Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 6 • Introduction (The Drabble Project) • essay by Rob Meades
• 7 • Drabble Rules: The One Hundred Word Variant • essay by David B. Wake
• 11 • A Letter from Robert Holdstock • essay by Robert Holdstock
• 12 • Happiness and Suffering, the Triumph of La Vie Over Death • short story by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
• 13 • Yesterday's Problem • short fiction by Christopher Wilson
• 14 • Avenging Lepanto - the Long View • short fiction by David Wingrove
• 15 • Fast Rewind • short fiction by Dave Hardy
• 16 • The Turning Point • short fiction by Isaac Asimov
• 17 • Too Late • short fiction by Josephine Saxton
• 18 • IIXXT- • short fiction by Robert L. Forward
• 19 • After the Flying Mutant Killer Gerbils Destroyed London and Squashed the Prime Minister • short fiction by Marcus L. Rowland
• 20 • A Journey to the Last Wonder of the World • short fiction by Garry Kilworth
• 21 • Going to the Dogs • short fiction by Brian Stableford
• 22 • The Very Small Knife • short fiction by E. C. Tubb
• 23 • To Whoever Finds This Note Hole Dug Behind House Please Shovel Earth Back in • short fiction by Patrick Tilley
• 24 • Next Time • short fiction by Larry Niven
• 25 • Rubbish • short fiction by David B. Wake
• 26 • The Bomb Had Been Dropped • short fiction by Michael Abbott [as by Mike Abbott]
• 27 • As It Really Was • short fiction by E. C. Tubb
• 28 • Faith • short fiction by Helen Conner
• 29 • An Apple from the Teacher • short fiction by W. P. Dodd
• 30 • The Least of my Children • short fiction by Mike Ibeji
• 31 • Why There Are No Angels on This Planet • short fiction by Jane Stableford
• 32 • A Moderately Dull Day in the Life of a Bored Demi-God • short story by Sam J. Lundwall [as by Sam Lundwall]
• 33 • The Gateless Gate • short fiction by David Elworthy
• 34 • Said One Man • short fiction by Graham McKinnon
• 35 • When They Asked Him What Happens • short fiction by Barrington J. Bayley
• 36 • The Cohen-Dolby Intelligent Noise Filter • short fiction by R. A. Fox
• 37 • The Pruesome Gun • short fiction by Ray Thompson
• 38 • Off the Case • short fiction by Colin Greenland
• 39 • Away from It All • short fiction by Helen Conner
• 40 • A Tale the English Used to Tell • short fiction by K. C. Mann
• 41 • The Innocent • short fiction by Alice Kohler
• 42 • Tea for One • short fiction by Mike Tebby
• 43 • On and on and on and on and... • short fiction by John Grant
• 44 • The Striker Struck • short fiction by Patrick Curzon
• 45 • Once Upon a Time, Long, Long Ago... • short fiction by Nigel Robson
• 46 • The Disemboguement • short fiction by Colin Greenland
• 47 • Ghost Soldier • short fiction by Michael Abbott [as by Mike Abbott]
• 48 • The Mantra • short fiction by Ray Girvan
• 49 • A French Family of Cats... • short fiction by Phil Rogers
• 50 • The Young Rosie, Convinced by Bees • short fiction by Julia Smith and Mark Smith [as by Jonathan Wylie]
• 51 • The Last Resort • short fiction by Amy Jones
• 52 • Eyes Shining Light • short fiction by Allman
• 53 • Incubust • short story by Terry Pratchett
• 54 • Rosé Brut • short fiction by Helen Conner
• 55 • A Short Disservice to the Uncertainty Principle • short fiction by Ian Cresswell
• 56 • Cosmic Solitude • short fiction by Mike Tebby
• 57 • Burn • short fiction by Mike Tebby
• 58 • For Her • short fiction by Graham McKinnon
• 59 • To the Onlie Begetter • short fiction by Ray Girvan
• 60 • Gottle of Geer • short fiction by Mike Roberts
