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The Sands of Time: A Short Story Collection
The SANDS OF TIME - A SHORT STORY COLLECTION with a foreword by JODI TAYLOR
Channelling the inventive spirit of David Sands, this collection showcases outstanding sci-fi stories from fans of Jodi Taylor’s Chronicles of St Mary’s series. Witty, surprising and wonderfully unpredictable, each tale echoes the bold, mischievous heart of St Mary’s.Profits from the sale of this book will be donated to Scope, a charity that campaigns to transform attitudes towards disability, tackle injustice, and inspire action. Scope is a registered charity in England and Wales (208231), Scotland (SC053490)
Stories
Temporal Anomaly #4127 by Ricard Kelly
Character Building by Carol Malone
STDD CASE FILE RUS1896JM by Jo Jones
Vision Without Action is Merely a Dream by Victoria Axon
Last Man Standing by Robert Piepenbrink
The Danger of Rabbits by Jennifer Newbold
Same Ship, Different Day by Beth Pipe
The Times of Sand by Claire Milano
When January Marries May by Julia Hawkes-Moore
The Great Alien Adventure by Jacqui Collier
Reality Anew by Elle
Ella and the Rabbit by Rachel Bridle
Sunny Days in the Orchard by Helen L. Brady
The Universe of What? by Sheri Catron
The SubTime Station by Paula Berman
Really Not A Great Fire by Karen Millard
Time Sands Still by Melissa Valentine
Hinchcliffe and Bill by Elaine Perkins
Banking on Hope by Sasha Grojean
Dodos in the Early Morning Haze by Professor Mackenzie (Charles Braham)
The Joy of Sigz by Julia Hawkes-Moore
Tonal Gray by Harry L James
Wasted Trips by John Currier
Faith & Begorrah by Elaine Leet
Journey of Disaster by G B Williams
A Cat.1 Emergency by Jackie O’Sullivan
The Trouble with Tuesdays by Alison Jones
Galactose Intolerant or Soylent Cheese by A L Taur
Five Thousand Words? More Than I Need by Vivien Deacon
By Proxi And Error by Joy Wright
The Turning of the Hourglass by Snezhina Gulubova
Channelling the inventive spirit of David Sands, this collection showcases outstanding sci-fi stories from fans of Jodi Taylor’s Chronicles of St Mary’s series. Witty, surprising and wonderfully unpredictable, each tale echoes the bold, mischievous heart of St Mary’s.Profits from the sale of this book will be donated to Scope, a charity that campaigns to transform attitudes towards disability, tackle injustice, and inspire action. Scope is a registered charity in England and Wales (208231), Scotland (SC053490)
Stories
Temporal Anomaly #4127 by Ricard Kelly
Character Building by Carol Malone
STDD CASE FILE RUS1896JM by Jo Jones
Vision Without Action is Merely a Dream by Victoria Axon
Last Man Standing by Robert Piepenbrink
The Danger of Rabbits by Jennifer Newbold
Same Ship, Different Day by Beth Pipe
The Times of Sand by Claire Milano
When January Marries May by Julia Hawkes-Moore
The Great Alien Adventure by Jacqui Collier
Reality Anew by Elle
Ella and the Rabbit by Rachel Bridle
Sunny Days in the Orchard by Helen L. Brady
The Universe of What? by Sheri Catron
The SubTime Station by Paula Berman
Really Not A Great Fire by Karen Millard
Time Sands Still by Melissa Valentine
Hinchcliffe and Bill by Elaine Perkins
Banking on Hope by Sasha Grojean
Dodos in the Early Morning Haze by Professor Mackenzie (Charles Braham)
The Joy of Sigz by Julia Hawkes-Moore
Tonal Gray by Harry L James
Wasted Trips by John Currier
Faith & Begorrah by Elaine Leet
Journey of Disaster by G B Williams
A Cat.1 Emergency by Jackie O’Sullivan
The Trouble with Tuesdays by Alison Jones
Galactose Intolerant or Soylent Cheese by A L Taur
Five Thousand Words? More Than I Need by Vivien Deacon
By Proxi And Error by Joy Wright
The Turning of the Hourglass by Snezhina Gulubova
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Published November 19, 2025
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April 29, 2026
There some clever people
This is an excellent read. Each story is entirely different. Some, like the one about health and safety in space, are hilarious. Others, like the final story, make you think. Each is well crafted and is entirely different to those around it. So, when is the next anthology to be released?
This is an excellent read. Each story is entirely different. Some, like the one about health and safety in space, are hilarious. Others, like the final story, make you think. Each is well crafted and is entirely different to those around it. So, when is the next anthology to be released?
May 2, 2026
Fabulous collection of short stories.
February 9, 2026
As a fan of Jodi Taylor, I bought this and, although I enjoyed most of the short stories, and it's for a worthy cause, I became somewhat irritated by the grammatical errors and the annoying errors in layout (it appears to have been copied and pasted from other documents and not had any correction to the end of line spacing done in several instances). Surely someone could have proofread it properly and corrected these issues before publication?
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