Best of British Science Fiction 2022

In this, the eighth year of the Best of British Science Fiction anthology series, editor Donna Scott has outdone herself, scouring magazines, anthologies, webzines and obscure genre corners to discover the very best science fiction stories by British and British-based authors published during 2022. Two dozen stories, varying greatly in subject matter and style. Donna Scott is a director and former chair of the BSFA, as well as being a distinguished poet, writer, and stand-up comedian. Donna is also a free-lance editor who has worked behind the scenes for a number of major publishers over the course of several years. Contents: Introduction by Donna Scott A Moment of Zugzwang - Neil Williamson A Quickening Tide - Andrew Wilson and A J McIntosh In the Weave - David Whitmarsh The Marshalls of Mars - Tim Major The Amelioration of Existence in Spite of Truth and Reconciliation - EM Faulds Last Bite at the Klondike - Liam Hogan For I Shall Consider My Cat J/FRY - Alice Dryden The FenZone - Ian Whates Translation - Philip Irving Long Live the Strawberries of Finsbury Park - Stephen Oram Eternal Soldier - L.N. Hunter I Know What You Are - Matt Thompson Gortcullinane Man - Val Nolan The Spreads of Space and Endless Devastation - Stewart Baker Call of the Void - J.K. Fulton Retirement Options for (Too) Successful Space Entrepreneurs - Brent Baldwin The Memory Spider - Fiona Moore Sunrunner - Robert Bagnall Assets - Keith Brooke and Eric Brown The Flamingo Maximizer - Dafydd McKimm Wheel of Fortune - Ida Keogh Those We Leave Behind - Vaughan Stanger Junk Hounds - Lavie Tidhar About the Authors