<b>Isabel J. Kim</b>
University of Pennsylvania BA '18, JD '21
Iz is a NYC based Korean-American SFF writer. When she's not writing, she's doing vaguely legal things. You know how it is.
Contact isabeljkim@gmail.com or <a href="https://twitter.com/isabeljkim" style="color: blue;">@isabeljkim</a> on twitter. Open to commercial/collab creative project inquiries. Or just to chat.
Writing blog/updates <a href="https://isabeljkim.tumblr.com/" style="color: blue;">here</a>.
<p style="color: red;"><a href="http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_03_21/" style="color: red;">Homecoming is Just Another Word for the Sublimation of the Self</a></p><p>Immigration is a github pull. You are the pointing spiderman meme. Published in Clarkesworld.</p><p style="color: red;"><a href="https://wowiftrue.com/" style="color: red;">wow if true</a></p><p>A deep-dive podcast into internet culture and viral moments. Co-hosted with Amanda Silberling.</p><p style="color: red;"><a href="https://sub-q.com/play-kingmaker/" style="color: red;">Kingmaker</a></p><p>You want the throne. You dream of ash and blood. You lust for empire. Published in Sub-Q Magazine.</p><p><a href="http://isabel.kim/infiniteartwork/" style="color: red;">Infinite Artwork Simulator</a></p><p>Slicing and dicing different walltexts into descriptions of nonexistent artworks.
Covered in <a href="https://hyperallergic.com/383070/generate-absurd-descriptions-for-fictional-artworks/" style="color: red;">Hyperallergic</a></p> <p style="color: red;"><a href="https://philome.la/4non4lchemist/cat_taco_outside/play/index.html" style="color: red;">Cat Taco</a></p><p>Cat Taco is the best virtual cat in existence. He's perfect. He wants a pat pls :3?</p>
Copyright Isabel J. Kim 2021
<b>Isabel J. Kim Awardsposting 2021</b>
Co-opting my usual homepage for some awardsposting. This is my first year I have eligible works - all short stories, all published in 2021 and eligible for Nebulas, Hugos, etc, awards in 2022 (also, hey, if you want to nominate anyone for the Astounding Award...).
<b>If you only read one, read:</b>
<p style="color: red;"><a href="http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_03_21/" style="color: red;">Homecoming is Just Another Word for the Sublimation of the Self</a></p>Published in Clarkesworld #174, March 2021.
Reviewed in <a href="https://locusmag.com/2021/06/karen-burnham-reviews-short-fiction-clarkesworld-bcs-and-lightspeed/" style="color: red;">Locus</a>
<i>This is a story about diaspora, foreigner ambiguity, and how a place changes you and how you change a place.</i>
<p style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.khoreomag.com/fiction/youll-understand-when-youre-a-mom-someday/" style="color: red;">You'll Understand When You're A Mom Someday</a></p>Published in Khoreo #3, October 2021.
<i>This is a story about alien perspectives, motherhood, and the difference between love and a contract</i>
<p style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.castofwonders.org/2021/11/cast-of-wonders-472-ap-practical-literary-theory-suggests-this-is-a-quest-or-what-danny-did-over-spring-break/" style="color: red;">AP Literary Theory Suggests This is a Quest (Or, what Danny Did Over Spring Break) </a></p>Published in Cast of Wonders #427, November 2021.
<i>This is a story about the power of friendship, the power of literary tropes, and also, the zombie is a metaphor</i>
Ok, back to the [[homepage]]. Thanks for reading!