An Archive of Brightness by Kelsey Socha

FICTION / LGBTQ+ / GeneralFICTION / Science Fiction / GeneralPrint ISBN: 978-1-941360-65-1Digital ISBN: 978-1-941360-66-8Paperback, 5.25" x 8" • 144 pages • Case: 76 Available August 30, 2022 Two stoic lobstermen harboring a secret affection. A lonely architect building houses and machines from the exoskeletons of scorpions in a desert town. A girl painfully growing into new wings. A flock of crows and an untidy vulture observe and collect these moments of human tenderness as they build an archive of brightness. Each love story becomes, in its own way, the end of a world—and the beginning of a new one.   Praise for An Archive of Brightness “A quirky tribute to the messy, often world-changing experience of love.”—Publishers Weekly "A beautifully shaped, poetic book. Socha's writing is witty but never shallow, with a crow's eye for detail and an archivist's eye for the unexpected meanings that come to the surface of a story when you shake it. She is bold, unpredictable, and a writer to w