I cannot stop making new things

A BIO

Carolyn Zhao is a Chinese American writer, editor, and retired English major based in NYC. She was longlisted for the 2026 British Science Fiction Award and the 2026 Astounding Award for Best New Writer. Her first story was published in Clarkesworld in 2024, and her work has since appeared in multiple year’s best anthologies and international reprints. Carolyn is also the founder and one of the rotating editors-in-chief of the digital speculative newsletter WYRMHOLE.

When she is not writing, Carolyn plans milestones, retreats, and reunions with her boutique events studio, Stranger Works. She also likes walking her adoring dog and her equally adoring husband.

BIO PT. 2

Hello! So nice to meet you. I’m a writer who likes exploring strange speculative premises with whichever literary technique I want to try out at the time. Some of my favorite genres and narrative techniques include magical realism, surrealism, absurdism, stream-of-consciousness, and unreliable narration. I am currently reading a lot of Anne Carson, Emily Bronte, Ursula K. Le Guin, George Saunders, and Han Kang. I also like drinking iced green tea and planning weird events.