Core Truths
A Collection of Speculative Short Stories
Published on 15. April 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
226 pages
979-8-9879857-0-0 (ISBN)
Description
18 speculative short stories...A father and his young son face a choice-risk their lives by extending kindness to a person who is not supposed to exist or risk their souls by walking on.
In a dark and starless world where magical creatures are hunted and destroyed, a captive girl's courage sets in motion a wish that will change the skyscape forever.
A microbiologist sees things that others do not. But isn't that the nature of science?
A scientist from a dying planet weighs the value of one individual life against the lives of many.
An ancient being questions the validity of doctrine.
A clone questions what it means to be human.
CORE TRUTHS: Speculative literary fiction that gleans its energy from the fantastical, making us think about who we are as people, about those Core Truths that govern the lives we choose to live.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
248 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-9879857-0-0 (9798987985700)
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Lisa Fox is a pharmaceutical market researcher by day and fiction writer by night. She survives-and sometimes even thrives-in the chaos of suburban New Jersey life with her husband, two teenage sons, and quirky Double-Doodle dog. Her debut short story collection, Core Truths, was published in April 2023. Lisa's work has been featured in Amazing Stories, Uncharted Magazine, Dark Matter, Bards and Sages Quarterly, Metaphorosis, New Myths, and Brilliant Flash Fiction among others. Lisa has had work nominated for the Pushcart Prize and for Best Small Fictions and is a previous winner of the NYC Midnight Short Screenplay competition. You can find Lisa and her published work via her website: lisafoxiswriting.com or on Twitter @iamlisafox10800.