Stories of Hope and Wonder, in Support of UK Healthcare Workers by Ian Whates, Adrian Tchaikovsky, M.R. Carey, Tade Thompson, Peter F. Hamilton, Ian McDonald, Adam Roberts, Jaine Fenn, Tim Pears, Frances Hardinge, Lesley Glaister, Stephen Baxter, Christopher Priest, Lauren Beukes, Lavie Tidhar, Jane Rogers, Emmi Itäranta, Ian Watson, Ramsey Campbell, Lisa Tuttle, Priya Sharma, Eric Brown, Simon Clark, Robert Shearman, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Mark Lawrence, Tim Lebbon, RJ Barker & Blake Morrison

Stories of Hope and Wonder, in Support of UK Healthcare Workers

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An anthology released to raise funds for the NHS and UK Healtcare workers. Fifty-three stories, 253,000 words of fiction, including several pieces that are original to this volume. A treasury of stories from some of the finest writers of science fiction, literary fiction, fantasy, horror, and more.

Introduction by Ian Whates
Last Contact – Stephen Baxter
Slink-Thinking – Frances Hardinge
Gossamer – Ian Whates
The Feather Dress – Lisa Tuttle
The Man Who Swallowed Himself – Chris Beckett
Fat Man in the Bardo – Ken MacLeod
Kings of Eternity – Eric Brown
Muscadet Kiss – Michèle Roberts
Dead Space – George Mann
The Trace – Christopher Priest
Golden Wing, Silver Eye – Cat Hellisen
The Golden Nose – Neil Williamson
On Ilkley Moor – Alison Littlewood
About Helen – Tade Thompson
Iphigenia in Aulis – M.R. Carey
Just Watch Me – Lesley Glaister
The Family Football – Ian R. MacLeod
The Grave-Digger's Tale – Simon Clark
The All-Nighter – Mark Morris
Her Seal Skin Coat – Lauren Beukes
A Conclusion – Paul Cornell
Liberty Bird – Jaine Fenn
The Ki-Anna – Gwyneth Jones
Scienceville – Gary Gibson
The Sphere – Juliet E. McKenna
An Eligible Boy – Ian McDonald
The Quick Child – Jane Rogers
Trademark Bugs: A Legal History – Adam Roberts
Working on the Ward – Tim Pears
During the Dance – Mark Lawrence
Out of the Woods – Ramsey Campbell
Trick of the Light – Tim Lebbon
Roman Games – Anne Nicholls
Digits – Robert Shearman
The Fox Maiden – Priya Sharma
Roads of Silver, Paths of Gold – Emmi Itäranta
All Deaths Well Intention'd – RJ Barker
Epilogue: England, Summer 1558 – Jon Courtenay Grimwood
The Christmas Repentance of the Mole Butcher of Tetbury – Aliya Whiteley
Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Nations Of The World, Part V: A Voyage To The Island Of The Wolves – Philip Palmer
Barking Mad – Ian Watson
Lady with a Rose – Reggie Oliver
Missing – Blake Morrison
What We Sometimes Do, Without Thinking – Mark West
Events – Stan Nicholls
Wars of Worldcraft – Adrian Tchaikovsky
Fixer, Worker, Singer – Natalia Theodoridou
Witness – Kim Lakin-Smith
Unravel – Ren Warom
Like Clockwork – Tim Major
A Million Reasons Why – Nick Wood
The Road to the Sea – Lavie Tidhar
Ten Love Songs to Change the World – Peter F. Hamilton

About the Authors

More Ian Whates, Adrian Tchaikovsky, M.R. Carey, Tade Thompson, Peter F. Hamilton, Ian McDonald, Adam Roberts, Jaine Fenn, Tim Pears, Frances Hardinge, Lesley Glaister, Stephen Baxter, Christopher Priest, Lauren Beukes, Lavie Tidhar, Jane Rogers, Emmi Itäranta, Ian Watson, Ramsey Campbell, Lisa Tuttle, Priya Sharma, Eric Brown, Simon Clark, Robert Shearman, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Mark Lawrence, Tim Lebbon, RJ Barker & Blake Morrison Books

  • Solaris Rising

    Solaris Rising

    Ian Whates, Peter F. Hamilton, Stephen Baxter & Tricia Sullivan

    Sci-Fi Short Stories

  • One Night in London

    One Night in London

    Ian Whates

    Sci-Fi & Fantasy

  • The Noise Within

    The Noise Within

    Ian Whates

    Sci-Fi & Fantasy

  • Solaris Rising 2

    Solaris Rising 2

    Ian Whates, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Paul Cornell & Kay Kenyon

    Sci-Fi Short Stories

  • Solaris Rising 1.5

    Solaris Rising 1.5

    Ian Whates, Adam Roberts, Sarah Lotz & Paul Cornell

    Sci-Fi Short Stories

  • The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories

    The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories

    Ian Watson & Ian Whates

    Fantasy

  • The Noise Revealed

    The Noise Revealed

    Ian Whates

    Sci-Fi & Fantasy

  • The Mammoth Book of SF Wars

    The Mammoth Book of SF Wars

    Ian Watson & Ian Whates

    Sci-Fi & Fantasy

  • Crises and Conflicts

    Crises and Conflicts

    Ian Whates, Gavin Smith, Adam Roberts, Janet Edwards, Christopher Nuttall, Mercurio D. Rivera, Una McCormack, Tim C. Taylor, Tade Thompson, Nik Abnett, Jo Zebedee, Allen Stroud, Robert Sharp, Amy DuBoff & Michael Brookes

