No overriding themes unite the volumes, outside of the publisher’s stated intention to provide a space for diversity. Jemisin, Victor LaValle, Charlie Jane Anders, and Carmen Maria Machado share space with lesser known writers, some of whom have been translated into English, such as Mélanie Faz and Tang Fei, among others. In 2018, Rosarium Publishing passed a milestone of five years in publishing, a remarkable accomplishment in this competitive industry, and Sunspot Jungle is an anniversary gift from the small press to itself.Įach volume features fifty or more stories, the majority of which are reprints, and covers every genre and sub-genre, from SF and fantasy, fairy-tales, apocalyptic and zombie horror, to experimentalism, slipstream, and magic realism. Delany (2013) and Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond (2013), just two of its previous anthologies, each featured a wide array of writers working in the speculative genre. Established in 2013, the small press has extended the genre fiction universe by publishing books from a wide range of multicultural writers who often get overlooked in the speculative fiction community. The subtitle to Rosarium Publishing’s recent anthology volumes, Sunspot Jungle, gives away its mission statement, not only for the anthology but also for the small press itself- The Ever Expanding Universe of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
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