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Black Apple

by Cire Idle

A curious little menace.

Literary speculative fiction from a bruised-but-beautiful world.

Raised in isolation, a young albino girl lives in a world now just two miles wide. Beyond the gate, the last men have become monsters.

When the boy who raised her leaves to scavenge and does not return, she has only one thing left to do.

Open the gate.

Novels

Luving Robots

Luving Robots

Abandoned by his creator, a sentient ice cream machine and his pet whale set off to discover what it means to be human.

Last Day in Red Lights

Last Day in Red Lights

A boy, a ghost-eyed girl, and a stuffed rabbit wander through the red-lit ruins of desire, searching for love before their last day.

Black Apple

Black Apple

Raised in isolation, an albino girl ventures beyond the gate when the boy who raised her disappears into a world of monsters.

Timeout

Timeout

A boy discovers a doll in Kyoto that can stop time, uncovering the terrifying depths of what absolute power allows.

Bumblebees

Bumblebees

Twenty short fables of childhood, from ice cream cones that fall in love with girls to beautiful birds kept in jars.

Book 6

Dream Jar

A boy discovers a new kind of intelligence and teaches it to be human. They dream of changing a world neither understands.

Evam

EVAM

A surreal fable of Eden, where a boy and girl live in innocence - imprisoned in a garden where enough is never enough.

Book 8

Long Live the Living

Dark fables and poetry about the exotic, mundane, sexual, and so many awful secrets.

Author

Cire Idle

Literary and speculative fiction written from the middle of nowhere.

cire@cireidle.com

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