SF Caledonia is a free online magazine and resource of short stories written by Scottish SF writers. This was launched at Cymera Festival on 3rd June 2023

The aim is to be an online space for Scotland to show off its talented community of science fiction/ speculative fiction/fantasy writers to the world – and beyond.

SF Caledonia publishes short stories by Scottish writers. In the initial phase we will be publishing stories previously published. Alongside the story we will publish a short biography of the writer, and links for more information about the writer and their publications.

Who is leading SF Caledonia?

That’s me. Noel Chidwick, co-founder and Editor Emeritus of Shoreline of Infinity. Crumbs, I need something to do to keep me occupied now.

SF Caledonia Origin Story

From the start, we were keen to ensure that Shoreline of Infinity published Scottish writers. Over the years we were consistently impressed by the quality of the stories we were sent.

We also ran an occasional series in Shoreline called SF Caledonia. In this series, started by Paul Cockburn, we explored Scottish SF writers of the past. Paul started the series off with John Buchan – we reprint his original piece here. The series continued under the editorship of Monica Burns, who uncovered a whole raft of Scottish SF writers – known and lesser known. We also covered contemporary SF writers, including Ken MacLeod and L.R, Lam.

This new incarnation of SF Caledonia will be a live, breathing creature, focussing on current and emerging Scottish SF writers.

We feel it’s time that Scottish SF had a place to call home, and be open to visitors from everywhere who are interested in Scottish SF.

And to be clear, we are looking for Scottish writers, no matter where they are based.

In time, we hope to establish an entertaining showcase of Scottish SF writings and a live database of Scottish SF writers, past and present.

If you want to join us on this journey, as a writer, a volunteer, or have questions or suggestions, head to the back page.

SF Caledonia is at www.sfcaledonia.scot

—Noel Chidwick

Editor, SF Caledonia