Ruthanna Emrys Books in Order

Researchers studying giant mantas in a remote canyon must prove that the creatures' intricate filaments constitute language. With their work under review and their team facing dispersal, the scientists confront the limits of interspecies understanding.

Years after surviving an internment camp, Aphra Marsh is approached by an FBI agent investigating stolen magical secrets. His request draws her back toward Innsmouth and Miskatonic University, where Cold War fears collide with older dangers.

Aphra Marsh searches for surviving relatives to help rebuild Innsmouth's displaced community. Her journey brings her to New York, where missing people and competing interests complicate the effort to recover a home and preserve its traditions.

This collection brings together stories and poems about alien encounters, magical communities, and outsiders searching for belonging. Its fantasies examine how people respond to unfamiliar beings, including the persecuted Innsmouth descendant introduced in 'The Litany of Earth'.

When aliens arrive on an Earth undergoing ecological recovery, Judy Wallach-Stevens becomes involved in negotiations over humanity's future. The visitors want people to abandon their planet, while watershed communities believe that Earth can still sustain them.

A widespread fungal infection transforms a woman’s relationship with the natural world, making her feel more connected to it than ever. That new closeness comes with growing distance from the people she loves, complicating her changed sense of belonging.