Phoenix Alexander (he/him) is a queer, Greek-Cypriot author and curator of SF/F and horror. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Vector: the Journal of the British Science Fiction Association, and has published over 30 short stories and articles in venues such as F&SF, Science Fiction Studies, and Escape Pod. He holds a Ph.D. in English and African American Studies from Yale University, and a BA and MA from Queen Mary, University of London.
“This,” her father says, the stone a matte black promise in his hand, “is how your ship will travel.” With a bravura flick, he throws it out onto the lake, but all she can focus on is the spike of tendons in his forearms, the frail human machinery of him suddenly revealed in this one […]