Rise (October 2023, Other Worlds Ink), available as ebook, paperback, AND hardcover:
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This anthology contains 120 pieces of flash fiction. Every story is 300 words or less, with a speculative element and queer representation. One of these stories is my piece, Ace-tral Projection. I also had a story in the previous editions of this series: Migration, Innovation, Ink, and Clarity.
The winners of this edition were Aidee Ladnier’s Getting The Proper Rise in third place, Sorren Briarwood’s Dead Name in second place, and Meghan Hyland’s So High Up We’ll Never Hear Them Shouting in first place. Congratulations!
The winner announcement can be found here, judge’s picks were announced here, honorable mentions were announced here, and the full list of stories in the book is on this page.
RISE (noun / verb)
Eight definitions to inspire writers around the world, and an unlimited number of possible stories to tell:
1) An upward slope or movement
2) A beginning or origin
3) An increase in amount or number
4) An angry reaction
5) To take up arms
6) To return from death
7) To become heartened or elated
8) To exert oneself to meet a challenge
Rise features 300-word speculative flash fiction stories from across the rainbow spectrum, from the minds of the writers of Queer Sci Fi.
Cover art by J. Scott Coatsworth.
Minerva Cerridwen 