Sandglass: The Collection is a selection of Short Stories and Novelettes from the pen of Caldon Mull spanning his career so far and includes Essays on the works and on his writing experiences in general. This collection include his favourites.Included in this selection are published and previously unpublished work such as Refugia, Ifrit, Garden Sea, Dancers, Shards, Portmanteau, Lawman and Jamais Vu. Previously unpublished work original to this collection are the Novelette Songbird and the Essays Afterwards on… and About the Author 2025; Looking backwards.Sandglass: The Collection traces the stories and the efforts of an author who enters their fifth decade as a provocative, disquieting voice who has pushed the boundaries of the Science Fiction, Fantasy, New Weird and Queer genres and has redefined Slipstream fiction repeatedly over decades. The Essays provide background to these Stories also the pitfalls in being a South African author planning and launching a volume-spanning, decades-long 'future history' project. Caldon Mull is the pen name of a veteran storyteller with African continent-spanning work experience consulting for the financial and military sectors. His work includes his primary series the 'Sol Senate Cycle' and his time-tripping fantastika series 'Agency Tales'. His fiction work has received 'honorable mention' over the years beginning with the 1986 Writers of the Future contest and from the SFSA Nova Award over later decades. He has been published in Omenana, RPGA Network, the SFSA Probe and several other, now-defunct local publications. He currently is resident in Finland with his wife and many cats.
