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.
The cover art is by Gary Nurrish.
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Elyse (previously unpublished)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Jaracara's Kiss (previously unpublished)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Mikal (previously unpublished)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Stalag Hollywood (previously unpublished)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His Calliope(previously unpublished)
Father Renoir's Hands (previously unpublished)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Dark Ages (previously unpublished)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
Critical reception
Writing for the Australian Specific in focus website Nicole Murphy noted: that there were stories she felt were "undone", and said that was "A shame, because the idea of the book is terrific."
