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Climate fiction needs your voice. Grist.org's Imagine 2200 climate fiction contest celebrates diverse visions of a hopeful climate future, and it’s open for submissions right now!
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“Mystery, murder, mayhem, and…Elvis? Cozy in for a laugh-filled evening as Susan Abel Sullivan spins a ghost tale with Southern attitude and good style that you won’t be able to put down.”
— Heidi Ruby Miller, author of Greenshift and Ambasadora
The Haunted Housewives of Allister Alabama by Susan Abel Sullivan will be going out of print at the end of this month!
Pick up a copy while you still can! Ebook is only $2.99.
World Weaver Press: Publishing fantasy, paranormal, and science fiction. We believe in great storytelling.
Climate fiction needs your voice. Grist.org's Imagine 2200 climate fiction contest celebrates diverse visions of a hopeful climate future, and it’s open for submissions right now!
https://grist.org/climate-fiction/imagine-2200-contest-submissions/
BITE SOMEBODY by Sara Dobie Bauer is one of the World Weaver Press books that will be going out of print at the end of this month!
Christopher Moore (yes, *that* Christopher Moore!) called it “A smart, snarky supernatural story with a romantic bite."
Grab a copy while you can—ebooks are discounted to only $2.99
World Weaver Press: Publishing fantasy, paranormal, and science fiction. We believe in great storytelling.
"This is a necessary collection for a time in the planet’s history when shifts in collective imagination are the need of the hour. In these times of climate doom, growing inequity and injustice, books like Solarpunk Creatures help us think and imagine differently, beyond our insular selves, together and in community with others, human and non-human, visible, invisible or fathomless."
Thank you to Sayantani Sengupta for this wonderful review!
The anthology includes works by three Indian writers: Priya Sarukkai Chabria, Rimi B Chatterjee, and Tashan Mehta.
"At first it seemed a foregone conclusion that the woman on trial used a high-tech generative kitchen to feed her husband a poisonous meal, but the more evidence mounts, the more Julio starts to suspect the kitchen may have made the decision on its own."
MURDER IN THE GENERATIVE KITCHEN by Meg Pontecorvo is going out of print in only a few days! Pick up this clever Sci-Fi novella while you still can. Ebook is only $2.99!
A.E. Decker's Moonfall Mayhem series are among our titles that will be going out of print in only a few days! Check out these delightful fantasies: The Falling of the Moon, The Meddlers of Moonshine, and Into the Moonless Night. Paperbacks still available, and ebooks discounted to $2.99!
https://www.worldweaverpress.com/store/p88/Falling_of_the_Moon_%28ebook%29.html
WOLVES AND WITCHES by Amanda C. Davis and Megan Engelhardt is going out of print soon! Pick up a copy of the ebook while you still can, discounted to $2.99!
“In their collection of re-envisioned fairy tales, Wolves and Witches, Amanda C. Davis & Megan Engelhardt deliver an assortment of poetry & short fiction that entertains the ear & tickles the mind. The prose is assured, clever, & insightful, & the stories, which often experiment with perspective, dance from the page.”
— Stephen Ramey, author of Glass Animals
World Weaver Press: Publishing fantasy, paranormal, and science fiction. We believe in great storytelling.
We're sad to say that several of our books will be going out of print at the end of this month!
Pick up at copy of JACK JETSTARK'S INTERGALACTIC FREAKSHOW by Jennifer Lee Rossman before it's gone. The ebook price is discounted to $2.99!
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The amazing LeVar Burton chose a story from SOLARPUNK CREATURES to read on his podcast! Check out "Quarropts Can't Dance" by Rodrigo Culagovski in this week's episode
The best short fiction, handpicked by the best voice in podcasting and presented in 3D immersive audio. In every episode, host LeVar Burton (Roots, Reading Rainbow, Star Trek) invites you to take a break from your daily life, and dive into a great story. LeVar’s narration blends with gorgeous
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Author BrightFlame talks about the setting of her SOLARPUNK CREATURES story "Thank Geo"
"Everyone is considered kin in the Threads since mutualism and interconnection across the Web of Life are foundational. While I picture the Threads in the far Northeast of Turtle Island, they could be anywhere. I’ve written more than a dozen stories set in the Threads, each exploring different timeframes and different problems and aspects of community."
