There's a mystery in the caves of Afghanistan. British Special Agent Josh Cassidy knows there is no such thing as a routine mission when he is sent to accompany an ill-prepared band of reservists on a hastily prepared mission into the heart of Afghan...
Imagine... ...your name is given to you from the dying breath of a semi-sentient jewel -- and that to change it is heresy... ...a world where the gods walk among us... ...where hot-air balloons and hang-gliders co-exist with magic... ...a small city-...
Meet Frances Dedman, aka Faith DuQuayne, who works part-time, reading tarot cards on Brighton Pier. It's July 2005 and the eyes of the world are on London. Normally the disappearance of a fifteen-year-old schoolgirl in a nearby seaside town would be ...
This Is Future Bristol, where A young engineer must try to avert a nightmare future • Activists and hackers take nanotech and recycling slightly too far • The city fights back against a tidal wave of crime • A new drug and riots spark an unexpe...
At the white, freckled, cauliflower-like skin, Chau took a hissing breath. "This is Officer Chau. Confirm that the body is a Lenden." When Raphael Chau pulls the body of a dead alien from the water, he has no idea what he's getting into. It's a decad...
THE PLANET HAD FALLEN OFF THE MAP. Rock-hard sci-fi adventure. No-one here gets out alive. When his spaceship crashes on an unknown and forgotten planet, scientist Karl Allman discovers himself hunted by an ancient race. The descendants of earl...
NEW YORK IS A MESS. It's 2050 and sea-levels have swamped the coastal regions. The walls are failing, the city has been carved up between the Chinese and the Muslims, and the USA is bankrupt. Detective Peter Shah serves with the NYPD as a Memory Asso...
Dark Spires is an anthology of fantastic stories set in the Wessex region of England, written by authors who live in that region. It is edited by Colin Harvey. Contributors include Liz Williams, Sarah Singleton, Gareth L. Powell, Guy Haley, Eugene By...
The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary defines “trans” as follows: “Used in words adopted from Latin and in English words modelled on these, and as a feely productive prefix, with the senses ‘across’, ‘beyond’, ‘on or to the other side...
In Fantastic Transmedia, writer and academic Colin B Harvey explores the manifold ways in which science fiction and fantasy franchises use transmedial techniques to create complex and involving imaginary worlds. From high profile franchises like Star...