Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 3 • Introduction (ParSec, Winter 2021) • essay by Ian Whates
• 4 • The Summer Husband • short story by Angela Slatter
• 9 • The Neighbourhood Watch • short story by Neil Williamson
• 18 • Lovers on the Yuleton Lip • short story by Aliya Whiteley
• 22 • But Once a Year • short fiction by Ramsey Campbell
• 28 • Portuguese Essay • short story by George Tom
• 30 • All That's Red Earth • (2019) • short fiction by Mike Carey
• 38 • Five Ways to Accidentally Save the Earth from Alien Conquest • short story by Gareth D. Jones
• 39 • The Elektron Mill • short story by Sean McMullen
• 47 • A Bayesian Analysis of Wishes • short story by Karen Brenchley
• 54 • Life in the Fast Lane (ParSec, Winter 2021) • [Life in the Fast Lane] • essay by Jenny Campbell
• 57 • In the Weeds (ParSec, Winter 2021) • [In the Weeds] • essay by Anne C. Perry and Jared Shurin
• 59 • Stepping Towards New Voices in SFF • essay by Stewart Hotston
• 62 •   Review: The Wisdom of Crowds by Joe Abercrombie • review by Nick Hubble
• 63 •   Review: We Are Satellites by Sarah Pinsker • review by Graham Sleight
• 63 •   Review: Best of British Science Fiction 2020 by Donna Scott • review by Jack Deighton
• 64 •   Review: The Red Planet: A Natural History of Mars by Simon Morden • review by Donna Scott
• 65 •   Review: Tomorrow by Chris Beckett • review by Gareth D. Jones
• 66 •   Review: Monkey Around by Jadie Jang • review by Juliet E. McKenna [as by Juliet McKenna]
• 67 •   Review: Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber • review by H. E. George
• 68 •   Review: By Force Alone by Lavie Tidhar • review by Nick Hubble
• 69 •   Review: The Cabinet by Un-su Kim • review by Andy Hedgecock
• 70 •   Review: Railroad Tales by Trevor Denyer • review by Mario Guslandi
• 70 •   Review: The Alchemy Press Book of the Dead 2020 by Stephen Jones • review by Mark West
• 71 •   Review: Velvet was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia • review by Maureen Kincaid Speller
• 72 •   Review: The Flicker Against the Light and Writing the Contemporary Uncanny by Jane Alexander • review by Nick Hubble
• 73 •   Review: Wergen: The Alien Love War by Mercurio D. Rivera • review by Gareth D. Jones
• 74 •   Review: Echogenesis by Gary Gibson • review by Duncan Lunan
• 75 •   Review: Revelation and Other Tales of Fantascience by Albert E. Cowdrey • review by Andy Hedgecock
• 76 •   Review: The Wandering Earth by Cixin Liu • review by John Howard
• 77 •   Review: The 22 Murders of Madison May by Max Barry • review by Andy Hedgecock
• 78 •   Review: Three Twins at the Crater School by Chaz Brenchley • review by Jack Deighton
• 79 •   Review: Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky • review by Carol Goodwin
• 80 •   Review: Rose Knot: An Arthurian Tale by Kari Sperring • review by Nick Hubble
• 81 •   Review: On Arcturus VII by Eric Brown • review by Duncan Lunan
• 82 •   Review: The Second Rebel by Linden A. Lewis • review by Jack Deighton
• 83 •   Review: Sinopticon: A Celebration of Chinese Science Fiction by Xueting Christine Ni • review by Andy Hedgecock
• 85 • Interview with Xueting Christine Ni • interview of Xueting Christine Ni • interview by Andy Hedgecock