Through Soft Air

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Through Soft Air
First edition Cover art by Ian Field-Richards
AuthorLee Battersby
LanguageEnglish
GenreShort story collection
PublisherPrime Books
Publication date
2006
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint
Pages280 pp.
ISBN0-8095-5646-4

Through Soft Air is the first short story collection from Australian speculative fiction writer Lee Battersby. Printed in 2006, it was published by US Publisher Prime Books.[1]

The cover art is by Gary Nurrish.

Stories

The collection contains the following stories:

  • Father Muerte & the Theft
  • Silk
  • Carrying the God
  • Pass the Parcel
  • Through the Window Merrilee Dances
  • Elyse (previously unpublished)
  • The Divergence Tree
  • Jaracara's Kiss (previously unpublished)
  • The Hobbyist
  • Mikal (previously unpublished)
  • Letters to Josie
  • A Stone to Mark My Passing
  • Vortle
  • Ecdysis
  • A Very Good Lawyer
  • Goodfellow
  • Stalag Hollywood (previously unpublished)
  • Brillig
  • His Calliope(previously unpublished)
  • Father Renoir's Hands (previously unpublished)
  • Through Soft Air
  • Dark Ages (previously unpublished)
  • Tales of Nireym
  • Father Muerte & the Rain
  • Pater Familias

Critical reception

Writing for the Australian Specfic in focus website Nicole Murphy noted: that there were stories she felt were "undone", and said that was "A shame, because the idea of the book is terrific."[2]

References

  1. ^ "Through Soft Air by Lee Battersby". ISFDB. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  2. ^ ""Through Soft Air"". ASif, July 2006. Retrieved 3 July 2024.

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