Collectanea Cygna

Collectanea Cygna is a collection of 25 short stories, ranging from humour to pathos, from fantasy to science fiction and time travel, and from love stories to tragedy. Each story is complete in itself.

Travel back to the Second World War or forward to a virtual reality environment. Empathise with the loss of loved ones or rejoice in the finding of one’s true love. See inside the mind of a murderer or laugh at the antics of the newly retired. This book will take you on many journeys.

Julie Swan’s background is an electronics engineer and mathematician, spending 20 years in industry, 10 years as a technical author. She began writing fiction after joining a local class. Julie is part of a local ladies’ writing group, Pink Ink, and writes articles and short stories, some of which have been published. Julie is now retired and has been recently widowed but has twin daughters and lives in a lovely spot between the New Forest and the sea.