Echoes of us by arden coutts
Echoes of Us is a queer, emotionally driven post-apocalyptic novel about love, grief, and what it means to keep going when everything familiar is gone. Centered on quiet devastation rather than spectacle, the story explores memory, found family, and the ways grief reshapes us long after the world ends.
Written over nearly fifteen years, Echoes of Us began as personal reflections following the sudden death of the author’s father and evolved into a novel about holding on—to love, to memory, and to ourselves.
Release Window: June 2026
Early Chapters Available: Patreon
Logline: A queer, emotionally driven post-apocalyptic novel about love, loss, and the quiet act of surviving when everything familiar is gone.
Why It Matters: Written over nearly fifteen years following the sudden death of the author’s father, Echoes of Us treats grief as something that lingers—and love as something worth holding onto, even at the end of the world.
Comparable Titles: Station Eleven, The Last of Us (emotional tone), literary speculative fiction
Available For: Interviews, podcasts, guest essays, features, readings
Contact: authorardencoutts@gmail.com
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