Isabel J. Kim
@isabel.kim
speculative fiction author still excited by having her own wikipedia page. won some things. lost some things. wrote that hole story.
debut novel SUBLIMATION from Tor 6/2/26.
http://isabel.kim < website
Wow if True < listen wherever pods are cast
debut novel SUBLIMATION from Tor 6/2/26.
http://isabel.kim < website
Wow if True < listen wherever pods are cast
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Isabel J. Kim
@isabel.kim
· Aug 21
Sublimation
torpublishinggroup.com
SUBLIMATION is a novel set in a universe where crossing the border means splitting yourself in two. Literally.
If you've ever imagined what could have been if you never left, this is a novel for you.
Preorder link below. Available everywhere books are sold.
torpublishinggroup.com/sublimation/...
If you've ever imagined what could have been if you never left, this is a novel for you.
Preorder link below. Available everywhere books are sold.
torpublishinggroup.com/sublimation/...
MEAT BOOK MEAT BOOK (thank u picador for sending me a couple of the UK galleys it’s so much fun to see these made REAL)
November 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
MEAT BOOK MEAT BOOK (thank u picador for sending me a couple of the UK galleys it’s so much fun to see these made REAL)
i think its beautiful that we have a holiday where everyone is forced to cook a really big bird.
the “thanksgiving food is bad” discourse raises its ugly head every year, but the truth remains that thanksgiving food can be amazing as long as you know how to cook. the problem is we’re throwing a few million sunday drivers directly into a grand prix
I think this is unfair to turkey. turkey is good but hard to cook well because it is so damn big. turkey *parts* are great but lack the esthetic appeal of a centerpiece bird.
November 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
i think its beautiful that we have a holiday where everyone is forced to cook a really big bird.
j and i are petsitting and its incredible how many classic combos this dog has done. "dog getting really pleased by picking up a big stick" "dog barking at mailman" and so forth.
November 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
j and i are petsitting and its incredible how many classic combos this dog has done. "dog getting really pleased by picking up a big stick" "dog barking at mailman" and so forth.
resigning myself to this book having a Fourth Part. instead of just Three Parts.
November 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
resigning myself to this book having a Fourth Part. instead of just Three Parts.
im on instagram again because i feel at least vaguely obligated to do Author Things and im becoming increasingly aware that i spend most of my time Not Doing Aesthetic shit and when i am doing Aesthetic shit im busy experiencing that instead of taking a photo lol
November 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
im on instagram again because i feel at least vaguely obligated to do Author Things and im becoming increasingly aware that i spend most of my time Not Doing Aesthetic shit and when i am doing Aesthetic shit im busy experiencing that instead of taking a photo lol
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All great stories share one special ingredient. Epic Fantasy? Steamy Romance? Hard SciFi? Look carefully and you'll find it: someone getting hit with a briefcase full of bees.
November 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
All great stories share one special ingredient. Epic Fantasy? Steamy Romance? Hard SciFi? Look carefully and you'll find it: someone getting hit with a briefcase full of bees.
I knew ppl in law school who were pretty openly part of the federalist society not because they held the beliefs but bc of the career bennies :T
when I was in law school everyone knew that joining the federalist society was like getting tsa precheck for a clerkship
I’m a law prof & a YLS grad and anyone familiar w elite law schools knows it is beyond laughable to describe these places as radicalism hotbeds. Cruz knows this, as does JD Vance. But they assume that their marks are too unsophisticated to know it too. It’s condescending as hell.
November 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I knew ppl in law school who were pretty openly part of the federalist society not because they held the beliefs but bc of the career bennies :T
there is one trump/zohran fanfic on ao3 right now it has 17 views it was written today and honestly its incredible.
November 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
there is one trump/zohran fanfic on ao3 right now it has 17 views it was written today and honestly its incredible.
theyre never letting us have another american pope after this huh
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM
theyre never letting us have another american pope after this huh
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it's so funny to watch the far right White House press pool try to bait Trump to say something nasty about Mamdani and every time he's just like "nah this guy rocks"
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
it's so funny to watch the far right White House press pool try to bait Trump to say something nasty about Mamdani and every time he's just like "nah this guy rocks"
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Adversarial Poetry as a Universal Single-Turn Jailbreak Mechanism in Large Language Models
arxiv.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
i just got “konichiwa”ed at the mall??????????? Also. Why konichiwa???? Of all of the Asian languages????
