Syr Hayati Beker
Fiction
Oakland, CA
Syr Hayati Beker (they/them) is a writer and experience creator in search of the queer love language of climate change. Their BSFA-longlisted novella in mutated fairy tales, What A Fish Looks Like, was praised by Kate Folk as a “fearlessly innovative… shattering the boundaries of climate fiction,” and by Natalia Theodoridou as “unexpected and brilliant – a deeply queer and riotously joyful lament.” Syr is the co-founder of Queer Cat Productions immersive theater company and The Escapery Collective. Their work appears in Foglifter, Joyland, Fairy Tale Review, F(r)iction, Michigan Quarterly Review, Spunk, Gigantic Sequins, Home is Where you Queer Your Heart (Foglifter Press, 2021), and in theaters, pirate ships, galleries, and queer bars near you.