Nature, Human by JE Solo

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Step into a world of haunting fiction with this expanded Second Edition of Nature, Human, by award-winning author JE Solo. Now featuring four new stories, this collection explores near and far-flung futures, unravelling the fragile and often dysfunctional ties between human beings and the natural world.

Delivered in JE Solo’s direct and energetic style, these stories blur the lines between the everyday and the extraordinary. From delicate bonds with nature to unexpected twists of fate, Nature, Human contemplates our place in a shifting, uncertain future. Themes of separation, survival, and resilience echo throughout, asking how our individual choices shape the world around us.

Character-driven and imaginative, Nature, Human offers fourteen original stories that will stay with you long after the final page.

Revenge – two women are forced to share the same man; The Heart of a Bear – a survivor of the apocalypse provides for her children; Heart Murmur – star-crossed lovers share a supernatural connection; Nature – a homemaker becomes unnerved while caring for the family pets; Hysteria – a woman scours the city in search of estrogen patches; Somnambulist – Dad has been going out for walks at night; Nana – a family takes Nana for a Sunday drive; Old Joe – two inhabitants of Tent City face an uncertain future; Damage – Two women navigate a cruel system to access medical care; Blue Lake – a world leader with psychic powers averts a disaster;  Last Words – an injured worker has only one hundred words left to speak; Vision – an old person takes a stand to protect the last living things on earth; Second Sight – a mother prepares a magical gift for her daughter; Yolo – a grandmother decides to travel to the edge of the world

TITLE: Nature, Human
AUTHOR: JE Solo
PUBLISHER: House of Zolo
EDITOR: Erika Steeves
GENRE: Fiction
FORMAT: Paperback and E-book
DIMENSIONS: 5.5 X 8.5 inches
PAGES: 168
ISBN: 978-1-989587-26-3 – Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-989587-27-0 – E-PUB
RELEASE DATE: 01/01/2026

About the Author

JE Solo is a writer, performance and media artist, and musician best known for their work in East Coast music, and as a trailblazer in machinima, hybrid-reality, and live and networked performance art. JE’s first novel, Phreak (House of Zolo, 2020), was short-listed for the Writer’s Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador’s 2017 Fresh Fish Award, and is the Write Project’s 2020 Book of the Year. JE’s ten story collection, Nature, Human was published in February 2023 by House of Zolo; the Second Edition of Nature, Human launched on January 1, 2026. Currently, JE is working on presenting their short stories inside of virtual spaces, and recording with their music project, Tallulah AF.

JE is the recipient of the Media Arts Prize and the Dramatic Script Prize from the NL Arts and Letters Awards; the Linda Joy Award from the Atlantic Film Festival for their screenplay, the machine; a Lifetime Membership Award from MusicNL; and the East Coast Music Association’s Stompin’ Tom Connors Award for their accomplishments in music. Dozens of JE’s stage plays, videos and performance art works have been presented across Canada and around the world including at ISEA, File Electronic Language International Festival, The IOTA Institute, Womxn From the Future, Courts Critiques, Festival of New Dance, Resource Centre for the Arts, and the 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art. JE has released nine studio albums and EPs as a solo artist and with The Sauce (2013 – present); TrixXxie (2013 – 2017); Lizband (1993 – 2013 ); The Black Bags (2002 – 2015); Live Girls (2,000 – 2002).

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