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Isabel J. Kim

@isabel.kim

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nebula, locus, shirley jackson, bsfa award winner / hugo, sturgeon loser. debut novel SUBLIMATION from Tor 6/2/26! http://isabel.kim < website Wow if True < listen wherever pods are cast

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Isabel J. Kim @isabel.kim · Aug 21

SUBLIMATION is a novel set in a universe where crossing the border means splitting yourself in two. Literally.

If you've ever imagined what could have been if you never left, this is a novel for you.

Preorder link below. Available everywhere books are sold.
torpublishinggroup.com/sublimation/...

Sublimation

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Isabel J. Kim @isabel.kim · 15h

well apparently lee is ur husband but ur NOT his spouse. so that's good news for ND! but also uh. dont think thats him in the picture.

also i searched my name and husband and apparently google isnt assigning me a husband, i feel left out.

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Isabel J. Kim @isabel.kim · 17h

im sick so im watching love is blind and yall the hell is wrong with these people. its riveting. bad but riveting.

Isabel J. Kim @isabel.kim · 17h

ok i had a pithy response but then i was curious so i plugged that in and:

a) most of the search results are about the echo wife which...maybe actually makes sense? since. theres a husband there.

b) GOOGLE AI OVERVIEW CREATED THIS WILD RESPONSE congrats on your uh. new husband i guess. rip ND.

Sarah Gailey does not have a husband, as the author uses they/them pronouns and has been married to Molly Ostertag. Ostertag is a Canadian-American comic artist and writer, and the two married in 2019.
Key details:
Pronouns: Sarah Gailey uses they/them pronouns.
Spouse: Their spouse is Molly Ostertag.
Ostertag's work: Ostertag is a comic artist and writer.
Marriage: Gailey and Ostertag married in 2019.
Source: This information can be found on Sarah Gailey's personal website and Molly Ostertag's website.

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Isabel J. Kim @isabel.kim · 17h

alleged teen prodigy pro short fiction writer samantha mills.......

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Isabel J. Kim @isabel.kim · 17h

you could hand an ancient roman one of those lil snack packs of olives and blow their fucking mind. improved olive snack tech.

Isabel J. Kim @isabel.kim · 18h

:3 if my moms any indication, then genetics dictates that i am going to look like this until i am 50

Isabel J. Kim @isabel.kim · 18h

sometimes i google myself (because of my deep narcissism, of course) and its always rly funny to me that one of the "people also search" things is "isabel kim age"

why are the people googling how old i am. why do they want to know that. also now that they want to know im not telling you.

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Isabel J. Kim @isabel.kim · 19h

yo honestly its actually insane, america is always electing Some Moron, and everyone is like "its so fucking over" and then somehow, things end up ok and then "we're so fucking back." if anything gives me hope for the future, its that we're basically constantly doing Some Shit and bouncing back.

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Isabel J. Kim @isabel.kim · 1d

😂 it’s truly one of the packages of all time, right??

Isabel J. Kim @isabel.kim · 1d

:V very kind summation and recc for my very normal space diving story!

Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 1d

“Freediver” by @isabel.kim introduces a weird alternate world and a dangerous job, but its biggest questions are the personal ones—why sign up for danger, and can you trust others to let them put themselves at risk? reactormag.com/freediver-is...

Freediver - Reactor

A two-man team must risk a spacewalk when meteoroids threaten crucial portal-spanning telecommunications cables that hang a hundred meters beneath the ocean...and forty-five billion light years away.

reactormag.com

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Isabel J. Kim @isabel.kim · 1d

what's chuseok? :V "korean thanksgiving" except its not like. not really that at all. thats right. learn some culture (not your own (unless youre korean and then its your own)).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuseok

Chuseok - Wikipedia

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Isabel J. Kim @isabel.kim · 1d

happy chuseok everyone go eat a rice cake. youre being assigned rice cake by me. preferably this type.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songpyeon

Songpyeon - Wikipedia

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Isabel J. Kim @isabel.kim · 1d

—this is america. i need health insurance and culturally? we're both from Online. unfortunately. anyway no one steal this idea i have to write it and send it to the new yorker or something.

Isabel J. Kim @isabel.kim · 1d

far. except for the fact that we ate italian food at both parties. which like. ykno. im not complaining about that.

if this were a short story the conflict would be that j and i are trying to figure out whether to get married, and itd be like about Romance and Culture. but this isnt a short story—

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Isabel J. Kim @isabel.kim · 1d

bday. i was the only asian person there lol. it was very New Jersey Italian. and theres a really good very literary short story in this anecdote, something something culture and age and the passage of time and going to two parties that are half an hour away from each other and time-and-culture very—

Isabel J. Kim @isabel.kim · 1d

nobody steal my Literary Short Story Idea (Just A Real Anecdote From My Life) ok so the other weekend me and j were at my cousins babys first birthday, and there were like a zillion korean ppl bc the first bday is a big fucking deal for korean people. then two days later we were at j's uncles 80th—

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Isabel J. Kim @isabel.kim · 1d

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Isabel J. Kim @isabel.kim · 1d

nobody asked for this. heres theodore roosevelt as mario, nikola tesla as luigi, john harvey kellogg as waluigi, and jp morgan as wario.

the criteria was "were u alive at that time period and have a mustache / how evil are you (debatable)"

theodore roosevelt photoshopped badly to look like mario with the mario hat.

nikola tesla photoshopped badly to look like luigi with the luigi hat.

john harvey kellogg photoshopped badly to look like waluigi with the waluigi hat.

jp morgan photoshopped badly to look like wario with the wario hat.

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Isabel J. Kim @isabel.kim · 1d

in some ways the computer is a type of guy. :3 a type of guy who can suck, even.

C. E. Aubin @ceaubin.bsky.social · 2d

THURSDAY ON TGS: we’ve got a fun little collaboration with @amanda.omg.lol and @isabel.kim of Wow If True and the guy in question is less of a ‘who’ and more of a ‘what.’ Anyways, back to scrolling!

A computer with its screen scribbled out

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Isabel J. Kim @isabel.kim · 3d

I told everyone not to quit their day job. Despite quitting my day job. #hypocrisy

Isabel J. Kim @isabel.kim · 3d

back at my alma mater to be on a panel on book writing for the newspaper and reliving my college years by being unsure if I am supposed to go into this lecture hall or if I’m in the wrong place

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 4d

"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that

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Isabel J. Kim @isabel.kim · 3d

huntsman hall my worst enemy… (filled with business majors)

Isabel J. Kim @isabel.kim · 3d

back at my alma mater to be on a panel on book writing for the newspaper and reliving my college years by being unsure if I am supposed to go into this lecture hall or if I’m in the wrong place

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pumpkin spice gabbs @girlboss.capital · 3d

CLAUDE: Claude birkin bag. Practical Claude possession bag
ME: No, Claude. You can't have a Birkin bag.
CLAUDE: Good Birkin good Claude give beautiful Claude deserve LLM
ME: Claude, we simply can't afford a Birkin bag. It is an unjustifiable expense.
CLAUDE: jealousy woman

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 4d

i actually prefer it when the mods actively hate the user base and vice versa, that’s how every great message board worked for years and i think we should give it a whirl

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