Stories of Hope and Wonder, in Support of UK Healthcare Workers (eBook)

An anthology released to raise funds for the NHS and UK Healtcare workers. Fifty-three stories, 253,000 words of fiction, including several pieces that are original to this volume. A treasury of stories from some of the finest writers of science fiction, literary fiction, fantasy, horror, and more.

Introduction by Ian Whates Last Contact - Stephen Baxter Slink-Thinking - Frances Hardinge Gossamer - Ian Whates The Feather Dress - Lisa Tuttle The Man Who Swallowed Himself - Chris Beckett Fat Man in the Bardo - Ken MacLeod Kings of Eternity - Eric Brown Muscadet Kiss - Michèle Roberts Dead Space - George Mann The Trace - Christopher Priest Golden Wing, Silver Eye - Cat Hellisen The Golden Nose - Neil Williamson On Ilkley Moor - Alison Littlewood About Helen - Tade Thompson Iphigenia in Aulis - M.R. Carey Just Watch Me - Lesley Glaister The Family Football - Ian R. MacLeod The Grave-Digger's Tale - Simon Clark The All-Nighter - Mark Morris Her Seal Skin Coat - Lauren Beukes A Conclusion - Paul Cornell Liberty Bird - Jaine Fenn The Ki-Anna - Gwyneth Jones Scienceville - Gary Gibson The Sphere - Juliet E. McKenna An Eligible Boy - Ian McDonald The Quick Child - Jane Rogers Trademark Bugs: A Legal History - Adam Roberts Working on the Ward - Tim Pears During the Dance - Mark Lawrence Out of the Woods - Ramsey Campbell Trick of the Light - Tim Lebbon Roman Games - Anne Nicholls Digits - Robert Shearman The Fox Maiden - Priya Sharma Roads of Silver, Paths of Gold - Emmi Itäranta All Deaths Well Intention'd - RJ Barker Epilogue: England, Summer 1558 - Jon Courtenay Grimwood The Christmas Repentance of the Mole Butcher of Tetbury - Aliya Whiteley Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Nations Of The World, Part V: A Voyage To The Island Of The Wolves - Philip Palmer Barking Mad - Ian Watson Lady with a Rose - Reggie Oliver Missing - Blake Morrison What We Sometimes Do, Without Thinking - Mark West Events - Stan Nicholls Wars of Worldcraft - Adrian Tchaikovsky Fixer, Worker, Singer - Natalia Theodoridou Witness - Kim Lakin-Smith Unravel - Ren Warom Like Clockwork - Tim Major A Million Reasons Why - Nick Wood The Road to the Sea - Lavie Tidhar Ten Love Songs to Change the World - Peter F. Hamilton

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