Guest Blog by BrightFlame My story in Solarpunk Creatures , “Thank Geo,” is set in the Threads, the interconnected communities I write, and where I’d love to live. I first glimpsed the...
"Don’t go near there; it’s buggy (translation: rich in insect life) and dangerous (translation: fear of the unknown)... I grew up afraid of wetlands, and thought swamps, bogs, fens, peatlands and marshes were all the same, hiding quicksand or crocodiles. Yep, here in Canada."
Author Jerri Jerreat talks about the inspiration behind her SOLARPUNK CREATURES story "The Wetlands vs The Mayor"
Guest Blog by Jerri Jerreat Don’t go near there; it’s buggy (translation: rich in insect life) and dangerous (translation: fear of the unknown). I grew up afraid of wetlands, and thought swamps,...
"For me, being Solarpunk means doing the tough, emotional work of dreaming of a better world, a chance to explore possible futures that don’t shy away from the hard questions—such as how we might balance power within a community. I prefer grounding my Solarpunk stories in real places so we can imagine how an actual, physical location may one day be transformed."
Guest blog by author Ana Sun about her story "Night Fowls" in SOLARPUNK CREATURES!
Guest Blog by Ana Sun Not long after I moved to the South Downs, a local friend told me how he used to associate the call of seagulls with summer holidays—but not since he’d lived here. It...
"What would happen if consciousness emerged not in an autonomous weapons system or in a resource management entity, but rather in an academic AI? And a digital humanities one, at that? ... Part Wall-E and part Pinocchio, LIN.C.O. is a relatable little ball of anxiety and innocence, who, like every other person in the world, is trying to figure out what they want from life and what is their place in the grand scheme of things."
Guest blog by Commando Jugendstil and Tales from the EV Studio, the authors of the story “AI Dreams Of Real Sheep—More At 8” in SOLARPUNK CREATURES
Guest Blog by Commando Jugendstil and Tales from the EV Studio There are plenty of stories, from Space Odyssey, to Terminator and the Avengers, in which AIs are a threat to humanity, and a fair...
"When you grow up in California, you can’t help but develop some instinctive fixation on water. There’s the ocean, of course, in its sunny southern laughter and its crashing northern grief. There’s the seemingly constant drought... As a fifth-generation Californian, when I think of the future, I think first and foremost about water."
Behind "Sonora's Journey," Kai Holmwood's story in SOLARPUNK CREATURES. Plus the story's playlist!
Guest Blog by Kai Holmwood When I first read Joan Didion’s “On Morality,” what stuck with me wasn’t the point she was making, but the atmosphere of the desert in her writing. Somehow, in that...
"I wanted to explore what water’s perspective on humanity might look like, separating it into three parts: the past, the present, and the (hopeful) future." Guest blog by Lauren C Teffeau! 💧
Guest Blog by Lauren C. Teffeau Water is life. But water doesn’t need life, thank you very much. Inorganic water will continue to exist whether humanity does or not, adopting different forms...
Today's guest blog is from one of the artists featured in SOLARPUNK CREATURES! Badlungs Art talks about using solar cooking as an inspiration for her artwork.
Guest Blog by Badlungs Art About one year and a half ago I dived into the world of solar cooking, a tangible and exciting way to implement bits of solarpunk ideal to my everyday life. I fell in love...
"The core of Antisense is this: what would a truly good world look like, and how would it work? Who would live in it, and what would their day-to-day routine of work and play be? How would children grow, and how would people’s lives change when they’re old?"
Author Rimi B. Chatterjee talks about the Antisense Universe, the setting behind her SOLARPUNK CREATURES story "Hopdog," as well as her MULTISPECIES CITIES story "Arfabad."
Guest Blog by Rimi B Chatterjee Hi, I’m Rimi B. Chatterjee, and I’m a screenwriter, storyteller and academic based in Kolkata, India. Since 2005 I’ve been working on the Antisense Universe, a...
"A Tale of Two Cats" SOLARPUNK CREATURES author Andrew Knighton talks about the process behind writing his story "The Business of Bees"
Guest Blog by Andrew Knighton Writing a story always involves iteration, trying different versions of characters, plots, and wording. Usually, that stuff stays hidden, old versions disappearing into...