microdosing being a bored rich housewife by going to the mall in the middle of a Wednesday
November 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
i just got “konichiwa”ed at the mall??????????? Also. Why konichiwa???? Of all of the Asian languages????
microdosing being a bored rich housewife by going to the mall in the middle of a Wednesday
November 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
microdosing being a bored rich housewife by going to the mall in the middle of a Wednesday
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authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
LAST HOUR OF MY LIFE COMPLETELY VINDICATED !!!!
ok but this did sell me the book, so
doing real productive shit tonight (making a slide deck of why you should buy my book, a piece of content NO ONE asked for and is NOT what does well on ANY social media)
November 18, 2025 at 3:33 AM
LAST HOUR OF MY LIFE COMPLETELY VINDICATED !!!!
thank u for the shoutout !! Human Voices is one of my favorite things that ive ever written so im delighted u liked it >:3c
My reading fell off a cliff these last 2 months, so this list is shorter than usual. But here are recent stories I loved, from @renanbernardo.com @isabel.kim @wiswell.bsky.social Testimony Odey @kristinaten.bsky.social and @champwongs.bsky.social
itsajumble.blogspot.com/2025/11/shor...
itsajumble.blogspot.com/2025/11/shor...
Short fiction recs! Sept-Oct 2025
This reading round-up is shorter than usual, as I admit that my short fiction reading fell off a cliff these last two months, due to trave...
itsajumble.blogspot.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:22 AM
thank u for the shoutout !! Human Voices is one of my favorite things that ive ever written so im delighted u liked it >:3c
doing real productive shit tonight (making a slide deck of why you should buy my book, a piece of content NO ONE asked for and is NOT what does well on ANY social media)
November 18, 2025 at 3:08 AM
doing real productive shit tonight (making a slide deck of why you should buy my book, a piece of content NO ONE asked for and is NOT what does well on ANY social media)
ok so i wasted most of today dicking around on the internet BUT at the last minute i solved the emotional problem in chapter 17 that ive been wrestling with for the last month, wrote the solution and finished the chapter, and can now FINALLY move on.
November 18, 2025 at 1:16 AM
ok so i wasted most of today dicking around on the internet BUT at the last minute i solved the emotional problem in chapter 17 that ive been wrestling with for the last month, wrote the solution and finished the chapter, and can now FINALLY move on.
i wish books came with a tracklist of the stuff the author listened to while writing it. i think it would be a fun piece of information to have. this post inspired by listening to the phantom of the opera while writing this book. no. its not relevant. at all.
November 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
i wish books came with a tracklist of the stuff the author listened to while writing it. i think it would be a fun piece of information to have. this post inspired by listening to the phantom of the opera while writing this book. no. its not relevant. at all.
gonna start testing out "honestly, im just sick of subscription services and theres no way this is free forever" as a response to "why not try AI?" type q's. curious if it gets better/worse responses than "artistic integrity."
November 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
gonna start testing out "honestly, im just sick of subscription services and theres no way this is free forever" as a response to "why not try AI?" type q's. curious if it gets better/worse responses than "artistic integrity."
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Easy choice if you're a deer deciding where to buy a house
November 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Easy choice if you're a deer deciding where to buy a house
its a good magazine please give them some dollars haha im totally not biased by being a contributor haha what are you talking about (jokes aside! Ive been reading cw since i was like fifteen, and it has consistently delivered. its a good place to throw a coffee's worth of dollars at per month :3)
In light of the astronomical increases for my health insurance next year, I thought it would be a good time to encourage people to subscribe. (A few hundred should cover it. Sigh.)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
November 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
its a good magazine please give them some dollars haha im totally not biased by being a contributor haha what are you talking about (jokes aside! Ive been reading cw since i was like fifteen, and it has consistently delivered. its a good place to throw a coffee's worth of dollars at per month :3)
writing a newsletter to put off writing my novel, which, you know, sometimes all you have in this world is a circular sort of procrastination
November 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
writing a newsletter to put off writing my novel, which, you know, sometimes all you have in this world is a circular sort of procrastination
do you guys ever think about how if quibi had been launched a mere six to seven years later we would have probably seen AI slop short form video series the likes of which would boggle the mind
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
do you guys ever think about how if quibi had been launched a mere six to seven years later we would have probably seen AI slop short form video series the likes of which would boggle the mind
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"Other people have no interiority, and are just services I can access to make myself feel better" is a pretty keen insight into how these people think
November 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"Other people have no interiority, and are just services I can access to make myself feel better" is a pretty keen insight into how these people think