From the acclaimed author of Stories of Your Life and Others—the basis for the Academy Award –nominated film Arrival—comes a groundbreaking new collection of short fiction: nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories. These are tales that tackle some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new quandaries only Ted Chiang could imagine. In “The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate,” a portal through time forces a fabric seller in ancient Baghdad to grapple with past mistakes and second chances. In “Exhalation,” an alien scientist makes a shocking discovery with ramifications that are literally universal. In “Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom,” the ability to glimpse into alternate universes necessitates a radically new examination of the concepts of choice and free will.
Including stories being published for the first time as well as some of his rare and classic uncollected work, Exhalation is Ted Chiang at his best: profound, sympathetic—revelatory.
Steffie Nelson, "SLOUCHING TOWARDS LOS ANGELES" w/ Contributors
Sarah Gailey, "WHEN WE WERE MAGIC", & Mallory O'Meara, "THE LADY FROM THE BLACK LAGOON"
Emily Beyda, "THE BODY DOUBLE" w/ Ivy Pochoda
Erin Khar, "STRUNG OUT" w/ Jen Pastiloff
Porsha Olayiwola, "I SHIMMER SOMETIMES, TOO"
Megan Fernandes, "GOOD BOYS" w/ Catherine Pond & Callie Siskel
April Davila, "142 OSTRICHES" w/ Amy Meyerson
Brandon Taylor, "REAL LIFE" w/ Miles Klee
Katharine Coldiron, "CEREMONIALS" w/ Christopher Higgs
Ebony Flowers, "HOT COMB" w/ Taneka Stotts
Jenn Shapland, "MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CARSON MCCULLERS" w/
Emily Nemens, "THE CACTUS LEAGUE" w/
Kyle Chayka, "THE LONGING FOR LESS" w/ Geoff Manaugh
Sands Hall, "RELCAIMING MY DECADE LOST IN SCIENTOLOGY" w/ Maggie Rowe
SEAWITCHES, VOL. 4 w/ Olivia VanDamme & Margaret Seelie
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Amina Cain, "INDELICACY" w/ Adam Novy
Emma Copley Eisenberg, "THE THIRD RAINBOW GIRL" w/ Steph Cha
Crissy Van Meter, "CREATURES" w/ Edan Lepucki
Lidia Yuknavitch, "VERGE"
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