Erika Swyler writes literary fiction that mixes family history with speculative or Gothic elements. The Book of Speculation follows Simon Watson, a librarian whose family history appears connected to generations of women who worked as mermaids in travelling shows and who died by drowning on the same date. An old book sent to Simon becomes the route into circus history, inherited patterns and the possibility of breaking them. Light from Other Stars shifts between a Florida childhood disrupted by a scientific experiment and a later space mission, linking family grief with questions about time and survival. Swyler’s prose is atmospheric, character-led and interested in objects, records and family archives. Her work sits within literary fantasy, family mystery and speculative fiction. The Book of Speculation is the clearest entry for readers who like books, circuses and inherited secrets. Read more Less
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