Through the Portal

Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia: an Inspired and fascinating range of all-new speculative storytelling.

Hopeful dystopias are so much more than an apparent oxymoron: they are in some fundamental way the spearhead of the future - and ironically often a celebration of human spirit by shining a light through the darkness of disaster.
In Through the Portal: Stories from a Hopeful Dystopia, award-winning authors of speculative fiction Lynn Hutchinson Lee and Nina Munteanu have gathered a collection that explores strange new terrains and startling social constructs, quiet morphing landscapes, dark and terrifying warnings, lush newly-told folk and fairy tales. These authors show us that now, more than ever, our world urgently needs stories about hope.

Featuring: Agata Antonow, Krista D. Ball, R.H. Berry, Sarah Christina Brown, Mary Burns, K.R.R. Byggdin, Petra Chambers, Katie Conrad, M.L.D. Curelas, Matthew Freeman, Liam Hogan, Cornelia Hoogland, Vanessa Hua, Jerri Jerreat, Zilla Jones, Katherine Koller, Eric MacNair, Melanie Marttila, Bruce Meyer, Isabella Mori, E. Martin Nolan, Avery Parkinson, Ursula Pflug, Marisca Pichette, Shana Ross, Lynne Sargent, Karen Schauber, Holly Schofield, Anneliese Schultz, Gin Sexsmith, Sara C. Walker, Jade Wallace, and Melissa Yuan-Innes.