Fables from the Fountain

<p>A volume written as homage to Arthur C. Clarke’s Tales from the White Hart featuring original stories from many of today’s top genre writers including Neil Gaiman Charles Stross Stephen Baxter James Lovegrove Liz Williams Adam Roberts Eric Brown Ian Watson and David Langford.</p><p>The Fountain: a traditional London pub situated in Holborn just off Chancery Lane where Michael the landlord serves excellent real ales and dodgy ploughman’s ably assisted by barmaids Sally and Bogna.</p><p>The Fountain in whose Paradise bar a group of friends – scientists writers and genre fans – meet regularly on a Tuesday night to swap anecdotes reveal wondrous events from their past tell tall tales talk of classified invention and maybe just maybe save the world…</p><p>1. Introduction – Peter Weston<br />2. No Smoke without Fire – Ian Whates<br />3. Transients – Stephen Baxter<br />4. Forever Blowing Bubbles – Ian Watson<br />5. On the Messdecks of Madness – Paul Graham Raven<br />6. The Story Bug – James Lovegrove<br />7. “And Weep Like Alexander” – Neil Gaiman<br />8. The Ghost in the Machine – Colin Bruce<br />9. The Hidden Depths of Bogna – Liz Williams<br />10. A Bird in Hand – Charles Stross<br />11. In Pursuit of the Chuchunaa – Eric Brown<br />12. The Cyberseeds – Steve Longworth<br />13. Feathers of the Dinosaur – Henry Gee<br />14. Book Wurms – Andy West<br />15. The Pocklington Poltergeist – David Langford<br />16. The Last Man in Space – Andrew J Wilson<br />17.  A Multiplicity of Phaedra Lament – Peter Crowther<br />18. The Girl With the White Ant Tattoo – Tom Hunter<br />19. The 9000000001st Name of God – Adam Roberts<br />20. About the Authors</p><p> </p>