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Shoreline of Infinity Science Fiction Magazine
Series · 20
books · 2015-2022

Books in series

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Shoreline of Infinity 1

2015

Quarterly science fiction magazine including fiction, reviews, interviews and more. Published in Edinburgh. Issue 1 Contents Fiction The Three Stages of Atsushi, Larry Ivkovich The Spiral Moon, Alex Barr Symbiosis, Colleen Anderson See You Later, M Luke McDonell The Brat and the Burly Qs, David Perlmutter Approaching 43,000 Candles, Guy T Martland Broken Glass, Joseph L Kellogg TimeMachineStory, Richmond A Clements Cleanup on Deck 7, Claire Simpson Space, John Buchan Non-Fiction Story Competition Charles Stross Border Crossings SF Caledonia Reviews
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Shoreline of Infinity 8

2017

Stories Targets – Eric Brown Goddess with a Human Heart – Jeannette Ng The Pink Life(La Vie En Rose) – Nathan Susnik These Are the Ways – Premee Mohamed The Black Tide – Laura Duerr The Starchitect – Barry Charman Arthur Kovic’s Days of Change – Michael Teasdale The Folger Variation – Chris Kelso SF Poetry by Lauren Harwyn, Louise Peterkin, Colin McGuire Cover – The Rescue of Sister, by Stephen Pickering Flash Fiction Competition Noise and Sparks: Ruth EJ Booth SF Caledonia – interview with Chris Kelso Tales of the Beachcomber—Mark Toner & Stephen Pickering Book Reviews All the Galaxies by Philip Miller The Last Days of New Paris by China Miéville Raven Stratagem by Yoon Ha Lee Rupert Wong and the Ends of the Earth (Gods and Monsters: Rupert Wong Book 2) by Cassandra Khaw Ancestral Machines: A Humanity’s Fire Novel by Michael Cobley The List by Patricia Forde
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Shoreline of Infinity, Issue 8½

Edinburgh International Book Festival Special Edition

2017

This is a special edition produced in partnership with the Edinburgh International Book Festival for 2017. We have fantastic sci-fi stories, articles and poems from Pippa Goldschmidt, Adam Roberts, Ken MacLeod, Ada Palmer, Nalo Hopkinson, Charles Stross, Jo Walton and Jane Yolen (all of whom are appearing at the Book Festival). This issue also shows off some of the fine Scottish science fiction talent we have been privileged to publish. Tips of the hat go to: Caroline Grebbell, Iain Maloney, Russell Jones, Dee Raspin, Gary Gibson, Thomas Clark, Katie Gray and Andrew J Wilson for their stories. We are also delighted to use this issue as an excuse to re-publish Ruth EJ Booth’s BSFA award winning story, The Honey Trap. Ruth writes a regular well-loved column on the boulder-strewn path to becoming a writer. This special issue is also an opportunity for the editorial team to reflect. Iain Maloney, takes a look at Scottish dystopian fiction, Russell Jones talks about SF poetry and, as MC and organiser, tells us about Event Horizon. Monica Burns brings us up to date with SF Caledonia, our project on early Scottish science fiction, and Mark Toner explores the artwork of Shoreline of Infinity. We also include poetry from: Iain M Banks, Marge Simon, Shelly Bryant, Benjamin Dodds and Grahaeme Barrasford Young
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Shoreline of Infinity, Issue 9, Autumn 2017

2017

We feature brand new science fiction stories from writers from all over the world. We run interviews, book reviews, science fiction poetry and more. Plus, we have fantastic original artwork to accompany each story.
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Shoreline of Infinity, Issue 11, Spring 2018

All Women Special Edition

2018

All women special edition. Stories: Aliette de Bodard – A Slow Unfurling of Truth Emily Bowles – Write ME Karen Heuler – Heading for the Border Lith Amenti – Sacrifice For A Broken Sky Anna Ibbotson – Do No Harm Katy Lennon – #NoBadVibes Sim Bajwa – HR Confidential Jen Downes – Pearls That Were His Eyes Articles SJ McGeachy on Frankenstein: The Nuts and Bolts of Genre Mash-Up Jonatha Kottler – Confessions of a Science Fiction She-nerd Interview: Lisanne Norman and Ruth EJ Booth regular column – Noise and Sparks: Beyond the Mountains SF poetry by: Katherine McMahon, Catherine Edmunds, Paige Smith, Katie Fanthorpe Guest Editors: Pippa Goldschmidt, Caroline Grebbell Guest Art Director: Monica Burns
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Edinburgh International Science Festival Special Edition

