Here's the publisher's blurb: "A major new collection from one of British Science Fiction's most
accomplished short story writers. From the chilling implications of
cloning to the potential of alternative realities, from alien life encountered in
unexpected ways to the pitfalls of relying too heavily on technology, these
stories explore what may lie ahead for all of us. Sometimes delivered
with wry humour, sometimes with dark portent, but always in entertaining and
unexpected fashion."
The table of contents is listed below. Of the 14 stories, 13 are new in the sense that they didn't appear in my previous
self-published collections; the exception is "Erosion", which I included as it's my best-known story.
"After the Atrocity" (Asimov's, March/April 2017) — info
"The Equalisers" (Asimov's, January/February 2018) — info
"No Strangers Any More" (Analog, July/August 2016) — info
"The Language of Flowers" (Analog, May 2016) — info
"An Exercise in Motivation" (Analog, November 2014) — info
"My Time on Earth" (Asimov's, October/November 2015) — info
"I Was Nearly Your Mother" (Asimov's, March 2011) — info
"Memories of the Knacker's Yard" (Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest, July 2007) — info
"The Dunschemin Retirement Home for Repentant Supervillains" (The Sum of Us edited by Susan Forest and Lucas K. Law, Laksa Media, September 2017) — info
"The Shapes of Wrath" (Strange Bedfellows edited by Hayden Trenholm, Bundoran Press, March 2014) — info
"And Then They Were Gone" (Analog, November/December 2017) — info
"Pincushion Pete" (Analog, July/August 2015) — info
"Erosion" (Asimov's, October/November 2009) — info
For a quick preview of the collection, see this Twitter thread with one tweet for each story.
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