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Collisions: Fictions of the Future
A LIMINAL anthology, edited by Leah Jing McIntosh, Cher Tan, Adalya Nash Hussein and Hassan Abul
Published by Pantera Press
With stories by Bryant Apolonio, Kasumi Borczyk, Claire Cao, Claire G. Coleman, Elizabeth Flux, Jason Gray, Eda Günaydin, Naima Ibrahim, Cb Mako, Sumudu Samarawickrama, Mykaela Saunders, Bobuq Sayed, Victor Chrisnaa Senthinathan, Misbah Wolf, Hannah Wu, Jessica Zhan Mei Yu
Experimental, genre-bending, lucid stories of the future from the inaugural LIMINAL Fiction Prize longlist.
What does the future hold? A tense dinner party is held amid an impending climate catastrophe. A father leases his backyard out to a cemetery. Activists plan an attack on ASIO drones in a shock-jock run government. A voyeur finds herself caught in time. Featuring both emerging and established writers of colour, this collection showcases some of the best work that Australian literature has to offer.
These stories are sites for collisions: against Eurocentric ideals, against narrow concepts of excellence, against stagnant ideas of the world to come. But collisions also manifest in the way our lives come into contact with others, how our pasts shift against the present, and how our imaginations sit against our realities.
Collisions is necessary reading for the future of fiction, and the future of our shared world.
“For me and so many others, Liminal has beautifully and deftly showcased players in the Australian arts scene that are so often overlooked, but arguably constitute its beating heart. What a goddamn joy they’re now doing the same for fiction.”
— Benjamin Law
“This is something of a first: voices from the other side of the racial
imaginary coming to life with surprising insight, authenticity and innovation.”
— Brian Castro
Praise for Collisions:
“Collisions felt like speed dating, and that peculiar anxiety of finding myself falling in love with almost every new stranger I meet. Almost every writer in this anthology deserves their own book.”
—Jessie Tu, The Age/SMH
“In the wake of conversations around racial justice and representation entering the wider public consciousness this year [...] Let us urge you to put Collisions next on your list.”
—Monisha Rudhran, Marie Claire
“Collisions is full of humour, pathos, anger, warmth, and compassion. Above all, it is full of outstanding writing.”
—Tracey Korsten, GLAM Adelaide
“★★★★½”
—Julia Faragher, ArtsHub
“Each story in Collisions samples a unique human experience, yet taken as a collective they naturally collide and converge to form a complex and enriching contribution to the canon of contemporary Australian literature.”
—Monikka Eliah, Kill Your Darlings
“Thankfully, this is a long way from a pale, stale, male view of the world.”
—Bob Moore, Good Reading Magazine
“Collisions is a refreshing disruption of Australia’s literary mainstream, and a stunning addition to any reader’s bookshelf.”
—Winnie Siulolovao Dunn, The Saturday Paper
“Comprising of the LIMINAL Fiction Prize longlist, Collisions shines a light on writers of colour, presenting some of the most exciting stories to emerge from Australia.”
—Happy Mag’s Best New Books
“Taking the pulse of the future in 16 sessions, this book shows how the short story has so much to offer. At its best, the form can provide both a slap on the face of complacency, and a beguiling invitation to revisit again and again.”
—Penelope Cottier, The Canberra Times
“Through smart, sensitive publishing and the introduction in 2019 of a new literary prize for Australian writers of colour, [Liminal] have again and again made a powerful statement about the rich literary talent that is out there.”
—Michael Williams, Sydney Writers Festival
Shortlisted for SPN’s Book of the Year Award 2021
Read the judges’ report here
Longlisted for the 2021 Australian Book Design Awards
Best Designed Literary Fiction Cover