Editor Donna Scott has scoured magazines, anthologies, webzines and obscure genre corners to discover the very best science fiction stories by British and British-based authors published during 2021. Two dozen stories, varying greatly in subject matter and style, from superb technological mystery to conflict on very alien worlds, from sweet, sad stories symptomatic of the tense times we have lived through to tales optimistic for better times to come, and even a dash of wry humour here and there for good measure.

Donna Scott is a director and recent chair of the BSFA, as well as being a distinguished poet, writer, and stand-up comedian. Donna is also a free-lance editor who has worked behind the scenes for a number of major publishers over the course of several years.

Contents
Introduction - Donna Scott
Distribution - Paul Cornell
Stealthcare - Liz Williams
Down and Out Under the Tannhauser Gate - David Gullen
Me Two - Keith Brooke and Eric Brown
The Andraiad - Tim Major
Bloodbirds - Martin Sketchley
Going Home - Martin Westlake
Okamoto's Lens - A.N. Myers
Love in the Age of Operator Errors - Ryan Vance
Stone of Sorrow - Peter Sutton
Henrietta - T.H. Dray
A History of Food Additives in 22nd Century Britain - Emma Levin
The Trip - Michael Crouch
The Ghosts of Trees - Fiona Moore
The Opaque Mirror of Your Face - Russell Hemmell
More Sea Creatures to See - Aliya Whiteley
The End of All Our Exploring - Gary Couzens
How Does My Garden Grow? - David Cleden
Girls' Night Out - Teika Marija Smits
Bar Hopping for Astronauts - Leo X. Robertson
In Aeturnus - Phillip Irving
A Spark in a Flask - Emma Johanna Puranen
A Pall of Moondust - Nick Wood
About the Authors
Acknowledgements