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Rachel Hughes
@rachelhughes
Independent writer working mainly in science fiction, with an interest in craft, books and the practical side of publishing.
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About the writer
Rachel Hughes writes science fiction and speculative fiction. Their interests range from character and story structure to editing, formatting and the practical realities of independent publishing.
The smallest detail can change the temperature of a scene.
Books and story worlds
Stories by Rachel Hughes
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The Quiet Map of Salt
On a tidal colony built around a failing archive of weather models, a data editor discovers that the records are being altered to erase a settlement that may never have officially existed. As she follows the discrepancies through tide logs, family transcripts and broken station software, she has to decide whether the truth is a place, a person, or just the version of events that survives formatting. The novel leans on close character work, technical detail and the awkward business of deciding what counts as evidence.
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