Cynthia Zhang has fiction and non-fiction published in Lunch Ticket, Leading Edge, Orca Literary, and Coffin Bell. After the Dragons is her first novel.
This is a slim, beautiful jewel-box of a novel. It is vividly atmospheric and feels real as if tiny flocks of dragons might sit on telephone lines in modern-day Beijing. It explores falling in love in the wake of grief and the ways in which we try to exert control over our lives. Its quiet intimacy will break your heart and give you hope -- and also dragons. Perfect, beautifully drawn dragons. It's a lovely debut and I look forward to seeing what Cynthia Zhang does next. - Mary Robinette Kowal, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of The Calculating Stars Lovers of soft fantasy with low stakes should already have After the Dragons on their radar ... This is a fantastic read for people who love climate fiction and fantasy but who need to just lose themselves in a gentle story now and then. - Book Riot Those looking for a tender, mild escape ... will appreciate the space Zhang leaves for introspection ... Sweet, slow, and lightly speculative, this is sure to find an audience. - Publishers Weekly