H.H. Pak

H.H. Pak

@hhpak.bsky.social

Writer/ medical student/ illustrator. Hugo winner, Nebula, Ignyte, and Astounding finalist. Stories in @clarkesworldmagazine.com and @khoreo.bsky.social Co-editor and Art Director for @wyrmholemag.bsky.social 🇰🇷 💚🤍🖤🩶💜💛 https://hhpakcreates.wordpress.com/

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Opening this book in my local BnE and seeing my name!! Unmatched feeling. It’s an incredible honor and a delight to see NEV in this anthology along with so many wonderful stories. Thank you to all the hardworking people at @marinerbooks.bsky.social for making this possible!

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5.) Getting my favorite people in the world in one place and watching them all meet each other while I schemed an Evil Plan to make my friends into one big friend group.

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3.) Meeting with my fellow Astounding finalists (huge congratulations to Antonia Hodgson for the well deserved win!!) and having an Avengers-style photoshoot behind the pre-reception hall.

Fun fact, I watched the recording of Amal El-Mohtar's wonderful speech later because I spent the majority of it backstage in a state of senseless shock. I cannot express how immeasurably grateful I am to the SFF community for this honor. NEV would call you Those Kind Readers. Thank you all.

Los Angeles Worldcon@laworldcon.bsky.social

The 2026 Hugo Award for Best Novelette goes to “Never Eaten Vegetables” by H.H. Pak (Clarkesworld, Issue 220).

So many things to say now that I'm home and transitioning from Worldcon overwhelmed to normal med school overwhelmed. As soon as I'm not trying to somehow watch two lectures at the same time, I'll write out my feelings here.

Btw I based the taco stand from “When You Give a Dokkaebi Taco Tuesday” off of Angel’s Tijuana, which serves the best tacos in all of L.A. and definitely the best I’ve ever had. The best in OC is Tacos Los Cholos (rec for Worldcon folks).

Hiya folks! Here's my Worldcon schedule! I'm taking time off from med school to nerd out with y'all. Hope some of you can stop by! I'll repost this closer to the day of.

One more day to vote! Thank you so much to everyone who has been discussing “Never Eaten Vegetables,” it really is an honor to have my work so widely read. I hope to meet some of you at Worldcon!

Los Angeles Worldcon@laworldcon.bsky.social

Don’t forget to cast your vote for the 2026 Hugo Awards! Did you know that voting on the entire Hugo Awards ballot is NOT required? Do you know films and video games, but not novels? Do you love art and graphic stories, but haven't read the novellas?

Thank you for this incredible honor and congratulations to my fellow nominees!

The Ignyte Awards@theignyteawards.bsky.social

The #2026IgnyteAwards finalists in Outstanding Novelette are: Human Voices – @isabel.kim Never Eaten Vegetables – @hhpak.bsky.social Uncertain Sons – @thomasha.bsky.social We Begin Where Infinity Ends – @somtoihezue.bsky.social What I Saw Before the War – Alaya Dawn Johnson

It is such an honor and delight to be featured in this anthology alongside these incredible writers! Thank you so much for having me onboard!

John Joseph Adams@johnjosephadams.com

I'm pleased to announce the 2026 table of contents of Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy (published by @marinerbooks.bsky.social), as selected by guest editor @olivieblake.bsky.social and me. LitHub reveal: lithub.com/here-are-the... TOC: www.johnjosephadams.com/projects/bes...

Congratulations @tiatashiro.bsky.social!!! Your range in genre and careful attention to your craft absolutely deserves every bit of recognition.

Clarkesworld@clarkesworldmagazine.com

Congratulations to @tiatashiro.bsky.social! "The Temporary Murder of Thomas Monroe" has won the Derringer Award for Best Novelette. shortmystery.blogspot.com/2026/05/smfs... Read the story here: clarkesworldmagazine.com/tashiro_01_25/

Mega congratulations to my fellow finalists, this is an enormous honor! Will always be grateful to Clarkesworld for giving my stories a home. Congratulations on the well deserved Best Short Editor nomination!

Clarkesworld@clarkesworldmagazine.com

Big congrats to @hhpak.bsky.social, @thomasha.bsky.social, @tiatashiro.bsky.social, and @isabel.kim! They are Hugo Award finalists for their 2025 Clarkesworld stories. (Bonus congrats to H.H. Pak as a finalist for the Astounding Award for Best New Writer)

SFBC, y’all are a swell group of people, never lose your spark. I am supremely touched by your kind evaluation of my work and honored to receive the SFBC Astounding! Major kudos to all the other skilled writers on this list!

Sarah Grey@sarahlynngrey.bsky.social

Featuring amazing stories by @thomasha.bsky.social, Tanvir Ahmed, @isabel.kim, Anita Moskát and translator Austin Wagner, Carolyn Ives Gilman, @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social, @hhpak.bsky.social, and @wenyilee.bsky.social. It's such an honor to read and talk about these wonderful stories 🙏🙌💜

Words cannot describe how floored I am to be nominated on the Nebula Finalist list among such prolific and skilled peers. This is an unbelievable honor. Thank you so very much to everyone who has read and discussed NEV!

Congratulations to our Nebula Finalists for the 61st Nebula Award for Best Novelette! #SFWA #Nebulas #61stNebulaAwards

Thank you so much for the shoutout Tia, this entire thread is absolutely delightful!

