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About the Book<\/h4>\n

What are the stories we need to survive?<\/b><\/p>\n

In ten days, the last spaceship is leaving for a new planet. Some of us will stay on Earth. How do we decide?<\/b><\/p>\n

#TeamEarth.<\/b> Once upon a time, the oceans were full of fish and the forests dark with brambles. Seb read about it in a book of fairy tales, and memory means hope.<\/p>\n

#TeamShip.<\/b> Adaptation means knowing when to walk away. Jay is ready. So their ex, Seb, shows up on the dance floor, T-minus-10. What\u2019s the harm in one last dance?<\/p>\n

What if the stories themselves are evolving?<\/b><\/p>\n

Told in margin notes, posters, letters scrawled on napkins, and six retellings of classic fairy tales, What A Fish Looks Like gathers the stories of a queer community co-creating one another through the strange landscapes of climate change, wondering who is going to love us when there are not, in fact, plenty of fish in the sea.<\/p>\n

And now this book belongs to you.<\/b><\/p>\n

About the Author<\/h4>\n

Syr Hayati Beker<\/strong> is a nonbinary Turkish-French-USian writer and\u00a0 immersive experience creator in search of the queer love language of climate change. They are a graduate of Clarion West, Lambda\u2019s Emerging Writers Fellowship, and have an MFA from SFSU. Syr is the co-founder of Queer Cat Productions performing arts company and The Escapery Collective. Their work appears in Foglifter<\/em>, Joyland<\/em>, Fairy Tale Review<\/em>, F(r)iction<\/em>, Michigan Quarterly Review<\/em>, Spunk<\/em>, Gigantic Sequins<\/em>, Home is Where you Queer Your Heart <\/i>(Foglifter Press, 2021), and in theaters, pirate ships, galleries, and queer bars near you. You can find them at SyrBeker.com<\/a>, which is definitely not haunted.<\/p>\n

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A bold and experimental novella-in-fairytale-retellings coming September 2025.<\/p>\n

“Kaleidoscopic and fearlessly innovative, What a Fish Looks Like<\/em> shatters the boundaries of climate fiction. It\u2019s a fierce, tender testament to the power of love, memory, and chosen community in the face of collapse. The book invents a new language for what it feels like to grieve a dying world, and to imagine something radically different in its place.<\/span>”
\n\u2013<\/span> Kate Folk, author of\u00a0Sky Daddy\u00a0<\/em>and Out There<\/em><\/p>\n

“From the dedication to the last word, this book is unexpected and brilliant \u2013<\/span> a deeply queer and riotously joyful lament for our world, so wildly creative, original, and unrestrained it makes the care and artistry with which it’s been weaved seem effortless. What a Fish Looks Like is one of the most special and memorable short story collections I have ever read<\/span>.”
\n\u2013<\/span> Natalia Theodoridou, Nebula and World Fantasy Award winning author of\u00a0Sour Cherry<\/em><\/p>\n

“Beker\u2019s writing \u2026 has a beautifully caustic energy to it, a rapid-fire delivery that brings a hint of humor with an edge. We can never get enough.”
\n\u2013<\/span> The Racket<\/i><\/p>\n

“Delightfully odd.”
\n\u2013<\/span> Locus Magazine<\/i><\/p>\n

Customers outside of CA\/US: due to supply chain issues, worldwide shipping of print books is currently slow and expensive. We recommend shopping with your local indie bookstore. If you do order a print book from us, it will be shipped from the closest print facility to you and will therefore be printed on standard paper and will not include the goodies we send with CA\/US orders.<\/p>\n

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