Charity Anthologies

Doctor Who fans can be a pretty wonderful bunch.

It start with Mark Phippen and Helen Fayle deciding that they wanted to do something for the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths. The idea they came up with was to produce an anthology of Doctor Who stories by fans and Virgin New Adventures authors alike, and distribute it in exchange for a donation to the charity. The resulting collection was Perfect Timing, and it set the template for a number of imitators, each raising a lot of money for some very good causes.

When I heard that Mark was doing another charity anthology, this one called Missing Pieces and edited with Shaun Lyon of Outpost Gallifrey, I couldn't wait to be involved.

This was 2001, and Heritage was still working its way through the BBC's slushpile, so I submitted as a fan and was over the moon to be accepted. That year two other anthologies were released, Jay Eales' Walking in Eternity and Alryssa and Tom Kelly's The Cat Who Walked Through Time: I submitted stories to them, and had them accepted too.

You can read the stories by using the links: if you enjoy them, please consider clicking on the logos on the right and making a small donation to the charities the anthologies benefited.