E. Catherine Tobler is een productieve schrijfster wiens korte fictie is genomineerd voor prijzen. Haar bijdragen aan de literaire wereld strekken zich uit tot haar werk met Shimmer Magazine, dat ook prestigieuze erkenning heeft ontvangen. Toblers impactvolle verhalen verkennen boeiende thema's en tonen een duidelijke auteurstem die resoneert bij lezers.
Plagued by the creeping loss of her memory, diplomat Bréone Hemmerli continues to negotiate peace in an increasingly climate-devastated world, ensconced in the UN-owned estate Irislands alongside her longtime friend and companion Delphine.The appearance of the alien Tura in the shadows of Bréone’s garden raises new questions about the world’s decline. Perhaps, together, Tura and Bréone will find a way forward… if only Bréone can remember it.
Fifteen-year-old Jackson is different from the other children at the foundling hospital. Scales sometimes cover his arms. Tentacles coil just below his skin. Despite this Jackson tries to fit in with the other children. He tries to be normal for Sister Jerome Grace and the priests. But when a woman asks for a boy like him, all that changes. His name is pinned to his jacket and an orphan train whisks him across the country to Macquarie's