Thomas Ha
@thomasha.bsky.social
Writer | UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES (2025) | Nebula, Ignyte, Hugo, Locus, Shirley Jackson Finalist | Best American SFF, Brave New Weird, Year's Best Dark Fantasy/Horror | Korean/Irish hapa. Dad o' 3. He/him. Rep: Michael Curry. thomashawrites.com
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Thomas Ha
@thomasha.bsky.social
· Sep 16
Hey! It's midnight on the east coast, so it's release day. Thanks to @undertow.bsky.social for being such a fantastic publisher. Thanks to family, friends, and fellow writers for their support. The short fic grind has ups and downs, but it's a blast. Fricken love what we do. Thanks for reading.
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Check out the must-read short fiction of October 2025 if you:
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: October 2025 - Reactor
This month's short fiction recommendations include ghosts and grief, recipes and multiverses...
reactormag.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Check out the must-read short fiction of October 2025 if you:
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
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Neither horror nor romance but a secret third thing (weird)
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Neither horror nor romance but a secret third thing (weird)
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And the titular story is free to read til the end of the month.
undertowpublications.com/uncertain-sons
undertowpublications.com/uncertain-sons
November 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
And the titular story is free to read til the end of the month.
undertowpublications.com/uncertain-sons
undertowpublications.com/uncertain-sons
peter straub. i see what the kids were talking about now.
November 25, 2025 at 7:15 AM
peter straub. i see what the kids were talking about now.
"Montresor! Ha-ha. This is a very good joke, indeed. Many times
will we laugh about it — ha-ha — as we rank Star Wars—ha-ha.”
“Of course. As we rank Star Wars.”
“But is it not late? [...] They will be expecting us. Let us go.”
“Yes. Let us go.”
As I said this I lifted the last stone from the ground.
will we laugh about it — ha-ha — as we rank Star Wars—ha-ha.”
“Of course. As we rank Star Wars.”
“But is it not late? [...] They will be expecting us. Let us go.”
“Yes. Let us go.”
As I said this I lifted the last stone from the ground.
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
"Montresor! Ha-ha. This is a very good joke, indeed. Many times
will we laugh about it — ha-ha — as we rank Star Wars—ha-ha.”
“Of course. As we rank Star Wars.”
“But is it not late? [...] They will be expecting us. Let us go.”
“Yes. Let us go.”
As I said this I lifted the last stone from the ground.
will we laugh about it — ha-ha — as we rank Star Wars—ha-ha.”
“Of course. As we rank Star Wars.”
“But is it not late? [...] They will be expecting us. Let us go.”
“Yes. Let us go.”
As I said this I lifted the last stone from the ground.
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Here's a different take on the koi drawing.
I have trouble controlling my lines sometimes because my hand shakes. It used to bother me a lot & I'd spend time trying to correct them, but nowadays, I'm like, to hell with it. It proves a flawed human drew this imperfect thing with human intent 🙂
#art
I have trouble controlling my lines sometimes because my hand shakes. It used to bother me a lot & I'd spend time trying to correct them, but nowadays, I'm like, to hell with it. It proves a flawed human drew this imperfect thing with human intent 🙂
#art
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Here's a different take on the koi drawing.
I have trouble controlling my lines sometimes because my hand shakes. It used to bother me a lot & I'd spend time trying to correct them, but nowadays, I'm like, to hell with it. It proves a flawed human drew this imperfect thing with human intent 🙂
#art
I have trouble controlling my lines sometimes because my hand shakes. It used to bother me a lot & I'd spend time trying to correct them, but nowadays, I'm like, to hell with it. It proves a flawed human drew this imperfect thing with human intent 🙂
#art
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Graphic design skills I do not possess, as evidenced by this free template I selected because the other free templates kept crashing...
Still and all! Here are my awards eligible stories for this year ✨
Still and all! Here are my awards eligible stories for this year ✨
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Graphic design skills I do not possess, as evidenced by this free template I selected because the other free templates kept crashing...
Still and all! Here are my awards eligible stories for this year ✨
Still and all! Here are my awards eligible stories for this year ✨
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available in e-versions so you can read comfortably like a curled up shrimp cat this very evening
books2read.com/uncertain
books2read.com/uncertain
October 30, 2025 at 2:16 AM
available in e-versions so you can read comfortably like a curled up shrimp cat this very evening
books2read.com/uncertain
books2read.com/uncertain
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New short story recommendation up today! We've got Andrew Kozma talking about "Sideswipe" by Soren Narnia on the Knifepoint Horror podcast. Elk horror gang rise up.
Andrew Kozma recommends "Sideswipe" by Soren Narnia | Seize The Press Magazine
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November 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
New short story recommendation up today! We've got Andrew Kozma talking about "Sideswipe" by Soren Narnia on the Knifepoint Horror podcast. Elk horror gang rise up.
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I've never bothered doing one of these because it felt kinda silly, but I'm trying new things.
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I've never bothered doing one of these because it felt kinda silly, but I'm trying new things.
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Here's my award eligibility post(s) for 2025:
May: "Data Ghost" in Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology, Editors Julie C. Day, Carina Bissett & Craig Laurance Gidney
It's also online at Pseudopod #995, Narrator Rae Lundberg
pseudopod.org/2025/09/26/p...
1/?
May: "Data Ghost" in Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology, Editors Julie C. Day, Carina Bissett & Craig Laurance Gidney
It's also online at Pseudopod #995, Narrator Rae Lundberg
pseudopod.org/2025/09/26/p...
1/?
