J.G.Ballard - The message from Mars

President Dan Quayle triumphantly engineers the first successful mission Mars, but the return is not as scripted..A classic.

M. John Harrison - Anima

The narrator goes on a picaresque journey through central London with Choe, who mourns his lost love and his epic motor bike rides... Evocative

Robert Irwin - An incident at the Monastery of Alcobaca

Brilliant spoof medieval account of how an alien mind virus gets to Earth via the Moslem Embassy on the Moon. Neat twist as well!

Ian McDonald - The best and the rest of James Joyce

A rich mix of an alternate reality war Imperial war between Russia and the British Empire, a new Eastern-influenced music style and aliens...

Graham Joyce - The careperson

A social worker who used to work with disadvantaged children is given his old job back contacting feral children living inthe sewers - dark.

Storm Constantine - Priest of hands

This is the tale of Ays and Min, who work in the flying city... ( )