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Seasons Eternal
Stories of a World Frozen in Time: A Turtleduck Press anthology featuring Kit Campbell, Siri Paulson, Erin Zarro, and KD Sarge.
The Wasteland: After an airship crash in a land charred by summer, two very different people must learn from each other to survive.
Stasis: In a world where it is eternally autumn, a lonely woman escapes to virtual reality where she can command the seasons. She finds her deceased husband there and refuses to leave.
The Hope of Spring: When danger comes over the glacier to threaten her tribe, Shishiri fights and wins. But she can't fight the glacier itself.
A Chance of Change: Spring, a time of renewal and life. It's something that should belong to everyone--isn't it?
The Wasteland: After an airship crash in a land charred by summer, two very different people must learn from each other to survive.
Stasis: In a world where it is eternally autumn, a lonely woman escapes to virtual reality where she can command the seasons. She finds her deceased husband there and refuses to leave.
The Hope of Spring: When danger comes over the glacier to threaten her tribe, Shishiri fights and wins. But she can't fight the glacier itself.
A Chance of Change: Spring, a time of renewal and life. It's something that should belong to everyone--isn't it?
129 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 28, 2012
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About the author
Siri Paulson
13 books133 followersSiri Paulson (she/her) loves nothing more than mixing up genres to see what will happen. Her other passion is contra (folk) dancing. Her lifelong dreams include publishing novels (one and counting), travelling the world (had a good start until recently), and becoming an astronaut (still waiting...). She lives with her spouse in an old house in Toronto, dubbed the TARDIS because it's bigger on the inside.
Siri's most recent release is a near-future retelling of The Little Mermaid, a novella titled Voice of the Sea . Her queer fantasy novel City of Hope and Ruin, co-written with Kit Campbell, was released in 2016. Her work has also appeared in Abyss & Apex, Daily Science Fiction, and Polar Borealis, in Queer Sci Fi's flash fiction anthologies Clarity (2022), Migration (2019), and Renewal (2017), and in the 2017 holiday collection from Mischief Corner Books.
Siri's most recent release is a near-future retelling of The Little Mermaid, a novella titled Voice of the Sea . Her queer fantasy novel City of Hope and Ruin, co-written with Kit Campbell, was released in 2016. Her work has also appeared in Abyss & Apex, Daily Science Fiction, and Polar Borealis, in Queer Sci Fi's flash fiction anthologies Clarity (2022), Migration (2019), and Renewal (2017), and in the 2017 holiday collection from Mischief Corner Books.
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August 26, 2015
An excellent premise (dystopian future worlds stuck in a season) superbly executed through four varied sci fi short stories by four accomplished authors. An airship lands at a deserted farm in a barren sun scorched summer wasteland (interstellar/mad max?), a scientist in abundant spring altruistically attempts to solve the climatic issues elsewhere (westworld?), eskimos stuck on a winter glacier hunt bears, seals and whales, and worship goddesses and shrines (cloud atlas?), and a woman stranded in 100 autumns succumbs to a love story in a virtual reality cylinder (the matrix?).
February 6, 2013
This collection of four stories is based on a simple premise: what would the world be like if the seasons never changed? Each story explores one season, and they tie together well despite each one using a very different approach. The lush, detailed imagery adds a realistic touch to each future world. The writing and editing quality is excellent. It would be hard to pick a favorite, but I think I enjoyed the first story (The Wasteland) the most.
June 19, 2013
I really enjoyed the unique idea of this anthology and it left me pondering which season I'd chose to be stuck in. (After reading these stories--none of them!) The writing is lyrical and the stories themselves are haunting. I know I'll be thinking about them for a long time. Just excellent.
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