Yoon Ha Lee

Novels

Machineries of Empire trilogy

1. Ninefox Gambit, Solaris, 14 June 2016, ISBN 978-1781084496
2. Raven Stratagem, Solaris, 13 June 2017, ISBN 978-1781085370
3. Revenant Gun, Solaris, 12 June 2018, ISBN 978-1781086070

Collection

• Conservation of Shadows, Prime Books, 16 April 2013, ISBN 978-1-60701-387-7

Short fiction

Lee has written over forty short stories, many of which are collected in his first book, Conservation of Shadows.

Machineries of Empire prequels

• "Extracurricular Activities" – Tor.com (February 2017)
• "The Battle of Candle Arc" – Clarkesworld Magazine #73 (October 2012). Selected by David G. Hartwell for Year's Best SF 18, reprinted in Conservation of Shadows. An audio version read by Kate Baker is also available.
• "Gamer's End" – "Press Start to Play" (August 2015)
• "How the Andan Court", self-published flashfic
• "The Robots Math Lessons", self-published
• "The Chameleon's Gloves" – Cosmic Powers (April 18, 2017)
• Assorted flash fiction

Other short fiction

• "The Cold Inequalities" – "Meeting Infinity" (December 2015)
• "Interlingua" – "Uncanny Magazine" (December 2015)
• "Variations on an Apple" – "Tor.com" (October 2015)
• "The Old Road" – "Not One of Us" #54 (October 2015)
• "Snakes" – "Clarkesworld Magazine" (July 2015)
• "Apocalypse Foxes" – "Daily Science Fiction" (June 2015)
• "Two to Leave" – "Beneath Ceaseless Skies" (May 2015)
• "The Graphology of Hemorrhage" – Operation Arcana (March 2015)
• "The Queen's Aviary" – Daily Science Fiction (January 2015)
• "Distinguishing Characteristics" – Dangerous Games (December 2014)
• "Always the Harvest" – Upgraded (September 2014)
• "Warhosts" – War Stories (September 2014)
• "The Contemporary Foxwife" – Clarkesworld Magazine #94 (July 2014). An audio version read by Kate Baker is also available.
• "Combustion Hour" – Tor.com (June 2014)
• "The Bonedrake's Penance" – Beneath Ceaseless Skies #143 (March 2014)
• "Wine" – Clarkesworld Magazine #88 (January 2014). An audio version read by Kate Baker is also available.
• "The Coin of Heart's Desire" – Once Upon a Time: New Fairy Tales (October 2013)
• "The Knight of Chains, the Deuce of Stars" – Lightspeed #39 (August 2013)
• "Iseul's Lexicon" – Conservation of Shadows (April 2013)
• "Effigy Nights" – Clarkesworld Magazine #76 (January 2013). Reprinted in Conservation of Shadows. An audio version read by Kate Baker is also available.
• "The Book of Locked Doors" – Beneath Ceaseless Skies #91 (March 2012). Reprinted in Conservation of Shadows. An audio version is also available.
• "A Vector Alphabet of Interstellar Travel" – Tor.com (August 2011). Selected by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer for Year's Best SF 17 and by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden for Twenty-First Century Science Fiction, reprinted in Conservation of Shadows.
• "Conservation of Shadows" – Clarkesworld Magazine #59 (August 2011). Reprinted in Conservation of Shadows. An audio version read by Kate Baker is also available.
• "Ghostweight" – Clarkesworld Magazine #52 (January 2011).
• "The Winged City" – Giganotosaurus #2 (December 2010)
• "Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain" – Lightspeed #4 (September 2010). Selected by Gardner Dozois for The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection, reprinted in Conservation of Shadows.
• "The Territorialist" – Beneath Ceaseless Skies #47 (July 2010)
• "Between Two Dragons" – Clarkesworld Magazine #43 (April 2010). Reprinted in Conservation of Shadows. An audio version read by Kate Baker is also available.
• "The Pirate Captain's Daughter" – Beneath Ceaseless Skies #27 (October 2009). An audio version is also available.
• "Dragon Logic" – Japanese Dreams: Fantasies, Fictions & Fairytales (August 2009)
• "The Bones of Giants" – The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, vol 117, no 1&2 (August 2009). Reprinted in Conservation of Shadows.
• "Swanwatch" – Federations (April 2009). Reprinted in Conservation of Shadows.
• "The Unstrung Zither" – The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, vol 116, no 3 (March 2009). Selected by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer for Year's Best SF 15, reprinted in Conservation of Shadows.
• "The Fourth Horseman" – Electric Velocipede #17/18 (Spring 2009)
• "Architectural Constants" – Beneath Ceaseless Skies #2 (October 2008). An audio version is also available.
• "Blue Ink" – Clarkesworld Magazine #23 (August 2008). Reprinted in Conservation of Shadows. An audio version read by Cat Rambo is also available.
• "Behind the Mirror" – Coyote Wild, vol 1, no 1 (Winter 2007)
• "Notes on the Necromantic Symphony" – Farrago's Wainscot Part IV (October 2007)
• "The Inferno" – Behind the Wainscot: The Five Senses (September 2007)
• "The Shadow Postulates" – Helix SF #5 (July 2007). Reprinted in Conservation of Shadows.
• "Screamers" – Ideomancer, vol 6, no 2 (June 2007)
• "Hopscotch" – Twenty Epics (August 2006)
• "Unstringing the Bow" – Ideomancer, vol 5, no 2 (June 2006)
• "So that Her High-Born Kinsmen Came" – Sybil's Garage #3 (March 2006)
• "Nine Tails, Hundred Hearts" – Fantasy Magazine #2 (January 2006)
• "The Sun's Kiss" – Ideomancer, vol 4, no 3 (September 2005)
• "Words Written in Fire" – Shadows of Saturn #3 (August 2005)
• "Moon, Paper, Scissors" – Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet #16 (July 2005)
• "Eating Hearts" – The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, vol 108, no 6 (June 2005). Selected by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer for Year's Best Fantasy 6 and Sean Wallace for Best New Fantasy, reprinted in Conservation of Shadows. An audio version read by Ann Leckie is available at Podcastle
• "The Third Song" – Lenox Avenue #4 (January 2005)
• "The Black Abacus" – The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, vol 102, no 6 (June 2002). Selected by Robert Silverberg and Karen Haber for Science Fiction: The Best of 2002, reprinted in Conservation of Shadows.
• "Counting the Shapes" – The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, vol 100, no 6 (June 2001). Reprinted in Conservation of Shadows.
• "Alas, Lirette" – The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, vol 100, no 1 (January 2001)
• "Echoes Down an Endless Hall" – The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, vol 98, no 4 (April 2000)
• "The Hundredth Question" – The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, vol 96, no 2 (February 1999)