Our guest editor Chris Cander—better known as the award-winning writer of Whisper Hollow, The Weight of a Piano, and the exquisite short drama Eddies—shares the surprising stories she's streaming now, all available in Audible Plus.
"Cataloged as a bedtime story, this seminal work of science fiction by French Enlightenment philosopher and satirist Voltaire is too engaging to fall asleep to. Prentice Onayemi deliciously narrates the amusing and wonderful visit to Earth by an extraterrestrial being in search of the possibilities that an infinite universe might offer."
"Curated by the arts ensemble Teatro Luna, this is a fascinating collection of stories of resistance and resilience, healing and hope by 25 Latinx women writers. Gabriela Ortega’s ‘What We Lost on the Road,’ about a girl whose grandfather is dying, is particularly poignant."
"In this gripping and provocative tale, 13-year-old Vic is trapped in perpetual pre-adolescence and struggling to survive in Los Angeles as it is ravaged by climate change. This dystopian look at our world couldn’t be more timely, and you can hear the heat in Lauren Ezzo’s terrific narration."
"This profoundly moving novel may sound too restrained at first, but just wait. Narrator Robin Field brings John Williams’s quiet, straightforward prose to luminous light as the protagonist inches toward his existential truth in an unforgiving world, just being himself the best way he knows how."
All selections above are included for members as part of the Audible Plus catalog.
