The only day you'll get that machine inside my head, is the day I'm dead...

Sol Stories presents Future Britains, twenty-two grounded science fiction and strange reality short stories by established and emerging British authors, each with their own distinct regional voice.

The brief: visions of a dystopian Britain in the decades to come.

Each original tale reflects an endpoint of the disturbing trends we see today – from political unrest, rebellions both silent and loud, the rise of machine life, the fragility of human identity, rising sea levels and then – then there is always The End.

Where will our choices and actions of today, or lack of, lead us? Join us on a journey through this timely anthology, and discover for yourself what futures may await these hallowed British Isles…

I'm very proud to be among such talented company in this new anthology. My contribution, DeskJockey, combines cute little robots, environmental disaster, and the corporate hell of remote working.

A genetically modified thief. A cursed electric ghost. A downloaded daemon. In a neon-drenched dystopia, she's the glitch in the system.

Tattiana the Blood Seer plies her odious trade in Noctara—a festering wart clinging to the blackened hide of a lightless planet. Tattie just wants to break sky and leave Noctara behind, but the fungus-choked metropolis isn't done with her yet.

Book one of The Age of Aikana—a dark epic fantasy set in a rich world of cut-throat cities, satyr warriors, and rum-soaked taverns.

Three monstrous tumari escaped the labyrinthine dungeon beneath the sea. One ripped apart the frozen homeland of the Asrai, staining the ice crimson with their blood. One blundered its way into the ancient forest of Nymed, and one rose in the city of Armoria, crushing buildings and bone beneath its great webbed feet.

Only Dewer—ageless High Lord of the city—knows the truth behind the creatures’ wanton destruction, and he hasn’t trusted anyone with his secrets for over one hundred years.