The Mune

A group of Victorian women, shipwrecked on an island in a parallel universe, fight for change.

Thirty "surplus" mothers from asylums, workhouses, and the streets of Victorian England are shipwrecked on an island in an alternate universe. To survive, they must create a new society amid the lethal black sands and mysterious beasts. How will they shake off the patriarchal chains that bound them and raise their children to be free? How will Betty, who longs to be back under the guidance of her master, survive, as the community evolves? And who is watching them?"By its last page The Mune has put forward a convincing argument for precisely why it matters who speaks and how: because it is through words that new worlds become possible."
—Niall Harrison, Locus"The Mune is full of spirit, spilling over with questions, weaving together strands of classic adventure with provocative thought. It's a fantastically accomplished and involving novel."
—Aliya WhiteleySue Dawes has a PhD in Creative Writing, with a focus on gendered language and inclusion, and which involved writing a non-binary speculative utopia. Sue also writes short stories and flash fiction, and experiments with Japanese short form poetry (haibun). She is an avid sf fan, and has had several short stories published in magazines and on-line anthologies.