Some of this was to do with knowing Rachel Pollack, to whom the book is dedicated, who wrote all these amazing SF/F books starting in the 70s, and being aware of this somewhat submerged history of trans SF/F writers and wanting to continue this. I love to get people drunk and co-opt them into misguided schemes. This is all a way of saying Cat will probably be of more help on this answer here.Ĭat Fitzpatrick: So, this was my idea! It is my fault. Months later, the press, who had just published my own book of short stories, asked me to come on board as co-editor. I was in New York City at the time, but I was teaching in the day and getting drunk till four at night and literally my one memory of this being in the works is when Cat told me of the plan at the bar. Joe Macaré: Can you tell us a little about the genesis of this project? Where did the idea come from to collect stories by trans people writing speculative fiction in particular?Ĭasey Plett: In summer 2014, Topside Press decided to do a speculative fiction anthology. Like Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements - the obvious closest comparison - Meanwhile, Elsewhere reveals how much speculative fiction can achieve when it isn’t dominated by the same (cis, white, male) voices.
Others are so close to our world that they very clearly illustrate its cruelties, idiosyncrasies and beauty, whether it’s through the all-too-plausible public embrace of cybernetic conversion therapy in “Schwaberow, Ohio” by Brendan Williams-Childs, or a better world that seems heartbreakingly within reach yet elusive in Ryka Aoki’s “The Gift.”Ĭall them science fiction and fantasy, SF/F, speculative fiction or spec fic, these stories demand to be read by a wide audience. In Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers, some of the worlds and futures depicted are very unfamiliar. Order this remarkable anthology today with a donation to Truthout! These stories and more make up Meanwhile, Elsewhere, a collection of speculative fiction from trans authors. An attempt to summon the Devil doesn’t go as planned. Queer cybernetically enhanced bands clash in a dystopian landfill. A trio of friends visit a haunted, haunting mansion. An innocent alien visits Providence, Rhode Island on Christmas Eve.
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