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From the very generous text written by Subterranean in their announcement<\/a>:<\/p>\nRachel Swirsky is one of the finest young sf\/fantasy writers we’ve encountered in the past decade. Later this summer, we’ll be releasing her first full-length short story collection, How the World Became Quiet. For just one stunning sample of her fiction, try “Dispersed by the Sun, Melting in the Wind<\/a>“.<\/p>\n
About the Book:<\/p>\n
After a powerful sorceress is murdered, she\u2019s summoned over the centuries to witness devastating changes to the land where she was born. A woman who lives by scavenging corpses in the Japanese suicide forest is haunted by her dead lover. A man searches for the memory that will overwrite his childhood abuse. Helios is left at the altar. The world is made quiet by a series of apocalypses.<\/p>\n
From the riveting emotion and politics of \u201cThe Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen\u2019s Window\u201d<\/a> (Nebula winner) to the melancholy family saga of \u201cEros, Philia, Agape\u201d <\/a>(Hugo and Theodore Sturgeon finalist), Rachel Swirsky\u2019s critically acclaimed stories have quickly made her one of the field\u2019s rising stars. Her work is, by turns, clever and engaging, unflinching and quietly devastating\u2014often in the space of the same story.<\/p>\n
How the World Became Quiet: Myths of the Past, Present, and Future<\/em> collects the body of Swirsky\u2019s short fiction to date for the first time. While these stories envision pasts, presents, and futures that never existed, they offer revealing examinations of humanity that readers will find undeniably true.<\/p>\n
Limited: 750 signed numbered hardcover copies: $40<\/p>\n
Table of Contents:<\/p>\n
The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen\u2019s Window
\nMonstrous Embrace
\nThe Adventues of Captain Blackheart Wentworth: A Nautical Tale
\nHeartstrung
\nMarrying the Sun
\nA Monkey Will Never Be Rid of Its Black Hands
\nThe Sea of Trees
\nFields of Gold
\nEros, Philia, Agape
\nThe Monster\u2019s Million Faces
\nAgain and Again and Again
\nDiving After the Moon
\nScenes from a Dystopia
\nThe Taste of Promises
\nWith Singleness of Heart
\nDispersed by the Sun, Melting in the Wind
\nHow the World Became Quiet: A Post-Human Creation Myth
\nSpeech Strata<\/p><\/blockquote>\nYou can preorder the limited edition here<\/a>. <\/p>\n
The book is also available from amazon<\/a> and Barnes and Noble<\/a>. Probably other places, too, if you’ve got a link I should add, tell me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My new collection has a cover and a release date! HOW THE WORLD BECAME QUIET: MYTHS OF THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE is forthcoming on September 30th from Subterranean Press. And it has a cover! By Shaun Tan! From the … Continue reading