by Francis Stevens (Author), Lisa Yaszek (Editor), Lisa Yaszek (Introduction by)
"When three Philadelphians inhale dust developed by a scientist who has discovered parallel universes, they are transported into an interdimensional no-man's land populated by supernatural beings, then to a future version Philadelphia - which has become a dystopian nation-state (in which citizens are numbered, not named). How will they escape?"--
Author Biography
Lisa Yaszek is Regents' Professor of Science Fiction Studies in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Tech, where she researches and teaches science fiction as a global language crossing centuries, continents, and cultures.
Francis Stevens (Gertrude Barrows Bennett, 1884-1948) was the first American woman to publish widely in fantasy and science fiction. Her five short stories and seven longer works of fiction, all of which appeared in pulp magazines such as Argosy, All-Story Weekly, and Weird Tales, would influence everyone from H.P Lovecraft to C.L. Moore.