The Dimension Scales and Other Stories - Garry Abbott

"A theory emerged, with testable predictions, and there, like a candy apple, hung the omega symbol that unlocked it all. He knew what he needed to do..." Garry Abbott's 'The Dimension Scales and Other Stories' is a collection of fourteen short speculative fictions based around themes of malevolent and secret authorities, metamorphosis, survival and projections of contemporary fears into near-future realities. From worlds inhabited by murderous animals, inept time travellers and clandestine, suburban social experiments - to the sentience, love and moral awakenings of artificial intelligences - The Dimension Scales invites you to explore the twists and perils of extraordinary moments in disturbingly familiar universes, linked together by one devastating epiphany: "Something happened, and the world splintered..."