• 61 • The Moment of Creation • short fiction by John Gribbin
• 62 • Read Me • short fiction by Gene Wolfe
• 63 • If You Believe in the Future, It Might Come True • short fiction by Christopher Wilson
• 64 • Close Encounter • short fiction by Leo Stableford
• 65 • The Court Martial • short fiction by Nigel Dorrington
• 66 • 10 Metres per Second per Second • short fiction by Jaine Weddell
• 67 • Barrier • short fiction by Geoffrey Pitchford
• 68 • Starsong • short fiction by Alex Stewart
• 69 • The Curse of the Unborn Living Dead • short fiction by Harry Harrison
• 70 • They Hunt ... • short story by Storm Constantine
• 71 • The Herd • short fiction by James Steel
• 72 • The Story of the Stellar Saurians • short fiction by John Brunner
• 73 • "'Tirra Lirra', by the River, Sang Sir Lancelot." • short fiction by Duncan Lunan
• 74 • When in Doubt, Plagiarize • short fiction by David Langford [as by Dave Langford]
• 75 • More Dumb Monsters • short fiction by James Steel
• 76 • When I Grow Up ... • short fiction by Alison Scott
• 77 • Landscape Modification in the Vicinity of Highgate Cemetery • short fiction by Duncan Lunan
• 78 • The Human Condition • short fiction by Janet Asimov [as by Janet Jeppson Asimov]
• 79 • A Molecular Chip on the Helical Curve • short fiction by Brian Ameringen
• 80 • It Is Always Too Late • short fiction by Ellen M. Pedersen [as by E. Miriam Kamp Pedersen]
• 81 • Concrete Fire • short fiction by Michael Cobley
• 82 • Mousetrap • short fiction by Stephen Gallagher
• 83 • The New Klir Power Source • short fiction by Ray Girvan
• 84 • Pyro • short fiction by David B. Wake
• 85 • Home at Last, in a Cottage by the Sea • short fiction by Mary Gribbin
• 86 • A Modern Joseph • short fiction by Ellen M. Pedersen [as by E. Miriam Kamp Pedersen]
• 87 • The Return of Digby Sponge • short fiction by James Steel
• 88 • Prometheus III • short fiction by Nigel Bannerman
• 89 • Seed Crystals in a Universal Lattice • short fiction by Brian Ameringen
• 90 • Shrapnel • short fiction by David Pearce
• 91 • Fragile Gold • short fiction by Graham McKinnon
• 92 • A Functional Proof of Immortality • short fiction by Edward Bryant
• 93 • Triplets • short story by Paul Di Filippo
• 94 • Parallel Evolution • short fiction by Bob Shaw
• 95 • One of Sandy's Dreams • short story by Gwyneth Jones
• 96 • Plus ça Change • short fiction by Helen Conner
• 97 • Network • short fiction by Nigel McFarlane
• 98 • Inside • short fiction by T. I. Maude
• 99 • In Man's Image • short fiction by Alan Poppitt
• 100 • The Message • short fiction by Tony Rubin
• 101 • Brother Can You Spare a Word • short fiction by Kenneth Bulmer [as by Ken Bulmer]
• 102 • (Strike the CR Key to Continue) • short fiction by David B. Wake
• 103 • Skiffygram: Fifty Science-Fictional Concepts in 100 Words • short fiction by Charles Platt
• 104 • Full Independent Entitlement Numbering Fifteen, Possessing Absolutely No Textual Associations Whatsoever, Was Only Just Accomplished • short fiction by Mike Ibeji
• 105 • The Impossible Dream • short fiction by Tony Rubin
• 106 • Human Clone and Android Automation Are They Child or Creation? Work Designed with Monstrous Imagination • short fiction by Nigel Cordon
• 107 • First Contact • short fiction by T. I. Maude
• 108 • Aardvark Extremism is Obviously Undesirable • short fiction by Mike Tebby
• 109 • How Odd • short fiction by Michael Abbott
• 110 • Contribution from Himself • short fiction by Phil Drabble