Calvaria Fell
Stories
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- £7.49
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- £7.49
Publisher Description
A chilling glimpse into a future shaped by environmental challenges and human resilience.
Calvaria Fell presents a collection of weird tales from acclaimed authors Kaaron Warren and Cat Sparks, exploring dystopian futures and the human response to adversity. Journey through post-apocalyptic wastelands and technologically altered landscapes, where courage and invention offer glimmers of hope amidst creeping dread.
This collection features stark, original stories that blend speculative fiction with thought-provoking themes. Perfect for readers seeking unique literary experiences and imaginative storytelling. Discover why Publishers Weekly calls these stories consistently original and richly rewarding.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This joint collection from Australian writers Sparks (Lotus Blue) and Warren (Into Bones Like Oil), including both new and reprinted stories, showcases the authors' thoughtful takes on futures wracked with environmental challenges. Warren, a Shirley Jackson Award winner, impresses with "68 Days." The ex-con narrator, still haunted by her mother's death by suicide, is diagnosed with a terminal illness and applies to join a special Mars mission heading to a colony entirely made up of others like her with limited time to live; the final reveal about why such a group was put together is both horrifyingly logical and disturbingly plausible. Sparks equally wows with "Some Kind of Indescribable," set in a "Post-Net" future. Against this apocalyptic background, heroine Mila desperately searches for hope for her daughter, Lily, who is afflicted with the newfound "plastic cancer." The plotting is consistently original, and the stories evoke recognizably human responses to adverse conditions. Even with the duo of authors, this collection achieves remarkable coherence.
