Arrivals and departures / Josh Eure. The phantom of the Marlee Valley High Auditorium for the Performing Arts / Theodore McCombs -- A skillful impostor / Rebehah Bergman -- And so, what do you know? / K. W. Onley -- To the bottom / Josh Eure -- Shock of birth / Cadwell Turnbull -- I not I / M. Darusha Wehm -- Blink / Darkly Lem -- On the spectrum / Justin C. Key -- Battlesuit / Cliff Winnig -- Life at sea / Craig Lincoln -- The other me / Rebekah Bergman -- Remember, words, remember / Ben Murphy -- Arrivals and departures / Josh Eure.
Summary:
Many Worlds, or The Simulacra is an anthology of reality-bending stories from a one-of-a-kind collective of authors building a shared multiverse. The stories in this anthology range from quietly strange to ambitiously speculative. Humans transform into cosmic energy or sentient algae. A man wakes up in a new body in a world with continents cut out, months absent from the calendar year, and souls misplaced. Students at a high school regularly vanish without a trace. A woman descends into the depths of the ocean and encounters all-knowing creatures who may have the answers to her deepest questions. Mech-suits and parallel selves, conspiracy forums and interstellar telepaths, and a mysterious cosmic force connecting it all; the stories in this collection are revelatory and offer a breathtaking portal into worlds far more mysterious than our own. Subversive, transgressive, and utterly original, this collection compels the reader to believe in the fantastical -- Page [4] of cover.
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