Rachel Swirsky – författare

“One of the best speculative writers of the last decade.”—John ScalziA Philip K. Dick Award nominee!January Fifteenth—the day all Americans receive their annual Universal Basic Income payment.For Hannah, a middle-aged mother, today is the anniversary of the day she took her two children and fled her abusive ex-wife.For Janelle, a young, broke journalist, today is another mind-numbing day interviewing passersby about the very policy she once opposed.For Olivia, a wealthy college freshman, today is “Waste Day”, when rich kids across the country compete to see who can most obscenely squander the government’s money.For Sarah, a pregnant teen, today is the day she’ll journey alongside her sister-wives to pick up the payment­­s that undergird their community—and perhaps embark on a new journey altogether.In this near-future science fiction novella by Nebula Award-winning author Rachel Swirsky, the fifteenth of January is another day of the status quo, and another chance at making lasting change.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

From Nebula Award-winning author Rachel Swirsky comes a time traveling adventure Placed into Abyss (Mise en Abyse), a Tor.com Original short story.Chris would rather be anywhere but here, cleaning out his deceased, hateful grandparents’ house with his relatives. Each room he visits takes him back in time to another traumatic memory. To escape this house and his grandparents and his past, he’ll need to take time travel into his own hands.Content warning for fictional depictions of verbal, physical, and sexual child abuse.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The heroes are eager to sail to Troy for war, but the wind is still. To fill their sails and set out, they must sacrifice Agamemnon''s daughter Iphigenia—and how does a human girl become the wind? The starkness and psychological insight of Rachel Swirsky''s Tor.com story earned it a place among the finalists for the 2010 Nebula Award. Rachel Swirsky''s short fiction has appeared in Weird Tales, Fantasy Magazine, and Subterranean Magazine, among others, and has been collected in Year''s Best anthologies edited by Rich Horton, Jonathan Strahan, and the VanderMeers. She is also the submissions editor of Podcastle, an audio fantasy magazine.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Originally published on Tor.com, Rachel Swirsky''s contemporary tale of love in all its forms—and of one robot''s quest to know it, and himself, on his own terms—is a finalist for the 2010 Hugo Award and the 2010 Locus Award. Rachel Swirsky''s short fiction has appeared in Weird Tales, Fantasy Magazine, and Subterranean Magazine, among others, and has been collected in Year''s Best anthologies edited by Rich Horton, Jonathan Strahan, and the VanderMeers. She is also the submissions editor of Podcastle, an audio fantasy magazine.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The mind has an amazing ability to heal itself, especially given the newest therapies, but Aaron''s mind just won''t cooperate. And neither will… he.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The line between art and magic is a treacherous thing.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A collection of some of the best original short fiction published on Tor.com in 2012. Includes stories by Elizabeth Bear, Adam Troy Castro, Paul Cornell, Kathryn Cramer, Brit Mandelo, Pat Murphy, Charles Stross, Michael Swanwick, Rachel Swirsky, and Gene Wolfe.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.