A screenshot of my author photo with this announcement on Instagram from Inanna Publications: We are incredibly excited to announce the fourth of our Fall 2026 releases. @joanne.merriam's speculative fiction book “Aether and Ego” comes out with Inanna Publications this fall. Joanne Merriam is a writer and poet from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. She is the author of the poetry collection 'The Glaze from Breaking' and her poetry and fiction has appeared in dozens of magazines and journals, including Astropoetica, The Baltimore Review, Escape Pod, Pank, Per Contra, Pictura, and Strange Horizons. Aether and Ego: It is autumn 1845, and Elizabeth Bennet is a part of the second generation embarking on a centuries-long flight to Alpha Centauri, working in the signal room and studying engineering in the new Regency society aboard a massive generation ship. Aether and Ego is a steampunk retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, with the addition of space travel, dogs, and accidental death. Follow to stay up to date on preorder announcements!
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