Contents (view Concise Listing)

• vii • Preface: Reinventing Scotland • (2005) • essay by Neil Williamson and Andrew J. Wilson
• ix • Introduction (Nova Scotia: New Scottish Speculative Fiction) • (2005) • essay by David Pringle
• 1 • The Cost of Pearls • (2005) • poem by Edwin Morgan
• 3 • A Case of Consilience • (2005) • short story by Ken MacLeod
• 16 • Deus Ex Homine • short story by Hannu Rajaniemi
• 31 • The Last Shift • (2005) • short story by Hal Duncan
• 47 • Not Wisely But Too Well • (2005) • short story by A. J. McIntosh
• 63 • Third-Degree Burns • (2005) • short story by Andrew J. Wilson
• 65 • Lest We Forget • (2005) • short story by Marion Arnott
• 79 • The Intrigue of the Battered Box • (2005) • short story by Michael Cobley
• 94 • Five Fantastic Fictions • (2005) • short story by Ron Butlin
• 99 • Running on at Adventures • (2005) • short story by Angus McAllister
• 113 • A Knot of Toads • (2005) • novelette by Jane Yolen
• 138 • Sophie and the Sacred Fluids • (2005) • short story by Andrew C. Ferguson
• 148 • Vanilla for the Lady • (2005) • short story by Deborah J. Miller
• 168 • Pisces Ya Bas • (2005) • short story by Gavin Inglis
• 172 • The Vulture, 4-17 March • (2005) • short story by Philip Raines and Harvey Welles
• 178 • The Bogle's Bargain • (2005) • short story by Stefan Pearson
• 191 • Criggie • (2005) • short story by Matthew Fitt
• 200 • Snowball's Chance • (2005) • short story by Charles Stross
• 212 • Total Mental Quality, by the Way • (2005) • short story by William Meikle
• 220 • The Bennie and the Bonobo • (2005) • short story by Neil Williamson
• 229 • The Hard Stuff • (2005) • short story by John Grant
• 271 • Dusk • (2005) • short story by Jack Deighton
• 282 • Notes on the Contributors (Nova Scotia: New Scottish Speculative Fiction) • (2005) • essay by Neil Williamson and Andrew J. Wilson