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Sam Kyung Yoo is a speculative fiction writer and third-degree black belt taekwondo instructor from Massachusetts. They graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in English, creative writing, and film studies, but have since abandoned academia in favor of writing about ghosts, East Asian folklore, and sad robots.

Their short fiction has been published by Fantasy, Fireside, Ghost Orchid Press, Neon Hemlock Press, Strange Horizons, among others. Their debut novella “Small Gods of Calamity” was published by Interstellar Flight Press in 2024.

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	Small Gods of Calamity 4.12 avg rating — 314 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dead Inside by Laurel Hightower (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sandra Ruttan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Donyae Coles (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.14 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond the Veil: Supernatural Tales of Queer Love by A.R. Ward (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jelena Dunato (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Emmie Christie (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.52 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Luminescent Machinations: Queer Tales of Monumental Invention by Rhiannon Rasmussen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Dave Ring (Goodreads Author) (Editor), A.P. Thayer (Contributor) 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unlocking the Magic by Vivian Caethe (Goodreads Author), Ferrett Steinmetz (Goodreads Author), A. Merc Rustad 4.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fireside Quarterly: Winter 2020 by Dominik Parisien (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Taimur Ahmad, Annika Barranti Klein (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fantasy Magazine, Issue 86, December 2022 by Christie Yant (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Arley Sorg, Victor Forna really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Strange Horizons: Hugo Voter Packet 2024 by Gautam Bhatia (Editor), Kathryn Weaver (Editor), Hebe Stanton (Editor) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fireside Magazine Issue 76, February 2020 by Brian J. White (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael Robertson (Contributor), Carlota Suárez (Illustrator) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You’re making it very difficult for me to trust you to not get yourself killed,” she informs him.

“That seems unfair. In all the time you’ve known me, I have never died. I’ve got a great track record”
― Sam Kyung Yoo, Small Gods of Calamity

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“He was loved. He understood that. But it was in the way that a precious, delicate object was loved.”
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“Kim Iseul was only thirty-three years old when she died. In just six years, Yoonhae will be the same age, and after that, he’ll always be older than she ever got to be.”
― Sam Kyung Yoo, Small Gods of Calamity

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