We’re delighted to present the authors featured in our new anthology: Robots Past & Future! Publishing August 2025 and available from September in North America, this latest book includes a foreword by Chris Beckett and joins our thriving Gothic Fantasy series. These beautiful hardbacks combine classic fiction on each theme with fantastic modern stories selected from submissions. As ever, we are grateful to all writers who submitted work for consideration for this anthology, with many congratulations to the selected authors below.

Dreams of Andromeda by Charlotte Brookins

Foundation of Mars by Victoria Brun

Glass Eyes, Steel Hands, Metal Mind by Deborah L. Davitt

Yara by Calvin Demmer

Wired by Tianna Ebnet

Scratched and Dented by Joshua James Jordan

Family Portrait by Abigail Kemske

The Sleeping Beauty Protocol by Simone King

Solar-Powered Buddies by Akis Linardos

Wills and Trust by Brian K. Lowe

Cicadidae by Lorian Moore

I’m Fine, Mom by Soumya Sundar Mukherjee

Grotesque by Lee Murray

Art Task Pending Completion by Mariah Southworth

They Don’t Make Them Like They Used To by M.C. St. John

K-375 by Nathanael K. Stottlemyer

Director X and the Thrilling Wonders of Outer Space by Brian Trent

Aphrodite T-100 by Anne Wilkins

Doll Parts by Marissa Yarrow

Arboreal Recovery Cluster, Node 896 by Ramez Yoakeim

These modern authors will appear alongside work by the following classic writers: Elizabeth W. Bellamy, Eando Binder, Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, Ernest Bramah, M.L. Campbell, J.J. Connington, August Derleth, George Eliot, Francis Flagg, Alice W. Fuller, Charles Hannan, Thea von Harbou, Keith Laumer, Fritz Leiber, C.L. Moore, E.V. Odle, Josephine Preston Peabody, Perley Poore Sheehan and Robert H. Davis, and Auguste Villiers de l’Isle-Adam.

This book will be available to buy from Aug/Sept via book stores, Amazon, and our website page for Robots Past & Future!