Alastair Reynolds: The Prefect
Dreyfus took in the scene of the crime from the vantage point of a Panoply cutter. It would have been quick, he reflected, but perhaps not fast enough to be […]
Dreyfus took in the scene of the crime from the vantage point of a Panoply cutter. It would have been quick, he reflected, but perhaps not fast enough to be […]
Eldene felt weak and light-headed for the second time that morning and wondered if her scole was preparing to drop a litter of leaves. Running her thumb down the stick-seam […]
“Your mission. Conduct an on-the-spot investigation. Verify. Search. Destroy. Incite. Inform. Over and out. On the nth day nth hour sector n subsector n rendezvous with N. Stop. Salary group […]
Eventually the sky was packed with stars, so densely that they defined perfectly the dome of sky; and frightened him. “Where I come from there are not so many stars,” […]
Everyone my age remembers where they were and what they were doing when they first heard about the contest. I was sitting in my hideout watching cartoons when the news […]
Lilo had wanted to be a medico. As early as she could remember she had been good with her hands, and while she was growing up her most cherished toy […]
‘Okay, just slip this on for size, don’t mind the pattern: Tom, my boy, brace yourself – we’re mind readers.’ How to make Time for the Stars Take several classic […]
Oxford, England AD 1832: If I was dreaming that night I forgot it the instant when that blasted telephone woke me with its shrill two-tone whistle. I fumbled round for […]
Today is one of them really and truly cold days. You’re probably thinking cold is cold is cold, either everything’s frosty or you’re sipping margaritas by the pool in Florida, […]
There was a razorstorm coming in. Sylveste stood on the edge of the excavation and wondered if any of his labours would survive the night … Why I read it, […]