D. A. Xiaolin Spires
Source: "D. A. Xiaolin Spires Bibliography." Author Wars, https://authorwars.com/authors/d-a-xiaolin-spires.html".
Titles:
Chapter Books
Cover Art
Essays
- 2024. Futuristic Fruits and How Our Real World Seems Science Fictional Sometimes (in a good way!)
- 2024. Hive Minds and Drones: Bees in Space in Real Life and in Science Fictional Cosmos
- 2024. Hive Minds and Drones: Bees Earthside in Futuristic Tech and Science Fiction
- 2024. Martial Arts and Fight Scenes in Zero-G: Research, Training, and Depictions in Film and Reality TV
- 2024. Martial Arts and Fight Scenes in Zero-G: Depictions in Science Fiction Literature
Interviews
- Unknown. Interview with D.A. Xiaolin Spires
- Unknown. Interview with Featured Poet: D. A. Xiaolin Spires
- 2019. Interview: D.A. Xiaolin Spires
Poems
- Unknown. "amplituhedron"
- Unknown. "at the playground"
- Unknown. "cigar galaxy"
- Unknown. "cigar galaxy" [1]
- Unknown. "cinnamon tentacles, cardamom suckers"
- Unknown. "cool summer nights"
- Unknown. "cosmic tailgate party"
- Unknown. "drunken hiccup"
- Unknown. "his saturnian teeth"
- Unknown. "honey"
- Unknown. "microscopic hairs"
- Unknown. "milky way"
- Unknown. "missing dance partners"
- Unknown. "nonary stars"
- Unknown. "nuclear"
- Unknown. "OCD ..."
- Unknown. "particles collide"
- Unknown. "replicated"
- Unknown. "shouting match"
- Unknown. "silky strands"
- Unknown. "sinkhole"
- Unknown. "spring in antarctica"
- Unknown. "star freighter"
- Unknown. "supersymmetry"
- Unknown. "the alien's suit"
- Unknown. "the hive mind collapses"
- Unknown. "wait a few cycles"
- Unknown. "waits for a needle"
- Unknown. "whirlpool galaxy"
- Unknown. a battleground courses in jingfei
- Unknown. a nano message
- Unknown. Alternate Universe Haiku: Uniformity
- Unknown. At the Space Station
- Unknown. at the zoo
- Unknown. Atomic Numbers
- Unknown. Balancing Act
- Unknown. behind the self-help section
- Unknown. capturing the mood
- Unknown. Cybernetic Harvest
- Unknown. Don't F with the Time Empress
- Unknown. five o'clock traffic
- Unknown. Fooled by the GPS
- Unknown. good pickings
- Unknown. ground-breaking
- Unknown. hook-up
- Unknown. hyphae hot pot
- Unknown. ketchup / catsup / kecap
- Unknown. martian rover jeepneys
- Unknown. Mitosis
- Unknown. nakajiru
- Unknown. pacemaker
- Unknown. Paprika Dust
- Unknown. pawns
- Unknown. Reaching
- Unknown. ribbon spicy
- Unknown. rookery
- Unknown. Swaying Red Lanterns
- Unknown. Taho
- Unknown. Tetrahedral Edificies of Sticky Rice Realm
- Unknown. the NHK Guy
- Unknown. the odd couple: fermions and bosons
- Unknown. the ultimate snack
- Unknown. two glottal stops
- Unknown. U-Pick at the Exoplanet
- 2017. Release
- 2018. "wormholes emerge"
- 2018. Astronaut Ice Cream
- 2019. Toledo
- 2019. Planetary Refuse: A Flurry of Haiku
Serials
Short Fiction
- Unknown. Antarctica
- Unknown. Before the Burst
- Unknown. But, Still, I Smile
- Unknown. Compulsive Compiling
- Unknown. Das Treueversprechen
- Unknown. Donut Dimension
- Unknown. Eyes That Linger
- Unknown. Fresh and Imminent Taste of Cucumbers
- Unknown. Gulp Review for Jacklebeer Burghers & more at Intergalactic Highway Rest Stop #698309 in the Dragonfruit Nebula
- Unknown. Jewels for Expression
- Unknown. Last Wishes
- Unknown. Lips Turned Moonlight, Hair Turned Soft Regolith
- Unknown. Mamaborg's Milk and the Brilliance of Gems
- Unknown. Marshmallows
- Unknown. Migration
- Unknown. Noeuds et Torsades
- Unknown. Nutrition Facts
- Unknown. Okuritsuridashi
- Unknown. Onyx Woods and the Grains of Deception
- Unknown. Pendants of Precariousness
- Unknown. Prasetyo Plastics
- Unknown. Suvu and Swashbuckling Love
- Unknown. Symbiosis
- Unknown. The Astounding Life of Penny Wu
- Unknown. The Mirrored Symphony
- Unknown. The Queen of Calligraphic Susurrations
- Unknown. The Spectral Horde of Jen
- Unknown. Twisted Knots
- Unknown. Vault
- Unknown. VR Enclave
- Unknown. Waves of Influence
- Unknown. Xiaolongbao: Soup Dumplings
- 2017. Einstein Ring: A Flash Fiction Story
- 2017. Bubblegum Botress
- 2017. Vishwajeet: Conqueror of the Universe
- 2017. A Wispy Chastening
- 2018. Five Tangibles and One
- 2018. DNA Exchange
- 2018. 20 Mechanical Catcalls Hitting Meifeng Square in the Face on the Streets of New York City in 2025
- 2018. The Weeping Bolo
- 2018. Ferromagnetism
- 2018. Sunbasker
- 2018. Permafrost Thaw
- 2019. Erasure
- 2019. Bristling Skim
- 2019. Fresh Dates
- 2019. Little Empire of Lakelore
- 2019. Self-Deconstructing Smart Luggage Held at Gate 46A
- 2019. Dilatación
- 2019. Kleinsche Fläche of Four-Dimensional Redolence
- 2020. Scrawls of Squid Ink
- 2020. Sakahlu Homeland
- 2021. Mixology for Humanity's Sake
- 2021. The Exuberant Vitality of Hatchling Habitats
- 2022. Real Connection
- 2024. Sriracha Visions
- 2024. Nine Beauties and the Entangled Threads
- 2024. Luminous Glass, Vibrant Seeds
Awards
- 0000. Atomic Numbers - Analog Award, Best Poem (Nomination)
- 0000. Atomic Numbers - Rhysling Award, Long Poem (Nomination below cutoff)
- 0000. nakajiru - Rhysling Award, Long Poem (Nomination below cutoff)
- 0000. Cybernetic Harvest - Dwarf Stars Award, Best Poem (Nomination below cutoff)
- 0000. Balancing Act - Dwarf Stars Award, Best Poem (Nomination below cutoff)
- 0000. Tetrahedral Edificies of Sticky Rice Realm - Rhysling Award, Long Poem (Nomination below cutoff)
- 0000. Reaching - Dwarf Stars Award, Best Poem (Nomination below cutoff)
- 0000. two glottal stops - Dwarf Stars Award, Best Poem (Nomination below cutoff)
- 0000. hyphae hot pot - Rhysling Award, Long Poem (Nomination below cutoff)
Genres/Themes:
- science fiction (2 books)
- Lovecraftian (1 book)
- horror (1 book)
- genetics (1 book)
- education (1 book)
- planetary exploration (1 book)
- near future (1 book)