Notes: PDF format. ISSN: 2329-4809. This issue is undated, though it can be inferred from the statement given in the _previous_ issue (#281) - "DEADLINE FOR ISSUE 282 OF TIGHTBEAM IS--- 20 JANUARY 2018" - that the year of publication of the present issue is 2018. The publisher's Web page for this issue offers no dating information. Frederic Van Rensselaer Dey's story, "A Witch City Mystery", is reprinted from _The Black Cat_ (August 1901). In addition to the listed books, the reviews column also reviews the films _Doctor X_, _Blade Runner 2049_, and _It_ (Part One). Fanzines reviewed include _Lofgeornost, #129_, _DASFAX_ (October 2017), _Hypno Vision, #3_, _Purrsonal Mewsings, #61_, and _Tetragrammaton Fragments, #247_.