Best of British Science Fiction 2017

Editor Donna Scott has selected the very best short fiction by British authors published during 2017. Twenty-two stories, from established names and rising stars. Introduction – Donna Scott Blinders – Tyler Keevil In the Night of the Comet – Adam Roberts The Walls of Tithonium Chasma – Tim Major 3.8 Missions – Katie Gray Over You – Jaine Fenn The Ghosts of Europa Will Keep You Trapped in a Prison You Make for Yourself – Matt Dovey Uniquo – Aliya Whiteley Looking for Laika – Laura Mauro A Good Citizen – Anne Charnock Mercury Teardrops – Jeff Noon The Nightingales in Plàtres – Natalia Theodoridou The Road to the Sea – Lavie Tidhar When I Close My Eyes – Chris Barnham Targets – Eric Brown London Calling – Philip A. Suggars The Last Word – Ken MacLeod After the Atrocity – Ian Creasey Voicemail – Karen McCreedy Green Boughs Will Cover Thee – Sarah Byrne Airless – N.J. Ramsden Product Recall – Robert Bagnall The Endling Market – E. J. Swift About the Authors