Well known and well regarded in the world of science fiction and fantasy writing, Vandana Singh brings her unique imagination to a wider audience in this collection of stories, newly reissued by Zubaan Books. In the title story, a woman tells her husband of her curious discovery: that she is inhabited by small alien creatures. In another, a young girl making her way to college through the streets of Delhi comes across a mysterious tetrahedron. Is it a spaceship? Or a secret weapon? The first Indian female speculative fiction writer, Singh has said that her genre is a “chance to find ourselves part of a larger whole; to step out of the claustrophobia of the exclusively human and discover joy, terror, wonder, and meaning in the greater universe.” A revolutionary voice in fantasy writing, Singh brings her passion for discovery to these stories, and the result is like nothing of this world. Contents: Hunger (2007) Delhi (2004) The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet (2003) Infinities (2008) Thirst (2004) Conservation Laws (2008) Three Tales from Sky River: Myths for a Starfaring Age (2004) The Tetrahedron (2005) The Wife (2003) The Room on the Roof (2002) A Speculative Manifesto (2008) essay