An Archive of Brightness
by Kelsey Socha
FICTION / LGBTQ+ / General
FICTION / Science Fiction / General
Print $16.00, EPUB $9.99
Print ISBN: 978-1-941360-65-1
Digital ISBN: 978-1-941360-66-8
Publication Date: August 30, 2022
Rights available: Translation, TV/film
Contact: Feliza Casano, publicity@lanternfishpress.com
Two stoic lobstermen harboring a secret affection. A lonely architect building houses and machines from the exoskeletons of scorpions in a desert town. A girl painfully growing into new wings. A flock of crows and an untidy vulture observe and collect these moments of human tenderness as they build an archive of brightness. Each love story becomes, in its own way, the end of a world—and the beginning of a new one.
“A beautifully shaped, poetic book. . . . [Socha] is bold, unpredictable, and a writer to watch.”
Photo Credit: Madison Bishop
About the Author
Kelsey Socha once wrote and staged a performance piece about lobsters before subsequently quitting theatre to become a librarian. She is originally from Kalamazoo, Michigan, but now lives in Western Massachusetts with her wife and two cats. This is her first book.
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Talking Points for Booksellers & Librarians
Readers of The Midnight Library and Piranesi will find lots to love in Kelsey Socha’s tender fabulist debut.
This offbeat novella narrated by a flock of crows is a great next read for fans of speculative fiction like This Is How You Lose the Time War, All the Birds in the Sky, and Hollow Kingdom.
Comp Titles
This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El Mohtar & Max Gladstone
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig