Real Sugar is Hard to Find
"Kern is a master at creating worlds that feel vast and lived-in with very few words, as well as balancing pathos with wry humour. The result is a searing, urgent, but still achingly tender work that will wow any reader of speculative fiction." —Publishers Weekly, starred review
From the bestselling author of Genocide Bad and The Free People’s Village comes a collection of genre-bending short stories, charting a course from bleak dystopian nightmares to wildly liberated futures.
Whether on a far-off planet spiralling out of orbit or in an enchanted forest poisoned by pesticides, the characters inhabiting these mirror-worlds face off against environmental collapse and rising fascism with hope, resistance, and enduring human connection.
Through eleven funny, fast-paced, and closely observed stories, Real Sugar is Hard to Find guides readers from apathy and despair towards radical, revolutionary optimism.
Now with a new afterword by the author, providing a behind-the-scenes look at their creative process.
"Kern is a master at creating worlds that feel vast and lived-in with very few words, as well as balancing pathos with wry humour. The result is a searing, urgent, but still achingly tender work that will wow any reader of speculative fiction." —Publishers Weekly, starred review
From the bestselling author of Genocide Bad and The Free People’s Village comes a collection of genre-bending short stories, charting a course from bleak dystopian nightmares to wildly liberated futures.
Whether on a far-off planet spiralling out of orbit or in an enchanted forest poisoned by pesticides, the characters inhabiting these mirror-worlds face off against environmental collapse and rising fascism with hope, resistance, and enduring human connection.
Through eleven funny, fast-paced, and closely observed stories, Real Sugar is Hard to Find guides readers from apathy and despair towards radical, revolutionary optimism.
Now with a new afterword by the author, providing a behind-the-scenes look at their creative process.
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"Kern is a master at creating worlds that feel vast and lived-in with very few words, as well as balancing pathos with wry humour. The result is a searing, urgent, but still achingly tender work that will wow any reader of speculative fiction." —Publishers Weekly, starred review
From the bestselling author of Genocide Bad and The Free People’s Village comes a collection of genre-bending short stories, charting a course from bleak dystopian nightmares to wildly liberated futures.
Whether on a far-off planet spiralling out of orbit or in an enchanted forest poisoned by pesticides, the characters inhabiting these mirror-worlds face off against environmental collapse and rising fascism with hope, resistance, and enduring human connection.
Through eleven funny, fast-paced, and closely observed stories, Real Sugar is Hard to Find guides readers from apathy and despair towards radical, revolutionary optimism.
Now with a new afterword by the author, providing a behind-the-scenes look at their creative process.