2018

Can Science Fiction Save Us? Jane Alexander, Charlie Jane Anders, Eric Brown, Anne Charnock, David L Clements, Leigh Harlen, Ian Hunter, Ken MacLeod, Tim Major, Paul McAuley, Colin McGuire, Megan Neumann, Jennifer R. Povey, Juliana Rew, Peter Roberts, Michael F Russell, Holly Schofield, Marge Simon, Guy Stewart, Adrian Tchaikovsky, JS Watts, Davyne DeSye, Jane Yolen, Victoria Zelvin A special edition of Shoreline of Infinity published in partnership with the Edinburgh International Science Festival in 2018 on the theme of sustainability. “One of the biggest roles of science fiction is to prepare people to accept the future without pain and to encourage a flexibility of mind.” —Arthur C Clarke
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Shoreline of Infinity, Issue 12, Summer 2018

2018

Stories from: Helen Jackson – Do Not Pass GO Robert Gordon – Aeaea Anton Rose – Jammers J S Richardson – Paradise Bird W G White – Sand and Rust Elva Hills – Sleeping Fire Duncan Lunan – The Square Fella SF Poetry: Caroline Hardaker, Ken Poyner, Elizabeth Dulemba Chris Kelso – SF Caledonia: Crossing the Starfield plus – The Beachcomber Presents by Mark Toner Cover: Siobhan McDonald Artwork by: Jackie Duckworth Art, Tsu, Jessica Good, Mark Toner And the annual flash fiction competition Ada Palmer – interviewed by Eris Young Ruth EJ Booth – Noise and Sparks: Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Genre Book Reviews Ada Palmer, Seven Surrenders, & The Will to Battle Eric Brown, Binary System M John Harrison, You Should Come with Me Now: Stories of Ghosts Sarah Maria Griffin, Spare and Found Parts Malka Older,Null States Sarah Lotz, Body in the Woods Hal Duncan, A Scruffian Survival Guide
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Shoreline of Infinity, Issue 13, Autumn 2018

2018

Shoreline of Infinity Science Fiction Magazine -winner British Fantasy Society award 2018 for best magazine/periodical New science fiction stories - and more Esme Carpenter – Harry’s Shiver Premee Mohamed – The Time Between Time Laura Young – Daughter Bo Balder – Splitting Up Caroline Grebbell – Goodnight Rosemarinus Tim Major – Cast In the Same Mould Rachel Armstrong – Origamy (extracts) Preston Grassmann – The Silk Tower of Beijing Poetry: Tris Crest. Charlotte Ozment, Nate Maxson New for Shoreline of Infinity 13 - Six Word Science Fiction Stories Gregg Chamberlain, Dane Divine, Michael Stroh Art competition: we have a winner – Jimmy McGregor The Beachcomber Presents: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Mark Toner, Stephen Pickering & Tsu Beel SF Caledonia: Chris Kelso on Preston Grassmann Plus an interview with Rachel Armstrong on her amazing debut novel Origamy
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Shoreline of Infinity, Issue 14, Spring 2019

2019

Shoreline of Infinity Science Fiction Magazine -winner British Fantasy Society award 2018 for best magazine/periodical New science fiction stories - and more Stories Thomas Broderick Rhiannon Grist Cat Hellisen Ken MacLeod Andrew Reichard Neil Williamson Flash Fiction Competition Winners Vicki Jarrett Emma Levin Alyssa Eckles Eris Young Science Fiction Poetry FJ Bergmann Harry Josephine Giles Richard Stevenson Ruth EJ Booth’s BSFA award shortlisted column “Noise and Sparks” Pippa Goldschmidt on “The Future is already here” Mark Toner’s Tales of the Beachcomber SF Caledonia: Chris Kelso on Neil Williamson Plus reviews
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Shoreline of Infinity, Issue 15, Summer 2019

2019

Shoreline of Infinity Science Fiction Magazine -winner British Fantasy Society award 2018 for best magazine/periodical New science fiction stories - and more Stories DA D’Amico EM Faulds Tim Major Callum McSorley Tiffany Meuret JG Sarmiento Teika Marija Smits Lidia Molina Whyte Cymera Festival/Shoreline of Infinity Short fiction winners Beth Nuttall Cleo Luna BSFA Award winner Gareth L Powell on Writing Interview with Louise Welsh Noise and Sparks from Ruth EJ Booth SF Poetry Angela Cleland Peter King Rachel Sambrooks Plus Mark Toner’s Tales of the Beachcomber Book Reviews
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Shoreline of Infinity, Issue 16, Autumn 2019

