ParSec in Print [trade paperback] edited by Ian Whates
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A COLLECTION edited by Ian Whates
CATEGORY Speculative fiction
PUBLICATION DATE September 2023
COVER ART Ben Baldwin and Vincent Sammy
PAGES 277
EDITION
Trade Paperback — ISBN 978-1-80394-329-9 [£14.99]
ABOUT THE BOOK
When putting this anthology together, I was determined that it should not be called The Best of ParSec or anything of that ilk. A title such as that would be a slight on those stories that were not selected, suggesting they are in some way inferior to those that have been, and that’s simply not the case.
Permit me to explain.
Two thirds of the stories published in the first seven issues of ParSec, from which this volume is drawn, came to us via the three brief open submission periods we’ve held to date. During those three windows I received around 1,000 submissions. Of these, I’ve accepted just 8%. I’ve turned away some good stories in the process, I know that, but those that have made it into the magazine are all stories I love.
- Introduction by Ian Whates
- Down and Out Under the Tannhauser Gate – David Gullen
- Nineteen Eighty-Nine – Ken MacLeod
- A Moment of Zugzwang – Neil Williamson
- From Below – Warren Benedetto
- Lustre Mining – Eliza Chan
- The Summer Husband – Angela Slatter
- Radicalised – Lavie Tidhar
- Rotten Things – Kim Lakin
- It Only Amplifies – Shih-Li Kow
- Personal Satisfaction – Adrian Tchaikovsky
- CSGCOVWR – Natalia Theodoridou
- Portuguese Essay – George Tom
- A Kingdom of Seagrass and Silk – Cécile Cristofari
- Theo Ballinchard And The Oranges Of Possibility – Patrice Sarath
- Lovers on the Yuleton Lip – Aliya Whiteley
- The Power of 3 – Anna Tambour
- Red Horse, Running – Joanne Harris
- Umbilical – Teika Marija Smits
- Are We Going Under? – Simon Bestwick
- Within The Concrete – Steve Rasnic Tem
- The Primacy Of The Cube – Paul Di Filippo
- The Equality Virus – Gwyneth Jones
- The Operculum Necklace – Alison Littlewood
- But Once a Year – Ramsey Campbell
- FiveO’Clock In The Bar At The End Of The World – Bryony Pearce