Michael Cobley. The Maker’s Mark. (Conflicts)
The story doesn’t ask anything of the reader other than to keep turning the pages. Even that was a chore!
Nova Scotia – new Scottish Speculative Fiction, ed Neil Williamson and Andrew J. Wilson. Crescent, 2005
A good mix of SF, alternate history and horror, interspered with some dry humour. It’s a handsome paperback that deserves to do well.