Rhiannon Rasmussen

Kesh is afraid-of his classmates, his abilities, and his prospects for the future. Born into Meridian Colony, where corporate values dictate human worth, Kesh longs to escape. Then, his classmates kidnap and dump him in the middle of the alien rainforest. Alone. Faced with certain death, Kesh locates the sansik, giant bugs native to the planet. Though the sansik seem to care for him at first, they set off a horrific metamorphosis in Kesh, and when they trade him back to Meridian, he becomes a living scientific curiosity. A bleak future of analysis without autonomy awaits him. Trapped between the grasp of Meridian's laboratories and a harsh alien world, Kesh must escape to have any chance of finding his purpose-and place-in the world.

Huge robots. Bodies fragile and powerful. An anthology of queer mechas featuring stories and poems from 26 contributors, art by Sarah Allen Reed and a story game by Autumn [Redacted]. Stories and poems Violet Allen, Esther Alter, Elly Bangs, Bendi Barrett, Phoebe Barton, Sharang Biswas, Anya DeNiro, C.M. Fields, Even Han, Bastian Hart, R.J. Howell, Josie Kallo, Kehkashan Khalid, Iori Kusano, Ann LeBlanc, Casey Lucas, Anna Markov, G.M. Paniccia, Charles Payseur, e rathke, Ayida Shonibar, Petra Skelton, A.P. Thayer, RJ Theodore, Izzy Wasserstein, Brendan Williams-Childs and Sam Yoo.