PseudoPod 995: Data Ghost
When the station stats popped up on the screen, the Interface said, Anomalous. Deni batted at their ear and muttered, “No, no, quit it.” In the second cockpit seat, Winnie threw them a look. “What?”…
pseudopod.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Here's my award eligibility post(s) for 2025:
May: "Data Ghost" in Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology, Editors Julie C. Day, Carina Bissett & Craig Laurance Gidney
It's also online at Pseudopod #995, Narrator Rae Lundberg
pseudopod.org/2025/09/26/p...
1/?
May: "Data Ghost" in Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology, Editors Julie C. Day, Carina Bissett & Craig Laurance Gidney
It's also online at Pseudopod #995, Narrator Rae Lundberg
pseudopod.org/2025/09/26/p...
1/?
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"You’ll believe a fly can man!" ...should have been the tag line for David Cronenberg’s The Fly.
November 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
"You’ll believe a fly can man!" ...should have been the tag line for David Cronenberg’s The Fly.
"grok, do unto others as JCO did unto me, visit upon them the terrible things which in no way made me weep just as the liar visited them upon me, also, swear"
November 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"grok, do unto others as JCO did unto me, visit upon them the terrible things which in no way made me weep just as the liar visited them upon me, also, swear"
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
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In "Puerto Rico: A National History", Jorell Meléndez-Badillo talks about how "Diasporicans" make circular migrations, and "jumping the puddle" becomes a way to reconnect with the cultures of the archipelago
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strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
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Brincando Charcos (Jumping Puddles)
“Dónde estámos?” Mateo asks, wiping the wetness out of his hair. We’re both sopping wet. Charcos may get you there fast, but it’s not the cleanest way to travel.
strangehorizons.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
In "Puerto Rico: A National History", Jorell Meléndez-Badillo talks about how "Diasporicans" make circular migrations, and "jumping the puddle" becomes a way to reconnect with the cultures of the archipelago
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strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
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strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
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Finally added 2025 eligibility to my website, with a couple of flash & short stories at the top & my full 2025 bibliography below. I'd be honored if you consider any of these for your awards noms. ☺️
2025 Eligibility& Bibliography
For awards season, I’d be honored if you’d consider these stories: Graduated Justice: An Amelia Li Mystery (4054 words), Translunar Travelers Lounge, Issue 12, February 15, 2025. Genre: SF, …
mynachang.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Finally added 2025 eligibility to my website, with a couple of flash & short stories at the top & my full 2025 bibliography below. I'd be honored if you consider any of these for your awards noms. ☺️
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We're revisiting our back catalogue and the ONLY original novel we've published—M. Rickert's "The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie." This exquisite mystery is an amalgam of Frankenstein, and A Confederacy of Dunces. We want you to read it. The eBook is on sale for just $2.
undertowpublications.com/ebooks
undertowpublications.com/ebooks
November 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We're revisiting our back catalogue and the ONLY original novel we've published—M. Rickert's "The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie." This exquisite mystery is an amalgam of Frankenstein, and A Confederacy of Dunces. We want you to read it. The eBook is on sale for just $2.
undertowpublications.com/ebooks
undertowpublications.com/ebooks
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I'd never heard of this site until tonight. Both my books are on there. Did you know my publisher offers one of three lowest royalty rates in the entire industry? And that I didn't get an advance? Literally all I make is from royalties. Royalties I don't earn when you pirate my book.
I posted a buy link here to "A Magical Inheritance" a few days ago, and 24 of you immediately went to Anna's Archives and fucking stole it from me.
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
November 24, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I'd never heard of this site until tonight. Both my books are on there. Did you know my publisher offers one of three lowest royalty rates in the entire industry? And that I didn't get an advance? Literally all I make is from royalties. Royalties I don't earn when you pirate my book.
If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule, Charlie Brown
I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe, Charlie Brown
Every living thing on earth dies alone, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 AM
If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule, Charlie Brown
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Well I’m loving Uncertain Sons by Thomas Ha; good job on the blurb from @kellylink.bsky.social that persuaded me to get it from the library
but then I started on a sci-fi/horror rabbit hole and ended up revisiting some Gene Wolfe short stories right before bed
bad idea
but then I started on a sci-fi/horror rabbit hole and ended up revisiting some Gene Wolfe short stories right before bed
bad idea
November 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Well I’m loving Uncertain Sons by Thomas Ha; good job on the blurb from @kellylink.bsky.social that persuaded me to get it from the library
but then I started on a sci-fi/horror rabbit hole and ended up revisiting some Gene Wolfe short stories right before bed
bad idea
but then I started on a sci-fi/horror rabbit hole and ended up revisiting some Gene Wolfe short stories right before bed
bad idea
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now that my last story of the year's out i suppose i should do a round-up?
first back in april, Bite by Bite and Lie by Lie in @smallwondersmag.com, a story with a first draft entitled Eat God and Don't Die
first back in april, Bite by Bite and Lie by Lie in @smallwondersmag.com, a story with a first draft entitled Eat God and Don't Die
Bite by Bite and Lie by Lie - Small Wonders
In a land replete with small gods and smaller miracles, a barefoot stranger in devotional robes was an afternoon’s amusement.
smallwondersmag.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
now that my last story of the year's out i suppose i should do a round-up?
first back in april, Bite by Bite and Lie by Lie in @smallwondersmag.com, a story with a first draft entitled Eat God and Don't Die
first back in april, Bite by Bite and Lie by Lie in @smallwondersmag.com, a story with a first draft entitled Eat God and Don't Die