Vivid language powers the highly inventive narrative of Michael Mirolla's new collection as he navigates vast science and speculative fiction territories. These are bold voyages to limitless expanses that defy convention--travels beyond the boundaries of the familiar, to cosmic atolls where the reader will take in the wonders of imagination let loose.

Born in Italy and raised in Montreal, Michael Mirolla is the author of a clutch of novels, plays, short story collections, and books of poetry. He has been awarded three Bressani Prizes for the novel Berlin (2010), the poetry collection The House on 14th Avenue (2014), and the short story collection, Lessons in Relationship Dyads (2016). "A Theory of Discontinuous Existence" was selected for The Journey Prize Anthology, and "The Sand Flea" was a U.S. Pushcart Prize nominee. He now makes his home in Oakville, Ontario.