Rabbit Test and Other Stories
by Samantha Mills
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Pub Date Apr 21 2026 | Archive Date Apr 21 2026
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Description
This subversive debut short-fiction collection comes from one of the hottest talents in speculative fiction: 2025 Compton Crook Award and Pushcart Prize nominee Samantha Mills (The Wings Upon Her Back). The central story of the collection is Mills’s pivotal Nebula, Locus, and Sturgeon Award–winning story “Rabbit Test,” which interrogates the past, present, and future of abortion rights in America.
A time-traveling fisherwoman keeps landing on the right shore, but at the wrong time. A pair of witches fight over the gate between life and death. A new consciousness, intent upon seeing all the wonders of the universe, visits a floating library. A rock-and-roll legend squares off against a town full of devils. Humanity makes first contact but falters when put in charge of selecting the world’s representatives.
These riveting stories run the gamut of the genre, transitioning from fantasy to contemporary, and then into the farthest reaches of space. They take place in strange and emotional worlds, with stakes ranging from the epic to the personal, with ample room for humor and hope amid tragedy.
A Note From the Publisher
This strikingly subversive debut short story collection shows why Samantha Mills is one of science fiction’s most acclaimed recent authors
Mills’s first novel, The Wings Upon Her Back, also published by Tachyon, won the Compton Crook Award and is a nominee for the World Fantasy Award.
National marketing plan to include endorsements, reviews, and interviews; print and digital ARC distribution; author launch event and tour with California and EU appearances; co-op advertising available
Mills’s first novel, The Wings Upon Her Back, also published by Tachyon, won the Compton Crook Award and is a nominee for the World Fantasy Award.
National marketing plan to include endorsements, reviews, and interviews; print and digital ARC distribution; author launch event and tour with California and EU appearances; co-op advertising available
Advance Praise
Praise for the debut novel The Wings Upon Her Back
2025 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel Finalist
Compton Crook Award Winner
British Science Fiction Award Longlist
Goodreads SciFi and Fantasy Book Club Selection
Booklist Top 10 SF/Fantasy & Horror Debuts
Parade Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books
Washington Post 11 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books
[STARRED REVIEW] “A triumphant debut novel.” —Booklist
[STARRED REVIEW] “An absolute must-read.” —Kirkus
[STARRED REVIEW] “Intricate and intriguing.” —Publishers Weekly
[STARRED REVIEW] “Complex and haunting.” —Library Journal
Marketing Plan
National marketing plan to include prepublication endorsements and targeting reviews/interviews in NPR Books, the New York Times, Washington Post, New York Review of Science Fiction, and the Chicago Tribune
Print and digital ARC distribution via, NetGalley, Storygraph, and Edelweiss+
Author tour to include Northern and Southern California and EU appearances and book launch event
Online coverage to include Nerd Daily; Fantasy Book Cafe; Utopia SF; World Shapers; Uncharted Magazine; John Scalzi/The Big Idea; Mary Robinette Kowal/My Favorite Bit
Advertising and promotion in national print, online outlets, and social media
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781616964511 |
| PRICE | $17.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 256 |
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