Stories of Ted Chiang’s Life and Others

An interview with the wisest, smartest scifi writer there is

The Autobiography of a Dictionary

Story: (n) an account of invented or imagined events, etc.

Starchild

A military leader’s unauthorized decision to destroy an alien starship presages a fateful…

an open letter from Death

a friendly reminder before the End

Collision Detection

They sit cross-legged, facing each other, six thousand miles apart. Then he…

2584

A story about a blowjob.

The SALT Enigma

A teacher develops a curriculum to prepare students to interact with an extrasolar probe inaccessible to adult minds.

Sandfall

I remember that day like it was yesterday. It was supposed to have rained the night before and into the morning, but I couldn’t tell from my…

It all went south after South Africa

She never looks back, the way one does when what you treasure most is right behind you.