Posts

  • Strange Medicine

     By Stephanie Y. Yang

    Posted on February 14, 2026

    I’ve decided to be more intentional about keeping track of what I’ve read this year. In that vein, I’ve started a little 2026 book journal on Instagram, as well as tracking my books on Storygraph more diligently. [Read More]

  • Spotify Audiobook Selects

    aka am i a real writer yet?

    By Stephanie Y. Yang

    Posted on November 7, 2025

    So…I’ve got some incredibly exciting news! Strak’s Bad Day was just published as a brand-new audiobook with the Spotify Audiobook Selects program! It’s available on Spotify (free with Premium!), and everywhere else you can get audiobooks - Libro.fm, Audible, Barnes and Noble, Apple, etc. I’ve embedded the preview here if... [Read More]

  • Silksong

     By Stephanie Y. Yang

    Posted on October 5, 2025

    Oh my god it’s already October. Where has the time gone!? Let’s look back at what I said I wanted to work on last month, and see how much of that I actually got done… [Read More]

  • 42 Short Stories Inspired By Internet Strangers

     By Stephanie Y. Yang

    Posted on September 19, 2025

    It’s been a goal of mine for about two years, now: to create a curated short story collection from all the prompts that I’ve responded to on /r/WritingPrompts. I’ve been writing on that subreddit for almost ten years, which is wild! Time really flies. [Read More]

  • Finally, the Machines Can Do Everything For Us

     By Stephanie Y. Yang

    Posted on August 5, 2025

    A couple weeks ago, I went to a reading by Raphael Bob-Waksberg. I was looking for things to do in the Cambridge area, and saw that he was going to be reading some short stories from his collection, Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory, at Harvard... [Read More]

  • hello impostor syndrome my old friend

     By Stephanie Y. Yang

    Posted on July 2, 2025

    As a former PhD student trained in the trenches of academia, I have a complicated (and long) relationship with impostor syndrome. Even now, I feel like I’ve fooled the world into thinking that I’m a capable scientist that knows what she’s doing. [Read More]

  • My first novella!

     By Stephanie Y. Yang

    Posted on January 2, 2025

    After about three and a half years of writing, I’ve finally self-published my first novella, Strak’s Bad Day! In this post, I thought I’d reflect on the journey and what I’ve learned through the process. [Read More]

  • I now have a website!

     By Stephanie Y. Yang

    Posted on December 31, 2024

    I’ve toyed around with the idea of having a landing page for my stuff on the internet for a long time now, and this holiday season, I figured I’d go ahead and do it! [Read More]