Portrait of Ari by Mary Robinette Kowal

Portrait of Ari

By

Description

These things await you: Love and hope in the aftermath of a very personal environmental apocalypse. Fear that comes in being trapped in your own body, enslaved by your own faulty synapses. Dread in a cure that works in unexpected ways. Discovery of what you've always known, but couldn't face, about your own lover.

Explore these and more in the seven beautiful, wounded landscapes of Scenting the Dark, the first collection from Campbell Award-winner Mary Robinette Kowal. Her lean, vigorous style has been satisfying readers since 2006, including multiple appearances in Year's Best lists. The stories here lay bare the ways we try to prevent, contain and repair the damaged world around us, the further harm we can cause by trying, and why every moment of joyous, defiant struggle is worth it--if you have love enough, and hope.

More Mary Robinette Kowal Books

  • The Calculating Stars

    The Calculating Stars

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Science Fiction

  • Shades of Milk and Honey

    Shades of Milk and Honey

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Historical Fantasy

  • The Fated Sky

    The Fated Sky

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Science Fiction

  • Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2019 Edition

    Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2019 Edition

    Elizabeth Bear, Siobhan Carroll, John Chu, Greg Egan, Kathleen Ann Goonan, S. L. Huang, Carole Johnstone, KJ Kabza, Erinn L. Kemper, Mary Robinette Kowal, Rich Larson, M. Evan MacGriogair, Seanan McGuire, Lis Mitchell, Mimi Mondal, Annalee Newitz, Silvia Park, Laurie Penny, Brenda Peynado, Christopher Rowe, Rivers Solomon, Karin Tidbeck, Neon Yang & E. Lily Yu

    Fiction & Literature

  • The Lady Astronaut of Mars

    The Lady Astronaut of Mars

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Science Fiction

  • The Relentless Moon

    The Relentless Moon

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Science Fiction

  • The Night Guest

    The Night Guest

    Hildur Knútsdóttir & Mary Robinette Kowal

    Horror

  • Glamour in Glass

    Glamour in Glass

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Historical Fantasy

  • The Spare Man

    The Spare Man

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Science Fiction

  • Shadows Beneath

    Shadows Beneath

    Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells & Howard Tayler

    Fantasy Short Stories

  • The Long List Anthology Volume 3: More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List

    The Long List Anthology Volume 3: More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List

    Aliette De Bodard, Seanan McGuire, Sam J. Miller, Cat Rambo, Lavie Tidhar, Ursula Vernon, Caroline M. Yoachim, P. Djeli Clark, Theodora Goss, Yoon Ha Lee, Ian R. MacLeod, Sarah Pinsker, Jason Sanford, S.B. Divya, Gu Shi, Mary Robinette Kowal, Rebecca Ann Jordan, Cassandra Khaw & Violet Allen

    Fantasy Short Stories

  • First Flight

    First Flight

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Science Fiction

  • Chaos and Cosmos Sampler, Part 1

    Chaos and Cosmos Sampler, Part 1

    Kit Rocha, S. A. Hunt, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Kate Elliott, Mary Robinette Kowal & Ryan Van Loan

    Fantasy Short Stories

  • Fearless Women Sampler

    Fearless Women Sampler

    Tessa Gratton, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Robyn Bennis, V. E. Schwab, Jacqueline Carey, Sam Hawke & Mary Robinette Kowal

    Fantasy Short Stories

  • Without a Summer

    Without a Summer

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Historical Romance

  • Ghost Talkers

    Ghost Talkers

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Historical Fantasy

  • Valour and Vanity

    Valour and Vanity

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Historical Fantasy

  • Articulated Restraint

    Articulated Restraint

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Science Fiction

  • The Long List Anthology Volume 4

    The Long List Anthology Volume 4

    Naomi Kritzer, Tobias S. Buckell, Charlie Jane Anders, Nick Wolven, Jamie Wahls, Max Gladstone, Alex Acks, Sarah Gailey, Ursula Vernon, JY Yang, Jess Barber, Sara Saab, Kelly Robson & Mary Robinette Kowal

    Fantasy Short Stories

  • The Hugo Award Showcase, 2010 Volume

    The Hugo Award Showcase, 2010 Volume

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Sci-Fi Short Stories

  • Of Noble Family

    Of Noble Family

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Historical Fantasy

  • For Want of a Nail

    For Want of a Nail

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Sci-Fi & Fantasy

  • Athena's Daughters

    Athena's Daughters

    Jean Rabe, Mary Robinette Kowal, Sherwood Smith, C. A. Verstraete, Alma Alexander, Cleolinda Jones, Maggie Allen, Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Cynthia Ward, Janine K. Spendlove, Vicki Johnson-Steger, Tricia Barr, D. L. Stever, Tera Fulbright, Conley Lyons, Kelly Swails, Tanya Spackman, Jennifer Brozek, Gail Z. Martin & Jean Marie Ward

    Sci-Fi Short Stories

  • Entanglements

    Entanglements

    Sheila Williams, James Patrick Kelly, Mary Robinette Kowal, Nancy Kress, Rich Larson, Sam J. Miller, Annalee Newitz, Suzanne Palmer, Cadwell Turnbull, Nick Wolven, Xia Jia, Ken Liu, Plakhova & Lisa Yaszek

    Sci-Fi Short Stories

  • The Martian Contingency

    The Martian Contingency

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Science Fiction

  • The Long List Anthology Volume 6: More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List

    The Long List Anthology Volume 6: More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List

