ISBN 0-575-05001-2 (UK pbk)

"The Nightingale" by Nicholas Royle
(short story, first published in Sugar Sleep , Barrington Books, UK, 1993)

"The White Boat" by Paul J.McAuley
(extract from his novel Child of the River: The Fist Book of Confluence )

"Swimming with the Salmon" by Ian Watson
(short story, first published in Interzone , 1992)

"Deathstalker War" by Simon R.Green
(extract from the novel Deathstalker War by Simon R.Green, 1997)

"Starlight Dreamer" by Peter F.Hamilton
(short story, first published in New Worlds 4 , Gollancz, UK, 1994)

"Innocents" by IanMcDonald
(short story, first published in New Worlds 2 , Gollancz, UK, 1992)

"A Shriek in the Night" by Arthur C.Clarke
(extract from the novel Imperial Earth by Arthur C.Clarke, 1975)

"More Tomorrow" by Michael Marshall Smith
(short story, first published in Dark Terrors edited by Stephen Jones and David Sutton, Victor Gollancz, London, UK, hbk, 1995... Winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Short Story)

"none" [jacket blurb, UK pbk, 1997].

Paul McAuley
(bio and bibliography)