Hal Y. Zhang
Hal Y. Zhang distills weird word things straight from her subconscious.
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Excerpt from Hard Mother, Spider Mother, Soft Mother
Published Apr 10, 2020 · 1,274 words (5 minutes) · 90 views
Ellery thought she knew her mother, until she didn't.
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Cast Off Tight
Published Apr 10, 2020 · 3,178 words (12 minutes) · 3 likes · 187 views
For a hundred days he avoids her unfinished knitting, one of the last things she touched before she died. But the moment he touches the needles, he hears the unmistakable sound of her laughter, and now he’ll stop at nothing to finish what she started.
Author Hal Y. Zhang’s stories and poetry have appeared in Fireside Fiction, Nature Futures, Liminality, and more. Her literary-meets-science-fiction chapbook HARD MOTHER, SPIDER MOTHER, SOFT MOTHER is available now from Radix Media.
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Do you love me more than the stars?
Published May 20, 2019 · 1,398 words (6 minutes) · 249 views
An astronomer ponders her celestial love.
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Peripheral #13
Published Mar 22, 2019 · 100 words (1 minute) · 1 like · 316 views
Science Fiction flash fiction micro fiction
Are you oriented? A tiny simulated story.
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Swallow
Published Mar 7, 2019 · 99 words (1 minute) · 281 views
Fantasy Magical Realism poetry
My first published poem. Food, reincarnation, mothers and daughters.
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Jurassic Jaws Jones
Published Feb 26, 2019 · 874 words (4 minutes) · 333 views
Humor Science Fiction artificial intelligence near-future
So you want to be an actor, huh?
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