Through eight solarpunk and fantasy short stories, Claudie Arseneault revisits local myths and invented legends, explores aromanticism and asexuality, and prods at the soft edges of grief.
A pair of singers redefine their queerplatonic partnership through a unique concert. Alexis Le Trotteur, local MagSkater star, must represent his backwater planet in the Great Intergalactic MagSkate Championship. A young mother visits her friend’s grave in a blooming cemetery for the first time in years. Resistance organizes against a food corporate giant in near-future Québec City.
A pair of singers redefine their queerplatonic partnership through a unique concert. Alexis Le Trotteur, local MagSkater star, must represent his backwater planet in the Great Intergalactic MagSkate Championship. A young mother visits her friend’s grave in a blooming cemetery for the first time in years. Resistance organizes against a food corporate giant in near-future Québec City.
Through eight solarpunk and fantasy short stories, Claudie Arseneault revisits local myths and invented legends, explores aromanticism and asexuality, and prods at the soft edges of grief.
Full TOC [with content warnings]
Lemon & Salt [Arophobia (worldbuilding)]
Le Trotteur [Acephobia, sexual pressure, fall from heights, injury]
The Wyvern Brood [Blood and injury]
Seida the Fairy-Troll [Blood and injury, burns/fire]
The Daisy Haunt [Breaking and entering, violation of personal boundaries, light sexual content]
Le carré rouge [Guns, police brutality, underground spaces
Human Blooms [friend death, discussions around sex repulsion and desire to have children]
One Last Sweet [animal death]
