Whether Change: The Revolution Will Be Weird

by Scott Gable (Editor)

Overview

I AM THE REVOLUTION. REPEAT!

Revolutionary tales of resilience and growth, defiance and upheaval from

WC Dunlap - Rachel Pollack - Nick Mamatas - Evan J. Peterson - Rena Mason - S.B. Divya - Gerald L. Coleman - Mary Anne Mohanraj - Craig Laurance Gidney - Nadia Bulkin - Bogi Takács - Margaret Killjoy

Tomorrow is here! Superpowered nationalists, CRISPR babies, alien communists, bloodsucking buildings, holy street justice, otherworldly anarchists, resurrection in the post-apocalypse, and more. There will be no going back.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781940372624
Publisher:	Broken Eye Books
Publication date:	08/03/2021
Pages:	180
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.41(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction 5

Scott Gable

Salt Water to Wine 7

WC Dunlap

Sarah Memory: A Fragment of the Revolution 29

Rachel Pollack

The Nth International 43

Nick Mamatas

#wondercabinet 51

Evan J. Peterson

This Mother's Milk 67

Rena Mason

Float Day 81

S.B. Divya

The Mystery Watch 91

Gerald L. Coleman

Wake 105

Mary Anne Mohanraj

Sacred She-Devil 121

Craig Laurance Gidney

Purity 131

Nadia Bulkin

A Technical Term, like Privilege 143

Bogi Takács

A Field, A Shadow, Indeed a Shadow 157

Margaret Killjoy

Editorial Reviews

07/26/2021

This anthology of 12 incisive, politically engaged works of weird fiction delivers on the promise made by its subtitle. At under 200 pages, it packs a punch in a relatively short space, with the strongest pieces focusing on the smaller-scale upheavals of personal revolutions. In “Float Day” by S.B. Divya, a supernatural manifestation of class division drives a rift between three school friends. An ornate pocket watch endows the protagonist of “The Mystery Watch” by Gerald L. Coleman with a strange ability. “Sacred She-Devil” by Craig Laurance Gidney finds a trans woman summoning the spirit of a murdered sister so the two of them can seek revenge. And in the standout finale, Margaret Killjoy’s voicey and energetic “A Field, a Shadow, Indeed a Shadow,” two childhood friends and self-described “weird girls” sabotage a golf course development and stumble into the middle of a transdimensional conflict. Gable and Dombrowski (who previously collaborated on the anthology Nowhereville) employ their selections to artfully toe the line between genre- and reality-defying weirdness while also depicting an astute understanding of real-world political and social dynamics. This will appeal to readers of SFF magazines such as Uncanny and Fireside, and anyone with an interest in well-wrought weird fiction. (Aug.)

Publishers Weekly