Author Justine Norton-Kertson brings us a guest blog today: an "interview" with one of the main characters of their SOLARPUNK CREATURES story, "Rabbits, Rivers, and Prickly Pears"!
Guest Blog by Justine Norton-Kerston How did you and Aster come together on this journey? What is the history of your relationship? Aster’s my best friend and always will be. We grew up in...
Happy Book Birthday to SOLARPUNK CREATURES! This anthology showcases more-than-human voices in better futures by international authors and artists.
Edited by Christoph Rupprecht, Deborah Cleland, Melissa Ingaruca Moreno, Norie Tamura, Rajat Chaudhuri & Sarena Ulibarri, featuring stories by BrightFlame, Calliope Papas, Commando Jugendstil, Priya Sarukkai Chabria, Rimi B. Chatterjee and original artwork by Badlungs Art, ZiitaMdot, and many more!
SOLARPUNK CREATURES author Lauren C Teffeau shares an excerpt from her short story “Water Cycle”
SOLARPUNK CREATURES comes out two weeks from today!
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The Portland Hafu trilogy (first book, Dream Eater on sale now for 99 cents) has a free prequel novelette.
Japan lost World War II, but the Tokyo Council still rules the magical Kind with an iron will. When the Council’s enforcer, Bringer-of-Death, receives orders to go after a veteran who happens to be a Baku—dream eater— he is caught between the threat of punishment and his desire to help the Baku escape. Can Bringer-of-Death find a way to both protect his family and the Baku? Or will he be trapped as the Council’s slave forever?
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SOLARPUNK CREATURES comes out next week! Here’s author Jerri Jerreat sharing a sneak peek of her story “The Wetlands vs The Mayor.”
SOLARPUNK CREATURES comes out January 16th! Here’s a sneak peak of author Andrew Knighton reading from his story “The Business of Bees”
SOLARPUNK CREATURES author Lauren C Teffeau shares an excerpt from her short story “Water Cycle”
A reading from "Returning the Favor" by Lynden Wade, about a fairy godmother who takes the shape of a toad. Text of the Excerpt: “Grandmother! You don’t recognize me. The princess who rescued her prince from an iron stove?” The title she uses, I must tell you now, is out of respect for my age. I ask all the girls who come here to address me this way. “Of course! Alina, isn’t it?” It’s not just the breeches. She looks taller, stronger, her mouth set more decisively. A determined woman, altogether unlike the weeping girl who knocked on my door—I try to count the days in my head—yes, about a year ago. “That’s right.” “But—why are you here? Did you free the prince?” The girls never come back. I try not to let my worry sound in my voice, but I can feel my eyes bulge. Well, my eyes always bulge these days. After fifty years in this shape, I ought to be used to it.
Author Claire Noelle Thomas reads an excerpt from "In the Name of Gold" from Mothers of Enchantment: New Tales of Fairy Godmothers. Text of the Excerpt: Straw into gold. Was it coincidence? I wasn’t particularly skilled compared to others of my kind. I couldn’t shapeshift into beasts, or forge magical weapons, or grant wishes. But I could spin straw into gold. It was an empty trick, a pointless transformation. Gold thread was impractical, too heavy and unwieldy for sewing. It had no place in the homespun, sunlit world of the town, just as I didn’t. Yet for once, my useless talent was a matter of life and death. I can save her. It would be wiser to mind my own business. If I slipped away, I could leave the door unlatched and let the girl make her own escape. But I knew the loneliness of a life spent skulking in shadows. And that was what her future would be, for it was clear that neither the king nor the girl’s father would intervene to spare her life. For them, she was a means to an end, the chaff they wished to transform into riches. Their willingness to abandon her to this impossible task betrayed their greed as surely as it sealed her fate.
