{"product_id":"stellar-parallax-a-j-van-belle-9781952969508","title":"Stellar Parallax: Human Hope in Grimdark Worlds","description":"\u003cp\u003eA mother introduces her child to an orchard aboard a space station.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a floating city, a boy risks everything to save his baby sister.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the police escort an aging Puerto Rican man off his front porch, he expects to be shot. Instead, he finds himself on the way to a floating island where he may find peace after all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese and 17 other stories explore the role of hope at the extremes of human experience. The writers have imagined a variety of dangerous futures, and they've also imagined connection and compassion guiding the people of the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn twisted underground passageways, in the desolation of space, and on barren landscapes where the fate of a few seeds could make or break the future, the protagonists of Stellar Parallax: Human Hope in Grimdark Worlds find glimmers of light in darkness. Together, these stories ask: when we can't count on our world to be rational or safe, where does that leave us? And what can we build when everything we once trusted falls apart?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing stories by Aaron Timothy, K.M. Veohongs, Em Harriett, Roberto Cofresí Hopgood, Susan L. Lin, Heather Zoppetti, Austen Lee, Lucy Zhang, Fendy S. Tulodo, Jason P. Burnham, Marie-Hélène Lebeault, Monique Cuillerier, Lancer Kind, Jon Negroni, Stuart Conover, H.V. Patterson, R F Daniels, Naomi Klouda, Joyce Frohn, Frank Baird Hughes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e A. J. Van Belle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1952969506\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781952969508\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Inked in Gray LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.73d","brand":"A. J. Van Belle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48853013528831,"sku":"9781952969508","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stellar-parallax-a-j-van-belle-9781952969508","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}