[Eclipse 02] • Eclipse 2 · New Science Fiction and Fantasy

An eclipse is a rare and unusual event, when the world is transformed and the sky becomes a dark eldritch thing. It's a time when anything could happen, when any kind of story just might be true. That sense of the strange and wonderful guides Eclipse: New Science Fiction and Fantasy, the second volume in an exciting new annual anthology series edited by acclaimed anthologist Jonathan Strahan. Set to become a major event on the science fiction and fantasy calendar, Eclipse: New Science Fiction and Fantasy gathers together new science fiction and fantasy stories by the best writers working today. You can see that in Eclipse Two, which features more extraordinary tales of the fantastic and astounding.

Contents

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom • (2008) • by David Moles

Elevator • (2008) • by Nancy Kress

Ex Cathedra • (2008) • by Tony Daniel

Exhalation • (2008) • by Ted Chiang

Fury • (2008) • by Alastair Reynolds

Invisible Empire of Ascending Light • (2008) • by Ken Scholes

Michael Laurits Is: DROWNING • (2008) • by Paul Cornell

Night of the Firstlings • (2008) • by Margo Lanagan

Skin Deep • (2008) • by Richard Parks

The Hero • [Virga] • (2008) • by Karl Schroeder

The Illustrated Biography of Lord Grimm • (2008) • by Daryl Gregory

The Rabbi's Hobby • (2008) • by Peter S. Beagle

The Seventh Expression of the Robot General • (2008) • by Jeffrey Ford

Truth Window: A Tale of the Bedlam Rose • (Wormwood / Nobodoi) • (2008) • by Terry Dowling

Turing's Apples • (2008) • by Stephen Baxter