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Celebration: A Taster ed. Ian Whates (BSFA, March 2008, 20pp, ph, oa, cover by Vincent Chong)
Distributed free with the Spring 2008 BSFA mailing.
Details taken from online listing.

1 · Introduction · Ian Whates · in

4 · Jerie · Adam Roberts · ss

7 · A Daffodil Jacket, or The Misadventures of Sebastian in Kyiv · Ian Watson · ss

14 · Who’s Who · Chaz Brenchley · ss

Conflicts ed. Ian Whates (NewCon Press, April 2, 2010, 978-1-907069-11-6, £9.99, 296pp, tp, oa, cover by Andy Bigwood)
Also available in a hardback edition (-10-9, £18.99), limited to 150 numbered, signed, copies.

7 · Introduction · Ian Whates · in

11 · Psi.Copath · Andy Remic · nv

41 · The Maker’s Mark · Michael Cobley · ss

59 · Sussed · Keith Brooke · ss

79 · The Cuisinart Effect · Neal Asher · ss

93 · Harmony in My Head · Rosanne Rabinowitz · ss

111 · Our Land · Chris Beckett · nv

139 · Fallout · Gareth L. Powell · ss

159 · Proper Little Soldier · Martin McGrath · vi Illuminations ed. Paul Graham Raven, Odd Two Out, 2008

169 · War Without End · Una McCormack · nv

197 · Dissimulation Procedure [Salvageman Ed] · Eric Brown · ss

215 · In the Long Run · David L. Clements · nv

249 · Last Orders · Jim Mortimore · ss

269 · Songbirds · Martin Sketchley · ss

Crises and Conflicts ed. Ian Whates (NewCon Press, July 2016, 978-1-910935-17-0, £12.99, 256pp, tp, oa, cover by Chris Moore)
Also available in a hardback edition (-16-3, £25.99), limited to 100 numbered, signed, copies.
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7 · Introduction · Ian Whates · in

9 · The Last Tank Commander · Allen Stroud · nv

35 · Between Nine and Eleven · Adam Roberts · ss

45 · Taking Flight · Una McCormack · ss

57 · The 10 Second War · Michael Brookes · ss

75 · Decommissioned · Tade Thompson · ss

91 · Another Day in Paradise · Amy DuBoff · ss

101 · Round Trip · Robert Sharp · ss

111 · Arm Every Woman · Nik Abnett · ss

129 · Hill 435 · Tim C. Taylor · ss

149 · The Wolf, the Goat, and the Cabbage · Janet Edwards · nv

173 · Pickaxes and Shovels · Christopher Nuttall · ss

187 · The Gun · Ian Whates · ss Speculative Realms ed. Sasha Beattie, Lulu.com, 2008

197 · Tactics for Optimal Outcomes in Negotiations with Wergen Ambassadors [Wergen] · Mercurio D. Rivera · ss

207 · The Story of the Ten · Jo Zebedee · ss

219 · The Beauty of Our Weapons · Gavin Smith · nv

251 · About the Authors · Ian Whates · bg

Dark Currents ed. Ian Whates (NewCon Press, April 6, 2012, 978-1-907069-35-2, £9.99, 272pp, tp, oa, cover by Ben Baldwin)
Also available in a limited, signed, hardback edition (-34-5, £19.99).
Details taken from online listing.

· Introduction · Ian Whates · in

· The Fall of Lady Sealight · Adrian Tchaikovsky · ss

· The Age of Entitlement · Adam Nevill · ss

· Electrify Me · Tricia Sullivan · ss

· Alternate Currents · Rod Rees · ss

· The Barricade · Nina Allan · ss

· Things That Are Here Now · Andrew Hook · ss

· Loose Connections · Finn Clarke · ss

· Sleepless in R’lyeh · Lavie Tidhar · pl

· Damnation Seize My Soul · Jan Edwards · ss

· Home · Emma Coleman · ss

· A Change in the Weather · Rebecca J. Payne · ss

· Bells Ringing Under the Sea · Sophia McDougall · ss

· In Tauris · Una McCormack · ss

· Lost Sheep · Neil Williamson · nv

· The Bleeding Man · Aliette de Bodard · ss

· George · V. C. Linde · pm

disLocations ed. Ian Whates (NewCon Press, July 2007, 978-0-9555791-0-3, £10.99, 136pp, tp, oa, cover by Andy Bigwood)
Limited to 500 numbered copies, signed by all contributors, including the cover artist.
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7 · Dislocations · Ian Whates · in

9 · Among Strangers · Pat Cadigan · ss

28 · Terminal · Chaz Brenchley · ss

45 · The Drifter’s Tale · Hal Duncan · ss

52 · The Immortals of Atlantis · Brian Stableford · ss

67 · The Glass Football · Andrew Hook · ss

76 · ReMorse® · Adam Roberts · ss

81 · The Convention · Amanda Hemingway · ss

92 · Impasse · Andy West · nv

113 · Lighting Out · Ken MacLeod · nv

Fables from the Fountain ed. Ian Whates (NewCon Press, May 2011, 978-1-907069-23-9, £9.99, 251pp, tp, oa, cover by Dean Harkness)
Also available in a hardback edition (-23-9, £29.99), limited to 200 numbered, signed, copies.

