Stellar Parallax: Human Hope in Grimdark Worlds, (Paperback)

<p>A mother introduces her child to an orchard aboard a space station.</p><p></p><p>On a floating city, a boy risks everything to save his baby sister.</p><p></p><p>When the police escort an aging Puerto Rican man off his front porch, he expects to be shot. Instead, he finds himself on the way to a floating island where he may find peace after all.</p><p>These and 17 other stories explore the role of hope at the extremes of human experience. The writers have imagined a variety of dangerous futures, and they've also imagined connection and compassion guiding the people of the future.</p><p></p><p>In twisted underground passageways, in the desolation of space, and on barren landscapes where the fate of a few seeds could make or break the future, the protagonists of Stellar Parallax: Human Hope in Grimdark Worlds find glimmers of light in darkness. Together, these stories ask: when we can't count on our world to be rational or safe, where does that leave us? And what can we build when everything we once trusted falls apart?</p><p></p><p>Featuring stories by Aaron Timothy, K.M. Veohongs, Em Harriett, Roberto Cofresí Hopgood, Susan L. Lin, Heather Zoppetti, Austen Lee, Lucy Zhang, Fendy S. Tulodo, Jason P. Burnham, Marie-Hélène Lebeault, Monique Cuillerier, Lancer Kind, Jon Negroni, Stuart Conover, H.V. Patterson, R F Daniels, Naomi Klouda, Joyce Frohn, Frank Baird Hughes.</p><p></p>

• Stellar Parallax: Human Hope in Grimdark Worlds, (Paperback)
• Author: A J Van Belle
• ISBN: 9781952969508
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-09-29
• Page Count: 328