John Chu

John Chu

John Chu designs microprocessors by day and writes fiction by night. He is an alumnus of the Viable Paradise and Clarion workshops. His stories have been published in Boston Review, Bloody Fabulous, and Asimov’s Science Fiction.

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The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere
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The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere
  • By: John Chu
  • Narrator: Philip Estrera
  • Length: 40 minutes
  • Publisher: Macmillan Audio
  • Publish date: January 14, 2020
  • Language: English
  • (1446 ratings)
(1446 ratings)
John Chu’s Hugo Award-winning short story, “The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere”, is now available for listeners In the near future water falls from the sky whenever someone lies (either a mist or a torrential flood depending... Read more

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