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Yume Kitasei



Yume Kitasei is the author of The Deep Sky and The Stardust Grail. She is Japanese and American and grew up in a space between two cultures―the same space where her stories reside. She lives in Brooklyn with two cats, Boondoggle and Filibuster. Her stories have appeared in publications including New England Review, Catapult, SmokeLong Quarterly, and Baltimore Review.
 


Genres: Science Fiction
 
Novels
   The Deep Sky (2023)
   The Stardust Grail (2024)
   Saltcrop (2025)
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Award nominations
2025 Libby Award for Best Science Fiction (runner up) : The Stardust Grail


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The Jellyfish Problem (2026)
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"Tessa Yang's prose is like a friend in your ear: laugh out loud funny one minute and deeply vulnerable the next. Her debut novel, The Jellyfish Problem, deftly combines elements of sea creature horror, romance, and island mystery into a moving story about lost friendship and a love of the ocean. You will drink this right down and want another."
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The Iron Garden Sutra (2026)
(Cosmic Wheel, book 1)
A D Sui
"This book is atmospheric as hell! The Iron Garden Sutra has everything: space opera, horror, philosophy, mushrooms, and love in an enthralling story about a monk and a group of academics trapped on an ancient generation ship that may not be as abandoned as they think. A. D. Sui's world is lush, unique, and deliciously claustrophobic. It's still tickling my brain stem. Fans of S. A. Barnes and the movie Sunshine will eat this up. Read it!"
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The King Must Die (2025)
Kemi Ashing-Giwa
"Ashing-Giwa demonstrates her master worldbuilding skills in her new dystopian science fantasy, The King Must Die. A stunning, continually surprising novel focused on friendship and the value of resisting autocracy even when it seems hopeless - it's everything I need right now. It's WILL OF THE MANY meets BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN with the earnestness of Becky Chambers."

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