Stacey Kells never expected to fall out of reality when she packed her bags, got into a camper van with her two brothers and their best friend, and started travelling west. Sure, they might have said something like that-that's kind of the point of going off the grid, isn't it? But no one thought it would happen quite so literally. Then the world got real empty, and it stayed empty.
Now it's just the four of them, and a map that doesn't make sense, and miles upon miles of desert and sky and endless empty highway. They embarked on this road trip to figure out what to do with their lives-but their lives don't seem to exist anymore, and there may not be a way back home.
The Legend Liminal is a story about grief and hope, and the way we find lifelines in each other when we can't break free of the spiral of the past.
Genre: Science Fiction
Now it's just the four of them, and a map that doesn't make sense, and miles upon miles of desert and sky and endless empty highway. They embarked on this road trip to figure out what to do with their lives-but their lives don't seem to exist anymore, and there may not be a way back home.
The Legend Liminal is a story about grief and hope, and the way we find lifelines in each other when we can't break free of the spiral of the past.
Genre: Science Fiction
Praise for this book
"Anyone who's ever felt trapped in their worst moments will find resonance in this evocative slipstream story of empty spaces, endless highways, and the people who give the world meaning when there's nothing else left." - Rebecca Fraimow
"The Legend Liminal traps its readers in time and space, where we, like the characters, are moving forward yet stuck in place-a melancholic meditation on grief and the inability to move on; of finding the purpose and meaning of existence; of travelling without knowing the destination." - Ai Jiang
"As imaginative and nostalgic as Stranger Things, mixed with the twisty conundrum of Groundhog Day, The Legend Liminal is a fresh, clever, and sometimes creepy road trip-don't miss hitching a ride!" - Kate Murray
"The Legend Liminal is an ambitiously original novella about the strength of familial bonds in all the strangest, coldest corners of spacetime, and the subtle defiance of simply existing in an uncertain world. Hutchings' signature wit and twisty sci-fi concepts add kaleidoscopic depth to this standout story." - Claire Winn
"This mind-trip of a book well captures the expansive freedom of road trips, combined with the emotional complexity of longstanding relationships, both friend and familial. The story puts the reader into a liminal space - one that is just familiar enough to feel grounded, but odd enough to keep you asking 'wtf is happening' in the best way."" - Khan Wong
"The Legend Liminal traps its readers in time and space, where we, like the characters, are moving forward yet stuck in place-a melancholic meditation on grief and the inability to move on; of finding the purpose and meaning of existence; of travelling without knowing the destination." - Ai Jiang
"As imaginative and nostalgic as Stranger Things, mixed with the twisty conundrum of Groundhog Day, The Legend Liminal is a fresh, clever, and sometimes creepy road trip-don't miss hitching a ride!" - Kate Murray
"The Legend Liminal is an ambitiously original novella about the strength of familial bonds in all the strangest, coldest corners of spacetime, and the subtle defiance of simply existing in an uncertain world. Hutchings' signature wit and twisty sci-fi concepts add kaleidoscopic depth to this standout story." - Claire Winn
"This mind-trip of a book well captures the expansive freedom of road trips, combined with the emotional complexity of longstanding relationships, both friend and familial. The story puts the reader into a liminal space - one that is just familiar enough to feel grounded, but odd enough to keep you asking 'wtf is happening' in the best way."" - Khan Wong
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