…sci-fi that’s space-y
and
dreamy
and
stuff…
Sameem Siddiqui is a writer of speculative fiction about migration, South Asian ancestry, Muslim heritage, gender and family structure in near future societies. He’s a graduate of Tin House and Futurescapes writing workshops. When he’s not writing, Sameem revels in fatherhood, watches 90’s Star Trek and tinkers with data.
Short Fiction
Driver
Clarkesworld, December 2024
A ride-share driver reminisces about life while driving an ominous occupant around Karachi.
Timed Obsolescence
Someone in Time: Tales of Time Crossed Romance, Ed. Jonathan Strahan, May 2022
Two time traveling record keepers fall in love during incongruent interludes across time.
Home@Heart
Popular Science, March 2022
Exploring a world where data privacy is traded for reduced mortgage rates.
Dancing With Ereshkigal
Clarkesworld, May 2021
A low-gravity dancer rediscovers her art post divorce while working for a Martian tunneling project.
AirBody
Clarkesworld, April 2020
Arsalan rediscovers himself why trying to understand why a woman in Pakistan rents and occupies his body on the other side of the world.
Winner of the 2020 Clarkesworld Readers Poll
Finalist for the 2020 Theodore A. Sturgeon Memorial Award
Ilyas’ Egg
Apparition Lit, October 2019
After discovering evidence of an ancient alien spacecraft on Venus, Ilyas grapples with the choice between his family and his career.
Ammi’s Broken Vase
Apparition Lit, May 2019
Lubna rediscovers her father’s voice while choking on the forest fire ash that has become a perpetual reality in her world.