An unnamed mechanical being narrates Exhalation. They live in a world powered by compressed air. The narrator finds that mechanical clocks in different districts are running faster than individuals’ internal clocks. This has never happened before. Most dismiss these reports as coincidental. However, the narrator suspects something more serious. They decide to test their theory… Continue reading

We’ve just put together a new preview of Eugenia Byney’s forthcoming collection ‘Ghost Syntax’. It includes the Prologue and the complete opening story, ‘The Silent Epoch’, presented as they will appear in the book, together with four of Eugenia’s original illustrations. You can read the preview here:https://www.amaurea.co.uk/amaureapress/p/ghost-syntax-eugenia-byney Ghost Syntax is a collection of ten science-fiction… Continue reading