2019

Shoreline of Infinity Science Fiction Magazine -winner British Fantasy Society award 2018 for best magazine/periodical New science fiction stories - and more New stories from: Petra Kuppers Allen Ashley Helen French Kate Macdonald Laura Duerr Calum L. MacLeòid Ahmed A. Khan Vicki Jarrett Poetry from: Rachel Plummer Cardinal Cox Chuck Von Nordheim Noise and Sparks: Ruth EJ Booth Interview: Vicki Jarrett Tales of the Beachcomber: Mark Toner Book Reviews Always North - Vicki Jarrett Fringe War - Rachel Aukes Den Danske Borgerkrig 2018-24 (The Danish Civil War 2018-24) - Kaspar Colling Nielsen The Last Tsar’s Dragons - Jane Yolen and and Adam Stemple The Forgotten Girl -Rio Youers The Migration - Helen Marshall Plague Stone - James Brogden The History of Science Fiction (Second Edition) - Adam Roberts
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Shoreline of Infinity, Issue 18, Summer 2020

Spotlight on BAME Science Fiction

2020

CONTENTS: Shoreline of Infinity 18 - Spotlight in BAME Science Fiction Pull up a Log Zen Cho – Odette K. M. McKenzie – Mobay Woods Prashanth Srivatsa – Perumal and the God of Words D.A. Xiaolin Spires – Sakahlu Homeland Asith Pallemulla – The Digital Man Feng Gooi – The Seven Day Ghost Tobi Ogundiran – Isn’t Your Daughter Such a Doll Stepping Through the Portal: Guest editors Raman Mundair and Tendai Huchu in conversation The History of Japanese Science Fiction: from the 1930s to the 2010s The Dangers of Expectation in African Speculative Fiction (Excerpt) Reviews Multiverse – Jeda Pearl, Mandisi Nkomo, Robert René Galván Cymera, Scotland’s Futures Forum and Shoreline of Infinity’s Competition for speculative short fiction 2020 – the results Laura Scotland – The Chrysalis In Need of a Laugh
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Shoreline of Infinity, Issue 20, March 2021

2021

Pilot Issue of the new monthly digital Shoreline of Infinity. It’s an all-women issue to mark International Women’s Day. New stories from: Bo Balder, Fiona Moore, Laura Watts SF poetry from: T.D. Walker Article: Transmitting Tales of the Future into the Future, by Pippa Goldschmidt Book Reviews: Cat Hellisen reviews Composite Creatures by Caroline Hardaker Art: Stephen Daly, Jackie Duckworth
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Shoreline of Infinity, Issue 21, April 2021

2021

New stories from: Aliya Whiteley, Robert Runté, Laura Duerr and featuring a Mug Story from Ken MacLeod. SF poetry from: G. Toro
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Shoreline of Infinity, Issue 22, May 2021

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The Sentinel Falls - John J Kennedy Boy or Girl? - Haruka Mugihara, translated by Toshiya Kamei Crossed Paws - Marc A . Criley One Small Victory - Konstantina Scott-Barrett Braoudaki Quadrillion Vigintillion, Ink blue - Maija Haavisto Space Opera: To Boldly Go Where No Man Wanted To - Samantha Dolan Reviews: The Breach by MT Hill and The X-Men and the Avengers Gamma Quest, by Greg Cox. Ace Doubles (Chapter One) - Eric Brown Back Story - Ace Doubles by Eric Brown
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Shoreline of Infinity, Issue 25, August 2021

2021

New E.M. Faulds – A Flight of BirdsSimon Nagel – They Came To Hear Him Play His Music When The Sun Went DownGary Gibson – The President is PossessedElana Gomel – DanaeCat Hellisen – The Death and Resurrection of Mantis-Class Destroyer ‘Sentimental Journey’, previously ‘General Patty Styne’, deceased David L Clements "What is Hard Science Fiction?"Book Citizens of an Anthology of Utopic Fiction - Rowan B. Fortune (Ed), Review by Matthew Castle Ten low by Stark Holborn, review by Callum McSorley Axiom’s End by Lindsay Ellis, review by Andrew Chidwick Flash Fiction Competition details – science fiction ghost storyCover Artwork Alex Storer
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Shoreline of Infinity, Issue 27, October 2021

2021

New science fiction stories from Callum McSorley, Jo Ross-Barrett, Jack Schouten, R V Neville Poetry from Christopher Collingwood Alex Storer visits The Museum of Classic Sci-Fi Book Reviews
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Shoreline of Infinity, Issue 30, March 2022

