Megan Chee


Singaporean sci-fi & fantasy writer

Short Fiction

2024

The Museum of Cosmic Retribution - published in Nightmare Magazine (read here/listen here)
"Haw Par Villa in the rain was a splash of garish color."
• author interview by Jeremiah Underwood 'Author Spotlight: Megan Chee'
• featured in Vanessa Fogg's 'Short fiction recs! June-July 2024'
• featured in Maria Haskin's 'Maria's Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Short Fiction Roundup #6 2024'

The Worms that Ate the Universe - published in Uncanny Magazine, July/August 2024 (read here)
"As the planet of the worms is whittled down into an absence of space, the first worm takes flight."
• analyzed in Reactor Magazine 'The Worms Crawl Out: Megan Chee’s “The Worms That Ate the Universe”'

An Otherworldly Cat Tells You the Secrets of the Universe - published in Lightspeed Magazine, June 2024 (read here/listen here)
"There are a near-infinite number of strange and marvelous worlds in this Universe, and in all of them there are Cats."

2023

The Dreamweaver's Name - published in Luna Station Quarterly, September 2023 (buy here)
"A name was a beautiful, enviable thing to the strange creature known only as the Dreamweaver."

The God of Minor Troubles - published in Strange Horizons, May 2023 (read here)
"May I beg your Immortal Highness for a more specific definition of, uh, minor troubles?"
• reprinted in The Year's Best Fantasy, Vol. 3 (Pyr Books)(buy here)
• translated into Chinese in Science Fiction World (科幻世界) by 赵秀凤, October 2023 (buy here)
• included on the 2023 Locus Recommended Reading List
• included on the 2023 Nebula Awards Suggested Reading List
• recommended by Locus Magazine 'Charles Payseur Reviews Short Fiction'
• featured in Vanessa Fogg's 'Short fiction recs! May-June 2023'
• featured in My Geek Blasphemy 'My Favorite Short Stories and Novelettes of 2023'

The Giants Among Us - published in Clarkesworld Magazine, May 2023 (read here/listen here)
"Like all the giants who dwell on this planet, it experiences time differently. A single breath can take a day."
• included on the 2023 Nebula Awards Suggested Reading List
• featured in Grimoire Reliquary 'The Short Story Reader #75'
• featured in Vanessa Fogg's 'Short fiction recs! July--Sept 2023'

Our Exquisite Delights - published in Lightspeed Magazine, March 2023 (read here)
"Almost everyone has, at some point in their lives, encountered a door that was not there before."
• included on the 2023 Nebula Awards Suggested Reading List
• recommended by Locus Magazine 'Sean Dowie Reviews Short Fiction'
• featured in Maria Haskins' 'Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Short Fiction Roundup for April 2023'
• featured in Vanessa Fogg's 'Short fiction recs! March-April 2023'
• featured in Tar Vol on's 'May 2023 Round-up and Short Fiction Miscellany'

Burials for the Hated Dead - published in Dark Stars: Sci-fi Horror Drabbles, March 2023 (buy here)
"On this planet, they believe that burial rituals determine the fate of the soul. "
Dark Stars: Sci-fi Horror Drabbles longlisted for the BSFA Award for Best Collection

2022

The Cat of Lin Villa - published in Cast of Wonders, November 2022 (read/listen here)
"I did not care for Mr. Lin, the man who claimed to own the villa that I lived in."
• featured in Tor.com's 'Must-Read Speculative Short Fiction for November 2022'
• featured in Maria Haskins' 'Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Short Fiction Roundup for November/December 2022'
• featured in Nerds of a Feather's 'Questing in Shorts: February 2023'

Your Soul in a Pot - published in Nature Futures, June 2022 (read here)
"It’s not easy to open a successful hotpot restaurant in Space Station Singapore."
Reprinted in Small Wonders, June 2024 (read here)
• translated into Chinese by Springer Nature Shanghai
• featured in Myna Chang's 'Flash Roundup'

2021 & earlier

Incense - published in Fantasy Magazine, January 2021 (read here)
"When he speaks, the universe shifts to listen."
Reprinted in Small Wonders, November 2023 (read here)

Ariadne - published in Athena's Daughters, Vol II, August 2015 (buy here)
"Lightyears in every direction, the war explodes around her."

Illustration of a scene from 'The God of Minor Troubles' from Science Fiction World

Illustration of 'The God of Minor Troubles' by 王稚荏 in Science Fiction World