<p>Octavio Paz meets J.G. Ballard meets David Attenborough in these suspenseful and lyrical future fiction tales of hybrid species and aqua technologies.&nbsp;&lsquo;Meanda&rsquo;&nbsp;takes place on an ocean exoplanet and is a story of first contact. &lsquo;Asbru&rsquo; tangles scientific researchers in the fronds of Icelandic algae. The stories engage with the behaviours and properties of&nbsp;water. Other stories explore&nbsp;slime technologies. These fictions are spawned by aquatic flora and fauna, such as spitting fish, inking squids and singing whales.&nbsp;and above all, they are inspired by water itself.</p>