Böcker av Ai Jiang

From a rising star author, a richly inventive, brutal and beautiful science-fantasy novella. A story of family, loss, oppression and rebellion for readers of Nghi Vo's The Empress of Salt and Fortune, Neon Yang's The Black Tides of Heaven and Kritika H. Rao's The Surviving Sky.

Wilted Pages is a new Dark Academia anthology filled with gloomy buildings, hidden histories, secret societies, lurking shadows, futuristic boarding schools, corrupt systems, gothic aesthetics, occult learning and forbidden texts... And that's only your first semester.Wilted Pages features new stories by:Hussani AbdulrahimOctavia CadeAmber ChenBrian EvensonCyrus Amelia FisherJennifer FlissAna HurtadoGabino IglesiasR.J. JosephJo KaplanJohn LanganR.B. LembergPremee MohamedSuzan PalumboMarisca PichetteMichael A. ReedAyida ShonibarSimo SrinivasSteve Rasnic Tem

"Moving, brilliant, and certified 100% human." -Samit Basu, author of Turbulence¿ Finalist - Hugo Award for Best Novelette¿ Finalist - Nebula Award for Novelette - Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association¿ Finalist - Locus Award for NoveletteIf you have the opportunity to give up humanity for efficiency, mechanical invincibility, and to surpass human limitations. . . would you?Ai is a cyborg, under the guise of an AI writing program, who struggles to keep up with the never-blinking city of Emit as it threatens to leave all those like her behind.

WINNER OF THE NEBULA AND BRAM STOKER AWARD FOR BEST NOVELLA/LONG FICTION!From acclaimed author Ai Jiang, follow Wenqi, Liam, and Mrs. to the mysterious town of HOME, a place where the dead live again as spirits, conjured by the grief-sick population that refuses to let go. This edition includes a foreword by Yi Izzy Yu, Translator of The Shadow Book of Ji Yun, the essay "A Ramble on Di Fu Ling & Death" by the author, and two bonus short stories from Jiang: "Y¿ngshí" and "Teeter Totter."

This edition of TFBPresents features a varied collection of short fiction from rising star, Ai Jiang.Hopping from fantasy, to horror, to literary pieces and more, Smol Tales From Between Worlds announces a major talent that is just getting started. "Jiang is widely considered to be one of the most exciting young voices in science fiction, fantasy, and horror."- Dark Matter Magazine TFBPresents focuses on the fiction of a single author per edition, complete with author notes on each story and a wide-ranging interview, it's a must-have publication for fans of genre fiction.