Julia was in a garden. A delicate perfume wafted from a bed of white roses, tickling her nose as she strolled along the grassy path and gentle sunlight warmed her back as she wandered through the garden. She smiled in her sleep and snuggled further under the quilt.

The machine attached to her head hummed almost inaudibly, lights glowing faintly on the monitor alongside.

In Vera Loy’s third collection of speculative fiction; dreams are sold by corporations; a starship encounters a strange anomaly; zombies take over London; and a hen is stolen. Twelve short stories.

The ebook version of my latest short story collection is now available on Amazon.

A paperback edition will follow shortly.