Sonia Sulaiman writes short speculative fiction inspired by Palestinian folklore. Her work has appeared in Arab Lit Quarterly, Beladi, FANTASY, FIYAH Magazine, Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth, Seize the Press, Lackington’s Magazine and Ask the Night for a Dream. Her stories have been nominated for Pushcart, Lammy and Best New Weird awards. In her spare time, she curates the Read Palestinian Spec Fic Reading list. She is also the editor of a collection of short stories, Muneera and the Moon: Stories Inspired by Palestinian Folklore. Visit www.soniasulaiman.com for more details.

• Preface : — Sonia Sulaiman;  Down Under : — Jumaana Abdu;  The Third or Fourth Casualty : — Ziyad Saadi;  The Generation Chip : — Nadia Afifi;  Soul Searching : — Rana Othman;  The Heart Knows the Truth: — Layla Azmi Goushey;  Cyrano de AI : — Karl El-Koura;  The Frontrunner : — JD Harlock;  A Table Set for Two : — Emad Al-Din Aysha;  In the Future, We Can Go Back Home : — Sara Solara;  The Forty : — Sonia Sulaiman;  Remembrance in Cerulean : — Elise Stephens;  Gaza Luna : — Samah Serour Fadil;  Orlando’s Wolf : — Rasha Abdulhadi;  The Centre of the Universe : — Nadia Shammas;  Contributor Bios

“Within this beautiful, heartbreaking, inspiring book you’ll find some of the best speculative fiction I’ve read in years. Every story is alive, a living breathing thing, and they have collectively stayed with me since I read them and will for many years to come. Simply magnificent.” - Daniel José Older, New York Timesbestselling author of Ballad & Dagger and story architect of Star Wars: The High Republic; “This is a collection of astonishingly brave, imaginative, and unapologetic stories that neither compromise on the integrity of their origin nor pander to a myopic audience. Reading this melancholy folklore of oppression and exile — of an inheritance of pain and countless loves dared and lost—stunned me and moved me to tears over and over. May these tales shatter the walls of every prison the world imposes upon them.” - Usman T. Malik, World Fantasy Award–winning author of Midnight Doorways: Fables from Pakistan