"A woman donates her fat for money. A woman must buy hormones in secret. A young man survives surgery when he wasn't meant to.

Sixteen disabled and chronically ill authors challenge our ideas of who is allowed to survive the end of the world in stories that are by turns visceral, heartbreaking, romantic, and at times, gooey. From deeply speculative to almost too real, these stories not only twist dystopian tropes and narratives on their head, but actually let disabled characters live.

From editor Ella T. Holmes who brought us the Amazon Bestselling Artifice & Access anthology, comes this heart pounding disability in dystopian anthology. Why Aren’t You Dead Yet? continues the project of uplifting some of the most marginalised voices in publishing.

While Artifice & Access boldly proclaimed “we belong!” This time we’re screaming “you can’t get rid of us!”

Stories include:

Cat and Mouse by Ashley N.Y. Sheesley

Mind For Sale by Morosia Tindilos

Someone’s Gotta Shovel It by Sally Sultzman

Reduce, Reuse by Ellis Nye

Heartbeats by Kara Siert

Toward The Light by S. Leigh Ann Cowan

If You Go Into The North Today by Shantell Powell

Redheads by Gabriella Hassan

Opportunity Cost by Alexis Ames

A Girl’s Best Friend by Morgan Greensmith

Fat Is An Essential Medicine by Ella T. Holmes

Soft Edges by Ceinwen Langley

Cattle and Mulch by Nora Black

Vermin & Whimsy by Casper E. Falls

The Storm Runners Julie March

The Holes in Her Head by Kate Orman"