In 2016, NewCon Press celebrates its 10th birthday. To commemorate this, a number of very special publications are planned, of which Digital Dreams is the first; an eBook-only retrospective anthology gathering together the best science fiction stories written by women authors that NewCon has published during these first 10 years. The early titles were never issued as eBooks, so many of these stories appear here in digital format for the first time. Contents:
- Introduction by Ian Whates
- Tales from the Big Dark: Among Strangers – Pat Cadigan
- The Killing Fields – Kim Lakin-Smith
- TouchMeTM: Keeping in Touch – Heather Bradshaw
- The Disappeared – Sarah Singleton
- Collateral Damage – Jaine Fenn
- War Without End – Una McCormack
- Unaccounted – Lauren Beukes
- Electrify Me – Tricia Sullivan
- Higher Up – Nina Allan
- The Honey Trap – Ruth EJ Booth
- Body of Evidence – Justina Robson
- The Worldmaker – Rachel Armstrong
- The Crepuscular Hunter – EJ Swift
- A Season – Rebecca J Payne
Author
Pat Cadigan is an American-born science fiction author, who broke through as a major writer as part of the cyberpunk movement. Her early novels and stories all shared a common theme, exploring the relationship between the human mind and technology. Her first novel, Mindplayers, introduced what became a common theme to all her works. Her stories blurred the line between reality and perception by making the human mind a real and explorable place. Her second novel, Synners, expanded upon the same theme, and featured a future where direct access to the mind via technology was in fact possible. She has won a number of awards, including the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award twice,in 1992, and 1995 for her novels Synners and Fools. She currently lives in London, England with her family.
