
Real Sugar is Hard to Find
Stories
Sim Kern(Author)
Interlink Books (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 6. October 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-1-62371-547-2 (ISBN)
Description
"Kern is a master at creating worlds that feel vast and lived-in with very few words, as well as balancing pathos with wry humor. The result is a searing, urgent, but still achingly tender work that will wow any reader of speculative fiction." —Publishers Weekly, starred review
From the bestselling author of Genocide Bad and The Free People’s Village comes a collection of genre-bending short stories, charting a course from bleak dystopian nightmares to wildly liberated futures.
Whether on a far-off planet spiraling out of orbit or in an enchanted forest poisoned by pesticides, the characters inhabiting these mirror-worlds face off against environmental collapse and rising fascism with hope, resistance, and enduring human connection.
Through eleven funny, fast-paced, and closely observed stories, Real Sugar is Hard to Find guides readers from apathy and despair towards radical, revolutionary optimism.
Now with a new afterword by the author, providing a behind-the-scenes look at their creative process.
From the bestselling author of Genocide Bad and The Free People’s Village comes a collection of genre-bending short stories, charting a course from bleak dystopian nightmares to wildly liberated futures.
Whether on a far-off planet spiraling out of orbit or in an enchanted forest poisoned by pesticides, the characters inhabiting these mirror-worlds face off against environmental collapse and rising fascism with hope, resistance, and enduring human connection.
Through eleven funny, fast-paced, and closely observed stories, Real Sugar is Hard to Find guides readers from apathy and despair towards radical, revolutionary optimism.
Now with a new afterword by the author, providing a behind-the-scenes look at their creative process.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Interlink Publishing Group, Inc
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 133 mm
Weight
336 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62371-547-2 (9781623715472)
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Person
Sim Kern is the New York Times bestselling author of Genocide Bad: Notes on Palestine, Jewish History, and Collective Liberation and The Free People’s Village, a USA Today bestseller and Indie Next Pick. Their debut horror novella, Depart, Depart!, was selected for the Honor List for the 2020 Otherwise Award. As a journalist, book influencer, and anti-Zionist Jewish activist, Kern has used their social media platform to share educational content about politics and power and has raised more than half a million dollars in direct aid for families in Gaza since 2023.