Luminaries

Name: Luminaries
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By Kristin Keane

Summary

Luminaries follows Agnes, a woman feeling increasingly detached from herself and the world around her. As she begins to lose tactile sensations, a stolen tube of lipstick rekindles her desire to steal, leading to a court-mandated placement at a camp for grieving children. There, Agnes discovers a supernatural ability to connect these children with the spirits of their lost parents through objects. Torn between self-indulgence and offering comfort to others, she must confront the meaning of loss and the things we take in order to heal.

This haunting tale explores existence amid grief, the longing to reclaim what is lost, and the risks taken to ease yearning—both materially and emotionally.
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Ideal for readers of literary horror and supernatural fiction who appreciate delicate yet powerful explorations of grief, loss, and human connection. Those drawn to emotionally charged stories with subtle supernatural elements will find Luminaries compelling.

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Agnes has been drifting away from herself. People look through her, her husband doesn’t understand her, and lately, she’s begun losing the sensations in her body. When a tube of shoplifted lipstick awakens her back to life, an impulse for stealing emerges that leads her to a court-ordered service at a camp for grieving children.

Initially hoping only that the time there will help her give up stealing, Agnes soon learns that she can use objects to connect grieving children with the spirits of their parents. She must navigate the choice between using her compulsion for her own pleasure and helping the bereaved.

Luminaries is about the things we take and about the things that are taken from us. It asks what it means to exist in lives filled with loss, to reach for the things we hope will restore us, and the risks we’re willing to take to ward off yearning—both in our material lives and social lives.

Luminaries is the winner of the Omnidawn Fabulist Fiction Novelette/Chapbook Prize, selected by Kellie Wells.

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Praised for its darkly tender meditation on connection beyond death, Luminaries is acclaimed for its emotional precision and evocative storytelling. Kellie Wells highlights its beautiful exploration of materiality and loss, describing it as a haunting story that provokes profound reflection on life’s inevitable sorrows and the enduring presence of those no longer here.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781632430939

Publisher: Omnidawn Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 May 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Omnidawn Publishing

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 141.0mm

Height: 179.0mm

Weight: 142g

Pages: 40

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Classic Fiction Fiction General Fiction Horror & Supernatural Kristin Keane

About the Author

Kristin Keane has published work in the New England Review, Normal School, Electric Literature, and elsewhere. She is a doctoral fellow at Stanford University and lives in San Francisco.