May Haddad

May Haddad is an Arab American writer of speculative fiction whose work deals with the Arab experience across time and space and touches on themes of nostalgia, isolation, memory, and longing. She has been published in The Markaz Review, Nightmare Magazine, and the SFWA Blog. May Haddad is a contributor to Stories from the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction edited by Jordan Elgrably (City Lights, 2024)

A Galaxy Run in 30 Minutes or Less

A Galaxy Run in 30 Minutes or Less

May Haddad delivers an exciting prequel featuring celestial courier Carna, who travels through time and space in 30...

6 DECEMBER 2024 • By May Haddad
“Junk”—a short story by May Haddad

“Junk”—a short story by May Haddad

Recycling violence, a fighting droid wants to leave a dystopian world of mechanized blood sports, but a human...

3 DECEMBER 2023 • By May Haddad
“Tainted”—fiction from May Haddad

“Tainted”—fiction from May Haddad

In May Haddad's story, a conversation between a young girl and her grandmother reveals the fault lines between...

28 AUGUST 2023 • By May Haddad
“Ride On, Shooting Star”—fiction from May Haddad

“Ride On, Shooting Star”—fiction from May Haddad

In May Haddad's short story, Carna’ is a spacefaring mail carrier fed up with working for the Universal...

15 OCTOBER 2022 • By May Haddad
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