Polestars: A series of single author collections by outstanding writers. The Polestar, or North Star, is defined as the brightest star in Ursa Minor; since every author chosen for this series is a star in their own right, Polestars provides the ideal banner under which to unite such outstanding works.
New Collection from Award-winning Author.
E.M. Faulds is an Australian-born author living in Scotland. Her debut collection won the 2023 British Fantasy Award. This, her second collection, is at least as strong. It features the first appearance in print of "Godzilla as a Young Man Named Mike", winner of the 2026 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction.
Nineteen stories that defy expectation. A blend of new and previously published work, narratives that dance across genre boundaries and refuse to be limited by stereotype. Stories that demonstrate why E.M. Faulds is regarded as one of the most exciting emerging voices of speculative fiction.
Contents: The Last Sign Godzilla As A Young Man Named Mike Love, Scotland Broken Blue Hand of Fire Dreams Itself Awake Skelp Terrible Lizard The Raiment of Youth Pearl and the World All the Way to the Dead Dog Party A Flight of Birds Better Blood The World is What You Make of It CAT-88 Elphbats Land Heavy, Heavy Down The Sky Has No Net About the Author
“A reminder of what it is to be human. Despite all the different broken little worlds depicted here, we are left with the hope that maybe open hearts are unbreakable, and another world entirely is possible.” – ParSec
The book is available as a paperback, a special hardback edition limited to just 50 copies - each individually numbered and signed by the author - and as an eBook. |