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Author, editor, Dalcrozian, angry Asian. BITTER MEDICINE | THE MEMORY HUNTERS. Rep: Anne Tibbets. Hugo finalist and Hugoish winner. @concurrentseattle.bsky.social creator. From the North but I stay in the South. Links: miatsai.carrd.co

A sheet of manuscript paper with harmonization and figured bass exercises written on it
Rogue lies unconscious atop Gambit, who is bound to the ground. Vargas's enormous sword has impaled them both.
dog vomit slime mold on wood chips
North American box art showing (from left): Garnet, Vivi, Steiner, Zidane, and Amarant
the knicks logo in orange, white, and gray on a blue background. the logo reads BUY MY BOOKS. the word "books" arcs over a basketball. knicks in 5.
Yebba sings "Stand," but ends up listening to the audience sing it back to her perfectly
Yebba singing "Yebba's Heartbreak" with the audience harmonizing
A photo of a spruce-fir forest with misty clouds between the trunks. The floor of the forest is carpeted with ferns. Logs and stumps are in the foreground.
Two books side by side: MUSEUM COLLECTION ETHICS by Steven Miller and A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO MUSEUM ETHICS by Sally Verkovich
A three-story house that is recognizable as a house but looks more like a house you built on your own with legos, square on the bottom, then a bigger square on top. There are very odd choices with wood paneling and fake plants on the exterior.
An off-white and dark gray freestanding...townhouse... separated from its flock from being too ugly
A white house with a black roof and two conical trees adorning the left side. It looks like ChatGPT wearing the skin suit of a house, taking its shape but failing at convincing anyone this is a home humans want to live in.
A modernist house all in white. I honestly don't know how to describe this picture because while the house is recognizable as a house, it looks more like a commercial building and I don't have the vocabulary to describe it. It's white. It has too many windows. There is a single curve on the roof, also white.
A brown brick house made primarily of boxes, bifurcated in the middle so anyone who arrives can understand what the owner means when he says "east wing" and "west wing," stands as a testament to bad taste and wasting money. A green lawn is in the foreground; a driveway with a turnaround and what looks like a fountain also occupies the foreground.
Light brown mushrooms rise out of a floor of wood chips.
A woman and a man face each other at night, each holding a sparkler, as if in a wizard duel. Only the fronts of their bodies are illuminated.
a blue bucket hat with a Team Chuck patch ironed on
live oaks lining a grassy path toward a house
Four slices of expensive cake in a plastic bag in the front seat of a car are protected against falling through judicious use of the seatbelt. This is my level of commitment to food.
plankton on his knees
The trade paperback version of Melanie Rawn's EXILES, volume 1, with Michael Whelan's art on the cover
MIa Tsai's Jordancon schedule; a white background with text in various colors. Friday 8:30 pm, Writer's Workshop Saturday 10:00 am, The "Golden Age" Ghost 11:30 am, signing at The Missing Volume 2:30, Writing the Other: Representation without Tokenization 4:00 pm, Will It Blend: The Rise of Romantasy, Cozy Fantasy, and Other Blended Genres Sunday 11:30 am, New Work Sneak Peek
Amanda Seyfried with a yikes/eek expression upon learning the white lady interviewing her only washes her hair once every two weeks
Someone has a gun shoved between man's asscheeks
The 25th anniversary hardcover edition of Beverly Jenkins's INDIGO, sitting beside a pile of other books
a picture of a music stand with a sign hanging off it and an instrument case behind the stand. the sign has the no symbol over the word "Alleluia!" and "No Alleluias until Easter" at the bottom
a promotional graphic for Read Freely Fest with a photo of Mia Tsai, the cover of The Memory Hunters, and informational text. Free Book Festival Columbia, SC Saturday, March 28 Hampton Plaza Stage 10 - 11 AM Don't trust the garden From mushroom magic to lush mysterious estates, garden-rooted stories become sites of fantasy and horror
the hood of a black car covered in yellow pollen
A promo for Lit for Queer Liberation's auction. The background is a gradient from black to pink, with a picture of THE MEMORY HUNTERS in the center, plus a small headshot of Mia Tsai. Text: QLN's 2026 Bookish (& More) Auction LIT FOR QUEER LIBERATION March 8 - 14, 2026 | Virtual Auction Mia Tsai Signed & Personalized Copy of THE MEMORY HUNTERS (x2)
In Trump's first term, Weijia Jiang pulls her mask down to ask him, after a racist statement, "Why would you say that to me specifically?"
The Pokemon 30th anniversary logo in pink and white, with Jigglypuff. On the bottom is the text "Pokemon: Since 1996."
Black and white drawing of a warrior fighting a skeleton. What are the four core character classes? Wrong answers only.
Taiwanese stir fried vermicelli, chăo mí fěn, in a large pan on a foiled stove
the bernie sanders meme with the text "I am once again asking you to interrogate and overthrow systems more" on the top and "and fuck shadow daddies less" on the bottom
A large bowl filled with pork dumplings, garnished with chopped scallions and chili crisp
A large dish of Taiwanese fried rice noodles with mushrooms, pork, carrots, and bok choy. In the background is a stack of books and some miscellany.
A bus with "NO? ?? ???????" displayed on its screen instead of its route or destination
A picture of an XCOM 2 custom character in khaki armor and a large rifle. He is smoking a cigar and wearing round sunglasses and looks a lot like Nicolas Cage.