2022

New Stories: Approaching Human – Eric Brown The Tides Rolled In – Christopher R. Muscato The Keep – Raymond W Gallacher Poem: Regeneration - Amanda Anastasi Reviews Beyond the Hallowed Sky by Ken MacLeod My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones The Cyber Puppets by Angus McAllister The Solarpunk Storytelling Showcase The Power of Storytelling in Building a Better Future – Lottie Emily Dodd

Authors

J.S. Watts
J.S. Watts
Author · 2 books

J.S. Watts is a British poet, novelist and short story writer. Born in London, she now lives and writes in East Anglia. In between, she read English at Somerville College, Oxford and spent many years working in the UK education sector. Her poetry, short stories and non-fiction appear in publications in Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the States and have been broadcast on BBC and independent Radio. She has edited assorted magazines and anthologies. Her poetry collections, "Cats and Other Myths", "Years Ago You Coloured Me" and "Underword", plus the multi-award nominated poetry pamphlet, "Songs of Steelyard Sue" are published by Lapwing Publications. Her poetry pamphlet, "The Submerged Sea", is published by Dempsey & Windle. Her novels, "A Darker Moon" - dark literary fantasy, "Witchlight", "Old Light" & "Elderlight"- the urban fantasy Witchlight series, are published by Vagabondage Press.

Holly Schofield
Author · 4 books
Holly Schofield travels through time at the rate of one second per second, oscillating between the alternate realities of city and country life. Her short stories have appeared in Analog, Lightspeed, Escape Pod, and many other publications throughout the world. She hopes to save the world through science fiction and homegrown heritage tomatoes. Find her at https://hollyschofield.wordpress.com/.
Ian Hunter
Author · 1 books

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. This profile may contain books from multiple authors of this name.

Cat Hellisen
Cat Hellisen
Author · 14 books

Presumably a person, occasionally a table. I write stories.

Juliana Rew
Author · 3 books
Juliana Rew was an NCAR science and technical writer in Boulder, Colorado, and is editor at Third Flatiron Publishing, publishing SF and fantasy anthologies.
Jo Walton
Jo Walton
Author · 28 books
Jo Walton writes science fiction and fantasy novels and reads a lot and eats great food. It worries her slightly that this is so exactly what she always wanted to do when she grew up. She comes from Wales, but lives in Montreal.
Helen Jackson
Helen Jackson
Author · 1 books
Helen Jackson lives in Edinburgh and loves to make stuff up. (And eat cake. Often at the same time.)
Iain M. Banks
Iain M. Banks
Author · 18 books

Iain M. Banks is a pseudonym of Iain Banks which he used to publish his Science Fiction. Banks' father was an officer in the Admiralty and his mother was once a professional ice skater. Iain Banks was educated at the University of Stirling where he studied English Literature, Philosophy and Psychology. He moved to London and lived in the south of England until 1988 when he returned to Scotland, living in Edinburgh and then Fife. Banks met his wife Annie in London, before the release of his first book. They married in Hawaii in 1992. However, he announced in early 2007 that, after 25 years together, they had separated. He lived most recently in North Queensferry, a town on the north side of the Firth of Forth near the Forth Bridge and the Forth Road Bridge. As with his friend Ken MacLeod (another Scottish writer of technical and social science fiction) a strong awareness of left-wing history shows in his writings. The argument that an economy of abundance renders anarchy and adhocracy viable (or even inevitable) attracts many as an interesting potential experiment, were it ever to become testable. He was a signatory to the Declaration of Calton Hill, which calls for Scottish independence. In late 2004, Banks was a prominent member of a group of British politicians and media figures who campaigned to have Prime Minister Tony Blair impeached following the 2003 invasion of Iraq. In protest he cut up his passport and posted it to 10 Downing Street. In an interview in Socialist Review he claimed he did this after he "abandoned the idea of crashing my Land Rover through the gates of Fife dockyard, after spotting the guys armed with machine guns." He related his concerns about the invasion of Iraq in his book Raw Spirit, and the principal protagonist (Alban McGill) in the novel The Steep Approach to Garbadale confronts another character with arguments in a similar vein. Interviewed on Mark Lawson's BBC Four series, first broadcast in the UK on 14 November 2006, Banks explained why his novels are published under two different names. His parents wished to name him Iain Menzies Banks but his father made a mistake when registering the birth and he was officially registered as Iain Banks. Despite this he continued to use his unofficial middle name and it was as Iain M. Banks that he submitted The Wasp Factory for publication. However, his editor asked if he would mind dropping the 'M' as it appeared "too fussy". The editor was also concerned about possible confusion with Rosie M. Banks, a minor character in some of P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves novels who is a romantic novelist. After his first three mainstream novels his publishers agreed to publish his first SF novel, Consider Phlebas. To distinguish between the mainstream and SF novels, Banks suggested the return of the 'M', although at one stage he considered John B. Macallan as his SF pseudonym, the name deriving from his favourite whiskies: Johnnie Walker Black Label and The Macallan single malt. His latest book was a science fiction (SF) novel in the Culture series, called The Hydrogen Sonata, published in 2012. Author Iain M. Banks revealed in April 2013 that he had late-stage cancer. He died the following June. The Scottish writer posted a message on his official website saying his next novel The Quarry, due to be published later this year*, would be his last. *The Quarry was published in June 2013.

