Rachel Swirsky
April 14, 1982 (age 44)
Birth place: San Jose, California, USA
128 works in English-language magazines
| Date | Page | Type | Title | Magazine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 5 | Short Fiction | Scene from a Dystopia | Subterranean, Issue #4 |
| January 2006 | |8 | Poem | The Lament of the Naga's Mother | Abyss & Apex, 1st Quarter 2006 |
| November 2006 | 43 | Short Fiction | The Art of Biting | Cthulhu Sex, Vol. 3 #13 |
| 2007 | 44 | Short Fiction | How the World Became Quiet: A Post-Human Creation Myth | Electric Velocipede, Fall 2007 |
| March 2007 | 22 | Poem | Dear Melody | Sybil's Garage, March 2007 |
| April 2007 | Poem | How to Be a Bunny | Kaleidotrope, April 2007 | |
| June 2007 | 22 | Short Fiction | Heartstrung | Interzone, June 2007 |
| July 2007 | Poem | A Season with the Geese | Abyss & Apex, 3rd Quarter 2007 | |
| July 2007 | 12 | Short Fiction | Dispersed by the Sun, Melting in the Wind | Subterranean Online, Summer 2007 |
| July 2007 | |14 | Poem | Elfin Song | Goblin Fruit, Summer 2007 |
| July 2007 | |9 | Poem | The Oracle on River Street | Goblin Fruit, Summer 2007 |
| September 2007 | 2 | Poem | A Genie's Sins | Aoife's Kiss, September 2007 |
| September 2007 | |4 | Poem | Inside Her Heart | Ideomancer, September 2007 |
| October 2007 | 10 | Poem | The Moth Explains | Kaleidotrope, October 2007 |
| December 2007 | |4 | Poem | Invitation to Emerald | Lone Star Stories, December 2007 |
| 2008 | 27 | Poem | Remembering the World | Electric Velocipede, Winter 2008 |
| January 2008 | 4 | Short Fiction | A Monkey Will Never Be Rid of Its Black Hands | Subterranean Online, Winter 2008 |
| March 2008 | 81 | Short Fiction | Detours on the Way to Nothing | Weird Tales, March-April 2008 |
| April 2008 | Editor | PodCastle - 2008 | PodCastle, PC001 | |
| April 2008 | Poem | The Passionate Oven | Helix, Spring 2008 | |
| May 2008 | Short Fiction | Mirror Images | Fantasy Magazine, May 2008 | |
| June 2008 | Essay | Author Spotlight: Rachel Swirsky | Fantasy Magazine, June 2008 | |
| June 2008 | Short Fiction | Marrying the Sun | Fantasy Magazine, June 2008 | |
| September 2008 | 29 | Short Fiction | The Amazing Story of Dominic Lazar | Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue #36 |
| October 2008 | Poem | Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam | Kaleidotrope, October 2008 | |
| October 2008 | |3 | Short Fiction | Needle and Thread | Lone Star Stories, October 2008 |
| November 2008 | Short Fiction | Skyscrapers | Escape Pod, Flash Fiction Contest, Second Place: Skyscrapers | |
| December 2008 | |2 | Short Fiction | Exodus | Ideomancer, December 2008 |
| December 2008 | Short Fiction | Silence | Escape Pod, Flash Fiction Contest, Honorable Mention: Silence | |
| January 2009 | Editor | PodCastle - 2009 | PodCastle, PC038 | |
| March 2009 | Short Fiction | Eros, Philia, Agape | Tor.com, March 3, 2009 | |
| September 2009 | 22 | Short Fiction | No Longer You | Interzone, September-October 2009 |
| September 2009 | |5 | Poem | String Theory | Ideomancer, September 2009 |
| October 2009 | Short Fiction | Great, Golden Wings | Beneath Ceaseless Skies, #28 | |
| October 2009 | Short Fiction | Undocumented | Fantasy Magazine, October 2009 | |
| November 2009 | Short Fiction | A Memory of Wind | Tor.com, November 3, 2009 | |
