Laksa Anthology: Strangers Among Us: Tales of the Underdogs and Outcasts

✍ Scribed by Susan Forest, Lucas K Law (editor); Armstrong, Kelley

• Book ID: 109754956
• Publisher: Laksa Media Groups Inc.
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: en-CA
• Weight: 226 KB
• Series: Speculative Fiction 1
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780993969607

✦ Synopsis

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There's a delicate balance between mental health and mental illness . . .

Who are the STRANGERS AMONG US?
We are your fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, friends and lovers. We staff your stores, cross your streets, and study in your schools, invisible among you. We are your outcasts and underdogs, and often, your unsung heroes.

Nineteen science fiction and fantasy authors tackle the division between mental health and mental illness; how the interplay between our minds' quirks and the diverse societies and cultures we live in can set us apart, or must be concealed, or become unlikely strengths.
We find troubles with Irish fay, a North Korean cosmonaut's fear of flying, an aging maid dealing with politics of revenge, a mute boy and an army of darkness, a sister...