Amplitudes

Praise

Advanced Praise for Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity

“A vibrant collection of queer and trans lives! In these dark times, there’s nothing more radical than what Amplitudes says just by existing: there is a future, and we are in it.” —Adam Sass, award-winning author of Surrender Your Sons and The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers

“I loved this anthology. Every story feels bigger than its word count, each a singular universe that stayed with me for long after I finished reading. Amplitudes left me expanded, curious, a bit heartsore, and terribly excited for the future of queer and trans literature. This is required reading.”—Chana Porter, Lambda Literary Award-nominated author of The Thick and the Lean

“Rooting through a broken, still-breaking world, Amplitudes finds amid the danger to trans and queer people real possibilities for resilience, connection, even flourishing. Clear-eyed, breathlessly imaginative, deeply felt, and defiant, this anthology showcases the best of our determination to make a life better than we found it.” —Theodore McCombs, author of the Octavia E. Butler Award finalist Uranians

“This is the book we need — a big, triumphant collection of stories that shoot for God. Lee Mandelo makes bold, rewarding choices as editor, and the result is a book that’s more than the sum of its parts. These writers aren’t just exploring the future. They are the future.” —Isaac Fellman, author of Notes from a Regicide

“The heraldic moments within Amplitudes gloriously reveal the most impossible and necessary truths of what a queer and trans foregleam can be; a revelation for those who need a guiding light towards the future and fully embodies the hope, rage, fear, and, most of all, the love that is the beating heart of every queer revolution.” —Linda H. Codega, author of Motheater

“Amplitudes is a tidal wave of excellent science fiction, brought up from the deep sea of trans and queer talent in our genre. Every story is like a pearl, birthed in grit but shining in perfection, each one strung after the other masterfully by editor Lee Mandelo. Lee knows better than most that our mere existence is resistance, and to look into our future is transcendental. This book is so good. Cherish it.” —Cecilia Tan, award-winning author of Black Feathers

“Amplitudes is a fantastical kaleidoscope of queer futures, encompassing the full spectrum of joy and hardship, resilience and vulnerability. This is the anthology I want with me in the coming years, as a reminder of everything we have to fight for and all the wonderful queer possibilities that await us.” —Ann LaBlanc, editor of the anthology Embodied Exegesis

“The stories in Amplitudes transport us to the edges of time, space, and possibility as their authors dare us to imagine the future of queerness. Each one offers its own striking vision of how we survive and thrive in these speculative realities, yet they all reflect what has always been true—we will never stop fighting for a brighter tomorrow.” —Eddy Boudel Tan, author of The Tiger and the Cosmonaut and After Elias

“The stories of Amplitudes portray futurism and the speculative in a way that feels as real as the present. From a lesbian anarchist knight to a Love Shack circuit party, each story acts as a portal to a new universe, captivating in its own way. A queer and trans anthology that reminds us that as dark as it gets, we will always have each other, and that the future is ours for the taking, if we fight for it.” —Daniel Zomparelli, co-editor of Queer Little Nightmares

“The stories in Amplitudes all crackle with electricity. It was such a joy to get lost in these wildly different worlds—some frightening, all alive with wild hope—from Wen-Yi Lee’s wickedly beautiful “They Will Give Us a Home,” to the taut portrait of desire in Bendi Barrett’s lush “Six Days,” to the spiraling possibilities in Katharine Duckett’s sharp-voiced “pocket futures in the present past.” Editor Lee Mandelo has crafted a set list that sings out with a bold sense of queer rebellion, and he’s inviting us all to a raucous dance party.” —Nathan Tavares, author of A Fractured Infinity and Welcome to Forever