Benjamin Dodds
Benjamin Dodds
Author · 2 books

Benjamin Dodds is a Sydney-based poet who grew up in the Riverina of New South Wales. ​ His work has appeared in Best Australian Poems, Stars Like Sand: Australian Speculative Poetry, Meanjin, Southerly, Cordite, Rabbit, The Sun Herald and The Australian, and has also been broadcast on ABC Radio National. ​ Benjamin co-developed and co-judged the inaugural Quantum Words Science Poetry Competition associated with Writing NSW’s 2018 science-writing festival of the same name. He is also a poetry reader for Overland.

Nalo Hopkinson
Nalo Hopkinson
Author · 31 books
Nalo Hopkinson is a Jamaican-born writer and editor who lives in Canada. Her science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories often draw on Caribbean history and language, and its traditions of oral and written storytelling.
W.G. White
W.G. White
Author · 1 books

W. G. White (known to friends, family, colleagues, strangers, monsters, and other non-human entities as ‘Will’) is arguably a human with ten fingers and just as many toes. He uses these limbs to craft odd fables concerning monster-catering hairdressers, magic mushy peas, puppet-hating puppeteers, and other such enjoyable nonsense. He lives on Earth (for now) with his human fiancée and non-human dog. He is not an alien.

Iain Maloney
Iain Maloney
Author · 5 books
Iain Maloney was born in Aberdeen and now lives in Japan. He is the author of 8 books and the forthcoming The Japan Lights (Summer 2023)
Leigh Harlen
Leigh Harlen
Author · 4 books
Leigh Harlen is a queer, non-binary writer who lives and works in Seattle with their partner, a goofy dog, and a mischief of rats. Their non-writing hobbies include petting strangers’ dogs, enthusing about how awesome bats are, and eating cookies.
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Author · 70 books
ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY was born in Lincolnshire and studied zoology and psychology at Reading, before practising law in Leeds. He is a keen live role-player and occasional amateur actor and is trained in stage-fighting. His literary influences include Gene Wolfe, Mervyn Peake, China Miéville, Mary Gently, Steven Erikson, Naomi Novak, Scott Lynch and Alan Campbell.
Fiona Moore
Fiona Moore
Author · 3 books
Fiona Moore is a writer and academic whose work has appeared in Asimov, Interzone, and Clarkesworld, with reprints in Forever Magazine and two consecutive editions of The Best of British SF; her story “Jolene” was shortlisted for the 2019 BSFA Award for Shorter Fiction, and her first novel Driving Ambition is available from Bundoran Press. She has written and cowritten a number of articles and guidebooks on cult television, including guides to Blake’s Seven, The Prisoner and Battlestar Galactica. She has also written three stage plays and four audio plays, and a blog entitled A Doctor Of Many Things. When not writing, she is a Professor of Business Anthropology at Royal Holloway University.. She lives in Southwest London with a tortoiseshell cat who is bent on world domination.
Elizabeth O. Dulemba
Elizabeth O. Dulemba
Author · 3 books

Elizabeth Dulemba, a.k.a. "e", has been an author, illustrator, teacher and speaker (including TED) for most of her career. She has over two-dozen books to her credit, including her debut novel, A Bird on Water Street, winner of 13 literary awards, including Georgia Author of the Year. She taught Illustration at the University of Georgia, and writing and illustration courses at various locations around the country. She spent several years as Illustrator Coordinator for the southern region of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and as a Board Member for the Georgia Center for the Book. Through these roles she created annual Illustrator's Day conferences, gallery shows, regional and state-wide awards, and scholarship programs, connecting the local community and helping hundreds of up-and-coming creatives. Before going freelance, e was a corporate Art Director and in-house illustrator for several industries, packaging, and communication firms. Elizabeth grew up in the American south where she received a BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Georgia. She also holds an MFA with Distinction in Illustration from the University of Edinburgh and is currently a PhD Researcher at the University of Glasgow (Scotland). In the summers she travels to Roanoke, Virginia where she is Visiting Associate Professor at Hollins University in the MFA in Writing and Illustrating Children's Books low-residency program. There, she teaches Picture Book Design and Beginning and Advanced Photoshop™.

