Gary Budden
Gary Budden is the co-director of Influx Press. His work has appeared in Structo, Elsewhere, Unthology, The Lonely Crowd, Gorse, Galley Beggar Press and many more. He writes about landscape punk at newlexicons.com.
An Invite to Eternity: Tales of Nature Disrupted
Edited by Gary Budden and Marian Womack. Foreword by Helen Marshall.
A collection of ecological short fiction for our times, from an international group of writers, working from a variety of languages, cultures and traditions.
An Invite to Eternity represents literary modes and genres including speculative fiction, weird fiction, dark horror or fantasy, science-eco-fiction, folk or environmental horror, the eerie and the uncanny, in order to find a common language to articulate our present challenge in the face of the most pressing problem humanity is facing: anthropogenic climate change. The anthology includes fiction written originally in English, short fiction in translation, and also stories produced by a new generation of multi-lingual authors working in more than one language, and engaging with more than one culture.
Contents:
Foreword, by Helen Marshall
Introduction, by Gary Budden and Marian Womack
Naomi Booth - WARNING: Localised Quicksand
Claire Dean - Lichen Storey
Tiina Raevaara - The Birds Always Return
Malcolm Devlin - My Uncle Eff
DP Watt - We are the Clay
Usman T Malik - Laal Andhi
Aliya Whiteley - Star in the Spire
Sofía Rhei (trans. Marian Womack) - The Apprentice
Kathleen Rani Hagen - Snow, Wind and Diesel
Gareth E. Rees - Tyrannosaurs Bask in the Warmth of the Asteroid
Vida Cruz - In the Shadow of the Typhoon, Humans and Mahiwaga Cooperate for Survival
Kristen Roupenian - The Rainbow
Camilla Grudova - Jackfruit
Timothy J. Jarvis - Brother Burgholt's Charm
Alberto Chimal (trans. James Womack) - Body
Anna Starobinets (trans. James Rann) - The Parasite
Regina Kanyu Wang - The Story of Dao
Alexandra Manglis - What Planets Are These, Conjured from the Depths of Our Imagination?
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