ABOUT THIS BOOK When putting this anthology together, I was determined that it should not be called The Best of ParSec or anything of that ilk. A title such as that would be a slight on those stories that were not selected, suggesting they are in some way inferior to those that have been, and that’s simply not the case.
Permit me to explain.
Two thirds of the stories published in the first seven issues of ParSec, from which this volume is drawn, came to us via the three brief open submission periods we’ve held to date. During those three windows I received around 1,000 submissions. Of these, I’ve accepted just 8%. I’ve turned away some good stories in the process, I know that, but those that have made it into the magazine are all stories I love.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction by Ian Whates
Down and Out Under the Tannhauser Gate – David Gullen
Nineteen Eighty-Nine – Ken MacLeod
A Moment of Zugzwang – Neil Williamson
From Below – Warren Benedetto
Lustre Mining – Eliza Chan
The Summer Husband – Angela Slatter
Radicalised – Lavie Tidhar
Rotten Things – Kim Lakin
It Only Amplifies – Shih-Li Kow
Personal Satisfaction – Adrian Tchaikovsky
CSGCOVWR – Natalia Theodoridou
Portuguese Essay – George Tom
A Kingdom of Seagrass and Silk – Cécile Cristofari
Theo Ballinchard And The Oranges Of Possibility – Patrice Sarath
Lovers on the Yuleton Lip – Aliya Whiteley
The Power of 3 – Anna Tambour
Red Horse, Running – Joanne Harris
Umbilical – Teika Marija Smits
Are We Going Under? – Simon Bestwick
Within The Concrete – Steve Rasnic Tem
The Primacy Of The Cube – Paul Di Filippo
The Equality Virus – Gwyneth Jones
The Operculum Necklace – Alison Littlewood
But Once a Year – Ramsey Campbell
FiveO’Clock In The Bar At The End Of The World – Bryony Pearce
Genre: Horror
Permit me to explain.
Two thirds of the stories published in the first seven issues of ParSec, from which this volume is drawn, came to us via the three brief open submission periods we’ve held to date. During those three windows I received around 1,000 submissions. Of these, I’ve accepted just 8%. I’ve turned away some good stories in the process, I know that, but those that have made it into the magazine are all stories I love.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction by Ian Whates
Down and Out Under the Tannhauser Gate – David Gullen
Nineteen Eighty-Nine – Ken MacLeod
A Moment of Zugzwang – Neil Williamson
From Below – Warren Benedetto
Lustre Mining – Eliza Chan
The Summer Husband – Angela Slatter
Radicalised – Lavie Tidhar
Rotten Things – Kim Lakin
It Only Amplifies – Shih-Li Kow
Personal Satisfaction – Adrian Tchaikovsky
CSGCOVWR – Natalia Theodoridou
Portuguese Essay – George Tom
A Kingdom of Seagrass and Silk – Cécile Cristofari
Theo Ballinchard And The Oranges Of Possibility – Patrice Sarath
Lovers on the Yuleton Lip – Aliya Whiteley
The Power of 3 – Anna Tambour
Red Horse, Running – Joanne Harris
Umbilical – Teika Marija Smits
Are We Going Under? – Simon Bestwick
Within The Concrete – Steve Rasnic Tem
The Primacy Of The Cube – Paul Di Filippo
The Equality Virus – Gwyneth Jones
The Operculum Necklace – Alison Littlewood
But Once a Year – Ramsey Campbell
FiveO’Clock In The Bar At The End Of The World – Bryony Pearce
Genre: Horror
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