7 · Introduction · Peter Weston · in

11 · No Smoke Without Fire · Ian Whates · ss

21 · Transients · Stephen Baxter · ss

37 · Forever Blowing Bubbles · Ian Watson · ss

47 · On the Messdecks of Madness · Paul Graham Raven · ss

67 · The Story Bug · James Lovegrove · ss

83 · “And Weep Like Alexander” · Neil Gaiman · ss

89 · The Ghost in the Machine · Colin Bruce · ss

99 · A Bird in Hand · Charles Stross · ss

113 · The Hidden Depths of Bogna · Liz Williams · ss

123 · In Pursuit of the Chuchunaa · Eric Brown · ss

139 · The Cyberseeds · Steve Longworth · ss

153 · Feathers of the Dinosaur · Henry Gee · ss

165 · Book Wurms · Andy Weist · ss

179 · The Pocklington Poltergeist · David Langford · ss

187 · The Last Man in Space · Andrew J. Wilson · ss

199 · A Multiplicity of Phaedra Lament · Peter Crowther · ss

221 · The Girl with the White Ant Tattoo · Tom Hunter · ss

233 · The 9,000,000,001st Name of God · Adam Roberts · ss

246 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

La Femme ed. Ian Whates (NewCon Press, April 30, 2014, 978-1-907069-67-3, £9.99, 219pp, tp, oa, cover by Pam Martin)
Also available in a hardback edition (-66-6, £15.99), limited to 100 numbered, signed, copies.
Details taken from online listing.

· Palestinian Sweets · Stephen Palmer · ss

· Slink-Thinking · Frances Hardinge · ss

· A Winter Bewitchment · Storm Constantine · nv

· Softwood · Andrew Hook · ss

· Soleil · Adele Kirby · ss

· Haecceity · Stewart Hotston · ss

· The Girl with No Face · John Llewellyn Probert · ss

· High Church · Jonathan Oliver · ss

· Valerie · Maura McHugh · ss

· Trysting Antlers · Holly Ice · ss

· The Honey Trap · Ruth E. Booth · ss

· Elision · Benjanun Sriduangkaew · ss

Further Conflicts ed. Ian Whates (NewCon Press, April 2011, 978-1-907069-26-0, £9.99, 234pp, tp, oa, cover by Andy Bigwood)
Also available in a hardback edition (-25-3, £19.99), limited to 150 numbered, signed, copies.

7 · Introduction · Ian Whates · in

13 · The Wake · Dan Abnett · ss

27 · Unaccounted · Lauren Beukes · ss

35 · The New Ships · Gareth L. Powell · ss

51 · The Harvest · Kim Lakin-Smith · ss

71 · The War Artist · Tony Ballantyne · ss

85 · Brwydr Am Ryddid · Stephen Palmer · ss

99 · Occupation · Colin Harvey · ss

117 · The Soul of the Machine [Salvageman Ed] · Eric Brown · ss

139 · Extraordinary Rendition · Steve Longworth · ss

153 · Yakker Snak · Andy Remic · ss

173 · The Legend of Sharrock · Philip Palmer · ss

187 · The Ice Submarine · Adam Roberts · ss infinity plus November 2001

209 · Welcome Home, Janissary [The Human Legion] · Tim C. Taylor · ss

231 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Hauntings ed. Ian Whates (NewCon Press, June 30, 2012, 978-1-907069-42-0, £9.99, 208pp, tp, oa, cover by Ben Baldwin)
Also available in a hardback edition (-41-3, £19.99), limited to 100 numbered, signed, copies.
Details taken from online listing.

· Introduction · Adele Wearing · in

· Don’t Listen · Ian Whates · ss

· The Cradle in the Corner · Marie O’Regan · ss

· On the Grey Road · Alison Littlewood · ss

· Not a Cat Person · Adrian Tchaikovsky · ss

· Fog on the Old Coast Road · Mark West · ss

· Dark Peak · Kim Larkin-Smith · ss

· The Things I See · Theresa Derwin · ss

· Presence · Paul Kane · ss

· Starcross · Liz Williams · ss

· Forward and Back, Change Places · Marion Pitman · ss

· Long Dene Mill · Sarah Singleton · ss

· The White Otter · Amanda Hemingway · ss

· The Scariest Place in the World · Mark Morris · ss

· The Ghost (In Two Letters) · Tanith Lee · ss

· Simon Harries · Robert Shearman · ss

Legends: Stories in Honour of David Gemmell ed. Ian Whates (NewCon Press, November 2013, 978-1-907069-57-4, £11.99, 272pp, tp, oa, cover by Dominic Harman)
Also available in a hardback edition (-56-7, £29.99), limited to 150 numbered, signed, copies.
Details taken from online listing.

7 · Honouring Fantasy · Stan Nicholls · in

13 · Or So Legend Has It · James Barclay · ss

33 · A Blade to the Heart · Gaie Sebold · ss

51 · Return to Arden Falls · Ian Whates · ss

75 · The Drake Lords of Kyla · Storm Constantine · nv

101 · A Tower of Arkrondurl · Tanith Lee · ss

119 · Who Walks with Death · Jonathan Green · ss

135 · Skipping Town [First Law] · Joe Abercrombie · ss

147 · Land of the Eagle · Juliet McKenna · ss

167 · All Hail to the Oak · Anne Nicholls · nv

199 · Sword and Circle [The Apt Universe] · Adrian Tchaikovsky · ss; given as “Swords and Circle” in the Table of Contents.

219 · Fairyland · Jan Siegel · ss

231 · Mountain Tea · Sandra Unerman · ss

237 · The League of Resolve · Stan Nicholls · ss

Legends II: Stories in Honour of David Gemmell ed. Ian Whates (NewCon Press, September 21, 2015, 978-1-907069-82-6, £11.99, 215pp, tp, oa, cover by Dominic Harman)
Also available in a hardback edition (-81-9, £27.99), limited to 150 numbered, signed, copies.
Details taken from online listing.

