Two stoic lobstermen harboring a secret affection. A lonely architect building houses and machines from the exoskeletons of scorpions in a desert town. A girl painfully growing into new wings. A flock of crows and an untidy vulture observe and collect these moments of human tenderness as they build an archive of brightness. Each love story becomes, in its own way, the end of a world—and the beginning of a new one.
Price: $16.00
Pages: 144
Publisher: Lanternfish Press
Imprint: Lanternfish Press
Publication Date:
30 August 2022
Trim Size: 8.00 X 5.25 in
ISBN: 9781941360651
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
FICTION / LGBTQ+ / General, Speculative fiction, FICTION / Fantasy / Contemporary, FICTION / Science Fiction / General, FICTION / General, Novella (Short Novel), Narrative theme: Love & relationships
“A quirky tribute to the messy, often world-changing experience of love.”—Publishers Weekly
"A beautifully shaped, poetic book. . . . [Socha] is bold, unpredictable, and a writer to watch.”—Isaac Fellman, author of Lambda Literary Award-winning novel The Breath of the Sun
“A lush and poetic tapestry.”—Katherine Nazarro, Porter Square Books
“I never believed the mundane could be so lawless, so absurd, so queer in the best of ways!”—Matthew Vesely, author of Elegy for the Undead
“Socha’s intimate and sharp-witted musings give staying power to the ephemera of our individual and collective experiences.”—Caitlin Chung, author of Ship of Fates
Kelsey Socha once wrote and staged a performance piece about lobsters before subsequently quitting theatre to become a librarian. She is originally from Kalamazoo, Michigan, but now lives in Western Massachusetts with her wife and two cats. This is her first book.
