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E.M. Faulds is an Australian-born author living in Scotland. Her debut collection won the 2023 British Fantasy Award.

This, her second collection, is at least as strong. It features the first appearance in print of "Godzilla as a Young Man Named Mike", winner of the 2026 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction.

Nineteen stories that defy expectation. A blend of new and previously published work, narratives that dance across genre boundaries and refuse to be limited by stereotype. Stories that demonstrate why E.M. Faulds is regarded as one of the most exciting emerging voices of speculative fiction.

Contents:

The Last Sign

Godzilla As A Young Man Named Mike

Love, Scotland

Broken Blue

Hand of Fire

Dreams Itself Awake

Skelp

Terrible Lizard

The Raiment of Youth

Pearl and the World

All the Way to the Dead Dog Party

A Flight of Birds

Better Blood

The World is What You Make of It

CAT-88

Elphbats

Land

Heavy, Heavy Down

The Sky Has No Net

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