Playful, whimsical, or dark, but always thoughtful and tinged with the inexplicably weird,the Weird Dream Society brings together twenty-three stories from the most innovativecreators in speculative fiction.Nathan Ballingrud, Carina Bissett, Gregory Norman Bossert, Karen Bovenmyer,Christopher Brown, Emily Cataneo, Julie C. Day, Michael J Deluca, Gemma Files,A.T. Greenblatt, Nin Harris, Chip Houser, James Patrick Kelly, Marianne Kirby, Kathrin KöhlerMatthew Kressel, Jordan Kurella, Premee Mohamed, Sarah Read, Sofia Samatar,Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, Steve Toase, A.C. WiseAll proceeds from the Weird Dream Society anthology will go to RAICES. RAICES envisions acompassionate society where all people have the right to migrate, and human rights are guaranteed.Some dreams can change the world.

Weird Dream Society: An Anthology of the Possible & Unsubstantiated in Support of RAICES

Literature & Fiction

Read, Sarah

Files, Gemma

Toase, Steve

Ballingrud, Nathan

Kirby, Marianne

Kelly, James Patrick

Day, Julie C.

Bossert, Gregory Norman

Bissett, Carina

Houser, Chip

Genre Fiction

Reckoning Press

"We all know that biodiversity is endangered, but our hyper-urban lifestyles are making us so out of touch with the natural world that it's sometimes easier to imagine complete environmental destruction than to look at the environment we still do have. And how can we be expected to protect what we don't even see?" --fiction editor Cécile Cristofari""The little seed you're carrying around, waiting to replant. The spaces cupped full of joy in motion. Something holy in your pocket; a little-god reminder of why we do the work and what's worth working for. That which is coming. That which has been quietly growing all along. That which is beautiful amidst the noise-all seen through the lens of environmental justice." -- poetry editor Leah Bobet

Reckoning 5

Literary

A series of creative reactions to the pandemic, its impact on our creative processes and prospects for the future from Reckoning contributors and staff.

Reckoning: Creativity and Coronavirus

Lingen, Marissa

"This anthology offers seriously admirable work. Highly recommended.” —Arley Sorg, Lightspeed Magazine\n"24 impressive stories of healing and rebuilding...These hopeful stories offer something for any speculative fiction reader." —Publishers Weekly\n"Some of these stories explore a world that is fully broken, others are focused on when it just begins to crack. But what's clear above all is that the world breaks for some groups of people much earlier than others. An inclusive and adept anthology in which each story is a facet for a different perspective on where we've gone—or will go—wrong." 
—Brian Evenson\n"A thoughtful, diverse collection hewing closely to the themes of connection and devotion—tender reunions, heartbreaking partings, misplaced loyalty, friendship, romance, parenthood, these character-focused stories have it all." 
—Premee Mohamed\nWhy collect stories about our Dreams for a Broken World? 
Because our world is broken. Our society is rife with injustice and inequality, war and environmental disaster, racism and hatred. 
Stories help us imagine other futures. Stories inspire us. When we read, or write, about individuals and communities fighting for justice, we grow to believe in these possibilities. Maybe we even join the characters, breaking through barriers and building new connections. 
This anthology draws from both genre and literary traditions to dream together about a more just world. Included here are original stories, reprints, and novel excerpts. The mix of genres, from literary to fantastical, from dark to playful, from speculative to activist, offers perspectives that are varied, imaginative, thoughtful, and provocative. 
Our TOC 
Dreams for a Broken World brings together twenty-four authors who've generously offered up their work for this project: 
Andrew Altschul, Joy Baglio, Innocent Chizarama Ilo, Breena Clarke, Zig Zag Claybourne, Tina Egnoski, Cai Emmons, JoeAnn Hart, Ava Homa, Céline Keating, Aimee Liu, Jan Maher, Usman T. Malik, Benjamin Parzybok, Charles Payseur, Robert V.S. Redick, Veronica Schanoes, Nisi Shawl, Vandana Singh, Lisa Taylor, Sheree Renée Thomas, Marie Vibbert, Cynthia Young, and Sabrina Vourvoulias. 
Their work traverses an array of styles, genres, and subject matter. And yet themes connect each of these stories. What does it mean to live in a fractured and uncertain world? How do we face the ugliness? How do we find a better way forward?\nUs 
Dreams for a Broken World is the second charity anthology in the Dreams series published by Essential Dreams Press, an imprint of Reckoning Press; charity means that all the proceeds from sales are donated to a non-profit doing work to fix our broken world. 
Ellen Meeropol joins series editor Julie C. Day as guest co-editor of this second book in the series, a fundraiser for the Rosenberg Fund for Children. The RFC is a non-profit, public foundations that aids children in the U.S. whose parents are targeted, progressive activists. They also assist youth who themselves have been targeted as a result of their progressive activities. 
Can stories change the world? Not alone. But as poet Martín Espada wrote, "Any oppressive social condition, before it can be changed, must be named and condemned in words that persuade by stirring the emotions, awakening the senses." 
Naming. Condemning. Stirring. Awakening. That's what we hope these stories will do for all of us.

Dreams for a Broken World

Shawl, Nisi

Thomas, Sheree Renée

Homa, Ava

Malik, Usman T.

Claybourne, Zig Zag

Payseur, Charles

United States

Reckoning: Our Beautiful Reward

Cooper, Linda

Poetry

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