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y separately published work icon From the Wasteland anthology   short story  
Alternative title: From the Wasteland : Stories Inspired by T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land
Issue Details: First known date: 2022... 2022 From the Wasteland
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'From The Waste Land - stories inspired by T.S. Eliot's “The Waste Land” Plaintive ghosts, deep space, medieval castles, rising seas, parched deserts, abandoned villages…Inspired by its powerful themes—still highly resonant in an era looking for hope—nineteen original tales mark the centenary of Eliot’s poem. From the Waste Land brings together decorated writers and new voices in fantasy; ghost tales, horror, dystopia and science fiction. With a blend of the grotesque and the sublime, the poignant and the horrifying, the sad and the stoic, you’ll find stories that conjure wastelands from the 1500s to many centuries hence. You’ll also find the hope for humanity and the belief in our joint future that these writers seek for us all.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Contents

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Death by Water, Grace Chan , single work short story

'Even further into the future in ‘Death By Water’ , Grace Chan offers the tale of a bionic archaeologist investigating a bygone disaster on the planet Orpheus – a story whose heartbeat ponders the persistence of the spirit.'

Source: https://clarerhoden.com/from-the-wasteland-the-writers/from-the-waste-land-meet-the-stories/

A Winter Respite, Clare Rhoden , single work short story

'Aided by a benevolent ghost, a family of sorts gathers in a ruined village on the Western Front as Great War battles rage in Clare Rhoden’s ‘A Winter Respite’.'

Source: https://clarerhoden.com/from-the-wasteland-the-writers/from-the-waste-land-meet-the-stories/

She Who Walks Behind You, Leanbh Pearson , single work short story fantasy

'In the tight, emotionally draining medieval fantasy ‘She Who Walks Behind You’, Leanbh Pearson transforms sword-and-spirit into a fresh tale of lost loves and loneliness.'

Source: https://clarerhoden.com/from-the-wasteland-the-writers/from-the-waste-land-meet-the-stories/

The Watcher of Greenwich, Laura Goodin , single work short story

'Yet still in London, Laura E Goodin takes us to an alternative sixteenth century, where a half-trained sorcerer and the queen of the realm defy the eldritch being that’s cursed her family, tormented her people – the dire ‘Watcher of Greenwich’.'

Source: https://clarerhoden.com/from-the-wasteland-the-writers/from-the-waste-land-meet-the-stories/

Exhausted Wells, Tee Linden , single work short story
Rats Alley, Jeff Clulow , single work short story

'The pathos and pointlessness of war, so evident in Russia’s war in Ukraine as it was those many years ago since 1914, resonate in Jeff Clulow’s ‘Rats Alley’. Herein the aftermath of the Great War ruptures society again when a soldier facing death in the trenches makes a dark bargain to save his life.'

Source: https://clarerhoden.com/from-the-wasteland-the-writers/from-the-waste-land-meet-the-stories/

Fragments of Ruin, Ben Marshall , single work short story

'Back in the land of Oz, BP Marshall tracks the journey of a prophet and his disciple across a ruined landscape as they carry the last truth to humanity’s survivors in his story ‘Fragments of Ruin’. A climate apocalypse underpins a swathe of the stories, reflecting humanity’s struggle to recognise and react to our own world’s endangerment.'

Source: https://clarerhoden.com/from-the-wasteland-the-writers/from-the-waste-land-meet-the-stories/

Dead Men, Cat Sparks , single work short story

'Digging for the truth in Cat Sparks’ ‘Dead Men’, teenage friends uncover more truths than they expect when a fierce storm washes up old technological artifacts.'

Source: https://clarerhoden.com/from-the-wasteland-the-writers/from-the-waste-land-meet-the-stories/

A Dusty Handful, Aveline Perez de Vera , single work short story

'In ‘A Dusty Handful’, Aveline Perez de Vera invites us on board a dirigible circus, tethered at Big Ben over London-That-Was, to solve the mystery of the missing trapeze artist.'

Source: https://clarerhoden.com/from-the-wasteland-the-writers/from-the-waste-land-meet-the-stories/

Lidless Eyes that See, Geneve Flynn , single work short story

'The catastrophic breakdown of society infects Geneve Flynn’s story ‘Lidless Eyes That See’. In this story, a woman and a boy travel through post-apocalyptic ruins, telling each other a story that neither can survive with intact sanity.'

