A military exercise spins out of control and a small unit must somehow cope with the inevitable. British Science Fiction Award Winner

A tone-deaf man turns to technology to solve his problems. Great, dry, British humour abounds.

A man receives a sealed envelope with a dire warning attached.

Tom Purdom is a professional music critic and his love of chamber music is evident in this piece, which is a "prequel" to his "Romance" series of short stories. In the 22nd century, science allows a... more »

A man visits the bombed-out city of Sarajevo to fulfill a promise to his dead grandmother. Hugo Award Nominee

An intelligent computer that serves as a psychologist starts having it's own nightmarish problems. Told from the point of view of the machine and highly entertaining.

Zoologists on an alien world are surprised to find stranger-than-normal creatures. Then the real trouble began.

A once-in-a-thousand-year earthquake will devastate a planet. Most of the earth colonists have left, but one remains with the strange creatures who inhabit the planet.

This story takes the form of a set of notes about how to write a science fiction story based on an idea put forth by John W. Campbell. Malzberg expertly reveals the thought process in designing such... more »

This alien-contact-style parody of the James White "Sector General" stories displays some of Langford's typical dry British humour.

Two wise-cracking men find that there are shape-shifters among us.

A virtual Clue romp! This is a playful whodunit with a twist.

The housing crunch is so bad that people are forced to rent apartments in the past.

Snakes are symbolic in dreams (and nightmares). In reality, they can be equally terrifying...

A woman returns to her small town roots to conduct a study of the meaning of dreams.

A detective with paranormal abilities is called in to investigate problems at a top secret nuclear facility.

It was just a quiet little planet; beautiful, harmless--or so it seemed?

In what has become an amazing prediction of the future, Kate Wilhelm's brilliant short story, "Ladies and Gentlemen, This is Your Crisis" accurately depicts a "Survivor" type reality-based TV show A... more »

What would the world be like if Ghengis Khan hadn't been raised as a Mongol nomad, but as a civilized city dweller--as a Byzantine Christian?

A psychologist explores a boy's life-threatening obsession with the infinitely small.

A hacker makes a living of giving freedom to the oppressed, while his past is silently pursuing him.

An aerobics teacher leads his class into an entirely new dimension of exercise.

Her voice's name was Sabastian. He was a long-haired calico who didn't enjoy being petted by strangers, especially if they were private detectives.

Adds another facet to the definition of love. A very alien facet, that is...

A family of furry little creatures have a mesmerizing effect on the family whose tree they live in.