Only In The City Anthology MATURE CONTENT

Stories wanted for a Circlet Press anthology of erotic sf/fantasy with a city/urban theme/setting/motif, co-edited by Nico Vreeland and Cecilia Tan. Living in the city fractures us, it makes us split ourselves in order to find a part of ourselves to deal with this or that scenario, this or that person, this or that facet of the city. It doesn’t wait for us, it doesn’t give up ground, it doesn’t come to us; we must go to the city, and we must adapt ourselves to its demands. City life is cluttered and high-density but anonymous. We’re constantly surrounded by strangers, constantly anxious about making a connection with another person. We’re physically crowded but emotionally isolated, even from ourselves. And so, when people come together—emotionally, romantically, sexually—it can be explosive. What kinds of people thrive in the city? What kind of city forces people together? What kinds of sex happen only in the city? Some jumping-off points: power struggle/different kinds of people thrown together, the city as outpost (such as Manuas, Brazil—in the middle of the Amazon, but has an opera house), * the gritty city: what happens in the underworld?

Country of Publication

United States