7 · Introduction · Stan Nicholls · in

9 · The Blessed and the Cursed · Gav Thorpe · nv

37 · A Rescue [The Broken Empire] · Mark Lawrence · ss

45 · The Lowest Place · Edward Cox · ss

57 · The Giant’s Lady · Rowena Cory Daniels · ss

75 · An Oath Given · John Gwynne · ss

95 · The Singer · Stella Gemmell · ss

101 · Sandrunners · Anthony Ryan · ss

121 · Smokestack Lightning · Gavin Smith · nv

149 · Oak · Lou Morgan · ss

163 · An Owl in Moonlight · Freda Warrington · ss

175 · Heaven of Animals · John Hornor Jacobs · ss

197 · The Iron Wolves: Retribution · Andy Remic · ss

Legends 3: Stories in Honour of David Gemmell ed. Ian Whates (NewCon Press, May 28, 2019, 978-1-912950-20-1, £12.99, 254pp, tp, oa)
Also available in a hardback edition (-19-5, £24.99), limited to 100 numbered, signed, copies.
Details taken from online listing.

· Introduction · Stan Nicholls · in

· Blood Debt · Gail Z. Martin · ss

· A God’s Mercy · Richard Webb · ss BFS Horizons #4, 2017

· Berserker Captain · Neal Asher · ss

· The Price of Passage · Keris McDonald · ss

· Summoner · Danie Ware · ss

· Pelicos the Brave and the Princess of Kalakhadze · Steven Poore · ss

· The Timekeeper’s Tarot · Den Patrick · ss

· Her Grail · Ben North · ss

· Piercing the Mist · Shona Kinsella · ss

· Chosen of the Slain · K. T. Davies · ss

· The Dying Land · Nick Watkinson · ss

· A Hero of Her People · Anna Smith Spark · ss

· All Deaths Well Intention’d · R. J. Barker · ss

· By Any Other Name · Justina Robson · ss

London Centric: Tales of Future London ed. Ian Whates (NewCon Press, October 27, 2020, 978-1-912950-73-7, £12.99, 278pp, tp, oa, cover by Emil van Dam)
Also available in a hardback edition (-72-0, £25.99), limited to 100 numbered, signed, copies.
Details taken from online listing.

· An Introduction · Ian Whates · in

· Skin [Polity] · Neal Asher · ss

· The Good Shepherd · Stewart Hotston · ss

· Infinite Tea in the Demara Café · Ida Keogh · ss

· War Crimes · M. R. Carey · ss

· Fog and Pearls at the King’s Cross Junction · Aliya Whiteley · ss

· Nightingale Floors [Fractured Europe] · Dave Hutchinson · ss

· Something Went Wrong in Heaven · Geoff Ryman · ss

· A Visit in Whitechapel · Eugen Bacon · ss

· Herd Instinct · Fiona Moore · ss

· Death Aid · Joseph Elliott-Coleman · ss

· A Dance of Dust and Life · Aliette de Bodard · ss Pandemonium: Stories of the Smoke ed. Anne C. Perry & Jared Shurin, Jurassic London, 2012

· Commute · Andrew Wallace · ss

· Scream in Blue · Jeremy Szal · ss

Looking Landwards: Stories Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers ed. Ian Whates (NewCon Press, October 2013, 978-1-907069-59-8, £11.99, 272pp, tp, oa, cover by Andy Bigwood)
Also available in a hardback edition (-58-1, £29.99), limited to 150 numbered, signed, copies.
Details taken from online listing.

7 · Looking Landwards · Andy Newbold & Chris Wetnall · in

9 · The Blossom Project · M. Frost · ss

21 · Contraband · Terry Martin · ss

33 · When the Shepherds Dream of Electric Sheep · Sam Fleming · ss

45 · Inversion Centre · Darren Goossens · ss

55 · Ode to an Earthworm · Gareth D. Jones · ss

61 · A Touch of Frost · Renee Stern · ss

71 · The World Coyote Made · Jetse de Vries · nv

97 · Earthen · Alicia Cole · ss

103 · Soul Food · Kim Lakin-Smith · ss

117 · Charlie’s Ant · Adrian Tchaikovsky · ss

127 · Cellular Level · J. E. Bryant · na

149 · My Oasis Tower · Holly Ice · ss

157 · Throw Back · Gill Shutt · ss

161 · Mary on the Edge · Steven Pirie · ss

175 · Landward · Den Patrick · ss

179 · Long Indeed Do We Live… · Storm Constantine · ss

199 · Tractor Time · Kate Wilson · ss

211 · Veggie Moon · Neal Wooten · ss

221 · Wheat · Kevin Burke · ss

225 · Blight · Dev Agarwal · ss

235 · Black Shuck · Henry Gee · ss

243 · A Season · Rebecca J. Payne · ss

255 · The Last Star · Nigel Edwards · ss

269 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories ed. Ian Whates & Ian Watson--- see under Ian Watson.

The Mammoth Book of SF Wars ed. Ian Whates & Ian Watson--- see under Ian Watson.

Myth-Understandings ed. Ian Whates (NewCon Press, March 21, 2008, 978-0-9555791-2-7, £9.99, 219pp, tp, oa, cover by Anne Sudworth)
Anthology of 14 original SF / fantasy / horror stories, plus a Gwyneth Jones story from 1995; all the authors are female. Also available in a hardback edition (-1-0, £18.99), limited to 150 numbered, signed, copies.

· Myth

7 · Introduction · Ian Whates · in

13 · Owl Speak · Storm Constantine · ss

27 · Seaborne · Kari Sperring · ss

39 · And Their Blood Will Be Prescient to Fire · Freda Warrington · ss

53 · Do You See? · Sarah Pinborough · ss

65 · Queen of the Sunlit Shore · Liz Williams · ss

75 · Heart Song · Kim Lakin-Smith · ss

87 · The Grass Princess · Gwyneth Jones · ss Seven Tales and a Fable by Gwyneth Jones, Edgewood Press, 1995

· Understandings

109 · Found in the Translation · Pat Cadigan · ss

129 · TouchMe™: Keeping in Touch · Heather Bradshaw · ss

143 · We Shelter · Leigh Kennedy · ss

149 · Dinosaur · Deborah J. Miller · ss

165 · Further Orders · Elizabeth Priest · ss

173 · The Tollhouse · Claire Weaver · ss

181 · Body of Evidence · Justina Robson · ss

191 · The Ecologist and the Avon Lady · Tricia Sullivan · nv

Noir ed. Ian Whates (NewCon Press, April 18, 2014, 978-1-907069-65-9, £9.99, 199pp, tp, oa)
Also available in a hardback edition (-64-2, £15.99), limited to 100 numbered, signed, copies.
Details taken from online listing.

