Continuing my updates from the bookstore, I have two anthologies from the Australian small press, Fablecroft.

Canterbury 2100 is a science fiction re-imagining of the Canterbury Tales. Edited by Dirk Flinthart, it includes stories by Angela Slatter, Stephen Dedman, Kaaron Warren, Thoraiya Dyer, Trent Jamieson and Lisa L. Hannett. You might wonder how travelers in the 22nd Century would have time to tell tales, but this is England we are talking about. In the future we will apparently have nuclear-powered steam trains, but they will still be subject to horrendous delays.

One Small Step is edited by Fablecroft’s supremo, Tehani Wessley. The theme of the anthology is discoveries, and contributors include Joanne Anderton, Deborah Biancotti, Rowena Cory Daniells, Thoraiya Dyer, Lisa L. Hannett, Angela Slatter and Tansy Rayner Roberts.