Michael Swanwick opens an alternate Venice in Tomas the Castaway

Reactor published Michael Swanwick’s Tomas the Castaway on October 14, offering a new fantasy novelette to read online. The publication credits Jonathan Strahan as editor and Jess Kingswell as illustrator, with the complete work running to 11,230 words.

Reactor published Michael Swanwick’s Tomas the Castaway on October 14, offering a new fantasy novelette to read online. The publication credits Jonathan Strahan as editor and Jess Kingswell as illustrator, with the complete work running to 11,230 words. The premise follows a man near death who passes through a mirrored

canal into another version of Venice. There he finds companionship and acceptance, but brings knowledge of the future that could change the place that has taken him in. The online publication is the immediate release milestone. Readers can approach it as a standalone piece of original fiction, with the illustrated

opening introducing its displaced traveller and the uncertain relationship between his former life and this unfamiliar city. Read the official source. Image: Jess Kingswell / Reactor; illustration for Tomas the Castaway.

Open the interactive version on https://mythscribe.cloud/blog/michael-swanwick-opens-an-alternate-venice-in-tomas-the-castaway-october-2026.