One Step Beyond: An Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy

By Vaughan Stanger, Jaine Fenn, Sue Oke and 5 more

An anthology of stories from the long-running One Step Beyond writers' group, including tales from all corners of the speculative fiction genre. All profits from the sale of this anthology will go to English PEN, a charitable network defending and promoting freedom of expression around the world.

Includes stories from Vaughan Stanger, Jaine Fenn, Mike Lewis, Alys Sterling, Liz Holliday, Heather Lindsley, Sue Oke and Mark Bilsborough. Edited by Vaughn Stanger. Cover illustration by Tony Hughes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tower Of Chaos Press
• Release date: Nov 17, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370352913

Vaughan Stanger

Until recently, Vaughan Stanger worked as a research manager at a British engineering company. From 1997 to 2011, he wrote science fiction and fantasy stories in his spare time, effectively setting himself homework. The results of this head-scratching were published in Nature Futures, Interzone, Postscripts, Daily Science Fiction and Music for Another World, to name but a few. Translations of his stories have appeared in nine languages.In January 2012 Vaughan became a full-time writer. Currently he's busy writing an SF novel. The head-scratching has got worse if anything. There are also some new stories in the works, plus further e-book compilations of his previously published stories to come.

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