Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl
a retrofuristic noir love story by P.A. Cornell - Coming February 2026 from Stars and Sabers Publishing
In an alternate Toronto, Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl spend evenings on their balcony overlooking the hovercar lanes. From there they watch the airships come and go and the rockets launching for the moon, dreaming of a life just out of reach. When they’re presented with an opportunity to make their dreams reality, is the offer too good to be true? Read the press release
Lost Cargo
a science fiction novella by P.A. Cornell - Listed as one of 2022's best novellas in Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction, Vol. 1
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When Parker signed up for the new colony world, they said the journey would be easy; just a nice, long stasis nap, followed by a smooth descent in the landing pods. But when an asteroid impact damages their pod, Parker and her fellow passengers are prematurely launched and left stranded on a wild, uninhabited moon – the remnant of a failed terraforming experiment.
With no way to call for help, the group must race against a rapidly-closing window of time to reach an abandoned camp before their slim chance at rescue is gone forever. This journey will be far from easy as the dangers of this alien landscape reveal themselves at every turn, and without a map, the only one who can lead them through it is Parker – but she has her own priorities, and survival may not be one of them. |
Original publication September 2022 - Temporarily out of print
Lost Cargo 2022 cover design by Maya Preisler for Mocha Memoirs Press
