I’m still really excited about my upcoming novella, January Fifteenth. It’s coming out from Tor.com in just a few months.
I really like the cover:
![book cover of a person walking down an alley with an umbrella and the following text: January Fifteenth, “Money Changes everything–except people.” Rachel Swirsky, “One of the best speculative writers of the last decade.” –John Scalzi](https://i0.wp.com/rachelswirsky.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/January-Fifteenth-Cover-Image.jpeg?resize=584%2C934)
I really like the cover! It reminds me of one of my favorite paintings,”Paris Street; Rainy Day” by Gustave Caillebot.
![image of oil painting "Paris Street; Rainy Day" by French artist Gustave Caillebotte with several people in walking the street of 1800s Paris](https://i2.wp.com/rachelswirsky.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Paris-Street-Rainy-Day.jpeg?resize=300%2C227)
January Fifteenth tracks four points of view, each in a different part of the United States of America, on the day when the government disburses Universal Basic Income. There’s a young mother in upstate New York; a freelance journalist in Chicago; a wealthy college student at a resort in Colorado; and a pregnant teenager who is part of an FLDS cult in Utah. None of them quite look like this gentleman in the rain, but he could be part of their world, a page or two away.