In an epic novel set on the North Pennine Moors, Elizabeth has abandoned avalanche science to restore desolate peatlands. She treks in the footsteps of Isabel who, five centuries earlier, herds her cattle to remote summering grounds.Both are reeling from the overwhelming crises of their day. In 1548, Isabel and her father, together with the priest in this poorest of parishes, grapple with the chaos of the protestant reformation. Today, a grieving Elizabeth fights t...

A special edition of Shoreline of Infinity published in partnership with the Edinburgh International Science Festival in 2018 on the theme of sustainability.Featuring stories abd poems gathered together for the first time.Can SciFi Save Us? – Jane YolenA Cure for Homesickness – Anne CharnockWinter in the Vivarium – Tim MajorCharlie, A Projecting Prestidigitator – Megan NeumannCharlie's Ant – Adrian TchaikovskyPigeon – Guy StewartCan...

A digital magazine featuring the very best in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and HorrorThe latest fiction from established writers alongside the best new stories from emerging talents and debut authors. On-point articles and regular columns, exploring genre fiction in all its forms. Interviews with leading authors and artists. Insightful and informative book reviews by a carefully selected cadre of reviewers, assessing current titles and imminent releases from publisher...

Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award.In a near-future London, Millie Dack places her hand on her belly to feel her baby kick, resolute in her decision to be a single parent. Across town, her closest friend—a hungover Toni Munroe—steps into the shower and places her hand on a medic console. The diagnosis is devastating.In this stunning, bittersweet family saga, Millie and Toni experience the aftershocks of human progress as their children and grandchildren e...

From the Arthur C. Clarke Award–winning author, a dystopian novel of oppression set in the climate-ravaged Europe of A Calculated Life, a finalist for the Kitschies award and Philip K. Dick Award.Late in the twenty-first century, drought and wildfires prompt an exodus from southern Europe. When twelve-year-old Caleb is separated from his mother during their trek north, he soon falls prey to traffickers. Enslaved in an enclave outside Manchester, the resour...

Finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award and the Kitschies Golden Tentacle (Debut Novel) AwardLate in the twenty-first century, big business is booming and state institutions are thriving thanks to advances in genetic engineering, which have produced a compliant population free of addictions. Violent crime is a rarity.Hyper-intelligent Jayna is a star performer at top predictive agency Mayhew McCline, where she forecasts economic and social trends. A brilliant...

Named by the Guardian as one of the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2015History is story telling. But some stories remain untold.In fifteenth-century Italy, Paolo Uccello recognizes the artistic talent of his young daughter, Antonia, and teaches her how to create a masterpiece. The girl composes a painting of her mother and inadvertently sparks an enduring mystery.In the present day, a copyist painter receives a commission from a ...