Temps Author:Alex Stewart (Editor), Neil Gaiman (Editor) A quirky anthology collection of short stories revolving around the Department of Paranormal Resources, set in a world where superhuman powers are common and the British government requires everybody with a Talent, no matter how useless, to register with the Department of Paranormal Resources and be on call to serve their country...Super Registr... more »ation Act: All British "paranorms" are required to register with the Department of Paranormal Resources and, in exchange for a monthly stipend and a cheap suit, can then be called up as government operatives and penalised for vigilantism. Mostly, the paranorms view this the way most people view government interference in their lives; annoying, but not worth making a fuss over.
Contents, 11 stories:
Nothing Special • novelette by Colin Greenland;
Leaks • shortstory by David Langford;
Third Person Singular • shortfiction by Liz Holliday;
Frog Day Afternoon • shortfiction by Marcus L. Rowland;
Pitbull Brittan • novella by Kim Newman [as by Jack Yeovil];
The String Man • shortfiction by Graham Higgins;
Someone to Watch Over Me • shortfiction by Alex Stewart;
The Oedipus Effect • novelette by Brian Stableford;
The College Spirit • shortfiction by Storm Constantine;
The Rose Garden • shortfiction by David V. Barrett;
A Lonely Impulse • shortfiction by Roz Kaveney;
A Midnight Rose shared world anthology: Temps, Euro Temps, The Weerde 1 & 2, Villains!. Midnight Rose was a name taken by a group of United Kingdom science fiction and fantasy writers for a series of shared world anthologies.« less