The Fragrance of Orchids and Other Stories

by Sally McBride

Overview

Sally McBride's haunting, mesmerizing short fiction has been captivating audiences for nearly forty years. It's been published in Asimov's, Amazing, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Realms of Fantasy, Northern Frights, Tesseracts, On Spec, and many more magazines, anthologies and best-of collections. It's won Canada's Aurora Award and been nominated for the Hugo and Nebula Awards. Her stories have been reprinted time and again. Now, for the first time, fourteen of her best-loved stories are collected together in this volume.

Therapy for an alien stranded on Earth from infancy, land and sea remaking humanity in its own image, smart buildings, memory manipulation, and more. Prepare to get transported to a fantastic future, a terrifying present, or look at history and myth in a whole new light.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781998795017
Publisher:	Brain Lag
Publication date:	07/14/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	264
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Sally McBride has lived in Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Victoria, and (briefly) Florida (her cat didn't like it there). These days she divides her time between life in the mountains of Idaho (with her American husband) and city living in Toronto (close to Canadian family). In all these places, she has found supportive friends and fellow writers who get what it means to stare into the abyss trying to interpret what-ifs, if-this-goes-ons, dreams and wishes, and all the random stimuli that feed a writer's creativity. Sally has two amazing children and some equally amazing grandchildren. She enjoys skiing, reading (of course), and zipping around on her electric bike.

Table of Contents

Speaking Sea

Softlinks

The Queen of Yesterday

The Emperor of the Half-Garden

The Fragrance of Orchids

A Breath After Dying

Hello, Jane, Goodbye

At the Biological Cafe

It's the Elemental Spirits!

As Far As Is Feasible

Totem

There Is a Violence

The Paisley Snow

The Faraway Club