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An Invite to Eternity: Tales of Nature Disrupted
Humanity is facing a challenge if a magnitude ever before seen, compromising new anxieties we are at times unable to process. An Invite to Eternity is a collection of short story fiction that addresses this shift under the premise that speculative fiction, weird fiction, and dark horror are in a privileged position when it comes to expressing the new anxieties of global warming, climate change and out new worldwide geopolitical crisis.
The result is a collection of ecological and socially aware fiction for our times, from an international group of writers, all searching for a common language to articulate the present circumstances, where the world around us is rapidly moving towards a point of no return.
The result is a collection of ecological and socially aware fiction for our times, from an international group of writers, all searching for a common language to articulate the present circumstances, where the world around us is rapidly moving towards a point of no return.
392 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2019
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About the author
Gary Budden
29 books80 followersGary Budden writes fiction and creative non-fiction about the intersections of British sub-culture, landscape, psychogeography, hidden history, nature, horror, weird fiction and more.
His collection of uncanny psychogeographies and landscape punk, HOLLOW SHORES, was published by Dead Ink Books in October 2017. His dark fiction novella JUDDERMAN (as D.A. Northwood) is published in 2018 by the Eden Book Society.
He was shortlisted for the 2015 London Short Story Award, and his story ‘Greenteeth’ was nominated for a 2017 British Fantasy Award and adapted into a short film by the filmmaker Adam Scovell.
His work has been published widely, including Black Static, Structo, Elsewhere, Unthology, The Lonely Crowd, Gorse, and Year’s Best Weird Fiction.
Praise for HOLLOW SHORES:
Here are punks, ghosts, vampire-hunters, ancient gods that hate to be neglected. Here is a country and a world teetering on the lip of apocalyptic void. And here are, too, insanities, desperate longings, great loves and rages and beauties. Completely absorbing.
— Niall Griffiths, author of Runt
I don't think I've ever read a collection of stories that fitted together so well before, with each one deepening the same themes to make a powerful reading experience about loss, and belonging, and growing.
– Aliya Whiteley, author of The Beauty
Quiet, unsettling, and at times, quite beautiful... The overall sense of dissatisfaction (though never angsty) and longing for an ineffable, unattainable ideal in our environmentally ravaged world was authentically and meticulously rendered.
– Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts
Budden’s writing is sparse, terse even, but perfectly suited to the landscapes of dislocation and alienation that are his natural milieu.
– Nina Allan, author of The Rift
Like some mythic counterculture coast; The Snow Goose on speed.
– Tony White, author of The Fountain in the Forest
His collection of uncanny psychogeographies and landscape punk, HOLLOW SHORES, was published by Dead Ink Books in October 2017. His dark fiction novella JUDDERMAN (as D.A. Northwood) is published in 2018 by the Eden Book Society.
He was shortlisted for the 2015 London Short Story Award, and his story ‘Greenteeth’ was nominated for a 2017 British Fantasy Award and adapted into a short film by the filmmaker Adam Scovell.
His work has been published widely, including Black Static, Structo, Elsewhere, Unthology, The Lonely Crowd, Gorse, and Year’s Best Weird Fiction.
Praise for HOLLOW SHORES:
Here are punks, ghosts, vampire-hunters, ancient gods that hate to be neglected. Here is a country and a world teetering on the lip of apocalyptic void. And here are, too, insanities, desperate longings, great loves and rages and beauties. Completely absorbing.
— Niall Griffiths, author of Runt
I don't think I've ever read a collection of stories that fitted together so well before, with each one deepening the same themes to make a powerful reading experience about loss, and belonging, and growing.
– Aliya Whiteley, author of The Beauty
Quiet, unsettling, and at times, quite beautiful... The overall sense of dissatisfaction (though never angsty) and longing for an ineffable, unattainable ideal in our environmentally ravaged world was authentically and meticulously rendered.
– Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts
Budden’s writing is sparse, terse even, but perfectly suited to the landscapes of dislocation and alienation that are his natural milieu.
– Nina Allan, author of The Rift
Like some mythic counterculture coast; The Snow Goose on speed.
– Tony White, author of The Fountain in the Forest
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November 12, 2019
This is an important book that everyone should read right now. It's beautiful, engaging, and written with precision and insight. Love it!
May 11, 2022
“The Story of Dao” and “The Parasite” were my favorites. ”The Rainbow” exploring the class aspects of climate and denial was excellent. Would love to return to the world of “The Shadow of the Typhoon.” “The Apprentice” is a great continuation of the classic fable. “Laal Andhi” was a great story, but almost felt like it was making the opposite statement of what the collection is trying to do.
Many of the stories just ended when they were right on the verge of greatness. Many of the stories felt like climate-disaster post-apocalypses without much differentiation. The introductions and foreword had me really excited about using weird fiction and body horror and other parts of speculative fiction to explore the ungraspable aspects of climate change. Most of these stories didn’t quite hit that mark for me.
Many of the stories just ended when they were right on the verge of greatness. Many of the stories felt like climate-disaster post-apocalypses without much differentiation. The introductions and foreword had me really excited about using weird fiction and body horror and other parts of speculative fiction to explore the ungraspable aspects of climate change. Most of these stories didn’t quite hit that mark for me.
January 3, 2020
I particularly liked the stories by Tiina Raevaara, Aliya Whiteley, Kathleen Rani Hagen and, of course, Anna Starobinets. The collection is very heterogeneous, but I find that's its greatest virtue. I had a great time reading it!
June 5, 2024
I have many favorites from this anthology. Beautiful to have on your shelf, fascinating to read.
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews