Kit
- Lydia Rogue
- Ether Nepenthes
- Charlie Jane Anders
- Ava Kelly
- Juliet Kemp
- Rafi Kleiman
- Tucker Lieberman
- Nathan Alling Long
- M. Darusha Wehm
- Marcus Woodman
- Lane Fox
- Diana Lane
This was delightful. It features a lot of unique spins on what is essentially a fairly narrow premise (trans speculative fiction narratives featuring bicycling), and it was really nice to be able to sit down to a whole collection of trans positive stories. I did find the reprint (“Edge of the Abyss”) thematically frustrating, but the ten new tales all had something fun to offer. This is a short volume, and so you’re going to find a few definite vignettes and ones I wish were just a little more fleshed out, but I may seek out my own copy.
Highlights for me:
“Riding for Luck,” in which an uninterrupted city cycling course can bring luck. I really enjoyed the writing and the way the characters came together in this one.
“Unexpectedly Trans-Parent,” has some great worldbuilding, looking for lost things through wormholes, and an A+ pun.
“Rovers” takes place in a post-apocalyptic world, in which a currier meets a werewolf. It’s t4t and I loved the way finding community featured.
“A Sudden Displacement of Matter” has a heist and reclamation of a monument for the people who had originally built it. What the prose lacks it makes up for in a great plot.
“Briar Patch” is more of a vignette, but the writing is beautiful and the rumination of moving on after loss and exile resonates.
Definitely a good one to pick up if you want some queer joy.
This was delightful. It features a lot of unique spins on what is essentially a fairly narrow premise (trans speculative fiction narratives featuring bicycling), and it was really nice to be able to sit down to a whole collection of trans positive stories. I did find the reprint (“Edge of the Abyss”) thematically frustrating, but the ten new tales all had something fun to offer. This is a short volume, and so you’re going to find a few definite vignettes and ones I wish were just a little more fleshed out, but I may seek out my own copy.
Highlights for me:
“Riding for Luck,” in which an uninterrupted city cycling course can bring luck. I really enjoyed the writing and the way the characters came together in this one.
“Unexpectedly Trans-Parent,” has some great worldbuilding, looking for lost things through wormholes, and an A+ pun.
“Rovers” takes place in a post-apocalyptic world, in which a currier meets a werewolf. It’s t4t and I loved the way finding community featured.
“A Sudden Displacement of Matter” has a heist and reclamation of a monument for the people who had originally built it. What the prose lacks it makes up for in a great plot.
“Briar Patch” is more of a vignette, but the writing is beautiful and the rumination of moving on after loss and exile resonates.
Definitely a good one to pick up if you want some queer joy.