{"id":37794,"date":"2025-09-26T07:46:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T11:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/?p=37794"},"modified":"2025-09-26T07:46:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T11:46:07","slug":"eugenia-triantafyllou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2025\/09\/26\/eugenia-triantafyllou\/","title":{"rendered":"Slurp soup dumplings with Eugenia Triantafyllou on Episode 264 of Eating the Fantastic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time to kick off a quartet of episodes recorded last month during the Seattle Worldcon, beginning with the award-winning writer <a href=\"https:\/\/eugeniatriantafyllou.com\">Eugenia Triantafyllou<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Triantafyllou has been nominated for the British Fantasy, Hugo, Ignyte, Locus, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards, and was on the Hugo Awards ballot that weekend for her novelette &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncannymagazine.com\/article\/loneliness-universe\/\">Loneliness Universe<\/a>,&#8221; published last year in <em>Uncanny<\/em>. Earlier this year she appeared on the Nebula Awards ballot twice, for both\u00a0&#8220;Loneliness Universe&#8221;\u00a0as well as\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/psychopomp.com\/joannas-bodies\/\">Joanna\u2019s Bodies<\/a>,&#8221; the latter of which was published in <em>Psychopomp<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last year, she\u00a0won the Shirley Jackson Award for her novelette\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncannymagazine.com\/article\/six-versions-of-my-brother-found-under-the-bridge\/\">Six Versions of My Brother Found Under the Bridge<\/a>&#8221; which also appeared in <em>Uncanny<\/em>.\u00a0In addition to those venues, she has been published in <em>Reactor.com<\/em>, <em>Lightspeed<\/em>, <em>Strange Horizons<\/em>, <em>Apex<\/em>, <em>Sunday Morning Transport<\/em>, <em>The Deadlands<\/em>, and elsewhere.\u00a0She&#8217;s a graduate of Clarion West Writers Workshop.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EugeniaTriantafyllouEatingtheFantastic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EugeniaTriantafyllouEatingtheFantastic-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EugeniaTriantafyllouEatingtheFantastic-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EugeniaTriantafyllouEatingtheFantastic-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EugeniaTriantafyllouEatingtheFantastic-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EugeniaTriantafyllouEatingtheFantastic-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EugeniaTriantafyllouEatingtheFantastic-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We discussed the online prompt which caused her to write her first short story, why she ended up as a fantasy writer rather than a comic book creator, what it was like being nominated for two Nebula Awards the same year in the same category, the two types of naysayers who thought she&#8217;d never be able to write artfully in English, how she terrified Stephan Graham Jones with a tomato, why she never outlines, the reason voice is so important to her process, how a pantser handles world building, why she feels writing mysteries is easy, how her mother&#8217;s memories helped teach her storytelling, why writers shouldn&#8217;t steal ideas, but ambition, \u00a0and much more.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how you can join us at  <a href=\"https:\/\/dtf.com\/en\/locations\/seattle-pacific-place\">Din Tai Fung<\/a>  &#8212; <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>1) Subscribe at <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/eating-the-fantastic\/id1083737796?mt=2\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> &#8212; or <a href=\"https:\/\/pod.link\/1083737796\">wherever<\/a> you choose to consume your podcasts &#8212; where I hope you&#8217;ll be tempted to sample a few of the 263 previous episodes.<\/p>\n<p>2) Listen via the RSS feed of <a href=\"http:\/\/eatingthefantastic.libsyn.com\/rss\">http:\/\/eatingthefantastic.libsyn.com\/rss<\/a> on the device of your choice.<\/p>\n<p>3) Or simply use the embed below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/38353900\/height\/240\/theme\/legacy\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/\" height=\"240\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what you would have seen us nibbling had you been with us at  <a href=\"https:\/\/dtf.com\/en\/locations\/seattle-pacific-place\">Din Tai Fung<\/a>   &#8212;   <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Wood Ear Mushrooms<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>in a vinegar dressing<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MushroomsDinTaiFung.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MushroomsDinTaiFung-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MushroomsDinTaiFung-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MushroomsDinTaiFung-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MushroomsDinTaiFung-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MushroomsDinTaiFung-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MushroomsDinTaiFung-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MushroomsDinTaiFung-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MushroomsDinTaiFung-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MushroomsDinTaiFung-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Bok Choy<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>with scallion-infused oil<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BokChowDinTaiFung.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BokChowDinTaiFung-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BokChowDinTaiFung-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BokChowDinTaiFung-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BokChowDinTaiFung-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BokChowDinTaiFung-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BokChowDinTaiFung-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BokChowDinTaiFung-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Pork Soup Dumplings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SoupDumplingsDinTaiFung.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SoupDumplingsDinTaiFung-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SoupDumplingsDinTaiFung-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SoupDumplingsDinTaiFung-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SoupDumplingsDinTaiFung-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SoupDumplingsDinTaiFung-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SoupDumplingsDinTaiFung-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SoupDumplingsDinTaiFung-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Shanghai Rice Cakes<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>with shrimp<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ShanghaiRiceCakesDinTaiFung.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ShanghaiRiceCakesDinTaiFung-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ShanghaiRiceCakesDinTaiFung-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ShanghaiRiceCakesDinTaiFung-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ShanghaiRiceCakesDinTaiFung-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ShanghaiRiceCakesDinTaiFung-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ShanghaiRiceCakesDinTaiFung-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ShanghaiRiceCakesDinTaiFung-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you enjoyed this episode and want to support my mission of breaking bread  with creators of the fantastic while letting you eavesdrop, there are several ways you can help bring this podcast to the attention of potential new listeners looking for science fiction, fantasy, horror, and comics ear candy \u2014<\/p>\n<p>One is to <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/eating-the-fantastic\/id1083737796?mt=2\">rate Eating the Fantastic on Apple Podcasts<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eatingthefantastic\/?fref=ts\">like it on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also \u2014 you could tell your friends about the show by sending them a link to your favorite episode and letting them know what I\u2019m doing here.<\/p>\n<p>Finally \u2014 I hope you\u2019ll consider becoming a supporter of Eating the Fantastic, and help this podcast continue.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You could make a small recurring monthly donation over at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/eatingthefantastic\">Patreon<\/a>, where there are various perks involved depending on your level of support, such as access to a patrons-only blog, getting a shout-out on the show, stickers, postcards, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Or if an ongoing level of commitment\u2019s not for you, or if Patreon\u2019s just not your thing, then consider tossing a couple of bucks in the tip jar instead and making a one-time donation of any size via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.me\/eatingthefantastic\">Paypal.me<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Or you could head on over to <a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/eatingthefantastic\">https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/eatingthefantastic<\/a> and send me the funds to cover the cost of a cup of coffee.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Coming up two weeks from now, you\u2019ll be able to head out for Texas BBQ with John Picacio, one of the most acclaimed American artists in science fiction and fantasy over the past decade, winner of three Hugo Awards, nine Chesley Awards, plus many other accolades. He\u2019s also the co-author (with Leigh Bardugo) and illustrator of\u00a0<em>The invisible Parade<\/em>, released earlier this month. I hope you\u2019ll join us.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for listening!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time to kick off a quartet of episodes recorded last month during the Seattle Worldcon, beginning with the award-winning writer Eugenia Triantafyllou. 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