· Noir: An Introduction · Ian Whates · in

· The Crepuscular Hunter · E. J. Swift · ss

· Gross Thousand · Adam Roberts · ss

· The Grimoire · Donna Scott · ss

· The Treehouse · Emma Coleman · ss

· Red in Tooth and Claw · Paula Wakefield · ss

· The Private Ambulance · Simon Kurt Unsworth · ss

· Bite Marks · Jay Caselberg · ss

· Inspiration Point · Marie O’Regan · ss

· A Boarding House Heart · Paul Graham Raven · ss

· Entr’acte · Simon Morden · ss

· Silent in Her Vastness · James Luke Worrad · ss

· Grief Striken · Paul Kane · ss

· The (De)Composition of Evidence · Alex Dally MacFarlane · ss

Now We Are 5 ed. Ian Whates (NewCon Press, July 2011, £3.95, 37pp, ph, oa, cover by Dominic Harman)
A Special Edition Booklet Produced to commemorate Five years of NewCon Press, limited to 100 numbered copies.
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4 · Soul · Eric Brown · ss

8 · The Ultimate Freak · Ian Watson · ss

9 · Dragon Child · Susan Sinclair · pm

14 · The Indecipherable Dust · Andrew Hook · ss

23 · McAuley’s Hymn · Adam Roberts · ss

Now We Are Ten: Celebrating the First Ten Years of NewCon Press ed. Ian Whates (NewCon Press, July 2016, 978-1-910935-19-4, £12.99, 265pp, tp, oa, cover by Ben Baldwin)
Also available in a hardback edition (-18-7, £28.99), limited to 100 numbered, signed, copies.
Details taken from online listing.

7 · Introduction · Ian Whates · in

9 · The Final Path · Genevieve Cogman · ss

19 · Women’s Christmas · Ian McDonald · ss

27 · Pyramid · Nancy Kress · ss

33 · Liberty Bird · Jaine Fenn · ss

53 · Zanzara Island · Rachel Armstrong · ss

65 · Ten Sisters · Eric Brown · ss

81 · Licorice · Jack Skillingstead · ss

95 · How to Grow Silence from Seed · Tricia Sullivan · nv

117 · The Time Travellers’ Ball (A Story in Ten Words) · Rose Biggin · ss

119 · Dress Rehearsal · Adrian Tchaikovsky · ss

137 · The Tenth Man · Bryony Pearce · ss

156 · Rare as a Harpy’s Tear · Neil Williamson · ss

159 · Utopia +10 · J. A. Christy · ss

171 · Ten Love Songs to Change the World · Peter F. Hamilton · nv

193 · Ten Days · Nina Allan · nv

235 · Front Row Seat to the End of the World · E. J. Swift · nv

259 · About the Authors · Ian Whates · bg

Paradox ed. Ian Whates (NewCon Press, August 2014, 978-1-907069-72-7, £12.99, 231pp, tp, oa, cover by Sarah Anne Langton)
Also available in a hardback edition (-71-0, £20.99), limited to 100 numbered, signed, copies.
Details taken from online listing.

7 · Fermi Paradox · Rob Edwards & Marek Kukula · in

17 · Catching Rays · David L. Clements · nv

39 · The Big Next · Pat Cadigan · ss

47 · Baedeker’s Fermi · Adam Roberts · ss

61 · Zeta Reticuli · Paul Cornell · ss

69 · The Ambulance Chaser · Tricia Sullivan · ss

81 · Lost to Their Own Devices · Adrian Tchaikovsky · ss

89 · In the Beginning · Gerry Webb · ss

105 · The Trail of the Creator, the Trial of Creation · Paul Di Filippo · nv

121 · Stella by Starlight · Robert T. Jeschonek & Mike Resnick · ss

139 · Fermi’s Doubts · George Zebrowski · ss

149 · Audiovisionary · Stephanie Saulter · ss

165 · Aether · Robert Reed · ss

173 · The End of the World · Keith Brooke & Eric Brown · ss

187 · The Worldmaker · Rachel Armstrong · ss

209 · Atonement, Under the Blue-White Sun · Mercurio D. Rivera · ss

ParSec in Print ed. Ian Whates (Drugstore Indian Press, September 2023, 978-1-80394-329-9, £14.99, 277pp, tp, an, cover by Ben Baldwin & Vincent Sammy)
Details taken from publisher website.

· Introduction · Ian Whates · in

· Down and Out Under the Tannhauser Gate · David Gullen · ss ParSec #1, Autumn 2021

· Nineteen Eighty-Nine [1984] · Ken MacLeod · nv ParSec #1, Autumn 2021

· A Moment of Zugzwang · Neil Williamson · ss ParSec #4, Summer 2022

· From Below · Warren Benedetto · ss ParSec #5, Autumn 2022

· Lustre Mining · Eliza Chan · ss ParSec #7, Spring 2023

· The Summer Husband · Angela Slatter · vi ParSec #2, Winter 2021

· Radicalised · Lavie Tidhar · vi ParSec #4, Summer 2022

· Rotten Things · Kim Lakin · ss ParSec #3, Spring 2022

· It Only Amplifies · Shih-Li Kow · ss ParSec #4, Summer 2022

· Personal Satisfaction · Adrian Tchaikovsky · ss ParSec #6, Winter 2023

· CSGCOVWR · Natalia Theodoridou · vi ParSec #3, Spring 2022

· Portuguese Essay · George Tom · vi ParSec #2, Winter 2021

· A Kingdom of Seagrass and Silk · Cécile Cristofari · ss ParSec #6, Winter 2023

· Theo Ballinchard and the Oranges of Possibility · Patrice Sarath · ss ParSec #5, Autumn 2022

