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