E. Lily Yu @elilyyu@mastodon.social

Belated #introductions:

Does what it says on the label. I write things like
http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/yu_04_11/
and
https://hazlitt.net/longreads/view-top-stair
and sometimes things like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaP6uJ4yJLI

What's on tap here: bad dad jokes, slow posts, fiction like knives, and the occasional mushroom

I have a new story up at Lightspeed: "The Valley of Wounded Deer."

http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-valley-of-wounded-deer/

Walking home from work yesterday

Wartyboi.

(Western toad. I was neighborly, but kind of regret it, now that I've read they peep like chicks when handled.)

A new story, "Zero in Babel," went live at Slate this morning.

https://slate.com/technology/2019/07/zero-in-babel-e-lily-yu-short-story.html

Artist Trust interview by Megan Gallagher: https://artisttrust.org/artist-spotlight-e-lily-yu/

Defund ICE, do do do do do do ♫

Freedom without responsibility is fecklessness at best.

From Gino 2015, Understanding Ordinary Unethical Behavior:

"A person’s moral behavior can be affected by the moral actions of just one other person. Gino et al. found that when an in-group member behaves unethically and the behavior is visible to others, people follow suit: they behave unethically themselves. Others’ behavior can influence our own even when the bond we share is quite labile or subtle. For instance, sharing the same birthday of a person who cheated leads us to cheat as well..."

"The Doing and Undoing of Jacob E. Mwangi" hits newsstands in the May/June issue of Asimov's today.

I'll be reading "Three Variations on a Theme of Imperial Attire" from New Suns at University Bookstore in Seattle on Thursday at 6, along with Alberto Yáñez and Nisi Shawl.

Always a relief to read a story you wrote over a year ago and discover that you like it. "The Doing and Undoing of Jacob E. Mwangi" is out in the May/June issue of Asimov's Magazine.

Utopia and video game development in a future Nairobi.

I was on KUOW today, discussing the Wing Luke exhibit, VR experience "Dark Shapes," and the short story it was based on, "The Wretched and the Beautiful," with Kelly Campelia and Michi Trota!

https://www.kuow.org/stories/the-aliens-arrived-unexpectedly-at-6-42

AWP appearances:

Friday 9am
Eco-Fabulism: Five Years Later

Saturday 10:30am
Women of Pacific Northwest Science Fiction and Fantasy: A Reading

All I want is the sun and stars, I'm not asking for the moon here