The Glass Garden

A Novella

Jessica Lvai

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Lanternfish Press
20 August 2025

Dr. Therese Blake is a homebody archaeologist devoted to the history of planet Earth. But when her sister Lissy makes a stunning discovery near an abandoned colony on a distant exoplanet, the sisters team up to discover its secrets.

Eerie, luminescent images cover the walls of an underground cavern. The glass garden looks like a payday to Lissy, who's been struggling to turn a profit to keep her salvage crew fed and paid. Therese, however, insists on careful academic procedure. She can't figure it out: Is the anomaly an artificial creationor a living organism?

As the anomaly's mystery draws the sisters into an obsessive orbit, it turns out neither greed nor science can offer protection from its relentless gravity.

By: Jessica Lvai
Imprint: Lanternfish Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 133mm,
ISBN: 9781941360873
ISBN 10: 1941360874
Pages: 132
Publication Date: 20 August 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Jessica Lvai has loved stories and storytellers her whole life. After a double major in history and mathematics, a PhD in Egyptology, and eight years of the adjunct shuffle, she devoted herself to writing full-time. You can find her work at Strange Horizons, Cossmass Infinities, and Reactor Magazine. Her first novella, The Night Library of Sternendach: A Vampire Opera in Verse, won the Lord Ruthven Award for Fiction. She dreams of one day collaborating on a graphic novel, and meeting Stephen Colbert. Check out her website, JessicaLevai.com, for links and more.

Reviews for The Glass Garden: A Novella

Praise for The Night Library of Sternendach ""Revel in every turn of phrase in this lyrical, classical romance of Kunigunde Heller, trapped between her family and tradition, and her own desires kindled under the starry sky in The Night Library of Sternendach.""-- Margaret S. McGraw, editor of Lawless Lands and Predators in Petticoats ""L�vai debuts with a lush, modern take on the trope of supernaturally star-crossed lovers... This operatic love story caters to many beloved tropes while providing a fresh perspective and building toward an unusual, bittersweet ending that explores 'how love costs more than it seems.'""--Publishers Weekly ""Gorgeously romantic in both style and story. L�vai's timeless tale will sweep you off your feet with immortal dealings and human emotion.""--Matthew Vesely, author of Elegy for the Undead