"A wonderland of fantastical and frightening, magical and real." Marlon James "A fantastical, fierce reckoning... Sorrowland is gorgeous." Roxanne Gay "Dark, magical and incredibly satisfying." Independent "An exhilarating journey to the outer limits of science fiction." Guardian. --- Vern, a hunted woman alone in the woods, gives birth to twins and raises them away from the influence of the outside world. But something is wrong - not with them, but with her own body. It's changing, it's itching, it's stronger, it's... not normal. To understand her body's metamorphosis, Vern must investigate not just the secluded religious compound she fled but the violent history of dehumanization, medical experimentation, and genocide that produced it. In the course of reclaiming her own darkness, Vern learns that monsters aren't just individuals, but entire histories, systems, and nations. Sorrowland is a memorable work of Gothic fiction that wrestles with the tangled history of racism in America and the marginalisation of society's undesirables. It is a searing, seminal book that marks the arrival of a bold, unignorable voice in American fiction.
"A wonderland of fantastical and frightening, magical and real." Marlon James "A fantastical, fierce reckoning... Sorrowland is gorgeous." Roxanne Gay "Dark, magical and incredibly satisfying." Independent "An exhilarating journey to the outer limits of science fiction." Guardian. --- Vern, a hunted woman alone in the woods, gives birth to twins and raises them away from the influence of the outside world. But something is wrong - not with them, but with her own body. It's changing, it's itching, it's stronger, it's... not normal. To understand her body's metamorphosis, Vern must investigate not just the secluded religious compound she fled but the violent history of dehumanization, medical experimentation, and genocide that produced it. In the course of reclaiming her own darkness, Vern learns that monsters aren't just individuals, but entire histories, systems, and nations. Sorrowland is a memorable work of Gothic fiction that wrestles with the tangled history of racism in America and the marginalisation of society's undesirables. It is a searing, seminal book that marks the arrival of a bold, unignorable voice in American fiction.
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Speculative fiction that examines race, trauma, and survival in heavily stratified worlds has established a vital space in modern science fiction and fantasy. Rivers Solomon gained critical recognition with their 2017 debut novel, An Unkindness of Ghosts, which depicts life aboard a generation starship structured around strict racial hierarchies. Writing about life in the margins, Solomon crafts narrative landscapes where marginalized voices navigate survival, historical memory, and systemic oppression.
Born on Turtle Island in the United States, Solomon grew up across California, Indiana, Texas, and New York. They graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity before earning a Master of Fine Arts in fiction writing from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin. Solomon was named a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer and received the 2018 CLMP Firecracker Award in Fiction for An Unkindness of Ghosts. Their prose has appeared in publications including The Paris Review, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, and The Best American Short Stories. Solomon subsequently relocated to Cambridge, England, where they currently live in the United Kingdom with their family.
Solomon's writing bridges science fiction, gothic fantasy, and horror to explore themes of colonialism, bodily autonomy, gender identity, and intergenerational trauma. A refugee of the transatlantic slave trade, Solomon frequently situates their stories in liminal environments where characters confront institutional power structures and reconstruct suppressed histories. Their fiction combines meticulous speculative world-building with intense, character-driven narrative arcs.
4 books in catalog
Speculative fiction that examines race, trauma, and survival in heavily stratified worlds has established a vital space in modern science fiction and fantasy. Rivers Solomon gained critical recognition with their 2017 debut novel, An Unkindness of Ghosts, which depicts life aboard a generation starship structured around strict racial hierarchies. Writing about life in the margins, Solomon crafts narrative landscapes where marginalized voices navigate survival, historical memory, and systemic oppression.
Born on Turtle Island in the United States, Solomon grew up across California, Indiana, Texas, and New York. They graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity before earning a Master of Fine Arts in fiction writing from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin. Solomon was named a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer and received the 2018 CLMP Firecracker Award in Fiction for An Unkindness of Ghosts. Their prose has appeared in publications including The Paris Review, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, and The Best American Short Stories. Solomon subsequently relocated to Cambridge, England, where they currently live in the United Kingdom with their family.
Solomon's writing bridges science fiction, gothic fantasy, and horror to explore themes of colonialism, bodily autonomy, gender identity, and intergenerational trauma. A refugee of the transatlantic slave trade, Solomon frequently situates their stories in liminal environments where characters confront institutional power structures and reconstruct suppressed histories. Their fiction combines meticulous speculative world-building with intense, character-driven narrative arcs.
