Best of British Science Fiction 2019

<p>Twenty-two stories selected by editor Donna Scott from disparate places that represent some of the best science fiction published anywhere in 2019: stories of heroism stories of loss stories of wonder. </p><p>In this volume you will encounter tales in which creatures are cut off from their loved ones; someone is trapped with an abuser; a bird sings; weeds grow where we hope for a garden; we consider what our alternative selves might be doing; we can’t sleep; we wish we could keep things just the way they were; we drink too much… and we look to rockets blasting off into the sky and think that there lies the future; that’s hope. </p><p>Contents<br /><em>2019: An Introduction – Donna Scott </em><br />The Anxiety Gene – Rhiannon Grist <br />The Land of Grunts and Squeaks – Chris Beckett <br />For Your Own Good – Ian Whates <br />Neom – Lavie Tidhar <br />Once You Start – Mike Morgan <br />For the Wicked Only Weeds Will Grow – G. V. Anderson <br />Fat Man in the Bardo – Ken MacLeod <br />Cyberstar – Val Nolan <br />The Little People – Una McCormack <br />The Loimaa Protocol – Robert Bagnall <br />The Adaptation Point – Kate Macdonald <br />The Final Ascent – Ian Creasey <br />A Lady of Ganymede a Sparrow of Io – Dafydd McKimm <br />Snapshots – Leo X. Robertson <br />Witch of the Weave – Henry Szabranski <br />Parasite Art – David Tallerman <br />Galena – Liam Hogan <br />Ab Initio – Susan Boulton <br />Ghosts – Emma Levin <br />Concerning the Deprivation of Sleep – Tim Major <br />Every Little Star – Fiona Moore <br />The Minus-Four Sequence – Andrew Wallace <br /><em>About the Authors</em></p>