Psychopomp - Softcover

Dong, Maria

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1958598526 ISBN 13: 9781958598528

Publisher: Dark Matter Ink, 2025

Synopsis

On the penal colony of Hibiscus Station, there's no personnel more vital than the Pomps, who direct the excavation of highly volatile crystal. Young was in training to be a Pomp until a mental break and subsequent suicide attempt derailed her...and now she's unraveling again. But when her secret hallucinations predict a tunnel explosion that kills her entire crew, she is offered a surprise second chance to complete her Pomp training, which she accepts in hopes of paying off the penal debt that is keeping her from going home. But the more she trains, the more her paranoia takes hold. What if the tunnel collapse wasn't an accident? And what if everyone-her new crew, the station staff, even her lover-are all part of the deadly conspiracy?

About this title

About the Author

Maria Dong is the author of Liar, Dreamer, Thief and Psychopomp. Her short fiction, articles, and poetry have been published in dozens of magazines, like the Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, Lightspeed, Augur, Nightmare, Khoreo, Fantasy, Apex, and Apparition Literary Magazine, and her story, "In the Beginning of Me, I was a Bird," was a finalist for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award. She is represented by Amy Bishop-Wysick at Trellis Literary.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dark Matter Ink
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1958598526
• ISBN 13: 9781958598528
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328