title: Through Soft Air
text: # Through Soft Air
  
  Through Soft Air is the first short story collection from Australian speculative fiction writer Lee Battersby. Printed in 2006, it was published by US Publisher Prime Books.
  
  ## Stories
  
  The collection contains the following stories:
  
  * Father Muerte & the Theft
  * Silk
  * Carrying the God
  * Pass the Parcel
  * Through the Window Merrilee Dances
  * Elyse (previously unpublished)
  * The Divergence Tree
  * Jaracara's Kiss (previously unpublished)
  * The Hobbyist
  * Mikal (previously unpublished)
  * Letters to Josie
  * A Stone to Mark My Passing
  * Vortle
  * Ecdysis
  * A Very Good Lawyer
  * Goodfellow
  * Stalag Hollywood (previously unpublished)
  * Brillig
  * His Calliope(previously unpublished)
  * Father Renoir's Hands (previously unpublished)
  * Through Soft Air
  * Dark Ages (previously unpublished)
  * Tales of Nireym
  * Father Muerte & the Rain
  * Pater Familias
  
  The cover art is by Gary Nurrish.
  
  ISBN 0-8095-5646-4
  
  