Description: These "11 speculative shorts of Simpson's inventive debut collection ... incorporate elements of horror, sci-fi, and weird fiction to envision the lives of people enduring apocalypses both personal and global"--Publishers Weekly (07/25/2022).
Brief description: Steve Simpson lives in Sydney, and he's never been able to work out exactly what he does, although he would probably feed the cat if he had one. His poetry and short stories have appeared in various magazines and anthologies, and in the visual arts, works created with his image evolution software have been shown at several exhibitions. In the sciences, he's published over 200 research papers, most recently in clinical neurology, where he's developed a unique system for visualising mental states via EEG. Awards include the Peter Doherty Innovation Prize, for technology to make vehicles safer.
Review Quotes:
"Simpson's inventive debut collection (published simultaneously with companion poetry collection The Purpose of Reality: Lunar) incorporate elements of horror, sci-fi, and weird fiction to envision the lives of people enduring apocalypses both personal and global ... Punctuated by the author's own haunting illustrations, this is ideal for weird-fiction readers seeking something a little different." -Publishers Weekly
"A phantastic short story collection that's as philosophical as it's allegorical. The author's fixation with time, infinity, cerebral acuity, illusion and evolution-technology art singly unwraps in a profound specificity of text, sound and light." -Eugen Bacon, AUREALIS MAGAZINE, Issue #152