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H.H. Pak @hhpak.bsky.social · 20h

I was not immune to this hype and I’m ever so glad I jumped onboard, what a marvelous read it still haunts me

Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 20h

It didn’t happen to me, but I got to watch The Last Good Thing to Happen on Twitter unfold for @amalelmohtar.com & @maxgladstone.bsky.social back in 2023
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The Twelve Days of Bigolas Dickolas Wolfwood

Dear Friends, Previously, on Amal Content: A lot has happened since then. I truly struggle with how to talk about the past 12 days, during which a viral tweet from an anime fan account with an exce...

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H.H. Pak @hhpak.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you!! 😊

Renkon @renkotsuban.com · 3d

This was a great read, and same for Never Eaten Vegetables!

H.H. Pak @hhpak.bsky.social · 6d

It’s an honor to announce that my new story, “Crabs Don’t Scream,” has been published in this month’s issue of @clarkesworldmagazine.com! Featuring an aroace-coded slapstick comedy about the horrors of falling in love across the space time continuum.

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 7d

Our 19th anniversary issue of Clarkesworld features original fiction by Isabel J. Kim, Fiona Moore, H.H. Pak, Greg Egan, Liu Maijia, Carrie Vaughn, and Phoebe Barton.

Online now at:
clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_229

Subscriptions available at:
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

Cover art by Quentin Stipp features a robot and two humans walking into a forest and towards a tall building with red tubes that have burst through the upper levels and into the sky.

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H.H. Pak @hhpak.bsky.social · 6d

It’s an honor to announce that my new story, “Crabs Don’t Scream,” has been published in this month’s issue of @clarkesworldmagazine.com! Featuring an aroace-coded slapstick comedy about the horrors of falling in love across the space time continuum.

clarkesworldmagazine.com/pak_10_25/

Crabs Don't Scream by H.H. Pak

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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H.H. Pak @hhpak.bsky.social · Sep 2

“The story provides a lovely reflection on the grounding nature of mundane details, and how little things can come to mean so much when one has lived a life defined by war."

Thank you very much @acwise.bsky.social for reviewing "The Significance Cofactor," it's an honor as always!

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H.H. Pak @hhpak.bsky.social · Aug 27

I cannot thank you enough for lending your voice to bring this story to life! Thank you as well for bearing with my voice notes, I was so grateful to hear the change in accents haha!

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H.H. Pak @hhpak.bsky.social · Aug 25

My elevator pitch for “The Significance Cofactor” is an episode of Bluey but with body snatching, time travel, space travel, war commentary, and gray ethics. Please enjoy!

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H.H. Pak @hhpak.bsky.social · Aug 25

My story, “The Significance Cofactor,” is now available to listen and read at @khoreo.bsky.social! Huge thank you to the talented @cyrusrodas.bsky.social for giving my morally gray narrator a voice, the narration sounds incredible!

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The Significance Cofactor

Your children love you. They cry as you leave with promises of souvenirs. You need to catch your flight. Ah, but their runny faces as you get in the car—I do not look. You’re raising them well. The g...

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H.H. Pak @hhpak.bsky.social · Aug 11

And yet here you are 😂 With respect and solidarity, go pack MR!

H.H. Pak @hhpak.bsky.social · Jul 29

Oh goodness, how kind! NEV was definitely a passion project. Amid the bioethical and capitalist commentary, it was very important to me that it struck a heartfelt message at its core. I'm very pleased that a lot of readers like you picked up on that, and largely satisfied with it as a story!

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H.H. Pak @hhpak.bsky.social · Jul 28

Thank you for such a marvelously written review! I’m so glad NEV resonated with you :)

N. A. Dawn, Author @nadawn.bsky.social · Jul 28

Bold structure. Vivid imagery. Really, really big ideas. @hhpak.bsky.social’s intricate, heartfelt “Never Eaten Vegetables” in @clarkesworldmagazine.com swings for the bleachers, hitting moons out of orbit and into that dark empty place we try to call home. Great.

#sff #shortstories #fiction #scifi

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H.H. Pak @hhpak.bsky.social · Jul 11

Thank you very much for reading and recommending! I'm so glad it touched you. :)

Jane McConnell @netjmc.bsky.social · Jul 10

I just finished Twenty Four Hours. A very moving story, @hhpak.bsky.social I highly recommend it.

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H.H. Pak @hhpak.bsky.social · Jul 6

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it! :)

H.H. Pak @hhpak.bsky.social · Jul 6

Thank you very much!

H.H. Pak @hhpak.bsky.social · Jul 6

It was a pleasure to rec! Please know that it’s lived rent free in my head since I first read it.

Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · Jul 2

Excited to see my story, Drown-Haunted recommended in this months @wyrmholemag.bsky.social!!!

It was first published in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social and you can check it out here: www.flashfictiononline.com/article/drow...

Big thanks to @hhpak.bsky.social !

A screen grab of a short review of my story Drown-Haunted.

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H.H. Pak @hhpak.bsky.social · May 1

WHOO new Angela story!! So excited to read this one! :D

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H.H. Pak @hhpak.bsky.social · Apr 17

a seal is laying on the ground with its mouth open and the words seal of approval written above it .

ALT: a seal is laying on the ground with its mouth open and the words seal of approval written above it .

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H.H. Pak @hhpak.bsky.social · Apr 17

No words can express how honored I am to receive the H.H. Pak Gets An Award award… to receive an award named after myself receiving an award is an award in itself. I’m not crying, you’re crying. 😭 Thank you SFBC, you’re a fantastic community with fantastic taste!

Short Fiction Book Club @shortficbookclub.bsky.social · Apr 16

The Short Fiction Book Club Season 3 awards are up! We've read some remarkable stories this year, and it's time to honor our very favorites.

Thank you to the SFF short fiction community for having an amazing year.
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From the Fantasy community on Reddit: Short Fiction Book Club: Season 3 Awards

Explore this post and more from the Fantasy community

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H.H. Pak @hhpak.bsky.social · Apr 12

Me devouring the next inevitably awesome short story you publish:

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H.H. Pak @hhpak.bsky.social · Apr 8

AHH SERIOUSLY INCREDIBLE!!! Double congratulations!! 🎉

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H.H. Pak @hhpak.bsky.social · Apr 8

WELL DONE TIA AND @angelaliu.bsky.social!!!! Watching you two dazzle the short fiction world with your incredible works has been a marvel to behold and I cannot imagine a more well deserved award for you both. Absolutely fantastic job and massive congratulations!! 🎉

Tia Tashiro @tiatashiro.bsky.social · Apr 7

!!! so psyched to be an Astounding Award finalist this year!
Delighted to see such a great group of fellow nominees and it's awesome to be short fiction buddies on the ballot with @angelaliu.bsky.social :D

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H.H. Pak @hhpak.bsky.social · Apr 8

INCREDIBLY WELL DESERVED CONGRATS ANGELA!!!

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H.H. Pak @hhpak.bsky.social · Apr 2

Thank you for reviewing and recommending NEV!

Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · Apr 2

Clarkesworld: Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. Wise locusmag.com/2025/04...

Clarkesworld: Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. Wise

Clarkesworld 1/25 Zun Yu Tan’s “When There Are Two of You: A Documentary” in the January issue of Clarkesworld is set in a world where people can implant digital clones of themselves in their heads…

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H.H. Pak @hhpak.bsky.social · Mar 22

The imagery and poetic rhythm of this one feels like a children’s rhyme being chanted underwater. The premise is really fun to scratch: hey what if you believed in God so hard you became one?

Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · Mar 21

Hey Hey!!! I’ve got a new Weird seaside Cosmic Horror flash piece out today from @flashfictiononline.bsky.social!Check out Drown-Haunted if you have a minute :)

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Drown-Haunted

Content Warning My mother had a shrine to God in the basement before the flood came. Candles. Statuary. The golden tabernacle. Stained glass looked out on concrete foundation, no portal to a drier …

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H.H. Pak @hhpak.bsky.social · Mar 21

too many limbs, too many phalanges, and just when you think it can’t get worse, in comes the humble headbutt