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A new short story collection from Edge Hill Prize winning author Chris Beckett, containing previously uncollected stories. No library descriptions found. |
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Atomic truth
In a networked near future, all the connectivity keeps people isolated - only one outsider sees reality.
Two thieves
In a far future which has mostly lost technology, two hardened prisoners on work detail
discover something...and each one learns a different lesson.
Jonny's new job
A satirical tale of what happens when a social worker fails to prevent a child in his care being murdered by a parent. What happens is mob justice, combined with a surprise for one of the mob.
The caramel forest
Wierd story about a little girl who alone seems to be communicate with the silent alien fauna on a colonised planet.
Greenland
A desperate father offers himself for experimentation to get his family to a safe haven...
The famous cave paintings on Isolus 9
Clancy, a writer, is very much in love with Elena. Since she is afraid of space travel, he sets off alone for Isolus 9 to view the famous paintings made by the original colonists. What he finds changes him deeply.
Rat island
Rather hysterical tale about global warming.
Day 29
The instant passage back from a colony seems to wipe recent memory. Nice idea,
but goes nowhwere...
Our land
A teacher slips through alternate Britains....
The dessicated man
A jaded, cynical spacer gets his just desserts....
Poppyfields
A man meets a runaway from somewhere else which spurs him to change his life..
The peacock cloak
Superbeings and a cloak debate life. Tedious. (