announcements – Galli Books

Repeatedly, in recent years, we have been told masculinity is in crisis; that men don’t have models of masculinity to emulate; and that in speculative fiction in particular, men are marginalised and cast out. Of course, we don’ believe that, living under the patriarchy as we all must… but perhaps we can put masculinity into crisis, force it to re-evaluate itself, with stories about alternative models of masculinity! That’s what this anthology intends to do.

Brought to you by a powerhouse editorial team including the brilliant Ronan Sadler and Jay Wolf for fiction, the fabulous Brandon O’Brien finding poetry, and D Franklin looking through nonfiction. This anthology features stories as varied as faecal fortune-telling to the most fabulous superhero squad in all the universes. A creation poem translated from Filipino alongside musings on travels into space. Essays about the Rock and about queer tropes. We’re delighted to announce the full table of contents of Speculative Masculinities, forthcoming this Autumn from Galli Books, with a stunning cover by Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein!

Fiction
Time And Time Again, by A. C. Wise
Crafting Time, by Brandon Sandford
Just Toonin’, by Charles Payseur
Carly Ann and the Scatomancer, by Courtney Floyd
Sputtering Tap, by Danny Lore
The First Time Under the Jack Pine, by Eileen Gunnell Lee
The Road To Tivotri, by Ether Nepenthes
Mana Like Marrow, by Jason Kimble
And Not Go Hungry, by Laurie Tom
Heart Like A Bullet, by Marina Berlin
Your Luminous Heart, Bound In Red, by S. Qiouyi Lu
Magic Dad’s Save-The-Bake-Off Cookie Bites, by Stewart Baker
CircuitJammer, by Vivien Holmes
Poetry
Shallow, by A. Z. Louise
Backwater Holiness, by Bethany Powell
Watching Stephen Hawking In Space, by Betsy Aoki
Fiat Homo, by Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles, with translation by Kristine Ong Muslim
Essays
Cracks In The Rock, by Alasdair Stuart
Time Enough, by Alexander Nachaj
Queering The Archetypes, by Ceillie Simkiss
The Bad Dad Redemption Arc Needs To Die, by Nino Cipri
These Are Not The Dads You’re Looking For, by Ruth EJ Booth

Since Frankenstein, science fiction’s relationship to science has been an uneasy one: at times embracing the idea of scientific progress as an unalloyed good, at others seeing it as a route into hardship and inevitable decline. But in a world of global warming and renewable energy, of greater connectivity and troll botnets, of medical advancements and antibiotic-resistant bacteria, what does science mean? And why is it still so often seen being done by cis white men in (cis) white coats?

Bogi Takács has selected 17 stories and 6 poems by writers from across the world showcasing a range of scientists, and a range of scientific disciplines and narratives, beyond the usual tropes. From a poetic life of Ynés Mexia to the tale of an investigation by a diverse group of biologists. From a prose poem from the perspective of an artificial intelligence to the story of the drive to improvement… and how far it can lead scientists. We’re delighted to announce the full table of contents of Rosalind’s Siblings, forthcoming from Galli Books this autumn, with a beautiful cover by Grace P. Fong!

Introduction by Bogi Takács
Collecting Ynés by Lisa M. Bradley
Rewilding Nova by Polenth Blake
Render Raze Revise by Stefani Cox
Cavern of Dreams by Julie Nováková
The Vanishing of Ultratatts by D.A. Xiaolin Spires
The Starship Ariel by CJ Lamere
Singing Goblin Songs by Leigh Harlen
The Tightrope Walker by Celia Neri
Circle Packing by Ursula Whitcher
Animal Behavior by Emma Johnson
The Elusive Plague by Santiago Belluco
Blood and Iron by Jennifer Lee Rossman
The Android That Designed Itself by Julian K. Jarboe
Now I Know In Part by Phoebe Barton
Possible Discontinuity and Unusual Secondary Structure of Okazaki and Okazaki by Kanika Agrawal
Leech Clinic by Laura Jane Swanson
Quietus by Premee Mohamed
Great Things Of Which To Speak Of by Osahon Ize-Iyamu
LDR by Cameron Van Sant
Morning Star Blues by Tessa Fisher
The Astronomer Aspiring by Hal Y. Zhang
Prakriti by Isha Karki
The Broken Bough by Vajra Chandrasekera

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Speculative Masculinities Table of Contents!

Rosalind’s Siblings Table of Contents!