{"product_id":"stellar-parallax-human-hope-in-grimdark-worlds","title":"Stellar Parallax: Human Hope in Grimdark Worlds","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA mother introduces her child to an orchard aboard a space station.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn a floating city, a boy risks everything to save his baby sister.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStellar Parallax: Human Hope in Grimdark Worlds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFeaturing 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Inked in Gray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51281719394537,"sku":null,"price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0549\/3866\/5193\/files\/MalePhotoMemoirInspirationalBookCover_667x1000px_3.png?v=1781632608","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsmakeart.com\/products\/stellar-parallax-human-hope-in-grimdark-worlds","provider":"Inked in Gray Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}