I often post pictures of almond cream pie when I make it for Thanksgiving, and people sometimes ask for the recipe. So here it is! This is basically a recipe for the filling, because I use a store bought pie crust to save myself a little time :)
Ingredients:
1 pre-baked pie crust, cooled
Filling:
2/3 cup sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup heavy cream
1.5 cup milk
4 egg yolks
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 …
I had one novelette out in 2021: “Colors of the Immortal Palette” (12,900 words) appeared in issue 39 of Uncanny Magazine.
“Colors of the Immortal Palette” combines so many things that I love–Sondheim musicals, impressionist art, and ukiyo-e prints, to name just a few of the inspirations. It is also deeply personal, an exploration of navigating the world of art from a marginalized perspective. Plus I realized that I’d never written a vampire story, and wanted to play with ideas about immortality, legacy, and time.
Here is a short excerpt from the beginning:
LEAD WHITE
I will always remember …
I have a new novelette out in Uncanny Magazine! “Colors of the Immortal Palette” is a story of art and identity, history and truth. It was a difficult story to write, and I’m really proud of how it came out. A short excerpt:
LEAD WHITE
I will always remember the view of Paris from his window. Snow, pure and untouched, softens the outline of the buildings and covers the grime of the streets. White, the color of beginnings. His canvas is primed and ready to be painted, and stark winter sunlight glows bright on his undead skin.
The studio …
I had one new novelette out in 2020: “Shadow Prisons,” which originally appeared in three parts in The Dystopia Triptych (eds. John Joseph Adams, Hugh Howey, and Christie Yant).
The novelette is available online (serialized in three parts) at Lightspeed Magazine:
https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/series/shadow-prisons/
Here’s an excerpt from Part 1: The Shadow Prison Experiment
The shopping district was crowded on a Sunday afternoon, and Vivian Watanabe was out running errands with her sixteen-year-old, Cass. Together they wove through throngs of shoppers wearing customized skins or the generic default. Vivian wasn’t fond of Generics—they fell into that uncanny valley between a …
I’ve been spending most of my time on longer projects, so this has been a somewhat slower year for short fiction. I do have a novelette out in Lightspeed that I’m particularly proud of:
The Archronology of Love (Lightspeed Magazine, 8900 words) – A love story, a mystery, AND I got to invent an entire academic field! Here is an excerpt from the opening of the story:
This is a love story, the last of a series of moments when we meet.
Saki Jones leaned into the viewport window until her nose nearly touched the glass, staring …
I will be at Norwescon next weekend! Come hear me read from my new Lightspeed story “The Archronology of Love,” or talk about worldbuilding, fictional religions, what drives a story, and more! Here’s my schedule:
Are there elements of SF worldbuilding that are unique to science fiction? Are there elements that need to be in any science fiction story? Technology, medicine, economics, government, religion, history, types of characters, clothes, languages, and food. What elements might be unique to SF? How much detail is enough?
I have a new story out this month! My novelette “The Archronology of Love,” is the cover story for the April issue of Lightspeed Magazine. The gorgeous illustration is by Reiko Murakami.
There is also an Author Spotlight interview where I talk about the origins and inspirations of the story, and how my writing has changed over time.
Here is an excerpt from the story:
This is a love story, the last of a series of moments when we meet.
Saki Jones leaned into the viewport window until her nose nearly …
I had two stories out this year:
Midnight at the Fountains of Bellagio (Daily Science Fiction, October 2018)
The Clockwork Penguin Dreamed of Stars (Mechanical Animals, November 2018)
Overall, my 2018 feels like a year of work-in-progress. I drafted a novella, a novelette, and a handful of short stories… but nearly all of them are still waiting on revisions, so I did not send a lot of stories out on submission. Next year, I hope, will be a year of finishing.
If you will also be at Worldcon in San Jose, here is where you can find me:
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM – Kaffeeklatsch: Caroline M. Yoachim. San Jose Convention Center 211B1
Join me for an informal hangout! Sign-up for my kaffeeklatsch starts Thursday at 4pm, more info here.
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Autographs. San Jose Convention Center, Autographing Room
Jeffe Kennedy | Caroline M. Yoachim | Walter H. Hunt | Seanan McGuire | Steve Barnes
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM – Panel: Strategies for Submitting Short Fiction. San Jose Convention Center , 211C
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The World Fantasy Award finalists have been announced, and I am super excited that “Carnival Nine” is a finalist in the Short Fiction category!
This has been a truly amazing year for me. “Carnival Nine” is a finalist for four major awards–Nebula, Hugo, Locus, and now World Fantasy. I am grateful to Scott Andrews for publishing the story at Beneath Ceaseless Skies, to Tina Connolly for doing a fantastic podcast version, and to all my beta readers for their helpful insights on the story. Thank you to everyone who read and promoted the story. It means a lot to …
