Latest Releases
Shoreline of Infinity 17
New stories from: Bo Balder, S.A.M. Rundell, Brian M. Milton, dave ring, Jeremy Nelson, Peyman Saremian, Raymond W Gallacher
Winners of the 2019 Flash Fiction Competition: Simon Fung, Emma Levin, Anna Ziegelhof
Poetry: Frederick Pollack, Laura Watts, Emma Levin
Ruth EJ Booth – award winning column Noise and Sparks
Chris Beckett – interview and a wee extract from Beneath the World, a Sea
SF Caledonia: J.T. McIntosh
Mark Toner – Tales of the Beachcomber
Special Treat: Russell Jones’ Prime Jokes
Book Reviews
Shoreline of Infinity 16
Nominated again (after winning last year!) for the British Fantasy Society Best Magazine/Journal of the year
New Science fiction stories from: Petra Kuppers, Allen Ashley, Helen French, Kate Macdonald, Laura Duerr, Calum L. MacLeòid, Ahmed A. Khan
2019 BFS award-winning Ruth EJ Booth: Noise and Sparks
Vicki Jarrett: interview
SF Poetry: Rachel Plummer, Cardinal Cox, Chuck Von Nordheim
Plus Mark Toner’s Tales of the Beachcomber
Book Reviews
Shoreline of Infinity 15
Stories: DA D’Amico, EM Faulds, Tim Major, Callum McSorley, Tiffany Meuret, JG Sarmiento, Teika Marija Smits, Lidia Molina Whyte
Cymera Festival/Shoreline of Infinity Short fiction winners: Cleo Luna, Beth Nuttall
Gareth L Powell on Writing
Louise Welsh interview
Ruth EJ Booth: Noise and Sparks
SF Poetry: Angela Cleland, Peter King, Rachel Sambrooks
Plus Mark Toner’s Tales of the Beachcomber
Book Reviews
Event Horizon 12th March 2020 – International Women’s Day Celebration
Tonight’s Line-up:
Hosted by Laura Lam
Stories – Cat Hellisen
Poetry – Jeda Pearl Lewis
Music – Aurora Engine
Drama – Witches’ Gets
with Alex Delaney,
written by Noëlle Harrison
Stories – Pim Wangtechawat
& Sienna Vance
Other Publications
The Chosen from the First Age
A taste of Shoreline of Infinity. Stories selected from the first 11 issues of the British Fantasy Society award winning magazine. Lockdown Download: You can read a digital edition for free...
Tales of the Beachcomber Volume 1
The Beachcomber's own comic, volume 1 features Gail Scott's first adventure "Who Is Mentor?" along with "Mutable Martians," "Where Have All The Time Machines Gone?" and "The Centenary Of Arthur...
Multiverse – an international anthology of science fiction poetry
Edited by Rachel Plummer and Russell Jones Come on a journey through time and space, viewing strange lives and meeting even stranger lifeforms from the darkest depths and brightest sparks...
Starfield – science fiction by Scottish writers
Stories and poems by: Angus MacVicar, Chris Boyce, David John Lee, Naomi Mitchison, Janice Galloway, Louise Turner, Angus McAllister, Edwin Morgan, Elsie Donald, William King, David Crooks, alburt plethora, Richard Hammersley,...
Shoreline of Infinity 11½ – Edinburgh International Science Festival Special Edition
Can Science Fiction Save Us? Jane Alexander, Charlie Jane Anders, Eric Brown, Anne Charnock, David L Clements, Leigh Harlen, Ian Hunter, Ken MacLeod, Tim Major, Paul McAuley, Colin McGuire, Megan Neumann, Jennifer R. Povey, Juliana Rew, Peter Roberts, Michael F Russell, Holly Schofield, Marge Simon, Guy Stewart, Adrian Tchaikovsky, JS...
Shoreline of Infinity – Edinburgh International Book Festival Special Edition
We have fantastic sci-fi stories, articles and poems from Pippa Goldschmidt, Adam Roberts, Ken MacLeod, Ada Palmer, Nalo Hopkinson, Charles Stross, Jo Walton and Jane Yolen (all of whom appeared...
The Folger Variation and Other Lies
The Folger Variation follows three interconnected lives throughout different strands of time. Pancake: Pancake Patterson is a former jazz musician who spends all his time roaming the seedy underbelly of...
Books and Publications
Scotland in Space
Creative Visions and Critical Reflections on Scotland’s Space Futures Edited by Deborah Scott and Simon Malpas With a foreword by Ken MacLeod Take a bunch of science fiction writers, scientists,...
A Practical Guide to the Resurrected
Medicine is advancing at a breakneck pace. Genome editing, lab-grown organs and advanced bionics are all on the horizon - our lives are going to change dramatically. We'll live longer,...
Watch The Signs! Watch The Signs!
Dragons, rockets, Vulcans, witches, scientists, authors and the Apocalypse – this book has it all. A handy reference of genuine British pub signs relating to science fiction, fantasy and horror,...
Shoreline news and updates
Shoreline Writers on the BSFA Awards Longlist
We’re extremely pleased to announce that two of our writers, Ruth EJ Booth and Time Majors, have been nominated for...
2019 Flash Fiction Competition: A Twist of Reality – The Winners!
Winner Simon Fung – Those Who live by the Shawarma Runners-up Emma Levin – Search History Anna Ziegelhof – Dimenso-yarn Ad...
2019 Flash Fiction Competition: A Twist of Reality – The Shortlist
Here we go – the top 8 stories. Congratulations to all listed here. Next stop – 1 winner and 2...
2019 Flash Fiction Competition: A Twist of Reality – The Longlist
By crikey we’ve had some fun with this collection of stories. This year we chose a different approach to judging....
Scotland in Space
Take a bunch of science fiction writers, scientists, humanists and artists, and throw them into a room. Give them a...
Latest Reviews
The Plague Stones James Brogden
The Plague Stones James Brogden Titan Books, 419 pages Review by Benjamin Thomas James Brogden’s The Plague Stones is a gothic world of horror and history. The novel follows...
Cognition by Jacques St-Malo
Cognition Jacques St-Malo 342 pages Ballista Press: 2019 Review by Megan Turney Jacques St-Malo’s Cognition is a near-future technothriller revolving around the micro and macro consequences of a society...
The Sun Song Trilogy by Moira McPartlin
The Sun Song Trilogy by Moira McPartlin Ways of the Doomed, 256 pages Wants of the Silent, 256 pages Star of Hope, 280 pages Review by Samara Wright ...