Single mum Connie Lam runs an illegal micro-casino on the first international space city with her best friend, until the murder of a former business partner crosses with the fine print on an old AI job, locking her into a race to reclaim her life, from versions of herself.

CLUB CONTANGO is a Southeast Asian, female-forward Fight Club meets Breakfast at Tiffany's with a technoir treatment.

Eliane Boey (she/her) is a writer of speculative fiction, with stories in Clarkesworld, the Penn Review, Galaxy, and others. She is a member of the SFWA and BFS. She is the author of CLUB CONTANGO (Dark Matter INK, publishing on 3.12.24), and OTHER MINDS. Eliane has a working background in shipping, and lives in Singapore.

Samit Basu is the author of several novels, most recently of The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport (Tordotcom, 23, Locus/Goodreads/Dragon shortlisted). He’s been publishing fantasy and SF novels in India since 2003 (The Simoqin Prophecies, Penguin India). His US/UK debut was in 2013 (Turbulence, Titan Books). Samit has also co-written/directed a film for Netflix, written comics and children’s books across a range of genres, and non-fiction as a journalist and columnist. He lives in Delhi and on the internet, and is on social media at @samitbasu.

Eliane Boey discussing CLUB CONTANGO with Samit Basu