Tesseracts Twelve is unlike any other volume in this critically acclaimed series showcasing the best in Canadian speculative fiction. For the first time in its distinguished history, Tesseracts focuses on novellas, the form believed by many to be the best expression of fantastic and speculative storytelling. In Tesseracts Twelve, the series' most ambitious volume to date, celebrated writer, anthologist, and critic Claude LalumiA]re has gathered seven brand-new novellas from some of Canada's finest writers of fantastic fiction. Follow these daring, imaginative, and entertaining writers into new worlds of wonder, with an outlook that is both Canadian and global. Cavemen and woolly mammoths invade Yukon Mythological creatures cause havoc in ancient feudal Japan Women with power over love and death stalk the streets of Montreal A modern Scheherazade seeks to understand love in a Toronto suffused with magic and fable A small town in Alberta is rife with pagan rituals Superheroes tackle Korean politics, maniacal supervillains, and corporate downsizing As the world faces environmental collapse, reality-TV adventurers battle giant beasts from the ocean depths Tesseracts Twelve features all-new exciting and imaginative work by: E.L. Chen, Randy McCharles, Derryl Murphy, David Nickle, Gord Sellar, Grace Seybold, and Michael Skeet and Jill Snider Lum; and introduction by Brett Alexander Savory.