Sisters of the Revolution

Sisters of the Revolution gathers a highly curated selection of feminist speculative fiction (science fiction, fantasy, horror and more) chosen by one of the most respected editorial teams in speculative literature today, the award-winning Ann and Jeff VanderMeer. Including stories from the 1970s to the present day, the collection seeks to expand the conversation about feminism while engaging the reader in a wealth of imaginative ideas. Sisters of the Revolution seeks to expand the ideas of both contemporary fiction and feminism to new fronts.

Contents:

The forbidden words of Margaret A. / L. Timmel Duchamp --

My flannel knickers / Leonora Carrington --

The mothers of Shark Island / Kit Reed --

The palm tree bandit / Nnedi Okorafor --

The grammarian's five daughters / Eleanor Arnason --

And Salome danced / Kelley Eskridge --

The perfect married woman / Angélica Gorodischer --

The glass bottle trick / Nalo Hopkinson --

Their mother's tears : the fourth letter / Leena Krohn --

The screwfly solution / James Tiptree, Jr. --

Seven losses of na Re / Rose Lemberg --

The evening and the morning and the night / Octavia E. Butler --

The sleep of plants / Anne Richter --

The men who live in trees / Kelly Barnhill --

Tales from the breast / Hiromi Goto --

The Fall River axe murders / Angela Carter --

Love and sex among the invertebrates / Pat Murphy --

When it changed / Joanna Russ --

The woman who thought she was a planet / Vandana Singh --

Gestella / Susan Palwick --

Boys / Carol Emshwiller --

Stable strategies for middle management / Eileen Gunn --

Northern chess / Tanith Lee --

Aunts / Karin Tidbeck --

Sur / Ursula K. Le Guin --

Fears / Pamela Sargent --

Detours on the way to nothing / Rachel Swirsky --

Thirteen ways of looking at space/time / Catherynne M. Valente --

Home by the sea / Elisabeth Vonaburg.