Science fiction stories, poems and articles by:
Arthur H Manners〈〉Chloie Piveral〈〉Chris Kelso〈〉Franki Halliwell〈〉Hiron Ennes〈〉Jadie Bea〈〉John J Kennedy〈〉Joyce Bingham 〈〉 Mark Toner〈〉Matjaz Vidmar〈〉Pippa Goldschmidt〈〉Rachel Plummer〈〉Scott Payne〈〉T Lucas Earle〈〉Timothy Quinn
Includes the winning story of Cymera Festival/Shoreline of Infinity science fiction short story competition for Scottish writers.
And the winning stories from
“Fascinating to watch the development through these stories of an original, wry and dystopic fantasy voice”
—Frankie Boyle
From the hallucinatory margins of Scottish fiction comes a career-defining retrospective.
Spanning fifteen years of nightmares, time crimes, and transgressive visions, COLLECTED gathers the essential short fiction of
Longlisted for Best Collection 2025, British Science Fiction Association Awards
A showcase of science fiction, fantasy and speculative fiction by Scottish writers.
Editor: Noel Chidwick
Stories, poetry and essays by
Iain Bain : : John Buchan : : Anne Charnock : : Callum
“Fascinating to watch the development through these stories of an original, wry and dystopic fantasy voice”
—Frankie Boyle
From the hallucinatory margins of Scottish fiction comes a career-defining retrospective.
Spanning fifteen years of nightmares, time crimes,
The 2026 Cymera Festival/ Shoreline of Infinity Short story competition for Scottish writers.
Event Horizon returns to the Cymera Festival with a stunning line-up. You will be amazed!
This 1952 memo from the Pentagon UFO files is superb
There is no point preparing for aliens ‘because no one of consequence is going to take this rubbish seriously unless
Cymera, Scotland’s Festival of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Writing and Shoreline of Infinity, Scotland’s award-winning science fiction magazine are teaming up again to host our short story competition in
Published by Gollancz in September 2026 Review by B. Mullens In the near future, crowdfunded assassination of the ageless super-rich has been legalised, and the book’s protagonist, Azure, makes
Published by Shiraki Press in August 2026 Review by D.S. Camperdown Margaret Atwood and Naomi Alderman are responsible for two strands in speculative fiction that explore the experience of
Published by Tor in April 2026 Review by Lisa Timpf How would humans react if we discovered a rogue black hole was headed for the Earth? That’s the scenario contemplated by
published by Del Rey in November 2025 review by B. Mullens Sometimes you read the opening chapter of a book and it feels like it does when the overhead