Some of the best Scottish writing today is coming from the imaginative genres grouped under the collective heading of 'Speculative Fiction'. These genres include science fiction, fantasy, horror, magic realism and alternate history. This showcase anthology comprises work from established and up-and-coming writers such as Ken MacLeod, Charles Stross, Ron Butlin, Jane Yolen, Matthew Fitt and Edwin Morgan. The contributors reimagine Scotland in the past, present and future. There are secret histories, echoes of mythology and folklore, contemporary marvels, and visions of the fate of the nation. All the pieces reflect the power of the Scottish imagination, carrying on a thread that has run through the work of writers such as James Hogg and Robert Louis Stevenson.