Interfictions

Interfictions Series

This series delves into the imaginative spaces between conventional genres, blurring the lines between the realistic and the fantastical, the scholarly and the poetic, and the personal and the political. It offers innovative and thought-provoking fiction that reflects the complex and ambiguous nature of our contemporary world. Each volume presents a curated collection of original works from leading authors who are pushing the boundaries of storytelling. This is literature designed to challenge perceptions and expand the very definition of what a story can achieve.

Interfictions

Delia Sherman

291 pages
11 hours of reading

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Nineteen writers dig into the imaginative spaces between conventional genres—realistic and fantastical, scholarly and poetic, personal and political—and bring up gems of new fiction: interstitial fiction.This is the literary mode of the new century, a reflection of the complex, ambiguous, and challenging world that we live in. These nineteen stories, by some of the most interesting and innovative writers working today, will change your mind about what stories can and should do as they explore the imaginative space between conventional genres. The editors garnered stories from new and established authors in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom, and also fiction translated from Spanish, Hungarian, and French. The collection features stories from Christopher Barzak, Colin Greenland, Holly Phillips, Rachel Pollack, Vandana Singh, Anna Tambour, Catherynne Valente, Leslie What, and others.

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