Thomas Clark
Thomas Clark
Author · 1 books
Thomas Clark is a writer, poet and translator, working principally in the Scots language.
Catherine Edmunds
Catherine Edmunds
Author · 1 books

Catherine's latest work is the novel 'Naked Gardening for the Over-Fifties. Previous works include the biography, 'My Hidden Mother', the novels 'Serpentine', 'Small Poisons' and 'Bacchus Wynd', and the poetry collections 'How to Win at King's Cross' and 'wormwood, earth and honey'. Catherine trained as a classical musician at Dartington College of Arts and Goldsmith's College, London, and pursued a career as a classical musician before reinventing herself as an artist, writer and folk/rock fiddler player. She is now a prolific poet and novelist, with over 100s of individual published pieces to her name, as well as a portrait artist and illustrator. She

Adam Roberts
Adam Roberts
Author · 48 books

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information. Adam Roberts (born 1965) is an academic, critic and novelist. He also writes parodies under the pseudonyms of A.R.R.R. Roberts, A3R Roberts and Don Brine. He also blogs at The Valve, a group blog devoted to literature and cultural studies. He has a degree in English from the University of Aberdeen and a PhD from Cambridge University on Robert Browning and the Classics. He teaches English literature and creative writing at Royal Holloway, University of London. Adam Roberts has been nominated twice for the Arthur C. Clarke Award: in 2001, for his debut novel, Salt, and in 2007, for Gradisil.

Ken MacLeod
Ken MacLeod
Author · 35 books

Ken MacLeod is an award-winning Scottish science fiction writer. His novels have won the Prometheus Award and the BSFA award, and been nominated for the Hugo and Nebula Awards. He lives near Edinburgh, Scotland. MacLeod graduated from Glasgow University with a degree in zoology and has worked as a computer programmer and written a masters thesis on biomechanics. His novels often explore socialist, communist and anarchist political ideas, most particularly the variants of Trotskyism and anarcho-capitalism or extreme economic libertarianism. Technical themes encompass singularities, divergent human cultural evolution and post-human cyborg-resurrection.

T.D. Walker
Author · 1 books

T.D. Walker is the author of Small Waiting Objects (CW Books 2019). Her science fiction poems and stories have appeared in Strange Horizons, The Future Fire, Web Conjunctions, The Cascadia Subduction Zone, Recompose, Abyss & Apex, Kaleidotrope, and elsewhere. After completing graduate work in English Literature, Walker began her career as a software developer. She draws on both her grounding in literary studies and her experience as a computer programmer in writing poetry and fiction.

Charlie Jane Anders
Charlie Jane Anders
Author · 36 books

My latest book is Victories Greater Than Death. Coming in August: Never Say You Can't Survive: How to Get Through Hard Times By Making Up Stories. Previously: All the Birds in the Sky, The City in the Middle of the Night, and a short story collection, Six Months, Three Days, Five Others. Coming soon: An adult novel, and a short story collection called Even Greater Mistakes. I used to write for a site called io9.com, and now I write for various places here and there. I won the Emperor Norton Award, for “extraordinary invention and creativity unhindered by the constraints of paltry reason.” I've also won a Hugo Award, a Nebula Award, a William H. Crawford Award, a Theodore Sturgeon Award, a Locus Award and a Lambda Literary Award. My stories, essays and journalism have appeared in Wired Magazine, the Boston Review, Conjunctions, Tin House, Slate, MIT Technology Review, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, Tor.com, Lightspeed Magazine, McSweeney’s, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, ZYZZYVA, Strange Horizons, Apex Magazine, Uncanny Magazine, 3 AM Magazine, Flurb.net, Monkey Bicycle, Pindeldyboz, Instant City, Broken Pencil, and in tons and tons of anthologies. I organize Writers With Drinks, which is a monthly reading series here in San Francisco that mashes up a ton of different genres. I co-host a Hugo Award-winning podcast, Our Opinions Are Correct, with Annalee Newitz. Back in 2007, Annalee and I put out a book of first-person stories by female geeks called She’s Such a Geek: Women Write About Science, Technology and Other Nerdy Stuff. There was a lot of resistance to doing this book, because nobody believed there was a market for writing about female geeks. Also, Annalee and I put out a print magazine called other, which was about pop culture, politics and general weirdness, aimed at people who don’t fit into other categories. To raise money for other magazine, we put on events like a Ballerina Pie Fight – which is just what it sounds like – and a sexy show in a hair salon where people took off their clothes while getting their hair cut. I used to live in a Buddhist nunnery, when I was a teenager. I love to do karaoke. I eat way too much spicy food. I hug trees and pat stone lions for luck. I talk to myself way too much when I’m working on a story.

