Today, we’re honored to showcase our anthology contributor Ai Jiang (江艾).

Ai Jiang (江艾) is a Chinese-Canadian author and winner of the Bram Stoker®, Nebula, and Ignyte Awards. She has also been nominated for the Hugo and Astounding Awards and is a Locus and BSFA Award finalist.

An immigrant from Shanghu, Changle, Fujian, Ai currently lives in Toronto, Ontario. Her work can be found in many speculative fiction publications, including F&SF, The Dark, Uncanny, The Masters Review, and many more. Ai is a prolific writer of both short and long fiction. Her books Linghun and I AM AI continue to garner recognition. Her novella A Palace Near the Wind publishes in 2025 via Titan Books.

Ai has sent us a hopeful, wondrous tale, “A Species Called Hope,” for our cross-genre anthology Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabers. We are thrilled to have Ai’s sparkling prose in our anthology!

Learn more about Ai Jiang via her website and follow her on social media via Instagram, Threads, Twitter/X, and Bluesky.

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