Tia Tashiro@tiatashiro.bsky.social

Fellow Wyrmhole editor @hhpak.bsky.social's "Never Eaten Vegetables" has been living in my head rent-free literally since I linked it last year, and it's STILL an excellent and beautiful novelette. Absolutely worth reading--consider them for Astounding nomination! clarkesworldmagazine.com/pak_01_25/

I’d greatly appreciate if people could consider voting for either of my two novelettes, Never Eaten Vegetables or Crabs Don’t Scream! I’m so honored to see both stories made it to the finals!

Clarkesworld@clarkesworldmagazine.com

Our readers' poll finalists were announced in the February issue. clarkesworldmagazine.com/clarke_02_26/ Check out some great stories and art and vote for your favorite by February 15th! (Directions and links to all the works are in that editorial.)

Here's my 2025 Wrap Up! I pushed two novelettes and one short story out into the light of day, as well as a swanky robot essay for Wyrmhole, (plus oodles of indulgent fanfiction which will NOT see the light of day). Here's a debrief of all that my brain wrought this past year:

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2025 has certainly been eventful, but the inspiration continues to flow freely. I am thankful for everyone who has taken time throughout this past year to create, commentate, and come together as a community. Stories will preserve and save us, so here's to all the storytellers out there!

Here's my 2025 Wrap Up! I pushed two novelettes and one short story out into the light of day, as well as a swanky robot essay for Wyrmhole, (plus oodles of indulgent fanfiction which will NOT see the light of day). Here's a debrief of all that my brain wrought this past year:

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Here's my 2025 Wrap Up! I pushed two novelettes and one short story out into the light of day, as well as a swanky robot essay for Wyrmhole, (plus oodles of indulgent fanfiction which will NOT see the light of day). Here's a debrief of all that my brain wrought this past year:

Thank you for the NEV shoutout! It's always a pleasure to be reviewed by you Jay!

Jay@tarvolon.bsky.social

My 2025 Recommended Reading List is finally ready! Honestly, just writing these descriptions made me excited about this year's sci-fi/fantasy all over again. www.tarvolon.com/2025/12/18/t...

Thank you to @locusmag.bsky.social for the shoutout and the review @acwise.bsky.social! The appreciation for NEV means so much, and it’s especially such a pleasure to be featured alongside @somtoihezue.bsky.social’s incredible novelette!

Somto Ihezue@somtoihezue.bsky.social

Scurrying in excitedly to share that my novelette “We Begin Where Infinity Ends” published in @clarkesworldmagazine.com, was loved by the wonderful people at @locusmag.bsky.social, alongside @hhpak.bsky.social’s lovely story. So grateful to @acwise.bsky.social for their kind review of these stories✨

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I was not immune to this hype and I’m ever so glad I jumped onboard, what a marvelous read it still haunts me

It didn’t happen to me, but I got to watch The Last Good Thing to Happen on Twitter unfold for @amalelmohtar.com & @maxgladstone.bsky.social back in 2023 amalelmohtar.com/letter-of-ne...

“The story provides a lovely reflection on the grounding nature of mundane details, and how little things can come to mean so much when one has lived a life defined by war." Thank you very much @acwise.bsky.social for reviewing "The Significance Cofactor," it's an honor as always!

My elevator pitch for “The Significance Cofactor” is an episode of Bluey but with body snatching, time travel, space travel, war commentary, and gray ethics. Please enjoy!

Thank you for such a marvelously written review! I’m so glad NEV resonated with you :)

N. A. Dawn, Author@nadawn.bsky.social

Bold structure. Vivid imagery. Really, really big ideas. @hhpak.bsky.social’s intricate, heartfelt “Never Eaten Vegetables” in @clarkesworldmagazine.com swings for the bleachers, hitting moons out of orbit and into that dark empty place we try to call home. Great. #sff #shortstories #fiction #scifi

It was a pleasure to rec! Please know that it’s lived rent free in my head since I first read it.

Corey Farrenkopf@coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social

Excited to see my story, Drown-Haunted recommended in this months @wyrmholemag.bsky.social!!! It was first published in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social and you can check it out here: www.flashfictiononline.com/article/drow... Big thanks to @hhpak.bsky.social !

No words can express how honored I am to receive the H.H. Pak Gets An Award award… to receive an award named after myself receiving an award is an award in itself. I’m not crying, you’re crying. 😭 Thank you SFBC, you’re a fantastic community with fantastic taste!

Short Fiction Book Club@shortficbookclub.bsky.social

The Short Fiction Book Club Season 3 awards are up! We've read some remarkable stories this year, and it's time to honor our very favorites. Thank you to the SFF short fiction community for having an amazing year. www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/co...

WELL DONE TIA AND @angelaliu.bsky.social!!!! Watching you two dazzle the short fiction world with your incredible works has been a marvel to behold and I cannot imagine a more well deserved award for you both. Absolutely fantastic job and massive congratulations!! 🎉

Tia Tashiro@tiatashiro.bsky.social

!!! so psyched to be an Astounding Award finalist this year! Delighted to see such a great group of fellow nominees and it's awesome to be short fiction buddies on the ballot with @angelaliu.bsky.social :D