AN INVITE TO ETERNITY

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An Invite to Eternity. Tales of Nature Disrupted, takes its cue from John Clare to address the most pressing issue humanity is facing: anthropogenic climate change.  Edited by Gary Budden and Marian Womack, and with a foreword by Helen Marshall, it includes fiction written originally in English, short fiction in translation, and also stories produced by a new generation of multi-lingual authors working in more than one language, and engaging with more than one culture. The result is a collection of ecological short fiction for our times, from an international group of writers, working from a variety of languages, cultures and traditions.

Calque Press is launching a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the final stages of the anthology and support the larger project. This will go live on 29th of May. The book is scheduled for publication in Autumn 2019.

AN INVITE TO ETERNITY - TALES OF NATURE DISRUPTED

ToC:

Foreword, by Helen Marshall

Introduction, by Gary Budden and Marian Womack

Naomi Booth - WARNING: Localised Quicksand

Tiina Raevaara - The Birds Always Return 

Timothy J. Jarvis - Brother Burgholt's Charm 

Alexandra Manglis - What Planets Are These, Conjured from the Depths of Our Imagination?

DP Watt - We are the Clay

Vida Cruz - In the Shadow of the Typhoon, Humans and Mahiwaga Cooperate for Survival

Claire Dean - Lichen Storey

Regina Kanyu Wang - The Story of Dao

Malcolm Devlin - My Uncle Eff

Gareth E. Rees - Tyrannosaurs Bask in the Warmth of the Comet

Usman T Malik - Laal Andhi

Camilla Grudova - Jackfruit 

Alberto Chimal - Body

Kathleen Rani Hagen - Snow, Wind and Diesel