The Formation Saga
Transmentation | Transience is out now!
"…masterful worldbuilding [that] is both sweeping and detailed, with believably delineated planets, ecologies, cultures, and governments. Sci-fi readers will be eager for a swift return to this setting."
—Publishers Weekly review of Transmentation | Transience
“Transmentation | Transience is more than the sum of its parts, engaging the mind and the heart with a perspective that is simultaneously farseeing and intimate.”
Book 2 Coming Soon!
Transmentation | Transgression will be available March 17, 2026!
“Mind-bending sci-fi at its absolute best. A gorgeously told story.”
“This gorgeous novel is action-packed, full of fascinating ideas and unforgettable characters. I can’t wait to see where these authors take us next.”
Tennessee Hill & Darkly Lem (Fiction Reading)
Friday, March 27, 6-8 PM, Talley Student Union, Room 4101 (parking and directions)
TENNESSEE HILL holds an MFA from North Carolina State University. She has been featured in Best New Poets, POETRY, Adroit Journal, Southern Humanities Review, Arkansas International, and elsewhere. Her debut novel Girls with Long Shadows was published by Harper in May 2025. She lives and teaches in Houston.
DARKLY LEM is five authors in an impeccably-tailored trenchcoat (Josh Eure, Craig Lincoln, Ben Murphy, Cadwell Turnbull, and M. Darusha Wehm). They live in an Earth-type locality in the Central Cluster with their five kids, several spouses, and a modest menagerie, where they are at work on Many Worlds novels.

