New Year, New You

An anthology of diverse speculative fiction exploring themes of reinvention, re-imagining, and revolution, from Elizabeth Bear, Daryl Gregory, and alumni of the 2023 Viable Paradise Writers’ Workshop.

New Year’s resolutions and self-help gurus ask us to reinvent ourselves—be better, prettier, perfect. But the writers featured in this anthology know that promises of reinvention contain both potential and pitfalls. 

One woman’s doppelgänger offers her a chance to fix her flaws — for a small price. Cinderella’s stepsister discovers what she must sacrifice to create her own fairy tale. Coffee shop regulars debate surviving an impending apocalypse if it means losing espresso. An eel-person yearns to reveal her true nature, against the wishes of her family. A lonely, sentient ship and her human employee must learn to trust one another if they want to survive between the stars. A showgirl in a backwater lunar cabaret seeks cosmic fame—and will do anything to get it.

New Year New You contains stories of rediscovery through time-travel, simulations, and distorted realities. Of reinventions that challenge deeply held beliefs or require a change of perspective. Of mind and body alterations that interrogate desire and self-image.

From some of the most cutting-edge, emerging voices in science fiction and fantasy, comes a mind-bending collection of twenty-four tales that span the vast reaches of magic and space and delve into the intimate spaces between people.

Stories by:
Charlotte Ahlin⬩Elizabeth Bear⬩Chris Campbell⬩Catherine Castellani⬩F.E. Choe⬩Rowan Copley⬩Julie Danvers⬩Nick DePasquale⬩Neil Flinchbaugh⬩Avani Gadani⬩Daryl Gregory⬩Trae Hawkins⬩Ash Howell⬩Adianu Etinose⬩C.R. Kellogg⬩A.E. Kirchoff⬩Alec J. Marsh⬩Victor Pope⬩Allison Pottern⬩Taylor Lykiardopoulos⬩Melinda Smith⬩Shannon Spieler⬩Sophia Tao⬩Brigitte Winter