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Mary Soon Lee

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Mary Soon Lee was born and raised in London, but has lived in Pittsburgh for thirty years. She is a Grand Master of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, and three-time winner of both the AnLab Readers’ Award and the Rhysling Award. Her latest books are from opposite shores of the poetry ocean: How to Navigate Our Universe containing 128 astronomy poems, and The Sign of the Dragon, a novel-length epic fantasy told in poetry. She hides her online presence with a cryptically named website (marysoonlee.com) and an equally cryptic BlueSky account (@marysoonlee.bsky.social).
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Mary Soon Lee Alec and Seregil from Lynn Flewelling's Nightrunner series. The relationship between them is wonderful. They are very different people, yet fit toget…moreAlec and Seregil from Lynn Flewelling's Nightrunner series. The relationship between them is wonderful. They are very different people, yet fit together. They come to like and trust each other, and, in time, to be lovers without a whole series of forced misunderstandings and artificial obstacles. Plus, I have a soft spot for gay partnerships.

I note that my favorite non-romantic fictional friendship between two characters is that between Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin in Patrick O'Brian's superb Napoleonic-era naval series.(less)
Mary Soon Lee Probably not. Occasionally, I wonder about writing a prequel set hundreds of years before "The Sign of the Dragon," but that is also unlikely to happe…moreProbably not. Occasionally, I wonder about writing a prequel set hundreds of years before "The Sign of the Dragon," but that is also unlikely to happen. [Thank you for the question!](less)
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Oakland Review

My poem "Corn Snake #3" appeared in The Oakland Review, Volume LI . That link should go to a pdf of the whole issue.... This is the third of my Corn Snake poems to be published.
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This is a mostly-mainstream/literary poetry collection, though it contains several works that would fit comfortably in a speculative poetry publication, such as the excellent long poem "Another Achilles," about an alternate path Achilles's life could ...more
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“You think a king
worth more than other men?
Xau did not,
despite my efforts
to correct his misconception.”
Mary Soon Lee, The Sign of the Dragon

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Around the Year i...: 23. A cross genre novel 55 692 Dec 29, 2021 09:52PM  
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.”
Albert Camus

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