· Lovers on the Yuleton Lip · Aliya Whiteley · ss ParSec #2, Winter 2021

· The Power of 3 · Anna Tambour · ss ParSec #1, Autumn 2021

· Red Horse, Running · Joanne Harris · ss ParSec #7, Spring 2023

· Umbilical · Teika Marija Smits · vi ParSec #4, Summer 2022

· Are We Going Under? · Simon Bestwick · ss ParSec #6, Winter 2023

· Within the Concrete · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss ParSec #5, Autumn 2022

· The Primacy of the Cube · Paul Di Filippo · ss ParSec #6, Winter 2023

· The Equality Virus · Gwyneth Jones · ss ParSec #4, Summer 2022

· The Operculum Necklace · Alison Littlewood · ss ParSec #7, Spring 2023

· But Once a Year · Ramsey Campbell · ss ParSec #2, Winter 2021

· Five-o-Clock in the Bar at the End of the World · Bryony Pearce · ss ParSec #4, Summer 2022

Shoes, Ships and Cadavers: Tales from North Londonshire ed. Ian Whates & Ian Watson--- see under Ian Watson.

Solaris Rising 1.5: An Exclusive Ebook of New Science Fiction ed. Ian Whates (Solaris, July 17, 2012, 978-1-84997-443-1, £2.99, ebook, oa, cover by Pye Parr)
Details taken from online listing.

· Bulding Bridges · Ian Whates · in

· What Did Tessimond Tell You? · Adam Roberts · nv

· Two Sisters in Exile [Xuya] · Aliette de Bodard · ss

· Another Apocalypse · Gareth L. Powell · ss

· The Second Civil War · Mike Resnick · ss

· Charlotte · Sarah Lotz · ss

· The Gift · Phillip Vine · ss

· IT · Tanith Lee · ss

· A New Arrival at the House of Love · Paul Cornell · ss

· A Palazzo in the Stars · Paul Di Filippo · nv

Solaris Rising: The New Solaris Book of Science Fiction ed. Ian Whates (Solaris, November 1, 2011, 978-1-907992-08-7, £7.99, 325pp, tp, oa)

7 · Introduction · Ian Whates · in

9 · A Smart-Mannered Uprising of the Dead · Ian McDonald · nv

23 · The Incredible Exploding Man · Dave Hutchinson · nv

45 · Sweet Spots · Paul Di Filippo · ss

65 · The Best Science Fiction of the Year Three · Ken MacLeod · ss

79 · The One That Got Away · Tricia Sullivan · ss

93 · Rock Day · Stephen Baxter · ss

111 · Eluna · Stephen Palmer · ss

129 · Shall I Tell You the Problem with Time Travel? · Adam Roberts · ss

145 · The Lives and Deaths of Che Guevara · Lavie Tidhar · ss

161 · Steel Lake · Jack Skillingstead · ss

177 · Mooncakes · Mike Resnick & Laurie Tom · ss

183 · At Play in the Fields · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss

197 · How We Came Back from Mars · Ian Watson · ss

217 · You Never Know · Pat Cadigan · ss

237 · Yestermorrow · Richard Salter · ss

257 · Dreaming Towers, Silent Mansions · Jaine Fenn · ss

275 · Eternity’s Children · Eric Brown & Keith Brooke · nv

301 · For the Ages · Alastair Reynolds · nv

323 · Return of the Mutant Worms · Peter F. Hamilton · ss

Solaris Rising 2: The New Solaris Book of Science Fiction ed. Ian Whates (Solaris, April 11, 2013, 978-1-78108-087-0, £7.99, 318pp, tp, oa, cover by Pye Parr)
Collection of 19 original stories. Authors include Cornell, Kress, Lovegrove, Rusch, Harkaway, Reed, Steele, Spinrad, McGrath and Liz Williams.

9 · Extensions · Ian Whates · in

15 · Tom · Paul Cornell · ss

29 · More · Nancy Kress · ss

47 · Shall Inherit · James Lovegrove · ss

61 · Feast and Famine · Adrian Tchaikovsky · ss

77 · Whatever Skin You Wear · Eugie Foster · ss

93 · Pearl in the Shell · Neil Williamson · ss

105 · The Time Gun · Nick Harkaway · ss

113 · When Thomas Jefferson Dined Alone · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv

137 · Bonds · Robert Reed · ss

157 · Ticking · Allen Steele · ss

171 · Before Hope · Kim Lakin-Smith · nv

187 · The Spires of Greme · Kay Kenyon · ss

205 · Manmade · Mercurio D. Rivera · ss

223 · The Circle of Least Confusion · Martin Sketchley · nv

249 · Far Distant Suns · Norman Spinrad · ss

259 · The Lighthouse · Liz Williams · ss

269 · The First Dance · Martin McGrath · ss

281 · Still Life with Skull · Mike Allen · ss

297 · With Fate Conspire · Vandana Singh · nv

Solaris Rising 3: The New Solaris Book of Science Fiction ed. Ian Whates (Solaris, August 26, 2014, 978-1-78108-208-9, £8.99, 311pp, tp, oa, cover by Pye Parr)

9 · Introduction · Ian Whates · in

13 · When We Harvested the Nacre-Rice · Benjanun Sriduangkaew · ss

29 · The Goblin Hunter [Lutania] · Chris Beckett · ss

45 · Homo Floresiensis · Ken Liu · ss

61 · A Taste for Murder · Julie E. Czerneda · nv

83 · Double Blind · Tony Ballantyne · ss

99 · The Mashup · Sean Williams · ss

103 · The Frost on Jade Buds [Xuya] · Aliette de Bodard · nv

127 · Popular Images from the First Manned Mission to Enceladus · Alex Dally MacFarlane · ss

