First published 2011
A woman reads death in the names that surface across her skin, each marking a sailor destined for the ocean's depths. She carries this burden alone, watching vessels depart while knowing which men will never return. Elsewhere, lovers discover that human contact transforms them into crystal trees, their bodies hardening into translucent monuments to touch. Above them all, spacecraft drift like perpetual clouds, casting shadows over worlds where the impossible becomes routine. Jason Sanford crafts ten stories that blur the boundaries between science fiction and fantasy. His characters navigate realities where physical laws bend and human connection carries unexpected consequences. Each tale reveals how ordinary people respond when their worlds shift beneath them, whether through alien technology, magical curses, or forces beyond comprehension.
Genres: short-stories, science-fiction, literary-fiction, fantasy
Vibes: atmospheric, lyrical, thought-provoking
Tropes: blurred-boundaries, ordinary-people-extraordinary-circumstances
242 pages · Paperback · spotlight publishing