Editor Donna Scott has selected the very best short fiction by British authors published during 2017. Twenty-two stories, from established names and rising stars of genre fiction.
Introduction - Donna Scott
Blinders - Tyler Keevil
In the Night of the Comet - Adam Roberts
The Walls of Tithonium Chasma - Tim Major
3.8 Missions - Katie Gray
Over You - Jaine Fenn
The Ghosts of Europa Will Keep You Trapped in a Prison You Make for Yourself - Matt Dovey
Uniquo - Aliya Whiteley
Looking for Laika - Laura Mauro
A Good Citizen - Anne Charnock
Mercury Teardrops - Jeff Noon
The Nightingales in Plàtres - Natalia Theodoridou
The Road to the Sea - Lavie Tidhar
When I Close My Eyes - Chris Barnham
Targets - Eric Brown
London Calling - Philip A. Suggars
The Last Word - Ken MacLeod
After the Atrocity - Ian Creasey
Voicemail - Karen McCreedy
Green Boughs Will Cover Thee - Sarah Byrne
Airless - N.J. Ramsden
Product Recall - Robert Bagnall
The Endling Market - E. J. Swift
About the Authors.