Editor Colin Harvey has created a new website for his “Future Bristol” anthology, where you can read extracts from the stories, including the opening section of my 5,100 word short: What Would Nicolas Cage Have Done?

Click here to visit the site: Future Bristol

From the blurb:

Nine short stories by leading (local) British authors including BSFA and Philip K. Dick Award-nominee Liz Williams, Interzone Poll-winner Gareth L Powell, Stephanie Burgis, Jim Mortimore, Joanne Hall, Nick Walters and Christina Lake. All wrapped in a gorgeous cover by BSFA Award winning artist Andy Bigwood.

Andy Bigwood’s cover art for the forthcoming Future Bristol short story anthology is now online at his site: http://www.deviantart.com/print/4885642/.

The anthology will be published in April by Swimming Kangaroo books, and features the following stories and writers:

> Isambard’s Kingdom by Liz Williams
> The Guerilla Infrastructure HOWTO by John Hawkes-Reed
> After The Change by Stephanie Burgis
> A Tale of Two Cities by Christina Lake
> Trespassers by Nick Walters
> Pirates of the Cumberland Basin by Joanne Hall
> Thermoclines by Colin Harvey
> What Would Nicolas Cage Have Done? By Gareth L Powell
> The Sun In The Bone House by Jim Mortimore

Colin Harvey has sent through the table of contents for his forthcoming anthology, “Future Bristol”, due from Swimming Kangaroo Books in April next year. It looks like a good line-up, with some intriguing titles. And of course, in eighth position, there’s me…

1. Liz Williams ~ Isambard’s Kingdom
2. John Hawkes-Reed ~ The Guerilla Infrastructure HOWTO
3. Stephanie Burgis ~ After The Change
4. Joanne Hall ~ Pirates of the Cumberland Basin
5. Nick Walters ~ Trespassers
6. Christina Lake ~ A Tale of Two Cities
7. Colin Harvey ~ Thermoclines
8. Gareth L Powell ~ What Would Nicolas Cage Have Done?
9. Jim Mortimore ~ The Sun In The Bone House

Colin (who is editing the anthology) says: “The standard of fiction has been astonishingly high, and I’m really proud of the way the book is shaping up.”