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Synopsis
Award-winning author Edmund Schluessel has been publishing short science fiction, science fantasy and horror for nearly a decade. Relational Space brings together the best stories from this first decade of their work. In it you'll find: A young photographer finds herself lost in her work as understanding the supernatural phenomenon which dominates her landscape takes over her life A loving father listens with pride as his son performs an orchestra solo for the first, and last, time A swashbuckling space captain and her crew sail to the edge of the universe Two beings existing in a realm of pure mathematics ponder if there can be anything more to life A refugee from a doomed parallel universe tries to put his life back together among a million copies of New York City A physicist trapped in the corporate world finds escape for herself and the whole universe Humanity grows and transforms as it conquers the cosmos...but what remains constant when there are no more worlds left to conquer? An inventor from the Victorian era copes with the implications of entropy ...and many more haunting, chilling, and heartwarming stories of identity, liberation and finding purpose!
Is Relational Space: A short fiction anthology appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 14 and up.
This anthology contains philosophical science fiction and horror stories exploring identity, loss, and existential themes. Some stories involve death (including the death of a child during a performance) and supernatural/horror elements that may be emotionally intense.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include death, grief, and loss (see the full list above).
Publisher ages reflect reading level; our rating reflects content maturity — they can differ.
Who'll love this
Teens interested in thought-provoking science fiction that explores big questions about identity, the universe, and what it means to be human will find these stories engaging.