Cait Gordon – författare

From the award-winning author of Season One: Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space!READY FOR THE MEET-AWKWARD OF THE 25TH CENTURY?Colleen O'Donnell is a fifty-something neurodivergent and disabled electro-mech technician serving We're Greater Than's space hospitality division. She's sweary, blurty, and goes nowhere without a constant companion—Fiona, her rollator.Colleen's dear friend Brina is marrying Sharon. Their hen party will be at the Coq of the Walk exotic dance club and rotisserie, which boasts the best wing sauce in the solar system. Our heroine nearly flies the coop when she discovers she has to dress up as an actual hen!Meanwhile, everyone seems to be over the moon that Captain Joshua Speers, renowned war hero, has returned to the stations. Messages cry, "e;Captain Hot Wings is back!"e; Squeals abound!This means absolutely nothing to Colleen. She's single and fine that way. Hot Wings can dip into someone else's sauce, right? What are the chances she and Fiona would even bump into him? And if they did, would it amount to anything? . . . . . .Advanced Praise for Hot Wings and Sauciness"e;Like Schitt's Creek or Heated Rivalry, the world of Hot Wings and Sauciness shimmers with a delightful sense of hope and possibility."e;Dr. Robyn Diner, editor of More than a MILF: Sex and the Aging Female Body"e;Finally, a romance we all were asking for, with realistic world building, an over-fifty romance while disabled, and yummy-yummy chicken wings. Gordon mixes storytelling with advocacy and once more shows us a world where accommodations for disability is just the way it should be."e;C.L. Carey, author of the Prix Aurora Award finalist, Spaced!

Shortlisted for the 2026 Whistler Independent Book Awards and nominated in three 2026 Indieverse Awards categories: Best Collection, Boundary Pusher, and Disability Representation!A nonbinary Alice accidentally enters their own clubbing wonderland because of a smiley app and Bong Guy. An autistic writing instructor who hates ABA but loves ABBA becomes an unexpected hero. A "e;silent"e; mermaid-siren noted for keeping the sea safe from poachers is guided to a Lander who might not be like the others. A disabled space pilot couriers precious cargo for the Network while trying to evade the eugenics-based brigade who wants to keep people like her "e;safe at home."e; A descendant of Frankenstein's monster is having her sweet sixteen party, but her mother's gift stops the teen in her rollators tracks.Explore these stories and more in this collection of fifteen tales of queer life, disability, romance, power, defiance, and resilience.Words of praise:"e;Cait's stories resonate well beyond the disabled community. Having said that, as a disabled Canadian, I cannot stress how significant it felt to read a short story collection that offers such impactful representation."e; Matthew D. Del Papa for The Fiddlehead"e;The stories in Speculative Shorts display Gordon's knack for making the reader privy to the protagonists' thoughts and reactions in an empathetic and often amusing way as the action progresses."e; Lisa Timpf for the Seaboard Review of Books"e;Cait Gordon writes with infectious joy and energy, and with a sense of humour that is never far from the surface even in the darkest moments."e; Kate Heartfield, Prix Aurora Award-winning author of The Embroidered Book"e;Speculative Shorts is a fun, delicious taste of the range of Cait's spice-rack of writing skills, and she blends together those elements incredibly."e; Dr. Derek Newman-Stille, Prix Aurora Award winner of the digital humanities hub, Speculating Canada