Cirrus@Austlit

'A life in progress and told in fragments, CAPTCHA explores technology, mental health, and identity through the poems of and about a gynoid growing and becoming in her humanity. Investigating otherness and what it is to be woman, CAPTCHA plays with form, perspective, and technological themes to find the boundaries that define personhood in an age of developing AI and the increased invasion of robotics within and beyond the poetic world.'  (Publication summary)

'Everybody wants something.

'An addict pleads to rid himself of the mystical force ruling his life. A girl takes drastic action to ensure her grandmother lives forever. A man untangles his memories and succeeds only in unravelling himself.

'GLUTT examines the cost of our desires, traversing the boundary of literary horror and speculative fiction to produce a gut-churning appraisal of wanton desperation.

'Darkly humorous and at times eerily grotesque, this debut anthology from author Helena Pantsis toys with fantasy and comedy to explore hunger in its most physical and discarnate forms.' (Publication summary)