Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 1 • Shattering Illusions in SFF • essay by Juliet E. McKenna
• 4 • Future Interrupted (Interzone #263) • [Future Interrupted] • essay by Jonathan McCalmont
• 6 • Time Pieces (Interzone #263) • [Time Pieces] • essay by Nina Allan
• 8 • Ansible Link (Interzone #263) • [Ansible Link] • essay by David Langford
• 12 • Ten Confessions of Blue Mercury Addicts, by Anna Spencer • short story by Alexander Marsh Freed
• 12 •  Ten Confessions of Blue Mercury Addicts, by Anna Spencer • interior artwork by Jim Burns
• 22 • Spine • short story by Christopher Fowler
• 22 •  Spine • interior artwork by Richard Wagner
• 34 • Not Recommended for Guests of a Philosophically Uncertain Disposition • short story by Michelle Ann King
• 40 • Motherboard (A Tale from Somewhere) • novelette by Jeffrey Thomas
• 40 •  Motherboard • interior artwork by Martin Hanford
• 52 • Lotto • short story by Rich Larson
• 52 •  Lotto • interior artwork by Richard Wagner
• 60 • Andromeda of the Skies • short story by E. Catherine Tobler
• 60 •  Andromeda of the Skies • interior artwork by Richard Wagner
• 68 •   Review: Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente • review by Jo L. Walton [as by Jo Lindsay Walton]
• 72 •   Review: The Guns of Ivrea by Clifford Beal • review by Duncan Lunan
• 73 • Review of _Sockpuppet_ (Matthew Blakstad) • essay by Shaun Green
• 74 •   Review: The Thing Itself by Adam Roberts • review by Ian Hunter
• 75 •   Review: Afro SF Volume 2 by Ivor W. Hartmann • review by Jim Steel
• 76 •   Review: Down Station by Simon Morden • review by Juliet E. McKenna
• 77 •   Review: The Red Abbey Chronicles: Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff • review by Maureen Kincaid Speller
• 78 •   Review: All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders • review by Duncan Lunan
• 79 •   Review: The Stars Seem So Far Away by Margrét Helgadóttir • review by Barbara Melville
• 80 • Mutant Popcorn (Interzone #263) • [Mutant Popcorn] • essay by Nick Lowe
• 88 • Laser Fodder (Interzone #263) • [Laser Fodder] • essay by Tony Lee