Man, I am having SO MUCH FUN reading/interpreting Ti Sha’s “Final Test”, a short story first posted on a Wechat channel in China which I’m translating for FutureSF Magazine’s upcoming issue! The story is a brilliant take on a Turing test – except that the Turing test is set presumably Read more…
Dream Foundry’s Flights of Foundry Con 2020 was really when I found my people – it was my first ever SFF (Science Fiction and Fantasy) Convention and I attended as a panelist. It was a blast! I think I’m actually rather fortunate to have been initiated into cons through the Read more…
I’m really thrilled to announce that the short story Roesin by Chinese scifi author Wu Guan is now up at Future Science Fiction here. This was one of the more challenging stories I’ve ever translated because of the linguistic play the author made with radicals. Wu Guan’s original made use Read more…
I’m really excited to announce that I am one of the translators in the upcoming Tor anthology of Chinese science fiction by women and nonbinary authors, The Way Spring Arrives. I translated a beautiful story by Chi Hui called The Corpse-Carrying Woman. The anthology features all female and nonbinary creators, Read more…
I was commissioned by the Straits Times and Singapore’s National Arts Council to write a poem, “On the other side” about the pandemic and what’s been going on. My piece came out today here It is also narrated as part of the “When all this is over” podcast also by Read more…
2219 How the Lion brought down the City Judith Huang Shou Hui drew the trailing sleeves of his daopao up as his ship glided to the dock, so he could step onto the landing without tripping over the gauzy material. No one was expecting his arrival on Read more…
So my short story, 2219: How the Lion brought down the City, is part of the really cool 2219: Futures Imagined exhibition currently on at the ArtScience Museum in Singapore. However, thanks (no thanks) to COVID-19, the exhibition is currently suspended. No worries though, here are some photos, and I’ll Read more…
I am SO excited to be part of Flights of Foundry, Dream Foundry’s SFF convention 2020! The schedule just went live and it looks absolutely epic, with Hugo/Nebula winners across the slate including people I greatly admire like Ken Liu and Becky Chambers in the lineup. I’ll be reading from Read more…
Longtime friend and imaginary NPR interviewee/interviewer Okechukwu Iweala has just given me a shoutout at the Washington DC-based podcast The Guestbook Podcast. Best new year’s present ever. Thanks Oke!
Twenty Poems to Round Out the Year by Judith Huang The white wings beyond the cracks for Nii Addo The white wings beyond the cracks In the world’s pearl Like a shell that cups The bloodrush of the ear Is making us into the beating Heart outside air And you Read more…