The portal stands tall above the sprawling metropolis, eager to take you away to distant worlds beyond your imagination... A research vessel is tasked with locating the end of space. A fully-terraformed Mars is not enough to combat the dreaded midlife crisis. An alien race believes it is their civilisation's mission to uplift any life it encounters.

In this collection of short stories, technological expansion, ghosts in the machine, and the meaning of the soul are only the beginning.

When the world-controlling supercomputer ceases to respond, the chief programmer must consult a piece of forbidden technology long thought extinct. But as he will soon ask himself: Can this machine be trusted, or does it have motives of its own?

Wendy McDonald stumbles upon a mystic at the local town fair that claims he can see the future. Her skepticism begins to wean as he predicts her death. Will she heed his warning or continue to believe he is the second-rate charlatan his demeanour suggests?

A series of lost manuscripts are discovered after the most celebrated author of the twentieth century passes away. The public is thrilled at the notion of being able to read more stories by Eileen Ellenson. But the question must be asked: would she even want these tales released?

Bradshaw's latest anthology contains twelve stories of thrilling science fiction that will bring you to the distant future, the long-forgotten past, and everywhere in between. Venture through the portal and find what awaits beyond.

After all, it's only a stone's throw away...