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Thyme Travellers collects fourteen of the Palestinian diaspora's best voices in speculative fiction. Speculative fiction as a genre invites a reconfiguring of reality, and here each story is a portal into realms of history, folklore and futures.

A man stands on the shore waiting to commune with those who live in the ocean. Pilgrims stretch into the distance, passing a stone cairn with a mysterious light streaming from it. Two Australian women fervently dig a tunnel to Jerusalem. Men from Gaza swim in the sea until they drown, still unconcerned. A father and son struggle to connect over the AI scripts prompting their conversation.

Building on the work of trailblazing anthologies such as Reworlding Ramallah and Palestine +100, this volume is the first of its kind in Canada. Editor Sonia Sulaiman brings together stories by speculative fiction veterans and emerging writers from Australia to Egypt, Lebanon to Canada. Writers include: Jumaana Abdu, Ziyad Saadi, Nadia Afifi, Rana Othman, Layla Azmi Goushey, Karl El-Koura, JD Harlock, Emad Al-Din Aysha, Sara Solara, Sonia Sulaiman, Elise Stephens, Samah Serour Fadil, Rasha Abdulhadi, Nadia Shammas.

Sonia Sulaiman writes short speculative fiction inspired by Palestinian folklore. Her stories have been nominated for Pushcart, Lammy and Best New Weird awards. She is also the editor of a collection of short stories, Muneera and the Moon: Stories Inspired by Palestinian Folklore.

“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