Snowstorm & Overgrowth
A downloadable short story collection
A pair of singers redefine their queerplatonic partnership through a unique concert. Alexis Le Trotteur, local MagSkater star, must represent his backwater planet in the Great Intergalactic MagSkate Championship. A young mother visits her friend’s grave in a blooming cemetery for the first time in years. Resistance organizes against a food corporate giant in near-future Québec City.
Through eight solarpunk and fantasy short stories, Claudie Arseneault revisits local myths and invented legends, explores aromanticism and asexuality, and prods at the soft edges of grief.
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Solarpunk & Overgrowth mainly includes aromantic and asexual representation. Several of its short stories also have non-binary characters, and one solarpunk short is a sapphic romance.
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Full toc (with content notes)
Lemon & Salt [Arophobia (worldbuilding)]
Le Trotteur [Acephobia, sexual pressure, fall from heights, injury]
The Wyvern Brood [Blood and injury]
Seida the Fairy-Troll [Blood and injury, burns/fire]
The Daisy Haunt [Breaking and entering, violation of personal boundaries]
Le carré rouge [Guns, police brutality, underground spaces]
Human Blooms [friend death, talk of sex repulsion and desire for children]
One Last Sweet [animal death]
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Really glad I picked this one up! It's hard to pick a favourite but I think I'll go with The Daisy Haunt, or maybe Le Trotteur. I love seeing Quebec authors out in the wild, and I'll definitely be checking out your other works in the future!
<3 Aah, thank you I'm so glad you enjoyed them! If you're not sure where to start and the Quebec Vibes were particularly enjoyable, I'd recommend starting with Baker Thief! The entire setting is heavily inspired by Quebec City :)