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The Ansible Stories
Ansible: Rasha's Letter
Rasha is a Syrian refugee fleeing war with her infant son. Sahira is a time-traveling, shapeshifting hijabi defender of humanity.
In a distant future when all humanity flees a predatory and unexpected horror, Rasha's choices at a critical moment could make the difference between extinction and refuge -- if Sahira can get her safely to that day.
Both time-travel thriller and love story, this riveting addition to the Ansible saga takes you from the dust and despair of bombed-out cities and poisoned land to the weird apparitions that can transform a planet’s future.
Ansible: Rasha’s Letter is the opening episode of Ansible: Season 3.
PRAISE FOR THE ANSIBLE SERIES
“Stant Litore may be SF’s premiere poet of loneliness.” – Jason Kirk, author of Reverb and The Other Whites in South Africa
“Litore’s stories aren’t only entertaining. They are stories invading our lives, unexpectedly. You encounter them, as you might encounter people. They are those random elements in life that happen to you, like a mugging, like childbirth, like falling in love and marriage, like death and the funeral that follows. They are moments that leave a mark, and leave you changed.” – Andrew Hallam, Ph.D., Metropolitan State University of Denver
“Stant eloquently writes passages that are so moving, full of passion, fury, loneliness, blind drive … He takes us to places of amazing beauty, awe-inspiring, as well as places where the implications in the story can leave you almost in despair for the human race.” – Nikki Ebright, Director, Myths & Legends Con
In a distant future when all humanity flees a predatory and unexpected horror, Rasha's choices at a critical moment could make the difference between extinction and refuge -- if Sahira can get her safely to that day.
Both time-travel thriller and love story, this riveting addition to the Ansible saga takes you from the dust and despair of bombed-out cities and poisoned land to the weird apparitions that can transform a planet’s future.
Ansible: Rasha’s Letter is the opening episode of Ansible: Season 3.
PRAISE FOR THE ANSIBLE SERIES
“Stant Litore may be SF’s premiere poet of loneliness.” – Jason Kirk, author of Reverb and The Other Whites in South Africa
“Litore’s stories aren’t only entertaining. They are stories invading our lives, unexpectedly. You encounter them, as you might encounter people. They are those random elements in life that happen to you, like a mugging, like childbirth, like falling in love and marriage, like death and the funeral that follows. They are moments that leave a mark, and leave you changed.” – Andrew Hallam, Ph.D., Metropolitan State University of Denver
“Stant eloquently writes passages that are so moving, full of passion, fury, loneliness, blind drive … He takes us to places of amazing beauty, awe-inspiring, as well as places where the implications in the story can leave you almost in despair for the human race.” – Nikki Ebright, Director, Myths & Legends Con
- GenresScience Fiction
51 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 4, 2017
4 people want to read
About the author
Stant Litore
49 books216 followersStant Litore is the author of Ansible, The Running of the Tyrannosaurs, The Zombie Bible, and Dante’s Heart. Besides science fiction and fantasy, he has written the writers’ toolkits Write Worlds Your Readers Won’t Forget and Write Characters Your Readers Won’t Forget, as well as Lives of Unstoppable Hope and Lives of Unforgetting, and has been featured in Jeff Vandermeer’s Wonderbook: An Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction. He has served as a developmental editor for Westmarch Publishing and holds a Ph.D. in English. He lives in Aurora, Colorado with his wife and three children and is currently at work on his next novel.
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December 3, 2019
Beautiful story, amazingly written. Litore's work is amazing. Highly recommend.
August 9, 2017
A beautiful letter, full of despair, sorrow, hurt, loneliness and sadness, a reflection of today's reality, unfortunately. But, also full of hope and determination and love, towards the goal of a brave new world and humanity's survival. This series makes me realize the kind of people we are, brought me to tears, but also made me go on believing in humankind. Next,season 3!
May 11, 2017
Another excellent entry in Stan's Ansible series.
I must admit that I find it hard to write about the remarkable points in this story, as every word spent here would be spoiling the story. The only downside I could see is that it is quite short, only 30 pages or so, which left me once again with a strong desire to read more of the remarkable women in this story line.
So, in the end, go fetch this nice little story, and enjoy it for yourself, and prepare for quite a few thoughtful moments as you ponder all the intricacies set before you.
I must admit that I find it hard to write about the remarkable points in this story, as every word spent here would be spoiling the story. The only downside I could see is that it is quite short, only 30 pages or so, which left me once again with a strong desire to read more of the remarkable women in this story line.
So, in the end, go fetch this nice little story, and enjoy it for yourself, and prepare for quite a few thoughtful moments as you ponder all the intricacies set before you.
December 8, 2017
Just incredibly good.
May 30, 2024
Not what I was expecting.
I am a huge fan of the first two books in this series, even giving the second one five stars. But this first story in what is to become book three is almost nothing like the previous two, let me list some things that bugged me.
It takes place in current day with the Syrian civil war and racism against immigrants in Canada. Important topics to be sure but not what I was expecting from an extreme sci-fi series.
The characters all fall into the fantasy trope of either being perfect or completely evil.
And also, what mother would write her son a letter describing her sexual experiences? That really makes no sense in the letter context.
I am a huge fan of the first two books in this series, even giving the second one five stars. But this first story in what is to become book three is almost nothing like the previous two, let me list some things that bugged me.
It takes place in current day with the Syrian civil war and racism against immigrants in Canada. Important topics to be sure but not what I was expecting from an extreme sci-fi series.
The characters all fall into the fantasy trope of either being perfect or completely evil.
And also, what mother would write her son a letter describing her sexual experiences? That really makes no sense in the letter context.
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