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• 5 • Pull Up a Log (Shoreline of Infinity, June 2021) • [Pull Up a Log] • essay by Noel Chidwick
• 6 •  The Spectral Horde of Jen • interior artwork by Jackie Duckworth
• 7 • The Spectral Horde of Jen • short story by D. A. Xiaolin Spires
• 26 •  Starship Cybus • interior artwork by Stephen Daly
• 27 • Starship Cybus • short story by David F. Shultz
• 34 • Universal Friendship • short story by Michael F. Russell
• 46 •  The Deadly Art of Laughter • interior artwork by uncredited
• 47 • The Deadly Art of Laughter • short story by Michael Teasdale
• 52 •  The Ghosts of Trees • interior artwork by Stephen Daly
• 53 • The Ghosts of Trees • (2021) • short story by Fiona Moore
• 64 • The Cuddle Stop • (2021) • short story by Laura Watts
• 73 • More Seas Creatures to See • short story by Aliya Whiteley
• 73 •  More Sea Creatures to See • interior artwork by Stephen Daly
• 80 • Cyber-Squatters of 2021: A Thrilling Vision of the 21st Century • short story by Ken MacLeod
• 80 •  Cymera Festival and Shoreline of Infinity competition for speculative short fiction 2021 -- the results • interior artwork by Caroline Grebbell
• 82 •  Infinite Runtime • interior artwork by uncredited
• 83 • Infinite Runtime • short story by Laura Duerr
• 93 • Crossed Paws • (2021) • short story by Marc A. Criley
• 102 • The Carry Oot • short story by Jeff Hunter
• 102 •  The Carry Oot • interior artwork by uncredited
• 106 •  Boy or Girl? • interior artwork by Jackie Duckworth
• 107 • Boy or Girl? • (2021) • short story by Haruka Mugihara
• 116 • The Light By Which a Dying Warrior is Welcomed into Heaven • short story by Gary Gibson
• 116 •  The Light By Which a Dying Warrior is Welcomed into Heaven • interior artwork by Ryan Rad
• 120 • Cymera Festival and Shoreline of Infinity competition for speculative short fiction 2021 -- the results • essay by uncredited
• 122 • The Microwave Library • short story by David Tam McDonald
• 128 • Milk (extract) • short fiction by Stref
• 132 • The New, Normal • [Noise and Sparks] • essay by Ruth EJ Booth
• 135 •  Noise and Sparks: The New, Normal • interior artwork by uncredited
• 136 • Alba ad Astra • essay by Madeleine Shepherd
• 140 •   Review: Our Child of the Stars by Stephen Cox (I) • review by Matthew Castle
• 141 •   Review: Echo Cycle by Patrick Edwards (UK) • review by Lucy Powell
• 143 •   Review: From the Moon to the Stars by Duncan Lunan • review by Phil Nichols [as by Phil Nicholls]
• 144 •   Review: It's the End of the World: But What Are We Really Afraid Of? by Adam Roberts • review by Ken MacLeod
• 146 •   Review: The Book of Water by Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos • review by Colin Kerris
• 147 • Red Sonnet • poem by MJ Brocklebank
• 148 • Blue Sonnet • poem by MJ Brocklebank
• 149 • It Wakes: the Madness of Whales • poem by Peter J. King
• 150 • Children of the Night II. Birth • poem by Peter J. King
• 152 • hull breach • poem by Sadie Maskery
• 153 • Alien • poem by Sadie Maskery