Noel Chidwick
Noel Chidwick
Author · 8 books

I'm Editor-in-Chief of Science Fiction magazine, Shoreline of Infinity (www.shorelineofinfinity.com), published in Scotland. I've been a reader for as long as I can remember, my tastes tending towards the fantastical rather than the realistic. After all, isn't that the point of a story, to be taken to a different place? Science Fiction and fantasy is where I have lived and dreamed since I first read Grimm's Stories. My teenage years were spent absorbing every word I could find by the likes of Asimov, Clarke, Heinlein, Wyndham, Bradbury, McCaffrey, LeGuin, Moorcock, Ballard, Priest. I loved the early stuff from the 30s and 40s with writers such as E E Smith, Olaf Stapledon and the many other writers who earned their keeping bashing away at typewriters in dark, dust attics. And my enjoyment in SF continues unabated with the writings of Stephen Baxter, Charles Stross, Ken MacLeod, Eric Brown, Peter Hamilton. And many more. Many, many more. I've written on and off over the years, dabbling in SF as a teenager when I had some stories published in fanzines. I have recently returned to the words with greater relish, and have released a couple of small collection of tales based on my adopted home town of Edinburgh. I was shortlisted for a short crime story competition for Bloody Scotland, and the story is available, along with its fellow shortlistees, as an ebook published by Blasted Heath.

Davyne DeSye
Davyne DeSye
Author · 5 books

Davyne is the author of the Phantom Rising Series – a trio of historical romances which continue the saga of the Phantom of the Opera – as well as a science fiction novel, Carapace, and an anthology of speculative fiction short stories, Soap Bubble Dreams and Other Distortions. Her newest release is Love Whispers Through the Veil, a sweet paranormal ghost romance. Davyne’s writing focuses on strong characterization, a sense of adventure, and emotional impact, reflecting her own passionate view on life. She draws from positive experiences in her life (going on safari, being in a television commercial, becoming a lifeguard) and more painful ones (being kidnapped as a child at knife-point [promptly rescued by Dad!], breaking her arms falling 60 feet off a cliff, breaking her neck at the senior prom) to realistically craft her characters, both good and evil. Davyne grew up traveling the world with her diplomat parents, and has lived in Germany, Bolivia, Somalia, Afghanistan, Japan, and Korea. After several academic and career choices (including computer programming and fine art photography!), she finally settled into the law and was an attorney for over twenty years, although writing has always been her first true love. The list of things she loves is long and includes her family (she survived having five teenagers at one time!), Christmas, cooking, laughing, being an introvert (despite her propensity to arm-waving when excited about a topic), intriguing mouths, sneezing and – of course – reading. Her list of dislikes is relatively small: bigots, hypocrites and mean people. Oh, and lima beans. She lives with her husband in their Colorado home and in Mexico. Want to know more? Interview With Author Davyne DeSye Authors Talk: A Discussion with Davyne DeSye Stay connected with Davyne by signing up for her email list. You'll receive a FREE short story just for signing up as well as exclusive updates on giveaways, new releases, cover reveals, sneak peeks, etc. HERE. Visit Davyne at: Her Webpage Instagram Facebook BookBub YouTube Pinterest Watch her book trailers: Phantom Rising Series:

1 - For Love of the Phantom

2 - Skeletons in the Closet

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Love Whispers Through the Veil Carapace Soap Bubble Dreams and Other Distortions

Duncan Lunan
Duncan Lunan
Author · 3 books
Born in 1945, Duncan Lunan has been a full-time author, researcher, broadcaster, editor, critic and tutor since 1970, specialising in astronomy, spaceflight and science fiction. He has published 9 books and was science fiction critic of the Glasgow Herald from 1971 to 1985.
Eric Brown
Eric Brown
Author · 74 books

Eric Brown was born in Haworth, West Yorkshire, in 1960, and has lived in Australia, India and Greece. He began writing in 1975, influenced by Agatha Christie and the science fiction writer Robert Silverberg. Since then he has written over forty-five books and published over a hundred and twenty short stories, selling his first story in 1986 and his first novel in 1992. He has written a dozen books for children; young adult titles as well as books for reluctant readers. He has been nominated for the British Science Fiction Award five times, winning it twice for his short stories in 2000 and 2002. His work has been translated into sixteen languages and he writes a monthly science fiction review column for the Guardian. His hobbies include collecting books and cooking (particularly Indian curries). He lives in Dunbar, East Lothian, with his wife and daughter.

