When the veil thins, the bicycle revolution rises. Gather ‘round, ghoulfriends, and peer into this enchanting collection of ghost stories, tall tales, and feminist fictions simmering with cyclist power. This monster mashup of thirteen new, original, spooky, queer and quirky stories grants us a glimpse into the world beyond this one, where community, creativity, and bike culture reign—a world where DIY zombies start a monster zine collective to fight their oppression by “normals,” time moves backwards as bones are covered again with flesh, cryptids defend fellow outcasts from bullying, and teen crushes take an otherwordly (though not unwelcome!) turn.
SUBJECT: Bikes / Microcosm Published / Elly Blue Publishing / Autism / Bikes in Space / Disability
PUBLICATION: Sep 9, 2025
PRICE: $13.99
ISBN: 9781648414527
FORMAT: 160 pages, 5x8", paperback
WHOLESALE: $8.39
CARTON QTY: 60
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Marketing Notes
- Joins the groundswell of feminist and LGBTQIA+ science fiction and fantasy
- Previous titles in series have sold over 45,000 copies
- Thirteenth in the the Bikes in Space series
Summer Jewel Keown is co-editor of the anthology Non-Stalgia, and the author of short stories published in Written with Pride, Kiss Your Darlings, CATS: Cycling Across Time & Space, and Bikes Not Rockets, among others. She also writes queer romance under the name Sofi Keren, including the collection Heartlocked Witches of the Midwest and the novels False Starts & Artichoke Hearts and Painted Over.
Elly Blue is a co-owner and the vice president of Microcosm Publishing, and the co-host of the People's Guide to Publishing podcast. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her partner, their dog, and a small fleet of cargo bicycles.
A small, innovative publishing house, Microcosm Publishing specializes in work designed to make the reader feel good about being alive, take an active role in bettering their life, and impact the world around them. Microcosm has developed a reputation for teaching self-empowerment, showing hidden histories, and fostering creativity through challenging conventional publishing wisdom with books and zines about DIY skills, food, politics, and art. Our books are printed in the USA.
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