Hard-edged speculative stories of war, bodies, and identity—brutal, strange, darkly funny, and unexpectedly hopeful.
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Hard-edged speculative stories of war, bodies, and identity—brutal, strange, darkly funny, and unexpectedly hopeful.
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Description A Book Riot 5 Fantastic Speculative Titles for Fall Amazon Best Books of the Month: Science Fiction & Fantasy Barnes & Noble Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books of August 2019 A Vernacular Best Short Story Collection of 2019 2019 Locus Recommended Reading List "One of the best story collections of the past few years." -- Booklist , starred review "16 hard-edged pieces that gleam like gems in a mosaic." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review "Kameron Hurley is a badass." --Annalee New...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Love with a sentient starship; ex-spouses and queer bonds recur
Violence & gore
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Graphic war violence, corpses, body horror, and brutal combat
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Gender identity and body themes central; queer characters recur
Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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Body-hopping, plague-casting, reality-bending speculative powers
Occult / demonology
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Political content
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War cycles, social control, dehumanization, post-collapse politics
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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War trauma, plague suffering, dehumanization, systemic cruelty
Other
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