Follow
twenty-three science fiction and fantasy authors on their journeys
through Asia and beyond. Stories that explore magic and science. Stories
about love, revenge, and choices. Stories that challenge ideas about
race, belonging, and politics. Stories about where we come from and
where we are going.
Nominated — 2018 (Canadian SF&F) Aurora Awards Shortlist (anthology/Best Related Work)
Nominated — 2018 Alberta Book Publishing Awards Shortlist (Best Speculative Fiction)
One story nominated — 2018 World Fantasy Awards Best Short Story finalist
One story selected for The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 3 (ed. by Neil Clarke)
Four stories on Tangent Recommended Reading List 2017
Two stories nominated — 2018 (Canadian SF&F) Aurora Award Short Fiction Shortlist
One story nominated — 2018 The Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic -- Short Story category Shortlist
Nine stories — Honorable Mentions in The Year''s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection (edited by Gardner Dozois)
ALL EMOTIONS ARE UNIVERSAL. WE LIVE, WE DREAM, WE STRIVE, WE DIE . . .
Orphans
and drug-smuggling in deep space. Mechanical arms in steampunk
Vancouver. Djinns and espionage in futuristic Istanbul. Humanoid robot
in steamy Kerala. Monsters in the jungles of Cebu. Historic time travel
in Gyeongbok Palace. A rocket launch in post-apocalyptic Tokyo. A
drunken ghost in Song Dynasty China. A displaced refugee skating on an
ice planet. And many more.
Original Stories by Anne
Carly Abad, Deepak Bharathan, Joyce Chng, Miki Dare, S.B. Divya, Pamela
Q. Fernandes, Calvin D. Jim, Minsoo Kang, Fonda Lee, Gabriela Lee,
Karin Lowachee, Rati Mehrotra, E.C. Myers, Tony Pi, Angela Yuriko Smith,
Priya Sridhar, Amanda Sun, Naru Dames Sundar, Jeremy Szal, Regina Kanyu
Wang (translated by Shaoyan Hu), Diana Xin, Melissa Yuan-Innes &
Ruhan Zhao.
With Introduction by Elsie Chapman
Edited by Lucas K. Law and Derwin Mak
Anthologies in this series (Strangers Among Us, The Sum of Us, Where the Stars Rise, Shades Within Us) have been recommended by Publishers Weekly, Booklist (American Library Association), Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, School Library Journal, Locus, Foreword Reviews, andQuill & Quire.
Praise for Where the Stars Rise
". . . this collection is essential for anyone interested in the diverse
and engaging possibilities of fantasy and science fiction." —Booklist (American L...