| January 2010 | 36 | Short Fiction | Again and Again and Again | Interzone, January-February 2010 |
| March 2010 | |5 | Poem | Mundane | Ideomancer, March 2010 |
| July 2010 | Short Fiction | A Punny Thing Happened on the Way to the Tavern | Kaleidotrope, July 2010 | |
| July 2010 | |8 | Interview | Author Spotlight: Rachel Swirsky | Fantasy Magazine, July 2010 |
| July 2010 | Short Fiction | Monstrous Embrace | PodCastle, #115 | |
| July 2010 | |4 | Short Fiction | The Stable Master's Tale | Fantasy Magazine, July 2010 |
| August 2010 | Interview | Author Spotlight: Rachel Swirsky | Fantasy Magazine, August 2010 | |
| August 2010 | 8 | Short Fiction | The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen's Window | Subterranean Online, Summer 2010 |
| August 2010 | Review | Through the Drowsy Dark | Strange Horizons, 2 August 2010 | |
| August 2010 | Short Fiction | Where Shadows Meet Light | Fantasy Magazine, August 2010 | |
| September 2010 | |5 | Poem | An Evening in Pompeii | Ideomancer, September 2010 |
| September 2010 | Short Fiction | The Monster's Million Faces | Tor.com, September 8, 2010 | |
| September 2010 | 13 | Review | Through the Drowsy Dark | Locus, #596 September 2010 |
| December 2010 | 40 | Short Fiction | Maiden, Mother, Crone | Realms of Fantasy, December 2010 |
| January 2011 | 17 | Review | Under the Poppy | The Cascadia Subduction Zone, January 2011 |
| February 2011 | Short Fiction | Diving After the Moon | Clarkesworld Magazine, February 2011 | |
| March 2011 | 53 | Review | People of the Book: A Decade of Jewish Science Fiction & Fantasy | Locus, #602 March 2011 |
| May 2011 | 26 | Poem | Black, Red, White | Apex Magazine, May 2011 |
| June 2011 | 42 | Interview | Spotlight on: Rachel Swirsky, Writer | Locus, #605 June 2011 |
| July 2011 | Serial | The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen's Window (Part 1 of 3) | StarShipSofa, No 196 | |
| July 2011 | Serial | The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen's Window (Part 2 of 3) | StarShipSofa, No 197 | |
| July 2011 | Serial | The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen's Window (Part 3 of 3) | StarShipSofa, No 198 | |
| November 2011 | Short Fiction | Death and the All-Night Donut Shop | Unstuck, #1 | |
| December 2011 | Short Fiction | Extremes | Nature, December 15, 2011 | |
| February 2012 | Poem | Things to Pack for My Trip Through Time | StarShipSofa, No 223 | |
| March 2012 | Short Fiction | Fields of Gold | Tor.com, March 20, 2012 | |
| May 2012 | Short Fiction | Decomposition | Apex Magazine, May 2012 | |
| July 2012 | 16 | Poem | The Architecture of Grief | Mythic Delirium, Summer/Fall 2012 |
| August 2012 | Short Fiction | Portrait of Lisane de Patagnia | Tor.com, August 22, 2012 | |
| October 2012 | Poem | The Crows and the Witches and the Window | Apex Magazine, October 2012 | |
| October 2012 | Poem | Thirteen | Apex Magazine, October 2012 | |
| March 2013 | |8 | Short Fiction | If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love | Apex Magazine, March 2013 |
| March 2013 | Short Fiction | The Taste of Promises | StarShipSofa, No 279 | |
| July 2013 | Short Fiction | Abomination Rises on Filthy Wings | Apex Magazine, July 2013 | |