Anne Charnock
Anne Charnock
Author · 9 books

Anne Charnock's novel DREAMS BEFORE THE START OF TIME is the winner of the 2018 Arthur C. Clarke Award, and was shortlisted for the BSFA 2017 Best Novel Award. Her latest novel, BRIDGE 108, is written in the same world as her debut novel, A CALCULATED LIFE—a finalist for the 2013 Philip K. Dick and The Kitschies Golden Tentacle Awards. SLEEPING EMBERS OF AN ORDINARY MIND, her second novel, was named by The Guardian as one of the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2015 Anne Charnock's journalism has appeared in New Scientist, The Guardian, Financial Times, International Herald Tribune and Geographical. She was educated at the University of East Anglia, where she studied Environmental Sciences, and at The Manchester School of Art, England where she gained a Masters in Fine Art. As a foreign correspondent, she travelled widely in Africa, the Middle East and India and spent a year overlanding through Egypt, Sudan and Kenya. http://www.annecharnock.com http://www.twitter.com/annecharnock Author photo by Marzena Pogorzaly

Gary Gibson
Gary Gibson
Author · 21 books

Gary Gibson's first novel, Angel Stations, was published in 2004. Interzone called it "dense and involving, puzzling and perplexing. It's unabashed science fiction, with an almost "Golden Age" feel to it ..." His second novel was Against Gravity in 2005; the Guardian described it as "building on current trends to produce a convincing picture of the world in 2096." Stealing Light was first published in 2007, and garnered a wide range of positive reviews. The London Times called it: "A violent, inventive, relentlessly gripping adventure ... intelligently written and thought-provoking". Stealing Light is the first volume in a four-book space opera, the final volume of which, Marauder, was published in 2013. To date, Gary has written ten novels, most recently Extinction Game and its sequel, Survival Game.

Tim Major
Tim Major
Author · 12 books
Tim Major is an SF and horror writer based in York, UK. His books include HOPE ISLAND and SNAKESKINS, short story collection AND THE HOUSE LIGHTS DIM and a non-fiction book about the 1915 silent crime film, LES VAMPIRES, which was shortlisted for a British Fantasy Award. His short stories have appeared in Interzone, Not One of Us and have been selected for Best of British Science Fiction, Best British Fantasy and Best Horror of the Year. Find out more at www.cosycatastrophes.com
Jane Alexander
Jane Alexander
Author · 13 books
I am the author of over twenty books on natural health, holistic living and spirituality. I am passionate about seasonal living, fitness, yoga, meditation, dreamwork and shamanism.
Ken Poyner
Ken Poyner
Author · 2 books

Ken Poyner is a writer of flash fiction and speculative poetry. As of December 2019, his books are “Cordwood”, poetry, 1985; “Sciences, Social”, poetry, 1995; “Constant Animals”, fictions, 2011; “The Book of Robot”, poetry, 2016; “Victims of a Failed Civics”, poetry, 2016; “Avenging Cartography”, fictions, 2017; “The Revenge of the House Hurlers”, fictions, 2018; “Engaging Cattle”, fictions, 2019. “Cordwood” and “Sciences, Social” are out of print, but all the others are available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other sites, both as paperback and e-books. Individual poems and stories have appeared in “Analog”, “Asimov’s”, “Poet Lore”, “The Alaska Quarterly Review”, “The Indiana Review”, “Café Irreal”, “Rune Bear”, “Menda City Review”, and hundreds of other places. He has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize many times, as well as a Sidewise Award, multiple Rhysling Awards, and sundry other awards and honors. He has read at Bucknell University, George Washington University, the Bethesda Writers Center, and other venues. His work veers toward the speculative, the surreal, sometimes science fiction, generally the ironic and the unusual.

Chris Kelso
Chris Kelso
Author · 13 books
Chris Kelso is an award-winning genre writer, editor, illustrator, and musician from Scotland. His work has been published widely across the UK, US and Canada.
Callum McSorley
Callum McSorley
Author · 2 books
Callum McSorley is a writer based in Glasgow, Scotland. He is a graduate of the University of Strathclyde where he studied English, Journalism & Creative Writing. Formerly a journalist working for the International Network of Street papers, he has published stories in street papers (magazines sold by the homeless) all over the world from The Big Issue Japan to The Contributor (USA), covering a wide variety of topics from homelessness and human rights issues to celebrity interviews with the likes of The Pixies, Sebastian Vettel and Irvine Welsh.His short stories have been published in genre fiction anthologies by Dead Guns Press and The Singularity as well as prestigious Scots literary journal, Gutter.
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