Through Soft Air
Short story collection by Lee Battersby
0-8095-5646-4
Through Soft Air is the first short story collection from Australian speculative fiction writer Lee Battersby. Printed in 2006, it was published by US Publisher Prime Books.[1]
The cover art is by Gary Nurrish.
Stories
The collection contains the following stories:
- Father Muerte & the Theft
- Silk
- Carrying the God
- Pass the Parcel
- Through the Window Merrilee Dances
- Elyse (previously unpublished)
- The Divergence Tree
- Jaracara's Kiss (previously unpublished)
- The Hobbyist
- Mikal (previously unpublished)
- Letters to Josie
- A Stone to Mark My Passing
- Vortle
- Ecdysis
- A Very Good Lawyer
- Goodfellow
- Stalag Hollywood (previously unpublished)
- Brillig
- His Calliope(previously unpublished)
- Father Renoir's Hands (previously unpublished)
- Through Soft Air
- Dark Ages (previously unpublished)
- Tales of Nireym
- Father Muerte & the Rain
- Pater Familias
Critical reception
Writing for the Australian Specfic in focus website Nicole Murphy noted: that there were stories she felt were "undone", and said that was "A shame, because the idea of the book is terrific."[2]
References
External links
- Lee Battersby's home page
- Prime Books
- Review from Horrorscope
- Reviews from Ticonderoga Online
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