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Master of Fine Arts, Writing. Pacific University (Oregon)
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nathanb@hku.hk
Nathan is an American writer who has been living in Hong Kong since 2014. His work was awarded the Hong Kong’s Top Story 2017 Creative Prize by RTHK, Hong Kong Free Press, and PEN Hong Kong. He received his MFA in 2019 from Pacific University, where he was awarded the Pearl Scholarship. In addition to writing fiction, Nathan has worked as an ancillary health care specialist in clinical and hospital settings since 1998.
Publications
(publishing as Nathan Lauer)
“The First Noble Truth.” Asia Literary Review, no. 27, Spring 2015.
“Versus.” Buffalo Almanack, no. 10, December 2015.
“The Conqueroh Wohm.” Meat for Tea: The Valley Review, vol. 10, no. 2, June 2016.
“We’re All As Mad As Hatters Here.” The Eloquent Orifice, vol. 4, no. 1, July 2016.
“Colony.” Hong Kong Future Perfect, edited by Peter Humphreys, Hong Kong Writers Circle, December 2016.
“Eighteen Hundred and Forty Six on March the Eighteenth Day.” Of Zoos, vol. 5, no. 1, January 2017.
“Live! With A Ceramic Kitchen Knife And Kathie Lee.” The Five-Two Crime Poetry Weekly, June 26, 2017.
“This formulaic dreck will be the death of us all, John.” Big Echo Critical SF, no. 5, August 2017.
“Xunxin Zishi Zui.” Published as winner of the Creative Prize Hong Kong Top Story 2017, Hong Kong Free Press, January 2018.
“The Hard Problem; Chapters 1-4.” Lovecraftiana: The Magazine of Eldritch Horror. vol. 11, no. 1-4, April-Dec 2026 (no. 3-4 forthcoming).
“HK24: Twenty-four hours of Hong Kong stories”. McKay, Stewart, Ed., Joy Al-Sofi and Nathan Lauer, Assistant Editors. Hong Kong Writers Circle, December 2017.
“Masking the City: Hong Kong in Allegory”. Lauer, Nathan, Ed., Winnie el Chingon, Assistant Editor. Hong Kong Writers Circle, October 2020.
“After the Storm”. Corrigan, Paul, Ed., Nathan Lauer and Kristina C. Wilson, Associate Editors. Hong Kong Writers Circle, October 2021.
(publishing as Alan Smithee)
“A Book of Changes”. Alan Smithee, Ed., Dominic Sargent, Associate Editor. Hong Kong Writers Circle, November 2022.
