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.