M. Pang will unapologetically punch your heart while filling it with hope. Masterfully done!” — Marie Bilodeau, bestselling author of Nigh
May 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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It's May 28, which means ALL THE BROKEN BLADES has released!📖16 tales of epic fantasy and dark fairytales, all in one book.

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#AlltheBrokenBlades #fantasybooks #darkfantasy #epicfantasy #fairytales #bookrelease #shortstories #fantasyromance #anthology 1/5
Cover of ALL THE BROKEN BLADES along with graphics of where book can be purchased: Amazon, Indigo, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Nook, Smashwords, Bookshop, Thalia
May 29, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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One. Day. Left. ALL THE BROKEN BLADES releases May 28, 2025 (that's tomorrow)!

The final story in the anthology is "The Lady of Butterflies," set in my Kejalin Empire universe.

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"Everything about it has changed: its senses, its diet, its body. And yet... people say the butterfly still dreams of being a caterpillar." Read "The Lady of Butterflies" in All the Broken Blades. Release date: 28 May 2025. www.ympang.com/all-the-broken-blades/
May 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Visited my incredible cover artist Lana Kamaric at a cafe that displayed her paintings!

#fantasybooks #fantasyart #darkfantasy #epicfantasy #AlltheBrokenBlades #coverart #bookpreorder
Photo of Lana Kamaric holding the painting for All the Broken Blades, and Y.M. Pang holding the book. A bookmark rests on a teacup in front of them. Upstairs of cafe where Lana Kamaric's paintings are displayed.
May 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM