Distant Gardens

Ten Stories of Exploration, Biodiversity, and Found Family

by N.L. Bates , Sara Codair , Robin C.M. Duncan , William C. Tracy

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Part of the Worlds Apart: A Universe of Sapphic Science Fiction and Fantasy series:

Editions:Paperback - First Edition: $ 16.95

ISBN: 9781735076829
Size: 9.00 x 6.00 in
Pages: 397

ePub - First Edition: $ 4.99

ISBN: 9781735076829
Pages: 659

Rules were made to be broken.

From terraformed outposts to magical realms, journey to worlds where deadly plants, rampant biodiversity, or failed colonies have created irresistible opportunities for those brave enough to seize them.

New worlds, found family, mystical secrets, and deadly science weave together in this lesbian-centric anthology focusing on a very different kind of first time—a first encounter with a world, or being, entirely unlike our own.

If you like diverse stories with lesbian heroines practicing science, magic, and seduction, buy Distant Gardens today!

This book is on:

1 To Be Read list

Published: August 2, 2021
Publisher: Space Wizard Science Fantasy
Editors:

Heather Tracy, J.S. Fields

Illustrators:

MoorBooks

Cover Artists:

MoorBooks

Genres:

Fantasy, Fantasy - Comedy, Fantasy - Contemporary, Fantasy - Faery & Fae, Fantasy - Fairy Tale / Folklore, Fantasy - High & Other World, Fantasy - LGBTQ+, Fantasy - Paranormal, Fantasy - Romance, Fantasy - Steampunk, Fantasy - Urban & Magical Beings, Fantasy - Weird Fantasy, Paranormal, Paranormal - Ghosts & Haunted Houses, Paranormal - LGBTQ+, Paranormal - Monsters, Paranormal - Romance, Paranormal - Shifters, Sci Fi, Sci Fi - Alien Races, Sci Fi - Aliens, Sci Fi - Climate Fiction (Cli-Fi), Sci Fi - Distant Planet, Sci Fi - Dying Earth, Sci Fi - Dystopian & Post-Apocalyptic, Sci Fi - Frontier, Sci Fi - Furry, Sci Fi - Galactic Empire, Sci Fi - Generation Ship, Sci Fi - Hard Sci Fi, Sci Fi - LGBTQ+, Sci Fi - Lost Worlds, Sci Fi - Military, Sci Fi - Near Future, Sci Fi - Pulp, Sci Fi - Robots/Androids, Sci Fi - Romance, Sci Fi - Science Fantasy, Sci Fi - Space Exploration, Sci Fi - Space Opera, Sci Fi - Space Western, Sci Fi - Terraforming, Sci Fi - Weird Sci Fi

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Tropes: Abandoned Place, Alien Ruins, Becoming a Monster, Cross-Species Friendships, Dystopian Governments, Evil Megacorporation, Fated Mates, Found Family, Galactic Civilization, Generation Ships, Interspecies Romance, Interstellar Travel, Mad Scientist, Sentient Spaceships, Space Battles, Superpowers, Undiscovered Planet
Word Count: 132,000
Languages Available: English
Tropes: Abandoned Place, Alien Ruins, Becoming a Monster, Cross-Species Friendships, Dystopian Governments, Evil Megacorporation, Fated Mates, Found Family, Galactic Civilization, Generation Ships, Interspecies Romance, Interstellar Travel, Mad Scientist, Sentient Spaceships, Space Battles, Superpowers, Undiscovered Planet
Word Count: 132,000
Languages Available: English

About the Authors

N.L. Bates

Canadian author of SFF stories, sometime accidental filker, frequent tabletop gamer. Segue incarnate.

Sara Codair

Sara Codair is the author of novels, short stories, and poems. Their work is filled with magic, adventure, and emotionally complex characters.They partially owe their success to their meowditor, Goose, a fluffy cat who likes to edit their work by deleting entire pages. In addition to being a writer, Sara also teaches and tutors at Northern Essex Community College. In their free time, they enjoy swimming, kayaking, reading, and playing with their dog.
Find them at https://saracodair.com/.

Robin C.M. Duncan

Robin C.M. Duncan is a Scot born and living in Glasgow. A Civil Engineer by profession, he has been writing for decades, but seriously only for the last ten years. Robin has completed various novels, numerous short stories, novellas, novelettes, and poems, with copious other projects in different stages of incompletion.

Robin’s short story The NEU Oblivion was long-listed for the 2019 James White Award. His first published works, the novellas Dew Diligence and The Bibliothek Betrayal, appear in the Distant Gardens anthology of 2021, available in pb/eb/audio from Space Wizard Science Fantasy.

Robin belongs to the Glasgow Science Fiction Writers’ Circle, the Reading Excuses critique group, the British Fantasy Society, and the British Science Fiction Association. Robin likes LEGO, gardening, heavy metal, football (soccer), and long walks on the beach. Robin does not own a cat, but is slightly acquainted with one.

William C. Tracy

William C. Tracy writes tales of the Dissolutionverse: a science fantasy series about planets connected by music-based magic instead of spaceflight. This series currently includes a three-book epic space opera cycle. It also includes five novelettes and novellas, including a coming of age story, tales of political intrigue, a Sherlock Holmes-like mystery, a Jules Verne style adventure. Several books include LGBT-friendly elements. His first epic fantasy from NineStar Press is Fruits of the Gods, about a land where magic comes from seasonal fruit, and two sisters plot to take down a corrupt government.

William is a North Carolina native and a lifelong fan of science fiction and fantasy. He has a master's in mechanical engineering, and has both designed and operated heavy construction machinery. He has also trained in Wado-Ryu karate since 2003, and runs his own dojo in Raleigh NC. He is an avid video and board gamer, a reader, and of course, a writer. In his spare time, he cosplays with his wife such combinations as Steampunk Agent Carter and Jarvis, Jafar and Maleficent, and Doctor Strange and the Ancient One. They also enjoy putting their pets in cute little costumes and making them cosplay for the annual Christmas card.

You can get a free Dissolutionverse short story by signing up for William's mailing list at http://williamctracy.com/contact-me/ Or follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/wctracy for writing updates, cat pictures, and thoughts on martial arts.