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Soul Jar : thirty-one fantastical tales by disabled authors / edited by Annie Carl.

Portland, Oregon : Forest Avenur Press, [2023].

©2023

xvii, 361 pages ; 23 cm

Too often, science fiction and fantasy stories erase - or cure - characters with disabilities. "Soul Jar" features thirty-one stories by disabled authors, imagining such wonders as a shapeshifter on a first date, skin that sprouts orchid buds, and a cereal-box demon. An insulin pump diverts an undead mob. An autistic teen sets out to discover the local cranberry bog's sinister secret. A pizza delivery on Mars goes wrong. This thrillingly peculiar collection sparkles with humour, heart, and insight, all within the context of disability representation.

People with disabilities -- Fiction

People with disabilities -- Social conditions -- Fiction

People with disabilities -- Psychology -- Fiction

Technology and people with disabilities -- Fiction

Science fiction

Fantasy fiction

Short stories

Novellas

Carl, Annie, editor

Includes readers guide with discussion questions.

Glorious symphony / Nicola Griffith -- Earth in retrograde. There are no hearing aid batteries after the apocalypse / Carol Scheina -- Holding back / Danielle Mullen -- Survivors' club / Meghan Beaudry -- Which doctor / Lane Chasek -- Brainstorm / Travis Flatt -- Spore, bud, bloody / Orchid Jaye Viner -- Thunderheads and burial goods / Cormack Baldwin -- Song of bullfrogs, cry of geese / Nicola Griffith -- The things I miss the most / Nisi Shawl -- Gone Astray. The sorrow stealer / A.J. Cunder -- The weight of grief / Simon Quinn -- The Song of the forest / Mika Grimmer -- Delbrot, peace warrior! / Holly Saiki -- Everyone's a critic / Andrew Giffin -- A guardsman remembers / Danielle Ranucci -- Suffer the silence / Ellis Bray -- Ziabetes / Lily Jurich -- The warp and weft of a Norse villainess / El Park -- Wild Space. A broke young martian atop his busted scooter / K.G. Delmare -- Weightless / Raven Oak -- A ripping / Adam Fout -- The Definitions of professional attire / Evergreen Lee -- The last dryad / Paul Jessup -- Wardrobe of the worlds / Jennifer Lee Rossman -- Creature feature. A peril of being human / Julie Reeser -- Lucy / Judy Lunsford -- A balanced breakfast / Eirik Gumeny -- The other side / Christy George -- The Arroyo fiasco / Dawn Vogel -- Cranberry nightmare / Kit Harding -- The rising currents of ocean fire in my blood / Bethy Wernert.

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9781942436577 (softcover)

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