In a future where rain is a luxury enjoyed exclusively by the ultra-rich, the world’s only umbrella-maker is framed for the high-profile murder of the quadrillionaire patriarch who controls the earth’s last natural resources.
Beautiful and horrific, THE RAIN ARTIST is pitched as _SUCCESSION _meets THE FIFTH ELEMENT and asks the question of how art and artists can thrive under commercialized capitalism. THE RAIN ARTIST started as a short story published in O: The Oprah Magazine and was included as a notable story in the BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION_ _and FANTASY 2022 anthology by editors Rebecca Roanhorse and John Joseph Adams.
Claire Rudy Foster (they/he) is a queer, nonbinary trans author whose debut short story collection, SHINE OF THE EVER, was named as one of the best LGBTQ books of the year by O: The Oprah Magazine. The book was a finalist for the Foreword INDIE Awards; it was also selected for the ALA 2021 Over the Rainbow Fiction and Poetry Longlist. Foster’s writing appears in many places, including the New York Times, Black Static, Lit Hub, the Guardian, Mic, McSweeney’s, and Catapult.
Addie Tsai (any/all) is a queer nonbinary artist and writer of color who teaches creative writing at William & Mary. They also teach in Goddard College’s MFA Program in Interdisciplinary Arts and Regis University’s Mile High MFA Program in Creative Writing. Addie collaborated with Dominic Walsh Dance Theater on VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN and CAMILLE CLAUDEL, among others. They earned an MFA from Warren Wilson College and a Ph.D. in Dance from Texas Woman’s University. Addie is the author of Dear Twin and Unwieldy Creatures, which was nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award. She is the Fiction co-Editor and Editor of Features & Reviews at Anomaly, contributing writer at Spectrum South, and Founder & Editor in Chief at the LGBTQIA+ fashion literary and arts magazine just femme & dandy.
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