    Science Fiction

  • Solaris Rising 3

    Solaris Rising 3

    Ian Whates

    Sci-Fi Short Stories

  • City of Hope & Despair

    City of Hope & Despair

    Ian Whates

    Fantasy

  • City of Dreams & Nightmare

    City of Dreams & Nightmare

    Ian Whates

    Fantasy

  • Dark Angels Rising

    Dark Angels Rising

    Ian Whates

    Science Fiction

  • Stories of Hope and Wonder, in Support of UK Healthcare Workers

    Stories of Hope and Wonder, in Support of UK Healthcare Workers

    Ian Whates, Adrian Tchaikovsky, M.R. Carey, Tade Thompson, Peter F. Hamilton, Ian McDonald, Adam Roberts, Jaine Fenn, Tim Pears, Frances Hardinge, Lesley Glaister, Stephen Baxter, Christopher Priest, Lauren Beukes, Lavie Tidhar, Jane Rogers, Emmi Itäranta, Ian Watson, Ramsey Campbell, Lisa Tuttle, Priya Sharma, Eric Brown, Simon Clark, Robert Shearman, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Mark Lawrence, Tim Lebbon, RJ Barker & Blake Morrison

    Sci-Fi Short Stories

  • The Gift of Joy

    The Gift of Joy

    Ian Whates

    Sci-Fi & Fantasy

  • ParSec Issue #4

    ParSec Issue #4

    Ian Whates, Alexis Ames, Shih-Li Kow, Neil Williamson, Jane Rogers, Lavie Tidhar, Dame Gwyneth Jones, A.P. Howell, Teika Marija Smits, Simon Morden, Tim Newton Anderson, Bryony Pearce, Anne C Perry, Jared Shurin, Alistair Sims & Andy Hedgecock

    Horror

  • ParSec Issue #1

    ParSec Issue #1

    Ian Whates, Christopher Priest, Anna Tambour, Paul Di Filippo, Esther M. Friesner, David Gullen, Ken MacLeod, Harrison Varley, Dan Abnett, Yuliia Vereta & Redfern Jon Barrett

    Fiction & Literature

  • No More Heroes

    No More Heroes

    Ian Whates, Keith Brooke, Ren Warom, Tim Lebbon, Storm Constantine, Alison Littlewood, Stephen Palmer, Gavin G. Smith, Maura McHugh, Michael Cobley, Allen Ashley, Vaughan Stanger, Neil Williamson, Jaine Fenn, Adam Roberts, Una McCormack, Martin Sketchley, Andrew Hook, Bryony Pearce, Chris Squire & Donna Scott

    Horror

  • ParSec Issue #3

    ParSec Issue #3

    Ian Whates, Kim Lakin, Brian D. Hinson, Natalia Theodoridou, Victoria Navarra, Allen Stroud, Gary Gibson, Ian Watson, Scott Edelman, Sarah Pinborough, Andy Hedgecock, Anne C Perry, Jared Shurin & John Jarrold

    Fantasy

  • ParSec Issue#2

    ParSec Issue#2

    Ian Whates, Angela Slatter, Neil Williamson, Aliya Whiteley, Ramsey Campbell, George Tom, Mike Carey, Gareth D Jones, Sean Mcmullen, Karen Brenchley, Anne C Perry, Jared Shurin, Stewart Hotston & Xueting Christine Ni

    Fantasy

  • Torres de Babel

    Torres de Babel

    Ian Whates

    Sci-Fi Short Stories

  • ParSec #11

    ParSec #11

    PS Publishing, Ian McDonald, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Aliya Whiteley, Allen Stroud, Neil Williamson, Ana Sun, Ian Whates, Ruth EJ Booth & Andy Hedgecock

    Horror

  • ParSec #10

    ParSec #10

    PS Publishing, Tim Major, L.B. Spillers, Alister Davison, Emma Coleman, Simon Bestwick, C.L. Hellisen, Robert S Malan, Angus McIntyre, Sam Nicholls, Dave Blake & Ian Whates

    Short Stories

  • Parsec 8#

    Parsec 8#

    Ian Whates, Paul Di Filippo, Preston Grassmann, Rolf Hughes, Maxwell Marais, Michael Cobley, Emma K. Leadley, David Cleden, Antony Paschos, Brock Poulsen, Morgan Delaney, Anne C Perry, Jared Shurin, Martin Sketchley, Alice Thompson, Andy Hedgecock & Teika Marija Smits

    Fiction & Literature

  • Montpellier

    Montpellier

    Ian Whates

    Fantasy

  • Parsec 5

    Parsec 5

    Ian Whates

    Erotica

  • Parsec #6

    Parsec #6

    Ian Whates, Jaine Fenn, Cécile Cristofari, Joe Giordano, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Ellen Denton, Simon Bestwick, Nerine Dorman, Paul Di Filippo, R. P. Sand, Cristina Macía, Anne C Perry, Jared Shurin, Andy Hedgecock & Bryan Talbot

    Horror

  • ParSec #9

    ParSec #9

    PS Publishing, M. R. Carey, Ian Whates, E. M. Faulds, Kai Holmwood, Barend Nieuwstraten III, Elana Gomel, Frank Roger, Tim Lebbon, Michael Moorcock, Rhea Rose & Donna Scott

    Sci-Fi & Fantasy