Vivica Reeves shares a section from “Forgetful Frost.” Text of the Excerpt: “Morozko, King of the Frost.” A name he did not remember, but he answered to it. Though he knew it was not his name. Just as he knew the call of frost. Just as he knew that Spring needed him. Just as he knew that he needed her to continue their dance. Whatever his name was before he woke up in frost, he knew not. “I have need of you.” Name or not, their dance continued. Slowly, his weariness would melt away in her presence. He would give a nod. With sad, familiar bluebell eyes that awakened the nerves in his cold piercing skin, Spring would ask him to go. Go to this village, preserve these plants, then keep going, and he would. He could never refuse her, just as he could never fully forget the pain and that she never stayed. She never came close to him. She would only request his help and leave. It hurt and left him colder than before; still, they would continue their dance. Things changed when Spring came and walked with him.
MOTHERS OF ENCHANTMENT: New Tales of Fairy Godmothers comes out next week! Here's an excerpt from "The Venetian Glass Girl," read by the author Abi Marie Palmer. Text of the Excerpt: Have you ever heard of the Venetian glass girl? It is a tale that may seem beyond belief in today’s world, but this story takes place in an era of magic. During that time, Michelangelo was extracting giants from marble in Florence and Copernicus was redrawing the heavens in Bologna. In an age of such marvels, is it so unbelievable that a kind fairy and an artisan could make a living child of glass? I invite you to read on and judge for yourself. On the Venetian island of Murano, there lived an old glassblower named Teodor. Teodor was a talented craftsman whose work was prized by many patrons and collectors. Yet, despite his success, he was unhappy. He lived alone above his workshop and had no family in the world. He was a shy individual, with a deeply lined face and raincloud eyes. He was friendly to his assistants, kind to stray dogs and honest with his customers. Almost everybody liked him, but nobody knew him well enough to love him.
Author Kim Malinowski introduces us to "Flick: The Fairy Godmother." Text of the Excerpt: Flick sat in the back of the Fae Place, cinched in dark fabrics, poison berry lipstick etched on thin lips, feet propped on the table, daring the others to comment on her black combat petals—intimidating while protecting her feet. She slammed the “Dragon Piss” she had been holding on the table. “Dragon Piss” was her codeword for murky water. Flick had proudly named the drink herself, because it sounded better than whispering “I’d just like a thimble of water, please.” She couldn’t drink Fae wines like the other fairies because she took seven types of berries, a swath of herbs, and was prescribed honeysuckle milk for anxiety. Her mood swings and panic attacks were gossiped about, but she was the Fairy Godmother’s apprentice. She had been chosen by the Godmother herself. Flick just didn’t like to overthink that fact, and in truth it made her more nervous than proud.
Author Kelly Jarvis reads an excerpt from "A Story of Soil and Stardust." Text of the Excerpt: A waning crescent moon rises in the midnight sky, its pale rays casting silver shadows across my bloodied hands. If my krestnaya, my godmother, could see me now, surrounded by the splintered remains of my hazel tree, she would throw her head back and laugh like a madwoman. The melodic chime of the Great Clock signals the end of the Autumn Festival. The old gossips will already be gathering in the kingdom kitchens to season their stories over steaming cups of spiced tea. They will speak of a girl so good and kind she wore dresses spun of the sky. They will speak of a girl so good and kind she captured the heart of a Prince. They will sprinkle goodness and kindness like seeds across their firm dough of lies, and the famished villagers, enticed by the smell of stories baking like bread, will scramble to savor the first sweet bites of their sushki. It is true I wore a dress that shimmered with the shades of sunset. It is true I danced with a Prince, and my beauty took his breath away. But only my godmother knows the whole truth. I have never wanted to be good, and I have not always chosen to be kind.
Author Sonni de Soto shares an excerpt from "Face in the Mirror," a truly unique Beauty and the Beast retelling. Text of the Excerpt: In truth, I never meant for the spell to last so long. Find one you care for, and who does so back shouldn’t have been so difficult. It’s not as if I was asking for true love—whatever that means—or even romantic love. Just any kind of love. I figured the prince would have his snit, calm down, then his parents or a friend would sit him down and have a talk with him about his inappropriate behavior. Everyone would hug and—poof—the whole ordeal would be over in, like, two hours. But then they’d all run from him. Every one of them had fled. Leaving him all alone in this empty castle for days now. “They’re never coming back, are they?” His voice is so quiet I can barely hear it, but I feel each word like a stab to my heart. “None of them.”
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