Scott Bradfield - The flash! kid

Rudy is a normal kid who enjoys destroying termite nests until he stumbles upon an alien artifact. He starts over-eating until...

Richard Cowper - The Tithonian factor

In a future Green Britain, there is a care home for 'Sempeterms', immortals created in an earlier age. A young carer doing National Service has a spiritual encounter with one.

John Crowley - Novelty

A writer in a bar meditates on writing and religion and tries to make a theme for a novel out of the contrast between novelty and security.

John Shirley - What Cindy saw

What Cindy alone sees is a strange underworld that runs the real world...

M. John Harrrison - Strange great sins

Another Viriconium story in which a 'sin-eater', called to a child's funeral, recounts how he came into the role. Nicely baroque. ( )