Contingency Plans for the Apocalypse and Other Possible Situations
A sickly biologist shuts herself off from the world and its deadly pollutants to research her beloved microbiota in peace – until a chance encounter drives her to venture out into an unliveable Bangalore.
In a dystopian Arizona, a couple performs forbidden life-saving abortions amid the threat of tanks and drones, the strict report of automatic weapons and the spying eyes of neighbours.
A young woman competes in a gruelling challenge, determined to win a place in a world where body modifications equal class and grant people the privilege of transcending gender.
In this collection of 14 layered stories featuring dying cities, undying humans, amorphous bodies, cyborg racers and magic beetles, internationally acclaimed writer and data scientist S.B. Divya treads the line between the present and the future, while exploring the eternal conundrums of identity and love in speculative worlds.
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S. B. Divya
S.B. Divya is a lover of science, math, fiction, and the Oxford comma. She is the Hugo and Nebula-nominated author of Runtime and coeditor of Escape Pod, with Mur Lafferty. Her short stories have been published in various magazines, and her short story collection, Contingency Plans For the Apocalypse and Other Situations, is out now from Hachette India.
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