I’ve been a bit remiss at posting here when I have new fiction published – something I intend to rectify starting right now! So I’m pleased to announce that the latest issue of the wonderful Andromeda Spaceways Magazine (issue 91, in fact) carries my story Blue Shift, Passing By in its hallowed pages, together with a whole host of other fictional gems. Why not purchase a copy here and see for yourself?

Blue Shift, Passing By tells the story of Mac, an ambitious but over-worked, middle-manager trying to make his way up the corporate hierarchy so that he can provide for his disabled wife. When he’s offered the chance to take part in his company’s pioneering blue-shift programme, he jumps at it. Blue-shifting means drug-induced enhanced time perception which makes it possible to cram several days’ worth of mental activity into a single business day. Naturally, it comes at a cost, and it soon puts a strain on the relationship with his wife, who has a different perspective on the things that matter. As the company ramps the team up to ever more compressed working sessions, their relationship is pushed to its limits.

This is my second appearance in ASM. (He Who Stands and Waits in which a refugee in a post-apocalyptic world befriends a lone, robotic sentinel still guarding an isolated strip of beach long after all threats have receded – was published in issue 80). As ever, my whole-hearted thanks go to Tom Dullemond and his wonderful crew at ASM for the chance to fly Andromeda Spaceways once more.