Bob Shaw - Dark night in toyland

A Minister and his wife nurse their dying child. His Christmas present is 'biodoh', which can mimic living tissue...

Terry Pratchet - Wyrd sisters

Some witches make amusing comments on a shambolic play which combines elements of some of Shakespeare's tragedies.

Susan Beetlestone - Face lift

Rather depressing tale set in a milieux were people wear fake faces to hide their imperfections. An artist deliberately breaks this taboo.

John Sladek - Stop evolution in its tracks!

An extremely vicious satire on creationism.

Eric Brown - Big trouble upstairs

A telepath who is looking for love is called in to stop a gunman on a killing spree on an L5 habitat containing a Disney pleasure park. Her contact gets her to dress up as a park employee for camouflage, but apart from android employees, there is no sign of the killer...

Johnny Black - The agony of suburban knowledge

After what might be an operation, Slattery finds he has total knowledge of anything he touches. Things get more and more bizarre.

Charles Stross - In the DreamTime

The first sentence gives it all away - "She had hazelnut eyes as dead as mud at the bottom of a pool". A homage/satire in which everyone has gone to the Moon and uploaded themselves into the DreamTime. ( )