Book cover for Challenging The Tides: An Anthology of Hope by M L Horst, Shona Kinsella and Andrew Knighton

Challenging The Tides

An Anthology of Hope

2026 Released
182 Pages
3-4 Hours
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Deira PublishingISBN 9781066790302

Be inspired. Look to the future with hope, not fear.

Enjoy adventures set in and around the Humber region of Yorkshire, England. Discover characters and communities who overcome the challenges of climate change to find potential instead of dismay.

These ten science fiction and fantasy stories are written by established and emerging authors of East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Humber Speculative Fiction, and include past guests of Humber Science Fiction and Fantasy events held in Hull and East Yorkshire.

Featuring solarpunk stories from:

  • Keith W. Dickinson (BBNYA 2024 finalist, Shortlisted Lindisfarne Prize )
  • Daniel Godfrey (British Fantasy Award Nominee 2017)
  • Shona Kinsella (British Fantasy Award Nominee, 2026, 2024, 2023, 2021)
  • Andrew Knighton (British Fantasy Award Nominee 2026)

  • Rick Danforth (British Science Fiction Award Winner 2024, nominated 2025 2024, 2023)
  • M.L. Horst (British Science Fiction Award Nominee 2020)
  • Susan Oke (Amazing Stories Readers Award 1st Quarter 2024)
  • And introducing:
  • Jaydon Nolan
  • Carl F. Northwood
  • Will Slater

Supported by The Sir James Reckitt Charity.

Shona Kinsella

Shona Kinsella is the author of 'The Vessel of KalaDene' series as well as fantasy novellas 'Petra MacDonald and the Queen of the Fae' and 'The Flame and the Flood'. She is the editor of the British Fantasy Society's fiction publication BFS Horizons. She lives in the West of Scotland with her husband and three children.

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