Don't tell anyone, but there have been strange goings-on in this neck of the wood of late. Furtive messages have been buzzing between the publishing behemoth that is PS Towers and my base of operations here at NewCon Central. To what purpose? you may ask (and let's face it, I'm going to tell you even if you don't ask). Well, very soon, PS Publishing will be releasing the first ever (and who knows, perhaps the only ever) anthology in print of stories that have featured in the digital pages of ParSec. Twenty-five stories drawn from the first seven issues of the magazine will appear within the covers of ParSec in Print (how on Earth did we come up with the title?). Choosing those stories has been a challenge in itself. I could easily have selected twice that number and the composition of the book has chopped and changed until I applied the fixing agent (ie until I delivered the MS to the publisher).

Parsec 8#

Digital magazine featuring the very best in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and HorrorThe latest fiction from established writers alongside the best new stories from emerging talents and debut authors. On-point articles and regular columns, exploring genre fiction in all its forms. Interviews with leading authors and artists. Insightful and informative book reviews by a carefully selected cadre of reviewers, assessing current titles and imminent releases from publishers big and small. This is the table of contents for the festive issue. Introduction - Ian WhatesThe Summer Husband - Angela SlatterThe Neighbourhood Watch -Neil WilliamsonLovers on the Yuleton Lip - Aliya WhiteleyBut Once a Year - Ramsey CampbellPoruguese Essay - George TomAll That's Red Earth - Mike CareyFive Ways to Accidentally Save the Earth from Alien Conquest - Gareth D. JonesThe Elektron Mill - Sean McMullenA Bayesian Analysis of Wishes - Karen BrenchleyLife in the Fast Lane - featuring Jenny CampbellIn the Weeds - Anne C. Perry & Jared ShurinStepping Towards New Voices in SFF - Stewart HotstonReviews SectionInterview with Xueting Christine Ni

ParSec Issue#2 - ParSec, #2

An anthology of stories inspired by artists who have left us too soon. The finished anthology includes tributes to megastars and lesser-known figures, to the predictable and the less so, and I'm proud to present each and every one. In these trying times, what could be better than kicking back, putting on your favourite piece of music, and enjoying a good story or two, which may just stir a memory of days gone by?

No More Heroes

A digital magazine featuring the very best in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. The latest fiction from established writers alongside the best new stories from emerging talents and debut authors. On-point articles and regular columns, exploring genre fiction in all its forms. Interviews with leading authors and artists. Insightful and informative book reviews by a carefully selected cadre of reviewers, assessing current titles and imminent releases from publishers big and small.

Parsec #6 - ParSec

A digital magazine featuring the very best in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and HorrorThe latest fiction from established writers alongside the best new stories from emerging talents and debut authors. On-point articles and regular columns, exploring genre fiction in all its forms. Interviews with leading authors and artists. Insightful and informative book reviews by a carefully selected cadre of reviewers, assessing current titles and imminent releases from publishers big and small. This is the table of contents for the festive issue. Introduction - Ian WhatesRotten Things - Kim LakinOrnamental Refugee -Brian D. HinsonCSGCOVWR - Natalia TheodoridouBai Roses - Victoria NavarraThe Different Flesh - Allen StroudYou Can Call Me Al - Gary GibsonThe Kidnap of Fibonacci - Ian WatsonLost Out There in the Stars - Scott EdelmanLife in the Fast Lane - featuring John JarroldIn the Weeds - Anne C. Perry & Jared ShurinReviews SectionInterview with Saray Pinborough

ParSec Issue #3 - ParSec, #3

A digital magazine featuring the very best in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and HorrorThe latest fiction from established writers alongside the best new stories from emerging talents and debut authors. On-point articles and regular columns, exploring genre fiction in all its forms. Interviews with leading authors and artists. Insightful and informative book reviews by a carefully selected cadre of reviewers, assessing current titles and imminent releases from publishers big and small. This is the table of contents for the festive issue. Introduction - Ian Whates Blaise of Glory - Alexis Ames It Only Amplifies -Shih-Li Kow Zugzwang - Neil Williamson Daytrip To Glastonbury - Jane Rogers Radicalised - Lavie Tidhar The Equality Virus - Gwyneth Jones The Relative Promise of Dead Things in the Dark - A. P. Howell Umbilical - Teika Marija Smits When All This Became Normal - Simon Morden Letters To My Daughter - Tim Anderson Five-O-Clock In The Bar At The End Of The World - Bryony Pearce In the Weeds - Anne C. Perry & Jared Shurin Life in the Fast Lane - featuring Alistair Sims (independent bookshop owner) Reviews Interview with and scientist Simon Morden

ParSec Issue #4 - ParSec, #4

A digital magazine featuring the very best in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and HorrorThe latest fiction from established writers alongside the best new stories from emerging talents and debut authors. On-point articles and regular columns, exploring genre fiction in all its forms. Interviews with leading authors and artists. Insightful and informative book reviews by a carefully selected cadre of reviewers, assessing current titles and imminent releases from publishers big and small.

Parsec 5 - ParSec

A digital magazine featuring the very best in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and HorrorThe latest fiction from established writers alongside the best new stories from emerging talents and debut authors. On-point articles and regular columns, exploring genre fiction in all its forms. Interviews with leading authors and artists. Insightful and informative book reviews by a carefully selected cadre of reviewers, assessing current titles and imminent releases from publishers big and small. This is the blistering table of contents for the first issue. Introduction - Ian Whates Gunbelt Highway - Dan Abnett Down and Out Under the Tannhauser Gate - David Gullen Nineteen Eighty-Nine - Ken MacLeod The Lichyard - Harrison Varley Time Traveller's Shoes - Yuliia Vereta Tesla on the Grass Alas - Esther M. Friesner We Have Forever - Redfern Jon Barrett The Power of 3 - Anna Tambour Nova Oobleck Surfs The Second Aether - Paul Di Filippo Life in the Fast Lane - featuring Tom Hunter In the Weeds - Anne C. Perry & Jared Shurin Reviews Section Interview with Christopher Priest

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