Thyme Travelers brings together fourteen of the Palestinian diaspora’s finest voices in the field of speculative fiction. Speculative fiction as a genre invites a reimagining of reality, and here each story is a portal into the realms of history, folklore, and the future.

A man stands on the shore waiting to speak to the people who live in the sea. Pilgrims walk into the distance, passing a pile of rocks from which a mysterious light emanates. Two Australian women busily dig a tunnel to Jerusalem. Men from Gaza swim carefree in the sea until they drown. A father and son try to connect through the AI ​​scripts that initiate their conversation.

Building on the work of groundbreaking anthologies such as Reinventing Ramallah And Palestine +100this volume is the first of its kind in Canada. Editor Sonia Sulaiman brings together stories by speculative fiction veterans and emerging writers from Australia to Egypt, Lebanon to Canada. (By Fernwood Publishing)

Sonia Sulaiman is a writer and editor based in Ontario. Her writing has appeared in Arab Lit Quarterly, Beladi, FANTASY, FIYAH Magazine, Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth, Seize the Press, Lackington’s Magazine, and Ask the Night for a Dream. Her stories have been nominated for Pushcart, Lammy, and Best New Weird awards. She also edited the collection Muneera and the Moon: Stories inspired by Palestinian folklore.