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The Sum of Us Tales of the Bonded and Bound - Laksa Anthology Series: Speculative Fiction, No 2
Author: Susan Forest (Editor), â€Ž Lucas K. Law (Editor)

The world of caregivers and unsung heroes, the province of ghosts . . .Who are THE SUM OF US? Children giving care. Dogs and cats giving care. Sidekicks, military, monks, ghosts, robots. Even aliens. Care given by lovers, family, professionals. Caregivers who can no longer give. Caregivers who make the decision not to give... more », and the costs and the consequences that follow. Bound to us by invisible bonds, but with lives, dreams, and passions of their own. If we believe that we are the protagonists of our lives, then caregivers, our pillars, are ghosts, the bit players, the stock characters, the secondary supports, living lives of quiet trust and toil in the shadows. Summoned to us by the profound magic of great emotional, physical, or psychological need, they play their roles, and when our need diminishes...the caregivers fade. These are their stories. Twenty-three science fiction and fantasy authors capture the depth and breadth of caring and of giving. They find insight, joy, devastation, and heroism in grand sweeps and in tiny niches. And, like wasps made of stinging words, there is pain in giving, and in working one's way through to the light. Our lives and relationships are complex. But in the end, there is hope, and there is love.

Contents:

Foreword (The Sum of Us) • essay by Lucas K. Law
Introduction (The Sum of Us) • essay by Dominik Parisien
The Dunschemin Retirement Home for Repentant Supervillains / short story by Ian Creasey
Bottleneck / novelette by A. M. Dellamonica
Mother Azalea's Sad Home for Forgotten Adults / short story by James Van Pelt
Things That Creep and Bind / short story by Christie Yant
The Gift / short story by Bev Geddes
The Gatekeeper / short story by Juliet Marillier
The Healer's Touch / short story by Colleen Anderson
The Crystal Harvester / short story by Brenda Cooper
The Burdens We Bear / short story by Hayden Trenholm
A Mother's Milk / short story by Heather Osborne
The Mother's Keepers / short story by Edward Willett
The Oracle and the Warlord / short story by Karina Sumner-Smith
The Beautiful Gears of Dying / short story by Sandra Kasturi
The Gardener / short story by Amanda Sun
Number One Draft Pick / short story by Claire Humphrey
Orang Tua Adventure Home Academy / short story by Charlotte Ashley
Sunshine of Your Love / short story by Nisi Shawl
Good-bye Is That Time Between Now and Forever / short story by Matt Moore
Ambassador to the Meek / short story by Alex Shvartsman
Gone Flying / short story by Liz Westbrook-Trenholm
Am I Not a Proud Outlier? / short story by Kate Story
Blinders / novelette by Tyler Keevil
Dreams as Fragile as Glass / short story by Caroline M. Yoachim
Afterword (The Sum of Us) • essay by Susan Forest

ISBN-13: 9781988140032
ISBN-10: 198814003X
Publication Date: 9/8/2017
Pages: 384
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Publisher: Laksa Media Groups
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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