141 · Red Lights, and Rain · Gareth L. Powell · ss

157 · They Swim Through Sunset Seas · Laura Lam · ss

169 · The Faith Without Teeth · Ian Watson · ss

181 · Thing and Sick · Adam Roberts · nv

205 · The Sullen Engines · George Zebrowski · ss

223 · Dark Harvest · Cat Sparks · ss

243 · Fift and Shria [The Unraveling] · Benjamin Rosenbaum · ss

253 · The Howl · Ian R. MacLeod & Martin Sketchley · nv

275 · The Science of Chance · Nina Allan · nv

303 · Endless · Rachel Swirsky · ss

Soot and Steel: Dark Tales of London ed. Ian Whates (NewCon Press, August 27, 2019, 978-1-912950-38-6, £12.99, 264pp, tp, an)
Also available in a hardback edition (-37-9, £24.99), limited to 100 numbered, signed, copies.
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7 · Introduction · Ian Whates · in

11 · Hunger · Bryony Pearce · ss

21 · A Street · Arthur Morrison · ss Tales of Mean Streets by Arthur Morrison, Methuen, 1894, as “Introduction”

29 · A Maze for the Minotaur · Reggie Oliver · nv

55 · The Phantom Model · Hume Nisbet · ss The Haunted Station by Hume Nisbet, F.V. White & Co., 1894; subtitled “A Wapping Romance”.

67 · The Ghost of Cock Lane · Rose Biggin · ss

81 · The Hand That Rocks the Cradle · Juliet E. McKenna · ss

97 · Watercress Girl · Henry Mayhew · bg London Labour and the London Poor, Volume 1 by Henry Mayhew, B. Hemyng and A. Halliday, 1851

103 · Queen Rat · David Rix · ss

123 · Christopherson · George Gissing · ss The Illustrated London News 1902

139 · From the Casebook of Master Wiggins, Esq. [Sherlock Holmes] · Paul Di Filippo · ss

159 · Albert and the Engine of Albion · Terry Grimwood · ss Scifantastic December 2005, as by Terry Gates-Grimwood

179 · In the Tube · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine December 1922

193 · A Romance of the Piccadilly Tube · T. G. Jackson · nv Six Ghost Stories by T. G. Jackson, John Murray, 1919

213 · Blood and Bone · Susan Boulton · nv

239 · Behind the Shade · Arthur Morrison · ss Tales of Mean Streets by Arthur Morrison, Methuen, 1894

245 · Southall Tantra · Paul StJohn Mackintosh · ss

257 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Steampunk International ed. Ian Whates (NewCon Press, July 17, 2018, 978-1-910935-92-7, £12.99, 204pp, tp, oa)
Anthology showcasing the very best steampunk stories from three different countries released by three different publishers in three different languages. Also available in a hardback edition (-91-0, £24.99), limited to 75 numbered, signed, copies.
Details taken from online listing.

7 · Introduction · Ian Whates · in

· Steampunk UK

11 · Seasons of Wither [Newbury & Hobbes] · George Mann · nv

37 · Reckless Engineering [Pax Britannia] · Jonathan Green · ss

59 · The Athenian Dinner Party · Derry O’Dowd · ss; ps for Katy O’Dowd & her father.

· Steampunk Finland

73 · Foreword · J. S. Meresmaa · fw

75 · The Winged Man Isaac · Magdalena Hai · ss
translated from the Finnish (“Siivekäs mies Isaac”, 2013).

99 · The Cylinder Hat · Anne Leinonen · ss

115 · Augustine · J. S. Meresmaa · nv

· Steampunk Portugal

145 · Foreword · Pedro Cipriano · fw

147 · Videri Quam Esse · Anton Stark · ss

157 · The Desert Spider · Pedro Cipriano · ss

177 · Heart of Stone · Diana Pinguicha · ss

Stories of Hope and Wonder: In Support of the UK’s Healthcare Workers ed. Ian Whates (NewCon Press, April 20, 2020, 978-1-393-24401-1, £5.99, ebook, an)
Details taken from online listing.

· Introduction · Ian Whates · in

· Last Contact · Stephen Baxter · ss The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction ed. George Mann, Solaris, 2007

· Slink-Thinking · Frances Hardinge · ss La Femme ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2014

· Gossamer · Ian Whates · ss New Horizons #2, 2009

· The Feather Dress · Lisa Tuttle · ss Unsettling Wonder v1 #3, 2013

· The Man Who Swallowed Himself · Chris Beckett · ss Spring Tide by Chris Beckett, Atlantic Books, 2018

· Fat Man in the Bardo · Ken MacLeod · ss Shoreline of Infinity #14, Spring 2019

· The Kings of Eternity [Kings of Eternity] · Eric Brown · ss Science Fiction Age January 2000

· Muscadet Kiss · Michèle Roberts · ss

· Dead Space · George Mann · ss
previously available on an audio CD (Thirteen ed. Scott Harrison, October 2013).

· The Trace · Christopher Priest · ex from The Islanders, Gollancz, September 2011

· Golden Wing, Silver Eye · Cat Hellisen · ss Ghost in the Cogs ed. C. Dombrowski & Scott Gable, Broken Eye Books, 2015

· The Golden Nose · Neil Williamson · ss Interzone #253, July/August 2014

· On Ilkley Moor · Alison Littlewood · ss Terror Tales of Yorkshire ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2014

· About Helen · Tade Thompson · ss ShortList November 27 2018

· Iphigenia in Aulis [The Hungry Plague] · Mike Carey · nv An Apple for the Creature ed. Charlaine Harris & Toni L. P. Kelner, Ace, 2012

· Just Watch Me · Lesley Glaister · ss Edinburgh Review #135, 2012

· The Family Football · Ian R. MacLeod · ss Interzone #53, November 1991

· The Grave-Digger’s Tale · Simon Clark · ss Fear #4, January/February 1989

· The All-Nighter · Mark Morris · ss Horror World (online) February 12 2008

· Her Seal Skin Coat · Lauren Beukes · ss Current Futures ed. Ann VanderMeer, XPRIZE, 2019

· A Conclusion · Paul Cornell · ss
previously available as an audio download (Jali, Audible, April 2018).

