Yoon Ha Lee’s short fiction has appeared on Tor.com, in Clarkesworld, and over ten times in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, including “The Mermaid Astronaut” in BCS Science-Fantasy Month 5, a finalist for the Hugo Awards. He is the author of the Machineries of Empire trilogy, and his standalone fantasy Phoenix Extravagant was released by Solaris Books in June 2020. Yoon lives in Louisiana with his family and an extremely lazy cat and has not yet been eaten by gators. Visit him online at www.yoonhalee.com.
- “Bonsai Starships” — Issue #349 – Science-Fantasy Month 6, February 10, 2022
- “The Mermaid Astronaut” — Issue #298 – Science-Fantasy Month 5, February 27, 2020
- “The Starship and the Temple Cat” — Issue #244 – Science-Fantasy Month 4, February 1, 2018
- “Shadow's Weave” — Issue #200, Special Double-Issue, June 2, 2016
- “Foxfire, Foxfire” — Issue #194 - Science-Fantasy Month 3, March 3, 2016
- “Two to Leave” — Issue #174, May 28, 2015
- “The Bonedrake's Penance” — Issue #143 - Science-Fantasy Month 2, March 20, 2014
- “The Book of Locked Doors” — Issue #91, Science-Fantasy Month, March 22, 2012
- “The Territorialist” — Issue #47, July 15, 2010
- “The Pirate Captain's Daughter” — Issue #27, First Anniversary Double-Issue, October 8, 2009
- “Architectural Constants” — Issue #2, October 23, 2008
(Finalist for the 2021 Hugo Awards, Best Short Story)
Finalist, 2019 Locus Awards
Finalist, 2019 Sturgeon Award
Finalist, 2017 WSFA Small Press Award
Finalist, 2017 Locus Awards
"An original melding of several classic fantastic tropes... But the heart of the story is the relationship that develops between the two deadly characters. Delightfully done. Recommended." —Lois Tilton, Locus online
"At the center of the story is the secret the bonedrake has kept, her secret grief and secret crime... The real pain, however, comes from the knowledge her mother can’t trust her child any longer, now that she is an adult. A devastating blow, the painful fact of growing up." —Lois Tilton, Locus online
"as always with Lee’s work, the attraction is in the prose. Where it’s realistic is in the matter of the resistance and the moral dilemmas it creates" —Lois Tilton, Locus online
"A powerful imaginative creation, with a strong narrative voice as a foil... Recommended" —Lois Tilton, Locus online
"a delight to read" —Lois Tilton, IROSF
Finalist for the WSFA Small Press Award, 2009
Million Writers Award Notable Stories of 2009
"evocative and original" —Rich Horton, Locus
"Recommended" —Lois Tilton, IROSF
Recommended Reading, Year's Best SF & F 2009, ed. Rich Horton
Million Writers Award Notable Stories of 2008
- BCS 289: Bonsai Starships, narrated by M.K. Hobson — Issue #349 – Science-Fantasy Month 6, February 10, 2022
- BCS 254: The Mermaid Astronaut, narrated by M.K. Hobson — Issue #298 – Science-Fantasy Month 5, February 27, 2020
- BCS 210: The Starship and the Temple Cat, narrated by Michael J. DeLuca — Issue #244 – Science-Fantasy Month 4, February 1, 2018
- BCS 177: Shadow's Weave, narrated by Tina Connolly — Issue #200, Special Double-Issue, June 2, 2016
- BCS 168: Foxfire, Foxfire, narrated by Michael J. DeLuca — Issue #194 - Science-Fantasy Month 3, March 3, 2016
- BCS 151: Two to Leave — Issue #174, May 28, 2015
- BCS 078: The Book of Locked Doors — Issue #91, Science-Fantasy Month, March 22, 2012
- BCS 025: The Pirate Captain's Daughter — Issue #28, October 22, 2009
- BCS 001: Architectural Constants — Issue #3, November 5, 2008
- BCS Audio Vault 028: The Mermaid Astronaut — Issue #340, Thirteenth Anniversary Double-Issue, October 8, 2021
- BCS Audio Vault 021: The Book of Locked Doors — Issue #194 - Science-Fantasy Month 3, March 10, 2016