Description
A bold and imaginative debut collection from one of speculative fiction’s most exciting new voices, Samantha Mills, the 2025 Compton Crook Award winner and Pushcart Prize nominee.
Spanning fantasy, science fiction, and literary storytelling, these unforgettable tales explore the boundaries of humanity, technology, history, and the unknown. From familiar worlds that feel only slightly different from our own to distant futures across the cosmos, Mills creates stories that are thought-provoking, emotionally powerful, and filled with unexpected wonder.
At the heart of the collection is Mills’ acclaimed story “Rabbit Test,” winner of the Nebula, Locus, and Sturgeon Awards, a powerful exploration of the history, present realities, and possible futures surrounding reproductive rights.
Within these pages, readers will encounter a time-traveling fisherwoman who repeatedly reaches the right destination at the wrong moment; witches locked in a struggle over a mysterious passage connecting life and death; a newly awakened consciousness searching for the universe’s greatest wonders inside a floating library; a legendary rock musician confronting a town inhabited by devils; and humanity’s first encounter with alien life complicated by the impossible task of choosing representatives for the entire planet.
With a rare ability to blend the extraordinary with the deeply personal, Mills crafts stories filled with imagination, compassion, humor, and heart. Whether exploring cosmic mysteries or intimate human struggles, these narratives reveal the resilience, contradictions, and hope that define us all.
A captivating collection of inventive storytelling, this debut showcases Samantha Mills as a remarkable voice in speculative fiction—one capable of finding beauty and possibility even in the darkest moments.
Rabbit Test and Other Stories
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