| August 2013 | 16 | Review | How the World Became Quiet: Myths of the Past, Present, and Future | Locus, #631 August 2013 |
| October 2013 | Short Fiction | What Lies at the Edge of a Petal Is Love | The Dark, October 2013 | |
| November 2013 | Review | How the World Became Quiet: Myths of the Past, Present, and Future | Strange Horizons, 25 November 2013 | |
| December 2013 | Short Fiction | All That Fairy Tale Crap | Apex Magazine, December 2013 | |
| February 2014 | |23 | Interview | Author Spotlight: Rachel Swirsky (Lightspeed, February 2014) | Lightspeed, February 2014 |
| March 2014 | Essay | Introduction to "Little Faces" by Vonda N. McIntyre | Strange Horizons, 31 March 2014 | |
| June 2014 | 1 | Essay | Editorial: Women Destroy Science Fiction! | Lightspeed, June 2014 |
| June 2014 | 401 | Essay | We Are the Fifty Percent | Lightspeed, June 2014 |
| August 2014 | 7 | Short Fiction | Grand Jeté (The Great Leap) | Subterranean, Summer 2014 |
| January 2015 | |290 | Interview | Author Spotlight: Ann Leckie and Rachel Swirsky | Lightspeed, January 2015 |
| June 2015 | 371 | Essay | All Your Fic Are Belong to Us | Lightspeed, June 2015 |
| December 2015 | |18 | Interview | Author Spotlight: Rachel Swirsky | Lightspeed, December 2015 |
| December 2015 | |3 | Short Fiction | Tea Time | Lightspeed, December 2015 |
| February 2016 | Interview | Author Spotlight: Rachel Swirsky (Lightspeed, February 2016) | Lightspeed, February 2016 | |
| February 2016 | 63 | Short Fiction | Between Dragons and Their Wrath | Clarkesworld, February 2016 |
| February 2016 | Poem | Terrible Lizards | StarShipSofa, No 423 | |
| March 2016 | |15 | Interview | Interview: Rachel Swirsky | Uncanny Magazine, March-April 2016 |
| March 2016 | |2 | Short Fiction | Love Is Never Still | Uncanny Magazine, March-April 2016 |
| July 2016 | |10 | Interview | Author Spotlight: An Owomoyela and Rachel Swirsky | Nightmare Magazine, July 2016 |
| July 2016 | |2 | Short Fiction | Whose Drowned Face Sleeps | Nightmare Magazine, July 2016 |
| August 2016 | Short Fiction | Broken Clouds | Far-Fetched Fables, No. 120 | |
| October 2016 | |6 | Review | Worlds of Ink and Shadow | Strange Horizons, 3 October 2016 |
| November 2016 | |13 | Essay | Book Reviews, November 2016 | Lightspeed, November 2016 |
| January 2017 | Essay | 2016 in Review Part 2 | Strange Horizons, 2 January 2017 | |
| March 2017 | |17 | Interview | Author Spotlight: Rachel Swirsky | Lightspeed, March 2017 |
| March 2017 | 23|23.1 | Essay | Locus Looks at Books: Divers Hands (Locus #674) | Locus, #674 March 2017 |
| March 2017 | |3 | Short Fiction | The Debt of the Innocent | Lightspeed, March 2017 |
| March 2017 | 23|23.2 | Review | The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales | Locus, #674 March 2017 |
| September 2017 | 27 | Review | An Excess Male | Locus, #680 September 2017 |
| September 2017 | |5 | Review | Hurricane Heels | Strange Horizons, 18 September 2017 |
| October 2017 | |7 | Short Fiction | Becoming | Lightspeed, October 2017 |
| October 2017 | 27 | Review | Six Months, Three Days, Five Others | Locus, #681 October 2017 |
| November 2017 | |10 | Short Fiction | Elemental Love | Uncanny Magazine, November-December 2017 |
| November 2017 | 23 | Review | The Beautiful Ones | Locus, #682 November 2017 |
