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The Yellow Peril, Chinese Americans in American Fiction, 1850 to 1940, is a work of scholarship based on the author's doctoral dissertation at the University of Michigan.

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Hong on the Range is a "cyberwestern" and a parody of westerns at the same time, incorporating the Hugo and Nebula finalist short story, "Hong's Bluff."

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Bill takes part in the video Prisoners of Gravity: Racism (3 of 3) from 1993.

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Bill donated his comic book collection of Asian and Asian American characters to the Fales Library and Special Collections at NYU.

In December, a reading of Bill's Mutant Chronicles: In Lunacy, part of the larger gaming world, went up on

Youtube:

Bill spoke at this event in San Pedro, Calif., on Sept. 17.

To see the Youtube video:

A Detour

into the Twilight Zone

Bill has had two forays into the Twilight Zone, many years apart—one on TV, one in print.

Bill is quoted a number of times in the 2022 book All of the Marvels, by Douglas Wolk, about the history of Marvel Comics. Bill answers questions about Master of Kung-Fu, the comic book in the '70s and '80s in which he became known for an ongoing correspondence with writer Doug Moench.

For All the Marvels:

For an interview with Douglas Wolk:

Bill blogs about his writing process for Lynette M. Burrows at Writers in the Storm (And what does an old roadster have to do with it?):

The shared-world

anthology series edited

by George R.R. Martin

See Bill's Wild Cards news, below!

For the Wild Cards page

of updates on this website:

For the wildcardsworld

website:

For Bill's story "Jade Blossom's Brew" in Texas Hold'em:

San Antonio is host to the nation's top high school jazz competition, and the joker kids at Xavier Desmond High are excited to outplay

their rivals. Many people don't like their strange abilities and appearances. And diva ace Jade Blossom resents having to be there!

In a Wild Cards blog, read Bill's light-hearted

"interview" with diva ace Jade Blossom:

An excerpt from "Jade Blossom's Brew":

For Bill's latest Wild Cards blog entry about using music to enhance stories:

Bill's current recommendation: Check out the novelette "Skin Deep"

by Alan Brennert now on Tor.com!

[Bill: "I love this story!"]

Bill enthusiastically recommends the

blog written by

Lynette M. Burrows, author and a long-time friend. She has almost 600 entries, with her main topics listed at right.

Blog categories at the website of Lynette M. Burrows:

1. About me & my writing journey which includes character reveals, cover reveals, sneak peeks, and things that inspired my stories.

2. Inspiration & Motivation & Empowerment including creativity, heroes and heroines, strong women (from history and current), and self-care.

3. Music — songs that inspire me or I think might inspire my readers.

4. People & Customs.

5. Reading—reviews and First Lines Fridays (the first Friday of every month I post first lines I find appealing to encourage people to buy books.)

6. Future Science Fact & Technology — and the ethics of the decisions/changes.

7. Writing—how-tos and discussions of writing in general.

"Binge brownies

with William F. Wu

in Episode 134 of

Eating the Fantastic"

Scott Edelman interviews

Bill for this podcast episode:

Hong on the Range

Check out the Hong on the Range

audio book, through Audible.com:

Bill's interview re: Star Wars

(Under construction for now.)

Bill has an

ongoing storyline in War World,

the shared-world

anthology series

Introduction:

Bill's storyline:

that was created by Jerry Pournelle and John F. Carr. John has taken the series forward with beautiful new hardback volumes from Pequod Press.