The Newcomer: Twelve sci-fi short stories - Softcover

Shaw, Alasdair; Ay, J Naomi; Gillespie, Jonathan C; Carroll, Cindy; Green, J J; Crawford, Richard; Germann, Tom; Hutson, Alec; Kelley, Cherise

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0995511012 ISBN 13: 9780995511019

Publisher: Alasdair Shaw, 2016

Synopsis

From a young couple struggling to look after their baby to a new captain's reluctance to take command of her ship, and from a sun-addled stranger's appearance in town to the emergence of a sentient AI, the twelve tales presented here explore the central theme of an arrival by someone or something new. There's even an alien puppy. The stories are: Tithe by Griffin Carmichael Exodus by Alec Hutson First Bonding by Tom Germann Ice Dreamer by J J Green The Nanny by Cindy Carroll Right Hand by Jonathan C Gillespie What Make is Your Cat? by Richard Crawford Kaxian Duty by Cherise Kelley Lessons Learned by J Naomi Ay The Humra by Laura Greenwood The Hawk of Destiny’s Fist by James S Aaron Repulse by Alasdair Shaw

About this title

About the Author:

Alasdair studied at the University of Cambridge, leaving with a BA in Natural Sciences and anMSci in Experimental and Theoretical Physics. His masters options included gravitational astrophysics, planetary geophysics, remote sensing and high resolution electron microscopy. He went on to earn a PGCE specialising in Science and Physics from the University of Bangor. 

He has been climbing, mountaineering, caving, white-water kayaking and skiing as long as he can remember. Growing up, he spent most of my spare time in the hills. Recently, he's been spending more time sea kayaking and swimming, and has got into trail running.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alasdair Shaw
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0995511012
• ISBN 13: 9780995511019
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 194
• Editor: Shaw Alasdair