· Liberty Bird · Jaine Fenn · ss Now We Are Ten ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2016

· The Ki-Anna [Aleutian Universe] · Gwyneth Jones · nv Engineering Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2011

· Scienceville · Gary Gibson · ss Interzone #261, November/December 2015

· The Sphere · Juliet E. McKenna · ss Alien Artifacts ed. Patricia Bray & Joshua Palmatier, Zombies Need Brains, 2016

· An Eligible Boy [India 2047] · Ian McDonald · nv Fast Forward 2 ed. Lou Anders, Pyr, 2008

· The Quick Child · Jane Rogers · ss The Independent on Sunday December 23 2012

· Trademark Bugs: A Legal History · Adam Roberts · nv Reach for Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2014

· Working on the Ward · Tim Pears · ss

· During the Dance · Mark Lawrence · ss Mark Lawrence website February 6 2015

· Out of the Woods · Ramsey Campbell · ss Dark Terrors 2 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 1996

· Trick of the Light · Tim Lebbon · ss House of Fear ed. Jon Oliver, Solaris, 2011

· Roman Games · Anne Gay · ss Other Edens II ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, Unwin, 1988

· 44: Digits · Robert Shearman · ss

· The Fox Maiden · Priya Sharma · ss On Spec Summer 2011

· Roads of Silver, Paths of Gold · Emmi Itäranta · ss 2001: An Odyssey in Words ed. Tom Hunter & Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2018
translated from the Finnish.

· All Deaths Well Intention’d · R. J. Barker · ss Legends 3 ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2019

· Epilogue: England, Summer 1558 · Jon Courtenay Grimwood · ss

· The Christmas Repentance of the Mole Butcher of Tetbury · Aliya Whiteley · ss

· Gulliver’s Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World, Part V: A Voyage to the Island of the Wolves [Gulliver] · Philip Palmer · ss

· Barking Mad · Ian Watson · ss Interzone #192, November/December 2003

· Lady with a Rose · Reggie Oliver · ss The Book of Flowering ed. Mark Beech, Egaeus Press, 2019

· Missing · Blake Morrison · ss

· What We Sometimes Do Without Thinking · Mark West · nv Shoes, Ships and Cadavers ed. Ian Watson & Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2010

· Events · Stan Nicholls · ss Events/Heatwave by Stan & Anne Nicholls, Birmingham Science Fiction Group, 2015

· Wars of Worldcraft · Adrian Tchaikovsky · ss

· Fixer, Worker, Singer · Natalia Theodoridou · ss Shimmer #39, September 2017

· Witness · Kim Lakin-Smith · ss Holding on by Our Fingertips ed. Kate Coe & Amanda Rutter, Kristell Ink, 2018

· Unravel · Ren Warom · ss Tales of Eve ed. Mhairi Simpson, Fox Spirit Books, 2013

· Like Clockwork · Tim Major · ss SQ Mag #18, January 2015

· A Million Reasons Why · Nick Wood · ss Learning Monkey and Crocodile by Nick Wood, Luna Press, 2019

· The Road to the Sea · Lavie Tidhar · ss Sunvault ed. Phoebe Wagner & Brontë Christopher Wieland, Upper Rubber Boot Books, 2017

· Ten Love Songs to Change the World · Peter F. Hamilton · nv Now We Are Ten ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2016

Subterfuge ed. Ian Whates (NewCon Press, October 2008, 978-0-9555791-7-2, £9.99, 255pp, tp, oa)
Original anthology of 15 stories. Also available in a hardback edition (-6-5, £16.99). Also available in a special, 299 page, hardback edition (-5-8, £29.99), limited to 150 numbered, signed, copies with three additional stories (by Ian Watson, Ian Whates & Storm Constantine).

11 · The Subtle Art of Subterfuge · Ian Whates · in

15 · Emptier Than Void · John Meaney · ss

39 · Collateral Damage · Jaine Fenn · ss

53 · Jubilee Summer · Gary Couzens · ss

65 · Noble Deceit · Juliet E. McKenna · ss

81 · Tales from the Big Dark: Lie of the Land · Pat Cadigan · ss

91 · Moth · Neil Williamson · ss

103 · Underbrain · Tony Ballantyne · nv

131 · Under Fog (The Wreckers) · Tanith Lee · ss

143 · They Left the City at Night · Sarah Singleton · ss

157 · The God Particle · Steve Longworth · ss

169 · The Great Gig in the Sky · Una McCormack · ss

179 · Time, Like an Ever-Rolling Stream · Nik Ravenscroft · ss

191 · Multitude · Dave Hutchinson · nv

229 · The Rhine’s World Incident · Neal Asher · ss

243 · Thirstlands · Nick Wood · ss

· Bonus stories in the limited edition:

· Vile Dry Claws of the Toucan · Ian Watson · ss Semiotext(e) #14, 1989

· Peeling an Onion · Ian Whates · ss Forgotten Worlds #3, July 2006

· Angel of the Hate Wind · Storm Constantine · ss Destination Unknown ed. Peter Crowther, White Wolf, 1997

Ten Tall Tales and Twisted Limericks ed. Ian Whates (NewCon Press, October 3, 2016, 978-1-910935-26-2, £12.99, 192pp, tp, oa, cover by Sarah Anne Langton)
Also available in a hardback edition (-22-9, £22.99), limited to 100 numbered, signed, copies.
Details taken from online listing.

