Little Labyrinths: Speculative Microfictions

by Sean Williams

Matter transporters, dead worlds, and ghostly encounters. Parallel worlds, time-travel, and dangers that lurk in the shadows. 

Little Labyrinths brings together 17 vignettes and microfictions from one of Australia’s premier authors of science fiction and fantasy. Collected together for the first time, these brief tales and startling asides cover territory that is playful, experimental, and infused with speculative wonder. Once dubbed Australia’s King of Genre Fiction, Williams’ work will remind you of the strange, exciting, and mysterious pleasures that come from losing yourself in the smallest stories. 

Genres: Science Fiction

57 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 22, 2021

About the author

#1 New York Times bestselling Sean Williams lives with his family in Adelaide, South Australia. He’s written some books--forty-two at last count--including the Philip K. Dick-nominated Saturn Returns, several Star Wars novels and the Troubletwister series with Garth Nix. Twinmaker is a YA SF series that takes his love affair with the matter transmitter to a whole new level. You can find some related short stories over at Lightspeed Magazine and elsewhere. Thanks for reading.

Reviews

[Hung Wasson · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fast read collection of speculative science fiction

This anthology of short speculative fiction from Australian author, Sean Williams, was my introduction to his writings. I number of stories in the book apparently take place in his "dmatter" universe, while others are standalone. One story with horror overtones (there's a few sprinkled in) appears to be an homage to "The Thing". I liked Sean Williams' writing enough that I've searched for and downloaded one of his novels.

[Peter Hollo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sean is a great storyteller at any length. A lovely little chapbook.

[Samantha Rooney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great collection of short stories