The Robot Revolution Will Be Novelised

Kaldor City: Hidden Persuaders co-author and longtime Magic Bullet production manager, Fiona Moore's novel, "Driving Ambition", has been acquired by Bundoran Press. From their announcement:

"In the not-too-distant future, intelligent Things are recognized as sentient beings--but do they have the same rights as humans? And what about the free-floating Intelligents deep within the Internet. Thompson Jennings is a man with unique problems and unique abilities--he can interface between the human and machine worlds, acting as a go-between in labour negotiations and other disputes. But when one his clients, a sentient taxicab, is murdered, his problems multiply and his abilities are stretched to the limit."

So: Robots, murders, political intrigue and artificial sentience... what more could Kaldor City fans ask for? The book will be published in autumn 2018, details will be forthcoming.

Skulduggery: a Kaldor City story

In memory of Scott Fredericks, we've uploaded the short story "Skulduggery", set between Occam's Razor and Death's Head and featuring Carnell at his best.

Leave Only Footprints

You have till the end of the month to get Fiona Moore's new short story "Leave Only Footprints", about urban exploration in an alien-invaded Washington DC, at the Story of the Month Club website-- for as low as $1.50!

Award News

Blood and Water, a collection of short stories featuring "Rabbit Season" by Fiona Moore, has just won an Aurora Award! Congratulations to editor Hayden Trenholm and all who contributed; click the links for more information.

Free story: "Mouse Trap"

A new short story by Fiona Moore, "Mouse Trap" is available to read for free online until 12 August at Perihelion SF. Click here.

The Metaphor

The current issue of Interzone magazine contains "The Metaphor," a new short story by Fiona Moore. You can read a preview and buy a copy by following the link.

More Counterattack

Part Two of the Blake's 7 comic Counterattack, by Alan Stevens and Jon Helm, is now up. You can read it here, or start from the beginning here.

Counter Culture

Following on from last month's unpublished Blake's 7 comic script, this month we present Part One of Counterattack, a fully-illustrated comic by Alan Stevens and Jonathan Helm, set between the episodes "Star One" and "Aftermath," and previously published in Scorpio Attack! issue 2.

Together in Electric Dreams

Continuing our series of unpublished Blake's 7-related material, we present Electronic Dream by Alan Stevens, a brief script set between "Terminal" and "Rescue," and featuring Cally. Originally meant as the basis for a comic which was to appear in Scorpio Attack! with artwork by Jonathan Helm (as a follow-up to his and Alan's earlier collaboration, "Counterattack"), it is reproduced here for the first time.