“A New Garden” by AGA Wilmot: the universe within / private eyes / walking black holes

“A Robot, a Physicist, and a Monk Walk Into a Bar” by AD Sui: cosmic mysteries / no punchlines / what’s in the box?

“Morpho” by Lynn Hutchinson Lee: stolen children / butterflies / trapped in a gilded cage

“Mother Sun” by Amy Nagopaleen: work at the end of times / leaving love behind / supernova

“Sunset With the Sixth” by Danai Christopoulou: repatriation / apocalypse / to hell with the British Museum

“Tapir” by Derek Kho: post-humanity / quests / really good rickshaws

“The Companion” by SJ Powell: vampires in space / loneliness / connection

“Voting Has Closed” by Katie McIvor: reality TV / manipulation / things left unsaid