7 · Ten Tall Tales · Ian Whates · in

9 · To the Power of… · Paul Kane · nv

45 · Twisted Limerick 1 · Ramsey Campbell · pm

47 · We Know by the Tenth Day Whether They Live or Die · Simon Clark · ss

65 · Twisted Limerick 2 · Ramsey Campbell · pm

67 · One Little Mouth to Kiss You Goodnight · Lynda E. Rucker · ss

81 · Twisted Limerick 3 · Ramsey Campbell · pm

83 · The Fruit of the Tree · Maura McHugh · ss

95 · Twisted Limerick 4 · Ramsey Campbell · pm

97 · 9 + 1 · Michael Marshall Smith · ss

99 · Twisted Limerick 5 · Ramsey Campbell · pm

101 · The Book of Sleep · Edward Cox · ss

117 · Twisted Limerick 6 · Ramsey Campbell · pm

119 · For the Win · James Barclay · ss

137 · Twisted Limerick 7 · Ramsey Campbell · pm

139 · Do You Believe in Ghosts? · Mark West · ss

153 · Twisted Limerick 8 · Ramsey Campbell · pm

155 · The Loathing of Strangers · Sarah Pinborough · ss

161 · Twisted Limerick 9 · Ramsey Campbell · pm

163 · The Marble Orchard · Andrew Hook · ss

179 · Twisted Limerick 10 · Ramsey Campbell · pm

181 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Time Pieces ed. Ian Whates (NewCon Press, November 2006, 978-0-9538190-4-1, £9.99, 101pp, tp, oa, cover by Fangorn)
A limited edition (500 copy) collection of original short fiction, signed by all contributors.
Details taken from online listing.

7 · Time Pieces · Ian Whates · in

13 · Caer Cold · Liz Williams · ss

21 · State Your Name · Jon Courtenay Grimwood · ss

31 · The Disappeared · Sarah Singleton · ss

41 · The Globe of the Genius · Ian Watson · ss

53 · Minstrels’ Fold · Steve Cockayne · ss

61 · A Very British Paranorm · Stephen Baxter · ss

73 · The Chalice · Mark Robson · ss

81 · It’s About Time! · Ian Whates · ss

95 · Bonus Item: Newcon3 Opening Address · Ian Watson · fa; written as if by H. G. Wells, channelled by Ian Watson.

To the Stars and Back ed. Ian Whates (NewCon Press, May 24, 2024, 978-1-914953-80-4, £13.99, 292pp, tp, oa, cover by Jim Burns)
Also available in a hardback edition (-79-8, £29.99), limited to 100 numbered, signed, copies.
Details taken from online listing.

7 · Introduction · Ian Whates · in

11 · Rodeo Day · Philip Palmer · nv

37 · Last Orders · Una McCormack · ss

45 · The Scurlock Compendium · Alastair Reynolds · nv

87 · President Max · Josh Lacey · ss

101 · Untold · Keith Brooke · ss

111 · The Peaceable Kingdom · Chris Beckett · ss

125 · The Guardian · Kim Lakin · ss

149 · A Sea Change · Donna Scott · ss

161 · May You Rise · James Lovegrove · ss

171 · The Neglected Bookshop · Phillip Vine · nv

197 · Masterchef on Mars · Ian Watson · ss

211 · Peppercorns · Rebecca Rajendra · ss

225 · Bartering with Ghosts · Ian Whates · ss

235 · The Place of the Mice · Justina Robson · nv

275 · Eric and the Kéthani · Tony Ballantyne · ss

X Marks the Spot: Celebrating 10 Years of NewCon Press ed. Ian Whates (NewCon Press, July 2016, 978-1-910935-22-4, £6.99, 74pp, tp, oa, cover by Ian Whates)
Details taken from online listing.

7 · NewCon Press Behind the Scenes · Ian Whates · in

9 · Circle Drawer · Paul Melhuish · ss

19 · Not a Through Tree · Rosanne Rabinowitz · ss

31 · Recursitopia · Adam Roberts · ss

37 · Life on Mars · Donna Scott · pm

39 · In Storage · Neil K. Bond, Heather Bradshaw, Chaz Brenchley, Cardinal Cox, Hal Duncan, Andrew Hook, Sarah Singleton, Ian Watson, Andy West & Ian Whates · nv NewCon Press, September 2007

Life, For Short by Carolyn Wheat (Crippen & Landru, November 2000, ph, ss)
Chapbook included with the hardback edition of Tales Out of School.

Murder on Route 66 ed. Carolyn Wheat (Berkley Prime Crime, July 1999, 0-425-17064-0, $6.50, 294pp, pb, oa)

1 · Murder on the Mother Road · Carolyn Wheat · in

3 · Shades of ’66 · Michael Allen Dymmoch · ss

19 · Motel 66 · Barbara D’Amato · ss

36 · The Canasta Club · Eleanor Taylor Bland · nv

60 · Willing to Work · Les Roberts · ss

79 · Endless Road · John Lutz · ss

94 · Blind Corner · David August · ss

108 · Rest Stop · Lillian M. Roberts · ss

120 · Spooked · Carolyn G. Hart · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1999

143 · Incident on Sixth Street · D. R. Meredith · nv

168 · ’53 Buick · Gary Phillips · ss

191 · Dead Man’s Curve [Neil Hamel] · Judith Van Gieson · ss

206 · A Flash of Chrysanthemum · J. A. Jance · ss

214 · …Hell · Charles Knief · ss

235 · Blue Time · Earlene Fowler · ss

254 · Rappin’ Dog [Leo Bloodworth & Serendipity Dahlquist] · Dick Lochte · nv

277 · Too Many Midnights · Carolyn Wheat · ss

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