Rot & Ripening (Paperback)

Rissa Pappas

ISBN 13: 9798992899146

Published by Cathexis Northwest Press, 2026

About this Item

Paperback. Rot & Ripening is a fantasy. Rot & Ripening is one possible future in three voices.Rot & Ripening is a thought experiment: what happens when you remove the men from the world?Rot & Ripening asks: when you remove men from the world, are you left with a utopia, or the same reality?Rot & Ripening contains stories told in poems.Rot & Ripening does not celebrate violence but sits in the quiet aftermath and asks: what now?Rot & Ripening shows that even when the world ends, there is still work to be done.Rot & Ripening is speculative fiction wrapped in poetry. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rot & Ripening (Paperback)
• Publisher: Cathexis Northwest Press
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798992899146
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

Rot & Ripening is a fantasy.

Rot & Ripening is one possible future in three voices.

Rot & Ripening is a thought experiment: what happens when you remove the men from the world?

Rot & Ripening asks: when you remove men from the world, are you left with a utopia, or the same reality?

Rot & Ripening contains stories told in poems.

Rot & Ripening does not celebrate violence but sits in the quiet aftermath and asks: what now?

Rot & Ripening shows that even when the world ends, there is still work to be done.

Rot & Ripening is speculative fiction wrapped in poetry.

About the Author

Rissa Pappas is a writer, editor, and dancer based in the greater Philadelphia area. She earned her MFA in creative writing from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Rissa was previously a publisher and editor at the now-extinct small press Tolsun Books. She once went "viral" for live-tweeting her period. When she's not doing creative things, she transports sick foxes to rehabilitation (despite their chagrin). Follow her antics at rissapappas.com.