Real Sugar Is Hard to Find: Stories -- Sim Kern, Paperback
"Kern is a master at creating worlds that feel vast and lived-in with very few words, as well as balancing pathos with wry humor. The result is a searing, urgent, but still achingly tender work that will wow any reader of speculative fiction." --Publishers Weekly, starred review From the bestselling author of Genocide Bad and The Free People's Village comes a collection of genre-bending short stories, charting a course from bleak dystopian nightmares to wildly liberated futures. Whether on a far-off planet spiraling out of orbit or in an enchanted forest poisoned by pesticides, the characters inhabiting these mirror-worlds face off against environmental collapse and rising fascism with hope, resistance, and enduring human connection. Through eleven funny, fast-paced, and closely observed stories, Real Sugar is Hard to Find guides readers from apathy and despair towards radical, revolutionary optimism. Now with a new afterword by the author, providing a behind-the-scenes look at their creative process.
Author: Sim Kern
Publisher: Interlink Books
Published: 10/20/2026
Pages: 251
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65 lbs
Size: 7.9" H x 5.3" L x 0.6" W
ISBN: 9781623715472
