Lost Objects by Marian Womack

Lost Objects by Marian Womack

These stories explore place and landscape at different stages of decay, positioning them as fighting grounds for death and renewal. From dystopian Andalusia to Scotland or the Norfolk countryside, they bring together monstrous insects, ghostly lovers, soon-to-be extinct species, unexpected birds, and interstellar explorers, to form a coherent narrative about loss and absence.

An intriguing and illuminating first collection, chockfull of interesting ideas about the natural world and ourselves.

Jeff VanderMeer, NYT Bestselling author of The Southern Reach trilogy

Luminous and disturbing as the unearthly things they describe, Marian Womack's gorgeously written tales map the shifting boundaries between waking life and dream, past and future and our own profoundly unsettled present. Reading them left me with goosebumps, and the craving for more stories by this supremely gifted new writer.

Liz Hand

The earth is in trouble and Marian Womack knows it. She tells us that the end, and what comes after, will be very weird indeed. These stories, where birds drop from the sky and giant butterflies haunt the imagination, fizz with a unique and strange originality.

Gary Budden

Marian Womack weaves together the lyricism of Angela Carter, the mad imagination of China Miéville, and the earthiness of Robert Macfarlane. This book--an aviary of the strange, a vital evocation of wild and fleeting spirits--marks the emergence of a fantastic new talent.

Helen Marshall, World Fantasy Award-winning author of Gifts for the One Who Comes After

These short story gems dance at the edge of the world, finding poetry in loss and devastation. Marian Womack is an artist with a unique and powerfully-wrought vision.

Una MacCormack

Marian Womack, author of The Golden Key, was born in Andalusia and educated in the UK. Her debut short story collection, Lost Objects (Luna Press, 2018) was shortlisted for two BSFA awards and one BFS award. She is a graduate of the Clarion Writers' Workshop, and she holds degrees from Oxford and Cambridge universities. She writes at the intersection between weird and gothic fiction, and her stories normally deal with strange landscapes, ghostly encounters, or uncanny transformations. Marian lives in Cambridge, at the edge of the Fens, with her husband, their son and two aging Spanish cats. When she is not writing she can be found working as an academic librarian, or editing books and pamphlets in her indie publishing project, Calque Press.

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ISBN 13	9781911143390
ISBN 10	1911143395
Title	Lost Objects
Author	Marian Womack
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Luna Press Publishing
Year published	2018-07-03
Number of pages	144
Prizes	Short-listed for British Science Fiction Award for Best Short Story 2019
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.