Through the Portal Stories from a Hopeful Dystopia

Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia: an Inspired and fascinating range of all-new speculative storytelling. Hopeful dystopias are so much more than an apparent oxymoron: they are in some fundamental way the spearhead of the future – and ironically often a celebration of human spirit by shining a light through the darkness of disaster. In Through the Portal: Stories from a Hopeful Dystopia, award-winning authors of speculative fiction Lynn Hutchinson Lee and Nina Munteanu have gathered a collection that explores strange new terrains and startling social constructs, quiet morphing landscapes, dark and terrifying warnings, lush newly-told folk and fairy tales. These authors show us that now, more than ever, our world urgently needs stories about hope.

Nina Munteanu is a Canadian ecologist and novelist of science fiction and fantasy. In addition to eight published novels, Munteanu has written short stories, articles, and non-fiction books, which have been translated into several languages throughout the world. Munteanu is a member of SF Canada. She writes articles on the environment and sustainability. Lynn Hutchinson Lee is a multidisciplinary artist/writer, and a member of two artists’ collectives: Red Tree (Hamilton and Toronto, Ontario) and chirikli (Toronto and Sarajevo, Bosnia/Herzegovina). She was first place winner of the 2022 Joy Kogawa Award for Fiction, and her writing has appeared in Room (Canada); Wagtail: the Roma Women’ s Poetry Anthology (Butcher’ s Dog, U.K.); Food of My People and Cli-Fi: Canadian Tales of Climate (both from Exile Editions, Canada), and elsewhere.