The Nine Stories in H.W. Taylor's debut collection Progeny are pure science fiction, mixing transcendence with hard science to concoct classic tales of xenophobia, love, and time.
- "Immanence" is a story of loss in deep space; an accident, a miracle. Husband and wife on a team of surveyors undergo a trial that will test the limits of their marriage.
- "Eschaton" is a Medieval horror that stretches into Eternity stumbled upon by a boy exploring his strange new house. He finds an impossibly tall staircase and climbs it.
- "Seed" is about a hero on a distant journey to save his planet, whose enormous sacrifice is rendered useless by better technology.
- "Tendril" tells the story of a broken man in the shadow of an alien ship that refuses to acknowledge the planet below.
- "Capricornus" is the report of a xenologist on a brutal battle that occurs under his watch.
- "Into Your Hands" follows a father and son into the dangerous waters of the archipelago in an alien rites of passage tale.
- "Libidaurum" focuses on the extents to which a man of modern science will go to transform himself in order to explore a harsh and unforgiving planet.
- "Future Sex" is a tale about a wife whose husband's time-travelling complicates the bedroom.
- "Love Bugs" tells the tale of political intrigue, an inter-species marriage, and a betrayal.
Many years ago, Unique Miranda was sold a dream of immortality, but received an incurable disease. Forced to cryogenically freeze herself until a cure was found, she wakes in a distant future, in a far galaxy, and finds that she’s stranded on a remote moon, deep in debt and indentured to an enormous corporation until she repays it.
Many years ago, Unique Miranda was sold a dream of immortality, but received an incurable disease. Forced to cryogenically freeze herself until a cure was found, she wakes in a distant future, in a far galaxy, and finds that she’s stranded on a remote moon, deep in debt and indentured to an enormous corporation until she repays it.
