Forkpoints, by Sheila Finch (Aqueduct Press)
Sheila Finch is one of the treasures of modern science
fiction. She’s literate, imaginative, and deeply insightful. Her contributions
to the field include not only specific, awesomely good works, but her careful
attention to how language shapes story structure and flow. Her short fiction works
are like polished gemstones, with each facet reflecting and informing the
central theme. Here is a collection of such jewels, each speaking to the profound
transformative power of human understanding. We are more than our
circumstances, these stories say, we have the ability to shift our perspective,
to look and feel more deeply, and thereby to shift entire realities. From an
elderly music teacher who could also have been an iconic physicist to an
extraordinary communication across species to a time-traveler visiting his own
ancestor during the World War II London bombings, each tale reaches deep into
the mind of the reader, inviting us with Finch’s characteristically gentle
wisdom to see the universe and ourselves in a revolutionary light.
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