It’s been five years since Scotland became the birthplace of a new breed of superheroes.
While iconic figures like Golden Eagle and the Phantom Fantoosh take to
Join us in Dundee for the Launch of The Pocketbook Guide to Scottish Superheroes by Kirsti Wishart. In conversation with MK Hardy
Join us as we investigate the liminal, speculating about the future and considering the past from our vantage point of the ever-shifting sands of the present.
It’s been five years since Scotland became the birthplace of a new breed of superheroes.
While iconic figures like Golden Eagle and the Phantom Fantoosh take to
Join us in Dundee for the Launch of The Pocketbook Guide to Scottish Superheroes by Kirsti Wishart. In conversation with MK Hardy
Join us as we investigate the liminal, speculating about the future and considering the past from our vantage point of the ever-shifting sands of the present.
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
“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
Longlisted for Best Collection 2025, British Science Fiction Association Awards
A showcase of science fiction, fantasy and speculative fiction by Scottish writers.
Editor:
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 Atlantic Books in July 2026 Review by Lisa Timpf Reeves’s debut novel offers a different view of
Published by Hodderscape in October 2026 Review by Lisa Timpf Fortune is a strange name for an inhospitable planet.
Published by Tachyon Publications in September 2026 Review by Meghan Ellis Humanity is ugly. We’re frightened, close-minded and misinformed.
Published by Gollancz in February 2026 Review by Stephen McGowan If there are two genres that go together like