Best of British Science Fiction 2022

For this eighth year of the Best of British Science Fiction anthology series, editor Donna Scott has once again scoured magazines, anthologies, webzines and obscure genre corners to discover the very best science fiction stories by British and British-based authors published during 2022. Nearly two dozen stories, varying greatly in subject matter and style.

Donna Scott is a director and former chair of the BSFA, as well as being a distinguished poet, writer, and stand-up comedian. Donna is also a free-lance editor who has worked behind the scenes for a number of major publishers over the course of several years.

Introduction by Donna Scott
A Moment of Zugzwang – Neil Williamson
A Quickening Tide – Andrew Wilson and A J McIntosh
In the Weave – David Whitmarsh
The Marshalls of Mars – Tim Major
The Amelioration of Existence in Spite of Truth and Reconciliation – EM Faulds
Last Bite at the Klondike – Liam Hogan
For I Shall Consider My Cat J/FRY – Alice Dryden
The FenZone – Ian Whates
Translation – Philip Irving
Long Live the Strawberries of Finsbury Park – Stephen Oram
Eternal Soldier – L.N. Hunter
I Know What You Are – Matt Thompson
Gortcullinane Man – Val Nolan
The Spreads of Space and Endless Devastation – Stewart Baker
Call of the Void – J.K. Fulton
Retirement Options for (Too) Successful Space Entrepreneurs – Brent Baldwin
The Memory Spider – Fiona Moore
Sunrunner – Robert Bagnall
Assets – Keith Brooke and Eric Brown
The Flamingo Maximizer – Dafydd McKimm
Wheel of Fortune – Ida Keogh
Those We Leave Behind – Vaughan Stanger
Junk Hounds – Lavie Tidhar
About the Authors