The Uncertainty Principle is a collection of science-fiction short stories and a novelette set in the present and near future. It includes a hard-boiled detective story, a dystopian thriller, an eco-fiction mystery, a tabloid-style satire about human cloning, some action-adventure military SF, and a noirish cyberpunk tale.More about the The Uncertainty Principle - In a dystopian Britain in the near future, two detectives investigate the disappearance of a young girl, leading them into a dark world filled with evil predators. (SF hard-boiled detective mystery.)Shipwreck Charlie - A woman receives a mysterious message from her uncle. (Eco-fiction.)A Burning Man - Smoking is not just illegal. It is punishable by death. (Near-future thriller.)Shakespeare Lives! - The bard is back with a little help from cloning technology. (Satirical, speculative fiction.)Bad Score - A woman wakes up in the wrong body. (Cyberpunk noir.)Birdsong and Bullets - Humans living on an alien world must defend themselves from a deadly enemy. (Action-adventure military SF.)
John Moralee writes crime, horror and science fiction. He lives in the UK, where his short fiction has appeared in magazines and anthologies including The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper Stories, Clockwork Cairo: Egyptian Steampunk, and the British Fantasy Society's magazine.