Zooniverse

I read the new issue of Jupiter this week. As usual I enjoyed the whole issue - it seems to be the magazine closest to my taste in short stories. One story in particular stood out though - Gary Budgen's A Clown in Apus. It's a brilliantly clever idea of a CERN-type set-up creating a pocket universe, set in a zoo (there is a reason for that!) The way the author has applied complex physics into a mundane setting is genius.

Friday Relevant Fiction: Fluctuations

All this talk of the CERN experiment, and Neil Beynon’s post on the subject in particular, has reminded me of my 2005 story Fluctuations. That dealt with the dire consequences of the European Hadron Laboratory investigating the fundamental nature of the Universe. I have to say it’s a story I’m especially pleased with, and it got a great review too.

See what you think.