Editor Donna Scott has scoured magazines, anthologies, webzines and obscure genre corners to discover the very best science fiction stories by British and British-based authors published during 2021. Two dozen stories, varying greatly in subject matter and style, from superb technological mystery to conflict on very alien worlds, from sweet, sad stories symptomatic of the tense times we have lived through to tales optimistic for better times to come, and even a dash of wry humour here and there for good measure.
Donna Scott is a director and recent chair of the BSFA, as well as being a distinguished poet, writer, and stand-up comedian. Donna is also a free-lance editor who has worked behind the scenes for a number of major publishers over the course of several years.
Contents Introduction – Donna Scott Distribution – Paul Cornell Stealthcare – Liz Williams Down and Out Under the Tannhauser Gate – David Gullen Me Two – Keith Brooke and Eric Brown The Andraiad – Tim Major Bloodbirds – Martin Sketchley Going Home – Martin Westlake Okamoto’s Lens – A.N. Myers Love in the Age of Operator Errors – Ryan Vance Stone of Sorrow – Peter Sutton Henrietta – T.H. Dray A History of Food Additives in 22nd Century Britain – Emma Levin The Trip – Michael Crouch The Ghosts of Trees – Fiona Moore The Opaque Mirror of Your Face – Russell Hemmell More Sea Creatures to See – Aliya Whiteley The End of All Our Exploring – Gary Couzens How Does My Garden Grow? – David Cleden Girls’ Night Out – Teika Marija Smits Bar Hopping for Astronauts – Leo X. Robertson In Aeturnus – Phillip Irving A Spark in a Flask – Emma Johanna Puranen A Pall of Moondust – Nick Wood About the Authors Acknowledgements