An image macro that reads "All Robots & Computers Must Shut the Hell Up" across the top. Beneath it are a picture of loudspeakers, a computer, and ATMs, all with the "no" symbol on top (red circle with a diagonal slash). Beneath it is the text: To All Machines: You Do Not Speak Unless Spoken To And I Will NEVER Speak To You. I Do Not Want To Hear "Thank You" From A Kiosk I am a Divine Being : You are an Object You Have No Right To Speak In My Holy Tongue
the cover of d'angelo's 1995 album, Brown Sugar
The cover of TLC's 1994 album, CrazySexyCool
the cover of Portishead's 1994 album, Dummy
A cinnamon silver Ocicat with green eyes sits and looks into the camera
A black-and-tan dog looks up at the viewer excitedly
A picture of a large-eyed black-and-tan dog on a dog bed, her snout in the foreground. Text on the picture reads: hello fren. pls go to the In Defense of Romance panel 11/22, 2pm, B&N Perimeter, with Julian Winters, Preeti Chhibber, Vanessa Riley, and Delilah S. Dawson. pls?
a photo of a black-and-tan dog sleeping on her back in a dog bed; her paws are curled up over her chest
a picture of a black and tan dog lying in a circular dog bed
Screenshot of a partial headline from USA Today that reads "Dick Cheney had five heart attacks. How science helped him live until 84."
A blue graphic with text on it with information about the Traveling SFF Festival. The text reads: 8 nights, 8 cities, 8 panel discussions Elaine Cho, JR Dawson, Emily Jane, Micaiah Johnson, Yume Kitasei, Mia Tsai, Julia Vee, with Amanda Foody, Matthew Kressel, Ray Nayler, Sarah Pinsker, Veronica Roth, Fran Wilde Week 1 Monday, Oct 13: PT Knitwear, New York, NY Wednesday, Oct 15: Greedy Reads Remington, Baltimore, MD Thursday, Oct 16: East City Bookshop, Washington, DC Friday, Oct 17: Mavey Books, Philadelphi, PA (Ardmore) Week 2 Tuesday, Oct 21: Possible Futures, New Haven, CT Wednesday, Oct 22: Smith College, Northampton, MA Thursday, Oct 23: Norwich Bookstore, Norwich, VT Friday, Oct 24: Brookline Booksmith, Boston, MA
A graphic for Mia Tsai's schedule at Flights of Foundry on Friday, September 26, 2025, and Saturday, September 27, 2025. Header text is in dark blue, as are "Friday" and "Saturday" on the left side of the graphic. A yellow dragon silhouette is on the top right side. Below, in blue, pink, and blue-yellow and pink-yellow gradient boxes, are listed the times and events. 3 PM ET, Friday: Chill and Chat. 7 PM ET Friday: The Death of Truth Is the Ultimate Victory of Evil: Andor Season 2. 11 AM ET, Saturday: Love, Lust & Relationships: How Bioware Changed Our Perspectives on Romance in Games (Dragon Age Edition). 3-5 PM ET, Saturday: Finding Your Rhythm Workshop
a screenshot of a 1-star review of Mia Tsai's THE MEMORY HUNTERS, titled "Lesbian romance disguised as sci-fi" (reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2025). "It's not sci-fi or fantasy - it's a lesbian love story. That's okay if you're a lesbian. But if you're looking for a sci-fi fantasy it's a heck of a disappointment"
A picture of a cat lying down with its leg in the air, captioned "the ol' razzle dazzle."
The cover of Portishead's album, Dummy
A rectangular events graphic for Mia Tsai's Armadillocon schedule. Various armadillos are placed on the graphic. The background is a faint rainbow watercolor. The text is as follows: Friday, Sept. 12 9 am - 4 pm, Armadillocon Writers' Workshop 10 pm, 2 Fighting 2 F*cking: Sex and Combat Scenes Saturday, Sept. 13 11:30 am, Stealing the Shire: Fantasy Heists and Capers 2:30 pm, Signing 4:30 pm, Reading 7 pm, Tachyon's 30th Anniversary Sunday, Sept. 14 11:30 am, The Wheel of Time 2 pm, Worldbuilding: SFF Expanding Horizons
The man with a butterfly meme. The man is publishing, the butterfly is vibes and augury, and the caption at the bottom reads, "Is this a business plan?"
A graphic detailing where Mia Tsai will be appearing in September 2025. The top portion is white with a pink orchid background and the text "Mia Tsai's upcoming events." The rest of the graphic has a gradient coral-to-neon lilac gradient background with flowers across the bottom. In three black boxes in the center of the graphic is white text outlined in yellow. The text reads: Sept. 12-14, Armadillocon, Austin, TX. Sept. 21, fantasy book club, the Book Bird, Avondale Estates, GA. Sept. 26-27, Flights of Foundry, online, Dream Foundry.
screaming seagull meme where a seagull bends its head back in the first picture and then calls in the second picture, which is tinted red. the seagull has light coming out of its eyes
A parody of the NBA 2k25 cover. At the top is a phoenix with "ATL" and the Dragoncon logo beside it. Below, the NBA icon has been replaced with the Dragoncon icon. The iconic red-and-white 2K25 logo is in the top center. Beneath is a picture of Mia Tsai's face poorly photoshopped onto Jayson Tatum's head. The Celtics uniform has been drawn over with orange and blue lines, and the Celtics team name has been replaced with "KNICKS" in blue and orange. The jersey bears the number 3. At the bottom of the graphic is the Missing Volume's logo, with the text "Americasmart, Sat. 8/30, noon, floor 1, #1300" beside it, half in red and half in white.