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Out There by Saundra Mitchell

Out There

Into the Queer New Yonder

Saundra Mitchell

Inkyard Press · Print & ebook · June 7, 2022

YA LGBTQ+YA Science FictionYA Short Storiesshort story
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Who it’s for
Seventeen queer YA stories bring love, time loops, alien encounters, and other futures into one collection.
Themes
Queer relationships and identity, Futuristic speculative scenarios, Survival on a dying planet
Genres
YA Short Stories, YA LGBTQ+, YA Science Fiction

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About this book

Into the queer new yonder! To conclude the trio of anthologies that started with critically acclaimed All Out and Out Now, Out There features seventeen original short stories set in the future from fantastic queer YA authors.

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Explore new and familiar worlds where the human consciousness can be uploaded into a body on Mars…an alien helps a girl decide if she should tell her best friend how she feels…two teens get stuck in a time loop at a space station…people are forced to travel to the past or the future to escape the dying planet…only a nonbinary person can translate the binary code of a machine that predicts the future…everyone in the world vanishes except for two teen girls who are in love. This essential and beautifully written collection immerses and surprises with each turn of the page. With original stories from: Ugochi M. Agoawike K. Ancrum Kalynn Bayron Z Brewer Mason Deaver Alechia Dow Z.R. Ellor Leah Johnson Naomi Kanakia Claire Kann Alex London Jim McCarthy Abdi Nazemian Emma K. Ohland Adam Sass Mato J. Steger Nita Tyndall

Queer Futures, Many Ways

Seventeen queer YA stories bring love, time loops, alien encounters, and other futures into one collection.

Come here for

  • A varied anthology spanning romance, speculative ideas, and unexpected worlds
  • Seventeen original stories by queer YA authors

Expect

  • Short stories set in the future, each with its own premise
  • A mix of familiar worlds and new ones

Where it sits

YA Science Fiction65%
YA LGBTQ+62%
YA Short Stories54%

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Publisher categories

  • YA Apocalyptic Fiction
  • Diverse YA Fiction
  • YA LGBTQ+
  • YA Romance - LGBTQ+
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  • Alien Contact for Teens
  • YA Short Stories
  • Time Travel Fiction
  • YA Own Voices
Authors
Saundra Mitchell
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Published
June 7, 2022
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Queer relationships and identity · Futuristic speculative scenarios · Survival on a dying planet
Reading lane
YA Apocalyptic Fiction