[Weerde 02] • Book of the Ancients - The Weerde Anthology

Weerde are creatures which are shape changers, vampires and elves. In this story they are the second intelligent life form on Earth, descended from mammals they developed shape changing skills as a response to the challenge posed by the dinosaurs.

Prologue: Raised Voices in a Reading Room: I • short fiction by Roz Kaveney

Imaginary Time • short story by Stephen Baxter

The Girl Who Changed Everything • novelette by Colin Greenland

Deep in the Native Land • short story by Michael Ibeji

Ignorance of Perfect Reason • novella by Roz Kaveney

Sounds and Sweet Airs • novelette by Graham Higgins

Serpent's Blood • short story by Molly Brown

Cover Story • novella by Liz Holliday

The If Game • novelette by Paula Wakefield

The Lions in the Desert • short story by David Langford

The Missing Martian • novelette by Marcus L. Rowland

The Deconstruction of the Known World • novelette by Elizabeth M. Young

Red, Hot and Dark • novelette by Charles Stross

Epilogue: Raised Voices in a Reading Room: II • short fiction by Roz Kaveney