Quantum mysteries, explosions with no apparent source, wartime code-breaking, artificial intelligence cloaked in the sweetest of forms, enchantments undertaken on a whim, a fetish convention at a small town hotel, a faithful pets ghost that wont let go, a surgeon forced to operate at gunpoint, a future London where fate rests on the choice of dishes selected at a meal
All this and more. Tales of Dark Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror; includes 'The Honey Trap', Ruth EJ Booth's BSFA Award-winning story. 1. Introduction 2. Stephen Palmer Palestinian Sweets 3. Frances Hardinge Slink-Thinking 4. Storm Constantine A Winter Bewitchment 5. Andrew Hook Softwood 6. Adele Kirby Soleil 7. Stewart Hotston Haecceity 8. John Llewellyn Probert The Girl with No Face 9. Jonathan Oliver High Church 10. Maura McHugh Valerie 11. Holly Ice Trysting Antlers 12. Ruth EJ Booth The Honey Trap 13. Benjanun Sriduangkaew Elision About the Authors Available as a hardback edition signed by the editor, and an A5 paperback edition. |