Thomas Ha is an American speculative fiction writer. He is of Korean and Irish-American descent.
Background Thomas Ha was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was educated on the American East Coast, and worked as an attorney in New York before moving to Los Angeles to care for his family. His first fiction was published in 2020 in The Colored Lens before being published in various genre magazines, including Clarkesworld, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and Lightspeed.
He writes short fiction, primarily dark fantasy and sci-fi, with touches of weird horror, which he says is a cathartic response to the terrifying nature of the world.
His debut short story collection, Uncertain Sons and Other Stories, was published by Undertow Publications in September 2025.
Ha has been nominated for numerous awards. His work has won the Hugo Award, Nebula Award, and two Locus Awards.
Bibliography
Collections
Short Fiction "Hold on Tight", 2020, The Colored Lens "Where the Old Neighbors Go", 2020, Metaphorosis Magazine "Balloon Season", 2020, Fusion Fragment "Horangi", 2021, Cossmass Infinities "A Compilation of Accounts Concerning the Distal Brook Flood", 2021, Metaphorosis Magazine "Where You Left Me", 2021, Lightspeed Magazine Retrieved 09-27-2026. "The Liminal Men", 2021, Dark Matter Magazine "Orla, Always", 2021, Metaphorosis Magazine "To People Who’d Never Known Good", 2022, Beneath Ceaseless Skies Retrieved 09-27-2026. "Sweetbaby", 2022, Clarkesworld Retrieved 09-27-2026. "In That Crumbling Home", 2022, Bourbon Penn "Our Quiet Guests", 2022, Three-Lobed Burning Eye "For However Long", 2023, Khōréō Magazine Retrieved 09-23-2026. "On Planetary Palliative Care", 2023, Interzone Digital "Window Boy", 2023, Clarkesworld Retrieved 09-27-2026. "Cretins", 2023, Weird Horror Magazine "Gentler Things", 2023, PodCastle "The Mub", 2023, Clarkesworld Retrieved 09-27-2026. "To Be a Happy Man", 2024, Lightspeed Magazine Retrieved 09-27-2026. "Behind the Gilded Door", 2024, Haven Speculative "Alabama Circus Punk", 2024, Ergot "The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video", 2024, Clarkesworld Retrieved 09-23-2026. "Grottmata", 2024, Nightmare Magazine "The Fairgrounds", 2024, Metaphorosis Magazine "The Sort", 2024, Clarkesworld Retrieved 09-23-2026. "Cages", 2024, Fusion Fragment "House Traveler", 2024, Bourbon Penn "St. Fario's Feast", 2024, New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine "Old Wells", 2025, Three-Lobed Burning Eye "In My Country", 2025, Clarkesworld Retrieved 09-23-2026. "Cry, the Carob King", 2025, Beneath Ceaseless Skies Retrieved 09-27-2026. "The Patron", 2025, The Sunday Morning Transport "The Cephalophore", 2025, The Dark "Uncertain Sons", 2025, Uncertain Sons and Other Stories "The Folded Balloon", 2026, Simultaneous Times "Scion" and "Scion: Afterword", 2026, Clarkesworld Retrieved 09-23-2026. Retrieved 09-23-2026. "Middle Song", 2025, Bourbon Penn Retrieved 09-23-2026. "Our Revels Now Are Ended", 2026, Clarkesworld Retrieved 09-23-2026. "Jempo", 2026, Lightspeed Magazine Retrieved 09-27-2026. "Drive-Thru", forthcoming December 2026, Reactor Magazine
Anthologies
Awards Yearyear based on official award yearTitleAwardCategoryResultRef2022"Sweetbaby"Shirley Jackson AwardNovelette"In That Crumbling Home"Brave New Weird Award2023"Window Boy"Nebula AwardShort Story2024Ignyte AwardShort StoryLocus AwardShort Story"The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video"Nebula AwardNovelette2025Hugo AwardNovelette"Uncertain Sons"Bram Stoker AwardLong FictionNebula AwardNoveletteUncertain Sons and Other StoriesBSFA AwardCollection/Anthology Retrieved 09-23-2026."In My Country"Nebula AwardShort Story2026Hugo AwardShort StoryLocus AwardShort StoryWorld Fantasy AwardShort Fiction"Uncertain Sons"Ignyte AwardNoveletteLocus AwardNoveletteWorld Fantasy AwardNovellaUncertain Sons and Other StoriesLocus AwardCollectionPhilip K. Dick Award — World Fantasy AwardCollection
External links Official website
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