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Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel is a debut anthology that blends queer fabulism with body‑horror fairy tales and a mid‑apocalyptic blend of Catholic cyberpunk. The stories examine bodily autonomy and transformation, interrogate memory, myth, loss, and aging, while probing the importance of negative emotions and unhealthy relationships. Across the collection, the storyteller delves into how to build and nurture meaning, love, and safety in a larger world that may feel unfixable.
First publish date: 2020
Genre: General Fiction/Short Stories
Authors: Julian K Jarboe
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