Waiting for the Machines to Fall Asleep

Edited by Peter Öberg. Cover illustration by Andreas Raninger.

26 short stories from the new wave of Swedish speculative fiction writers.

Forget about cheap furniture, meatballs and crime fiction. Sweden has so much more to offer. Waiting for the Machines to Fall Asleep contains twenty-six stories from the new generation of Swedish writers of science fiction and the fantastic. Stories ranging from space horror and post-apocalyptic nightmares to tender dramas. Stories with steampunk horses, android uprisings and cheeky goblins. Stories that are action-packed, wise, silly, beautiful, surreal and horrifying.

Featuring stories by

Hans Olsson, Boel Bermann, Erik Odeldahl, Ingrid Remvall, Love Kölle, Lupina Ojala, Christina Nordlander, Pia Lindestrand, Jonas Larsson, Tora Greve, Andrew Coulthard, Alexandra Nero, Johannes Pinter, Andrea Grave-Müller, AR Yngve, My Bergström, Anders Blixt, Maria Haskins, Patrik Centerwall, Björn Engström, KG Johansson, Oskar Källner, Sara Kopljar, Eva Holmquist, Markus Sköld, Anna Jakobsson Lund.

Contents:

• Melody of the Yellow Bard by Hans Olsson
• The Rats by Boel Bermann
• Getting to the End by Erik Odeldahl
• Vegatropolis - City of the Beautiful by Ingrid Remvall
• Jump to the Left, Jump to the Right by Love Kölle
• The Order of Things by Lupina Ojala
• To Preseve Humankind by Christina Nordlander
• The Thirteenth Tower by Pia Lindestrand
• Punch Card Horses by Jonas Larsson
• The Philosopher's Stone by Tora Greve
• A Sense of Foul Play by Andrew Coulthard
• Waste of Time by Alexandra Nero
• The Damien Factor by Johannes Pinter
• Wishmaster by Andrea Grave-Müller
• Quadrillennium by AR Yngve
• Mission Accomplished by My Bergström
• The Road by Anders Blixt
• Lost and Found by Maria Haskins
• The Publisher's Reader by Patrik Centerwall
• Stories from the Box by Björn Engström
• The Membranes in the Centering Horn by KG Johansson
• One Last Kiss Goodbye by Oskar Källner
• The Mirror Talks by Sara Kopljar
• Keep Fighting Until the Machines Fall Asleep by Eva Holmquist
• Outpost Eleven by Markus Sköld
• Messiah by Anna Jakobsson Lund