    David Steffen, Elizabeth Bear, Brooke Bolander, John Chu, A.T. Greenblatt, T. Kingfisher, Mary Robinette Kowal, Fonda Lee, Sam J. Miller, Karen Osborne, A.C. Wise, Ellen Klages, Mimi Mondal, JY Neon Yang, G.V. Anderson, M. Evan MacGriogair, Suzanne Palmer, Aimee Ogden & Yoon Ha Lee

    Fantasy Short Stories

  • Forest of Memory

    Forest of Memory

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Adventure Sci-Fi

  • Word Puppets

    Word Puppets

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Fantasy Short Stories

  • The Long List Anthology Volume 8: More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List

    The Long List Anthology Volume 8: More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List

    David Steffen, Meg Elison, Mary Robinette Kowal, John Wiswell, Aliette De Bodard, C.L. Polk, Cat Rambo, Sam J. Miller, A.T. Greenblatt, Elizabeth Bear, Premee Mohamed, Aimee Ogden, Suzan Palumbo, P. Djeli Clark, Marie Vibbert, Kel Coleman, Gautam Bhatia, P H Lee, E. Lily Yu, Han Song, Xueting C. Ni, Lauren Ring & Arula Ratnakar

    Sci-Fi Short Stories

  • A Fire in the Heavens

    A Fire in the Heavens

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Epic Fantasy

  • Realms 2: The Second Year of Clarkesworld Magazine (Clarkesworld Anthology, #2)

    Realms 2: The Second Year of Clarkesworld Magazine (Clarkesworld Anthology, #2)

    Catherynne M. Valente, Jay Lake, Mary Robinette Kowal, Jeffrey Ford & Yoon Ha Lee

    Sci-Fi Short Stories

  • The Complete Glamourist Histories

    The Complete Glamourist Histories

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Historical Fantasy

  • The Escapement of Blackledge

    The Escapement of Blackledge

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Historical Fantasy

  • In the Moon's House

    In the Moon's House

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Fiction & Literature

  • Forever Magazine Issue 13

    Forever Magazine Issue 13

    Neil Clarke, Mary Robinette Kowal, Vandana Singh & Peter Watts

    Sci-Fi Short Stories

  • Life Beyond Us: An Original Anthology of SF Stories and Science Essays

    Life Beyond Us: An Original Anthology of SF Stories and Science Essays

    Mary Robinette Kowal, Peter Watts, Premee Mohamed, Tobias S. Buckell, Stephen Baxter, Eugen Bacon, Julie Nováková, Julie E. Czerneda, Eric Choi, Rich Larson, Malka Older, Deji Bryce Olukotun, Gregory Benford, Geoffrey A. Landis, G David Nordley, Bogi Takács, Renan Bernardo, Jana Bianchi, Tessa Fisher, Simone Heller, Valentin D. Ivanov, Lisa Jenny Krieg, Liu Yang, Ladon Gao, Lucie Lukačovičová, Tomáš Petrásek, Brian Rappatta, Arula Ratnakar, D.A. Xiaolin Spires, B. Zelkovich, Wolf D. Geppert, Jacques Arnould, William Bains, Jose A. Caballero, Dimitra Demertzi, Martina Dimoska, Dennis Honing, Fabian Klenner, Nina Kopacz, Natuschka Lee, Ania Losiak, Stephen Francis Mann, Connor Martini, Tony Milligan, Philippe Nauny, Erik Persson, Joanna Piotrowska, Giovanni Poggiali, Amedeo Romagnolo, Stefano Sandrelli, Floris van der Tak, Jan Toman, Sheri Wells-Jensen, Raymond M. Wheeler, Lucas K. Law & Susan Forest

    Science Fiction

  • Hacia las estrellas

    Hacia las estrellas

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Sci-Fi & Fantasy

  • Per la mancanza di un chiodo

    Per la mancanza di un chiodo

    Mary Robinette Kowal & Angela Graci

    Sci-Fi & Fantasy

  • Geeky Giving: A SFF Charity Anthology

    Geeky Giving: A SFF Charity Anthology

    K.B. Spangler, Michael J Martinez, Mary Robinette Kowal, Shaun David Hutchison, Amanda Bonilla, Jeff Somers, A.C. Wise, Sierra Dean, K.C. Alexander, Ryan Britt, Heather Clitheroe, James Knapp, Edward Ashton, Robert Lowell Russell & JY Yang

    Fantasy Short Stories

  • For Solo Cello. op. 12

    For Solo Cello. op. 12

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Sci-Fi & Fantasy

  • This Little Pig

    This Little Pig

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Fiction & Literature

  • El destino celeste

    El destino celeste

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Science Fiction

  • Il destino del cielo (Urania Jumbo)

    Il destino del cielo (Urania Jumbo)

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Adventure Sci-Fi

  • Whitehall: Sikker havn 13

    Whitehall: Sikker havn 13

    Liz Duffy Adams, Delia Sherman, Barbara Samuel, Mary Robinette Kowal, Madeleine Robins & Sarah Smith

    Fiction & Literature

  • The Bound Man

    The Bound Man

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Fantasy

  • Molly on the Moon

    Molly on the Moon

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Family & Relationships in Kids Fiction

  • Portrait of Ari

    Portrait of Ari

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Sci-Fi & Fantasy

  • Lady Astronaute

    Lady Astronaute

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Sci-Fi & Fantasy

  • The Calculating Stars (Urania Jumbo)

    The Calculating Stars (Urania Jumbo)

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Adventure Sci-Fi

  • Whitehall: Vort håb alene 10

    Whitehall: Vort håb alene 10

    Liz Duffy Adams, Delia Sherman, Barbara Samuel, Mary Robinette Kowal, Madeleine Robins & Sarah Smith

    Fiction & Literature