“Apple Bread” in Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia

In Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia, award-winning authors of speculative fiction Lynn Hutchinson Lee and Nina Munteanu present a collection that explores strange new terrains and startling social constructs, quiet morphing landscapes, dark and terrifying warnings, lush newly-told folk and fairy tales, featuring 32 writers from across the country. Katherine Koller’s story, “Apple Bread,” is told from the point of view of an apple tree.

Through the Portal is published by Exile Editions. Pre-orders are available here.

A review of the book by Seaboard Review is here.

A partial reading of Katherine Koller’s story, “Apple Bread,” was broadcast on CBC Daybreak Alberta in January 2025.