“He was Alexis le Trotteur, the best MagSkater in t he universe, and here on the Ilosia Track, all that was of him was to stake.
And skate he did.
Long metal legs carried him along the track at extreme speeds, into corkscrews and twists, down narrow pitches and up steep slopes. His body swung as he rushed forward, elation filling his mind and chest, washing away his worries.”
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.
Representation of note
Solarpunk & Overgrowth mainly includes aromantic and asexual representation. Several of its short stories also have non-binary characters, and one solarpunk short is a sapphic romance.
Full toc (with content notes)
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]
Le carré rouge [Guns,
police brutality, underground spaces
Human Blooms [friend death, talk of sex repulsion and desire for children]
One Last Sweet [animal death]
OTHER INFORMATION
Genre/Age Category: Adult, Fantasy, Science-Fiction, Queer Fiction, Short Stories
Publisher: Claudie Arseneault
Publication Date: October 10, 2022
Cover Artist: Cedar McCloud
ISBN-13 (ebook): 978-1-7753129-9-4
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