Book description
Finalist, Writers Trust Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers
Genre-blending stories of transformation and belonging that centre women of colour and explore queerness, family, and community.
A couple in a crumbling marriage faces divine intervention. A woman dies in her dreams again and again until she finds…
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1 author picked Chrysalis as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This collection of stories bends and blurs the lines between genre fiction and literature in a way that made me want to devour the book in one sitting.
Stories bound by genre conventions have a certain predictability when it comes to the plot; literature tends to be guided by character. The stories in this book are not bound by either, and the end result is an unpredictable, beautifully written page-turner.
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