About the Book
"The creators seamlessly tackle relevant issues such as colonization, misogyny, transphobia, and white entitlement in this eclectic celebration of infinite possibility and the ever-present human spirit." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) What does the future hold? Ten speculative short stories by leading young-adult authors imagine what the world could be through the lens of technologies emerging today. When the modification industry transforms how humans look, sound, and interact, a nonbinary teen braves the "reinvention room" to accept a gift from the dead. In an accidental city in space, a young apprentice holds neighborhoods together with braided carbon filaments until distraction and inspiration arrive in the wake of a visitor. Entitlement-fueled drug use alters the landscape of white privilege, robots remember the Earth, and corporate "walkers" stroll for unknown subscribers--until one hacks the system. In tales buzzing with possibility, hope, innovation, anger, and tenderness, Tasting Light offers a dazzling challenge to connect with open minds, hearts, and senses in a fast-changing world.
With stories by: William Alexander, K. Ancrum, Elizabeth Bear, A. R. Capetta, Charlotte Nicole Davis, Nasugraq Rainey Hopson, A. S. King, E. C. Myers, Junauda Petrus-Nasah, and Wendy Xu.
About the Author :
Wade Roush is a technology journalist and audio producer who focuses on how science and technology are changing our lives and what we can do as individuals to steer that process. He is the host of the podcast Soonish and the editor of the hard sci-fi anthology Twelve Tomorrows. Wade Roush is a technology journalist and audio producer who focuses on how science and technology are changing our lives and what we can do as individuals to steer that process. He is the host of the podcast Soonish and the editor of the hard sci-fi anthology Twelve Tomorrows. A. R. Capetta is a Lambda Award-winning author who has penned many YA speculative fiction novels as well as the Hocus and Pocus series for young readers. Along with Wade Roush, they also edited and contributed to Tasting Light: Ten Science Fiction Stories to Rewire Your Perceptions. A. R. Capetta is a Lambda Award-winning author who has penned many YA speculative fiction novels as well as the Hocus and Pocus series for young readers. Along with Wade Roush, they also edited and contributed to Tasting Light: Ten Science Fiction Stories to Rewire Your Perceptions. A. R. Capetta is a Lambda Award-winning author who has penned many YA speculative fiction novels as well as the Hocus and Pocus series for young readers. Along with Wade Roush, they also edited and contributed to Tasting Light: Ten Science Fiction Stories to Rewire Your Perceptions. Adi Cabral is a classically trained actor, dialect coach, and intimacy director holding their MFA in theater performance from Arizona State University. Their work has been shared on stage at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities (Colorado), the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (Missouri), New Repertory Theatre (Massachusetts), the Stella Adler Studio of Acting (New York), Mildred's Umbrella Theatre Company (Texas), The New Hazlett Theater (Pennsylvania), The Hangar Theatre Company (New York), Central Square Theatre (Massachusetts), Latino Theater Company (California), and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Scotland, UK). Adi is a certified teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework and Knight-Thompson Speechwork. As a professor of theater, voice, and movement, their research focuses on inclusive practices for training LGBTQ+ identified actors. Adi Cabral is a classically trained actor, dialect coach, and intimacy director holding their MFA in theater performance from Arizona State University. Their work has been shared on stage at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities (Colorado), the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (Missouri), New Repertory Theatre (Massachusetts), the Stella Adler Studio of Acting (New York), Mildred's Umbrella Theatre Company (Texas), The New Hazlett Theater (Pennsylvania), The Hangar Theatre Company (New York), Central Square Theatre (Massachusetts), Latino Theater Company (California), and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Scotland, UK). Adi is a certified teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework and Knight-Thompson Speechwork. As a professor of theater, voice, and movement, their research focuses on inclusive practices for training LGBTQ+ identified actors. Da Eun Yoon is a multilingual voice-over artist fluent in English and Korean. With four years of classical theater training from Northwestern University, she brings stories to life with a versatile range of tones, accents, and character voices. Da Eun has collaborated with Audible and Penguin Random House Audio on both fiction and nonfiction projects, all recorded from her professional home studio. When she's not narrating, she enjoys spending time with her five-year-old cat and loves illustrating book covers or translating web novels and comics for Korean companies. She's always excited to dive into new stories and share them with the world! Da Eun Yoon is a multilingual voice-over artist fluent in English and Korean. With four years of classical theater training from Northwestern University, she brings stories to life with a versatile range of tones, accents, and character voices. Da Eun has collaborated with Audible and Penguin Random House Audio on both fiction and nonfiction projects, all recorded from her professional home studio. When she's not narrating, she enjoys spending time with her five-year-old cat and loves illustrating book covers or translating web novels and comics for Korean companies. She's always excited to dive into new stories and share them with the world! Sanya Simmons is an Atlanta-based Black Latina female audiobook narrator. She's a member of SAG-AFTRA, PANA, and APA, and she serves on the DEI Committee of APA. Sanya's alto voice is warm, grounded, friendly, credible, and authentic. Conversational first person POV is Sanya's forte. She enjoys romance (including erotica), cozy mystery, memoir, true crime and crime fiction, thriller, and YA genres. Nonfiction topics that are sure to catch her interest are those involving African American history and current issues, social justice, inclusivity (especially Black, LGBTQIA+, and disability), mental health, and spirituality. Sanya is also a musician and the author of A Single Mom's Guide to Raising Black (Gentle) Men. Sanya Simmons is an Atlanta-based Black Latina female audiobook narrator. She's a member of SAG-AFTRA, PANA, and APA, and she serves on the DEI Committee of APA. Sanya's alto voice is warm, grounded, friendly, credible, and authentic. Conversational first person POV is Sanya's forte. She enjoys romance (including erotica), cozy mystery, memoir, true crime and crime fiction, thriller, and YA genres. Nonfiction topics that are sure to catch her interest are those involving African American history and current issues, social justice, inclusivity (especially Black, LGBTQIA+, and disability), mental health, and spirituality. Sanya is also a musician and the author of A Single Mom's Guide to Raising Black (Gentle) Men. Charlotte Nicole Davis is the author of her debut novel, The Good Luck Girls, named a best book of the year by Kirkus Reviews, and its sequel, The Sisters of Reckoning. She is a graduate of the New School's Writing for Children MFA program.
Junauda Petrus is a creative activist, writer, playwright, and multi-dimensional performance artist who is Minneapolis-born, West-Indian descended, and African-sourced. Her work centers around Black wildness, Afro-futurism, ancestral healing, sweetness, spectacle and shimmer. She is the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships to support her work, including a 2016 Jerome Film grant to write and direct an experimental and poetic web series called "Sweetness of Wild" about Black teens coming of age in Minneapolis. She is the co-founder of Free Black Dirt, an experimental arts production company. Eugene Myers, pen name E. C. Myers, is an American writer best known as the writer of the 2012 Andre Norton Award-winning Young Adult science fiction novel Fair Coin, and his 2014 YA hacktivist novel The Silence of Six. Myers is a graduate of the Clarion West Writers Workshop.
A. S. King is the award-winning author of eight acclaimed novels for young adults. Her novel Please Ignore Vera Dietz earned a 2011 Michael L. Printz Honor and Ask the Passengers won the 2013 Los Angeles Times Book Prize. The New York Times called her "one of the best YA writers working today." King lives with her family in Pennsylvania, where she returned after living on a farm and teaching adult literacy in Ireland for more than a decade.
