**Eric Brown **was one of the UK's finest SF authors. His work won him awards, his storytelling won him readers; more than that, though, he was a special person, and that won him many friends.

**Eric Brown **was one of the UK's finest SF authors. His work won him awards, his storytelling won him readers; more than that, though, he was a special person, and that won him many friends.

Containing all new stories from some of the UK's finest genre writers, this volume, released to mark what would have been Eric's 64th birthday, is dedicated to Eric and his family. It is our way of celebrating someone whose work inspired us and whose friendship made a difference.

Eric Brown: (24 May 1960 - 21 March 2023)

Contents:* Introduction by Ian Whates *Rodeo Day - Philip Palmer

Last Orders - Una McCormack

The Scurlock Compendium - Alastair Reynolds

President Max - Josh Lacey

Untold - Keith Brooke

The Peaceable Kingdom - Chris Beckett

The Guardian - Kim Lakin

A Sea Change - Donna Scott

May You Rise - James Lovegrove

The Neglected Bookshop - Phillip Vine

Masterchef on Mars - Ian Watson

Peppercorns - Rebecca Rajendra

Bartering with Ghosts - Ian Whates

The Place of the Mice - Justina Robson

Eric and the Kethani - Tony Ballantyne* About the Contributors*