Source: https://clarerhoden.com/from-the-wasteland-the-writers/from-the-waste-land-meet-the-stories/

A Witch's Bargain, Rebecca Dale , single work short story

'A related theme underpins Rebecca Dale’s ‘A Witch’s Bargain’, where the fight for a humane future involves arcane magic and unlikely democratic processes.'

Source: https://clarerhoden.com/from-the-wasteland-the-writers/from-the-waste-land-meet-the-stories/

A Fiddled Whisper Music on Those Strings, Eugen Bacon , single work short story

'Family horror also awaits in Eugen Bacon’s ‘And Fiddled Whisper Music on Those Strings’ as a young girl chooses violence in answer to her own torments.'

Source: https://clarerhoden.com/from-the-wasteland-the-writers/from-the-waste-land-meet-the-stories/

Mountain of Death, Austin P. Sheehan , single work short story

'Austin P Sheehan plunges us to the middle of a magical war, where an expedient king spends lives without a thought for the cost: what if the beloved dead actually return?'

Source: https://clarerhoden.com/from-the-wasteland-the-writers/from-the-waste-land-meet-the-stories/

Fawdaze, Rebecca Fraser , single work short story

'More families fracture in Rebecca Fraser’s ‘Fawdaze’ when two sisters face an unearthly stranger in a story that harnesses misogyny and climate destruction to change everyone’s destiny.'

Source: https://clarerhoden.com/from-the-wasteland-the-writers/from-the-waste-land-meet-the-stories/

Over the Mountains, Tim Law , single work short story

'Tim Law’s man of the land chases a dream of perfection in ‘Over the Mountain’, to find that true love lies in nurturing the soils of home, forming a modern parable about caring for our environment.'

Source: https://clarerhoden.com/from-the-wasteland-the-writers/from-the-waste-land-meet-the-stories/

A Shadow in this Red Rock, Louise Zedda-Sampson , single work short story

'Louise Zedda Sampson pulls her focus much more tightly, trapping us in the violent atmosphere of an all too ordinary home, where a red rock holds the key to a woman’s fate.'

Source: https://clarerhoden.com/from-the-wasteland-the-writers/from-the-waste-land-meet-the-stories/

Dry Bones, Robert Hood , single work short story

'In ‘Dry Bones’, Robert Hood shows us a terrifying future, where all the technology at our disposal can’t solve the deadly heat, violent weather and rising ocean levels, while survivors slowly disappear, transformed into mere skeletons overnight.'

Source: https://clarerhoden.com/from-the-wasteland-the-writers/from-the-waste-land-meet-the-stories/

April, Francesca Bussey , single work short story

'The future worries our writers, and other stories take us far into the unknown. Francesca Bussey’s heroine in ‘April’, alone on the post-pandemic landscape, chooses an abandoned church for shelter and awakens angry spirits.'

Source: https://clarerhoden.com/from-the-wasteland-the-writers/from-the-waste-land-meet-the-stories/

The Violet Hour, Nikky Lee , single work short story

'We finally arrive at Nikky Lee’s ‘The Violet Hour’, in which those who are the right kind of desperate can play a game of chess with a deadly wager. A win will grant them their greatest wish, a loss will cost them years from their lives. All the while, an eternal spirit hopes for relief and a better outcome.'

Source: https://clarerhoden.com/from-the-wasteland-the-writers/from-the-waste-land-meet-the-stories/

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Harrogate, Yorkshire,
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      England,
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      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      PS Publishing ,
      2022 .
      image of person or book cover 2123398593495356370.png
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 337p.p.
      Limited edition info: 100 jacketed hardcover signed by author (also available in unlimited hardcover ed.)
      Note/s:
      • Published October 2022.
      ISBN: 9781786368881 (unsigned jacketed hardcover), 9781786368881 (limited ed.)

Works about this Work

[Review] From the Wasteland Damien Lawardorn , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 162 2023;

— Review of From the Wasteland 2022 anthology short story
[Review] From the Wasteland Damien Lawardorn , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 162 2023;

— Review of From the Wasteland 2022 anthology short story
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