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Imperfect Commentaries - by Ruthanna Emrys (Paperback)

Imperfect Commentaries - by  Ruthanna Emrys (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Author Ruthanna Emrys is known for providing a feminist and #ownvoice spin to Lovecraftian fiction. Imperfect Commentaries collects old and new short stories by Emrys that explore what it is to be human, to be monstrous, to be afloat in the imagination of a gifted storyteller"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Sympathy with the sea, with the weird, and with monsters fills the stories of <em>Imperfect Commentaries. </em>Ruthanna Emrys's collection offers readers feminist and #ownvoices Neo-Lovecraftian fiction, anthropological science fiction, and fantasies of belonging, plus miscellaneous deleted scenes, poems, and secret story origins. Readers familiar with her novels (<em>Winter Tide </em>and <em>Deep Roots</em>) will see the first appearance Aphra Marsh, an Innsmouth survivor, still recovering from her losses and making a life for herself in late-1940s San Francisco in "The Litany of Earth."</p><p> </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"The author's frequent feminist and queer spins on familiar fantasy tropes add an exhilarating freshness. Readers looking for work that upends and challenges the genre's stalwart ideas and themes will find Emrys's commentaries suit them perfectly." - <em>Publishers Weekly </em></p><br>

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