Stephen Baxter - the Baryonic Lords (part one)

Humanity is but as ants in comparison to the Xeelee and their awesome constructions scattered thoughout the galaxy...One group of primitive humans venture out of their constructed 'mico-world' and start a long journey...

NB Part 1 of this story was in IZ 49, Part 2 in IZ 50

Elizabeth Hand - The Bacchae

Scary things happen when women turn to their dark side...

John Gribbin - Something to beef about

Someone is spreading a new version of BSE to force people to eat vegtables...or are they?

Don Webb - Reach out

A divorced man starts getting oddly personal calls from a tele sales operation...

Kim Stanley Robinson - A sensitive dependence on initial conditions

An examination of the possible outcomes of the attack on Hiroshima ( )