Hello! I am a science fiction and fantasy author, poet, and games writer for an upcoming AAA title. My work has been featured in several Black Library anthologies, been included in Best Canadian Poetry 2023, and shortlisted for several awards including the Malahat Review‘s Open Season Awards (for “the last acadians”) and subTerrain’s Lush Triumphant Prize. Mostly recently, my novella “The Best Laid Schemes” was published in the anthology Grombrindal: The Legend of the White Dwarf.
I live in Vancouver, BC (Canada), which is the traditional and unceded territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations. I hold a BFA from the University of Victoria, and an MFA from the University of British Columbia, both in creative writing.
You can find links to some of my published writing above, under the relevant genres. My fiction has skewed towards exploring non-human perspectives around very human topics, while my poetry examines the intersections of masculinity, mental health and intergenerational trauma.
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Adrian Southin 