| November 2017 | |7 | Short Fiction | The Day the Wizards Came | Lightspeed, November 2017 |
| December 2017 | 58 | Review | Madame Zero | Locus, #683 December 2017 |
| December 2017 | 58 | Review | Mandelbrot the Magnificent | Locus, #683 December 2017 |
| December 2017 | 22 | Review | The Fisher of Bones | Locus, #683 December 2017 |
| December 2017 | 22 | Review | The Murders of Molly Southbourne | Locus, #683 December 2017 |
| March 2018 | 96 | Short Fiction | Seven Months Out and Two to Go | Asimov's Science Fiction, March-April 2018 |
| July 2018 | 44 | Essay | Locus Looks at Books: Divers Hands (Locus #690) | Locus, #690 July 2018 |
| July 2018 | 44|44.1 | Review | The Underwater Ballroom Society | Locus, #690 July 2018 |
| September 2018 | |4 | Short Fiction | Birthday Girl | Uncanny Magazine, September-October 2018 |
| September 2018 | |37 | Interview | Interview: Rachel Swirsky | Uncanny Magazine, September-October 2018 |
| September 2018 | |65 | Essay | Unlocking the Garret | Uncanny Magazine, September-October 2018 |
| July 2019 | |5 | Short Fiction | Compassionate Simulation | Uncanny Magazine, July-August 2019 |
| August 2019 | 27 | Short Fiction | Your Face | Clarkesworld, August 2019 |
| October 2020 | Short Fiction | Placed Into Abyss (Mise En Abyse) | Tor.com, October 14, 2020 | |
| May 2021 | |6 | Short Fiction | Thirteen of the Secrets in My Purse | Uncanny Magazine, May-June 2021 |
| July 2021 | |16 | Interview | Author Spotlight: Rachel Swirsky | Lightspeed, July 2021 |
| July 2021 | |7 | Short Fiction | Innocent Bird | Lightspeed, July 2021 |
| September 2021 | |8 | Short Fiction | Wake Up, I Miss You | Apex Magazine, September 2021 |
| October 2021 | |7 | Short Fiction | The Ash-Girl and the Salmon Prince | Lightspeed, October 2021 |
| November 2021 | |2 | Short Fiction | White Rose, Red Rose | Uncanny Magazine, November-December 2021 |
| June 2022 | |6 | Review | January Fifteenth | Strange Horizons, 27 June 2022 |
| January 2023 | 196 | Review | January Fifteenth | Interzone, Jan 2023 |
| January 2024 | Short Fiction | Also, the Cat | Tor.com, January 10, 2024 | |
| March 2025 | Short Fiction | After the Invasion of the Bug-Eyed Aliens | Reactor, March 19, 2025 |
12 English-language books
| Year | Type | Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Chapbook | A Memory of Wind | Rachel Swirsky |
| 2009 | Chapbook | Eros, Philia, Agape | Rachel Swirsky |
| 2010 | Anthology | People of the Book: A Decade of Jewish Science Fiction & Fantasy | Sean Wallace & Rachel Swirsky |
| 2010 | Collection | Through the Drowsy Dark | Rachel Swirsky |
| 2011 | Chapbook | The Monster's Million Faces | Rachel Swirsky |
| 2012 | Chapbook | Portrait of Lisane de Patagnia | Rachel Swirsky |
| 2013 | Collection | How the World Became Quiet: Myths of the Past, Present, and Future | Rachel Swirsky |
| 2016 | Collection | Love or Future | Rachel Swirsky |
| 2020 | Chapbook | Placed Into Abyss (Mise En Abyse) | Rachel Swirsky |
| 2022 | Novel | January Fifteenth | Rachel Swirsky |
| 2024 | Chapbook | Also, the Cat | Rachel Swirsky |
| 2025 | Chapbook | After the Invasion of the Bug-Eyed Aliens | Rachel Swirsky |
| Year | Publication | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
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2016 | Love or Future | Love or Future |