A selection of 13 award-winning science fiction stories. Three stories, are set in the world of the The Break of Civilisation (published June 2023). #2 The Descent of the Kestrel, #3 Outcasts and #6 A Goat for the Killing. Imagine: 1. a space ark where some aboard don't want to be saved 2. a disabled generation ship where the survivors want to escape the controlling AI 3. a mutant who teams up with a brain-damaged member of his sworn enemy 4. a perilous expedition across a strange world 5. bird-like alien invaders that breed captive humans 6. a technologist fighting against superstition to stop a young man sacrificing himself 7. an alien horror on the galactic rim battling to survive 8. some people on an enclosed planet arriving at a new solar system fight to keep moving 9. the captain of legendary vessel fulfilling a promise brings an end to the universe.10. aliens who can choose their gender at will are stranded in...