Reading 5X5

Five stories, five times



Five science fiction and fantasy themes, each explored five times by five different authors.



Twenty-five great authors demonstrating just how varied and interesting SF&F can be, and how each author's style and approach make all the difference.



This special Writers' Edition has all the above, plus two extra stories, the original story briefs, and extensive author notes for each story and each brief.



100 pages of extra material specifically intended for writers

Contents

Contemporary Fantasy Dreaming in Other Colours -- Meryl Stenhouse Letters to the Earth -- Caleb Warner The Fourth Pillar Says No -- L. Chan Howl at the Moon -- T.R. North Kitchen -- Vanessa Fogg The Simple Task -- Michael Gardner Soft Science Fiction Time, The Ever-Rolling Stream -- Juliet Kemp Patience -- K. G. Anderson Petri Viventum -- James Ross The Great Scientist Rivalry on Sourdough -- Beth Goder The Visible Spectrum -- Matt Thompson Other The Fragments of Others -- Suzanne J. Willis Between Ashes and Wings -- Chanel Earl 1001 -- Y. X. Acs Where Art Thou, My Love? -- Filip Wiltgren Deus ex Noir -- Rhoads Brazos Maps in Our Footsteps, Legend in Our Dreams -- Jason Baltazar Hard Science Fiction T-Minus -- Ian Rennie Countdown -- David Hammond One of the Cities -- Damien Krsteski In the Absence of Time -- Pauline Yates The Long View -- Karl Dandenell High Fantasy Blood Feud -- Paul A. Hamilton Child of Flowers -- Sean R. Robinson Tongue of the Chimera -- Sandi Leibowitz Song and Sacrifice -- Rob Francis The Gentlest River -- Karolina Fedyk The briefs Contemporary Fantasy -- Meryl Stenhouse Soft SF -- Beth Goder Other -- Y.X.Acs Hard SF -- Karl Dandenell High Fantasy -- Sean R. Robinson Sample brief -- B. Morris Allen