I’m Eliot Li, and I live and write in California.

Contact: aeli1000@yahoo.com

Twitter: @EliotLi2

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Selected Publications:

2023

“Parentification” in swamp pink, December 2023

“What I’m Thinking About When I’m Making Out With Someone Of My Own Race For The First Time” in Spry, November 2023

“Regrets I’ve Had As A Father” in Barren Magazine, June 2023 (Longlisted for 2024 Wigleaf Top 50)

“All Those Moments Will Be Lost In Time” in Hex Literary, June 2023 (Nominated for Best Small Fictions)

“Happiness” in Ghost Parachute, June 2023 (Longlisted for 2024 Wigleaf Top 50)

“Yellowstone” in AAWW’s The Margins, May 2023

“Wild Ke-Bah Si Ko Mushrooms” in Variant Lit, April 2023

“You Lament The Lack Of Asian Actors In American Cinema” in Reckon Review, April 2023 (nominated for Best Of The Net and Best Small Fictions)

“Lunar New Year” in Juked, March 2023 (Longlisted for 2024 Wigleaf Top 50)

“The Yeti Who Lives Alone In The California Suburbs” in MoonPark Review, March 2023 (Nominated for a Pushcart Prize)

“Why Max And Ying Decided To Make A Sex Tape” in Passages North, February 2023 (Nominated for Best of the Net)

“The Forbidden City USA, Circa 1942” in Peatsmoke, January 2023 (Nominated for a Pushcart Prize)

2022

“Scaring The Monster Back Into The Ocean” in HAD, December 2022

“The Magic Kingdom” in Necessary Fiction, December 2022 (Chosen for the 2023 Wigleaf Top 50 LongList)

“Slow Eruption” in Ghost Parachute, December 2022

“Asian American Battle Royale” in Emerge Literary Journal (nominated for Best Small Fictions), October 2022

“Hunan Homes” in Cheap Pop, October 2022 (nominated for Best Microfiction and Best of the Net)

“Looking Forward To Sharing Laughter And Fun Times” in SmokeLong Quarterly, September 2022

“Genetically Predetermined Chemical Imbalances” in CRAFT Literary, August 2022 (nominated for Best American Science Fiction And Fantasy)

“I’ll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours” in New Flash Fiction Review (Runner up for 2022 New Flash Fiction Prize, nominated for Best Small Fictions), August 2022

“Octopus Joy” in Maudlin House, July 2022

“Maybe I’m A Bad Father For Feeding Her Junk Food, But The Doctor Told Me To Do It” in Gone Lawn, June 2022

“Asphyxiophilia” in trampset, June 2022 (nominated for Best Small Fictions)

“#51 Bus To Chinatown” in Flash Flood, June 2022

“Shrapnel” in Vestal Review, June 2022 (Nominated For Best Of The Net and a Puschcart Prize)

“Ancient Chinese Ritual Art” in Scrawl Place, April 2022

“The Risk Of Death From This Procedure Is Minimal” in Orca Literary, April 2022 (nominated for Best Small Fictions)

“Hold Pressure” in SmokeLong Quarterly, March 2022

“Dissident” in pidgeonholes, March 2022 (nominated for Best Microfiction)

“Tell Billy To Do His Homework” in Bending Genres, February 2022

“Stars and Stripes” in Litro Magazine, February 2022

“Guangxi56″ in Atticus Review, January 2022 (Chosen for inclusion in Best Small Fictions 2023. Nominated for a Pushcart Prize)

2021

“A Place Of Comfort” in Cleaver, December 2021 (Nominated for Best Small Fictions)

“Last Seen Normal” in Pithead Chapel, December 2021

“The Hungry Ghost” in Gordon Square Review, December 2021

“Her Teeth” in Flash Frog, November 2021 (Nominated for a Pushcart Prize)

“Dignity” in New World Writing, October 2021

“Barbarians” in The Pinch, October 2021 (Click below to hear story read by author) (Runner up in The Pinch Fiction Award 2021)