Shades Within Us: Tales of Migrations and Fractured Borders (Laksa Anthology Series: Speculative Fiction)

Journey with twenty-one speculative fiction authors through the fractured borders of human migration to examine the dreams, struggles, and triumphs of those who choose—or are forced—to leave home and familiar places. Migration. A transformation of time, place, and being . . . WHO ARE THE SHADES WITHIN US? An American father shields his son from Irish discrimination. A Chinese foreign student wrestles to safeguard her family at the expense of her soul. A college graduate is displaced by technology. A Nigerian high school student chooses between revenge and redemption. A bureaucrat parses the mystery of Taiwanese time travellers. A defeated alien struggles to assimilate into human culture. A Czechoslovakian actress confronts the German WWII invasion. A child crosses an invisible border wall. And many more. Stories that transcend borders, generations, and cultures. Each is a glimpse into our human need in... FMM - Magical realism,FXS - Narrative theme: Social issues,aliens and colonization,FM - Fantasy,FLP - Science fiction: near-future,FD - Speculative fiction,FIC003000 Fiction: Anthologies,FXP - Narrative theme: Politics,coming of age,speculative fiction anthology,immigrants and migrants,foreign cultures,adventures and explorations,FXE - Narrative theme: Environmental issues,FXR - Narrative theme: Sense of place,FL - Science fiction,FIC009040 Fiction: Fantasy – Short Stories,FYB - Short stories,FIC028040 Fiction: Science Fiction – Short Stories,FIC009010 Fiction: Fantasy – Contemporary,racial diversity,FIC061000 Fiction/Magical Realism "Migration comes in unlimited shades of colour where we straddle between physical, emotional, and spiritual boundaries within ourselves-and within our worlds and beyond...Who are the shades within us? We are called immigrants, locals, explorers, natives, settlers, pioneers, discoverers, newcomers, drifters, tenants, transients, nomads, expatriates, wanderers, evacuees, refugees, pilgrims, aliens, foreigners, squatters, visitors, intruders, conquerors, asylum seekers, urbanites, outsiders ... Take a journey with twenty-one speculative fiction authors through fractured borders and open frontiers, and break the monolith of our assumptions about migrants and "others." Stories that transcend borders, generations, and culture-always captivating and relatable. In the end, we get a glimpse into our human need in face of change-realized or lost-to hold fast to home, tradition, family, and the places in which we find them. And no matter how difficult or challenging lives can be-the human spirit will triumph in the end as all emotions are universal: we born, we dream, we strive, we die. Introduction by Eric Choi and Gillian Clinton. In addition to dealing with migrations, immigrants, and anti-discrimination, the book also deals with mental health and mental illness. There is an appendix in the book for Mental Health Resources and another appendix for Anti-Discrimination Resources."-- Provided by publisher