Rot and Ripening

Rissa Pappas

ISBN 13: 9798992899146

Published by Cathexis Northwest Press, 2026

About this Item

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rot and Ripening
• Publisher: Cathexis Northwest Press
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798992899146
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 14.81W x 0.41H x 21.01D centimeters 14.81 centimeters width by 0.41 centimeters height by 21.01 centimeters depth
• Weight: 91 grams

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.