About
Ian Li is a Chinese-Canadian author of speculative fiction and poetry, who started writing in late 2023 after a lifetime of believing he could never be creative. He particularly loves sci-fi/fantasy with dark and dystopian themes.
He graduated summa cum laude from Columbia University with a degree in Operations Research & Financial Engineering. He leads project teams as an economist and consultant, and has extensive expertise in antitrust, market manipulation, valuation, market microstructure, and large-scale data analysis.
He also enjoys developing games, building websites, and solving brain teasers.
Writing
Short Fiction
Forthcoming
“City of Androids” – Roads Less Travelled, Issue 1 from Midnight Street Press
“Everyone is Dying to Work Here” – TBA
2023
“Green on the Timeline” – Flame Tree Press, December newsletter
“A Fulfilling Life” – Sci-Fi Shorts
“Pyrogenic Stasis” – 365 Tomorrows
Poetry
Forthcoming
“Stealing a Moment” – Star*Line
“A World in Her Tresses” – The Fairy Tale Magazine
“The Anxiety of Skeletons” – TBA
“Where Dragons Find Solace” – TBA
2023
“Distilling Emotion” – Radon Journal, Issue 5
“Drinking Song” – Radon Journal, Issue 5
Microfiction
Forthcoming
“The Potato Singer” – Stupefying Stories
“Wielder of Wit” – Stupefying Stories
“Stealing Time” – Chronos 2 from Shacklebound Books
“The Halfling Tree” – TBA
2024
“Searching for Song” – 101 Words
“Summit, in Memory” – Stupefying Stories
“Hosting a Tempest” – Stupefying Stories
“My Language” – Five Minutes
2023
“Two-thirds of Christmas” – 50-Word Stories
“Metal Detecting” – On the Premises
“Red Coat” – Ho Ho Ho from Black Hare Press
Other Projects
Brain Easer
A curated collection of interesting and challenging puzzles, plus explanations of how I solved them.
Eltera
Web development, design, and digital marketing services.
