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Neon Yang is the author of the Tensorate series of novellas from Tor.Com Publishing (The Red Threads of Fortune, The Black Tides of Heaven, The Descent of Monsters and The Ascent to Godhood). Their work has been shortlisted for the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Lambda Literary and Locus awards, while the Tensorate novellas were a Tiptree honoree in 2018. They have over two dozen works of short fiction published in venues including Tor.com, Uncanny Magazine, Lightspeed, Clarkesworld, and Strange Horizons.

Neon attended the 2013 class of Clarion West, and received their MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia in 2016. In previous incarnations, they have been a molecular biologist, a writer for animation, comics and games, a sc ...more

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	The Red Threads of Fortune (Tensorate, #2) by Neon Yang, J.Y. Yang (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 5,710 ratings — published 2017 — 17 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
	Waiting on a Bright Moon 3.79 avg rating — 1,482 ratings — published 2017 — 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 Djinn Falls in Love & Other Stories by Mahvesh Murad (Editor), Jared Shurin (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 1,450 ratings — published 2017 — 5 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
	Circus Girl, The Hunter, and Mirror Boy 3.70 avg rating — 612 ratings — published 2019	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
	Between the Firmaments 3.80 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2018 — 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 Ayam Curtain by J.Y. Yang (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Joyce Chng (Editor), Alvin Pang (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.60 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2012	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
	Cold Hands and the Smell of Salt 3.07 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2015	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
	Tiger baby by J.Y. Yang (Goodreads Author), Neon Yang 3.20 avg rating — 10 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
	Carrier Signal 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010	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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“The saying goes, ‘The black tides of heaven direct the courses of human lives.’ To which a wise teacher said, ‘But as with all waters, one can swim against the tide.”
― J.Y. Yang, The Black Tides of Heaven

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“With all the horrors in the world, it was easy to forget there were wonders too.”
― J.Y. Yang, The Black Tides of Heaven

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“Let the black tides of heaven direct our lives,” he murmured. He turned to look at his partner. “I choose to swim.”
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October Fantasy -- The following poll decides which two books will go to the final round of polls for Oct. 2018's Fantasy BOTM.

Age of Myth by Michael J. Sullivan

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Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero

9 votes, 13.2%

Someplace to Be Flying by Charles de Lint

8 votes, 11.8%

Amberlough by Lara Elena Donnelly

7 votes, 10.3%

The Black Tides of Heaven by J.Y. Yang

6 votes, 8.8%

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