The May–June issue of Britain's longest running science fiction and fantasy magazine contains new long and short stories by Erica L. Satifka, Steven J. Dines, Abi Hynes, Malcolm Devlin, and Leo Vladimirsky. The cover art is by Vince Haig, and interior colour illustrations are by Richard Wagner, Martin Hanford, and Dave Senecal. Features: Ansible Link by David Langford (news and obits); Mutant Popcorn by Nick Lowe (film reviews); Book Zone (book reviews); Andy Hedgecock's first Future Interrupted (comment); Nina Allan's Time Pieces (comment); and a guest editorial by Steven J. Dines.
Cover Art: Abductees 2 by 2018 cover artist Vince Haig
Fiction:
The Fate of the World, Reduced to a Ten-Second Pissing Contest by Erica L. Satifka
Looking for Landau by Steven J. Dines
illustrated by Martin Hanford
The Mark by Abi Hynes
The Purpose of the Dodo is to be Extinct by Malcolm Devlin
illustrated by Richard Wagner
The Christ Loop by Leo Vladimirsky
illustrated by Dave Senecal
Features:
Guest Editorial
Steven J. Dines
Future Interrupted: Grasping the Nettle
Andy Hedgecock
Time Pieces: Happy Birthday Dear Victor, Happy Birthday to You
Nina Allan
Ansible Link: news, obituaries
David Langford
Reviews:
Book Zone
Maureen Kincaid Speller, Andy Hedgecock, Duncan Lunan, Jack Deighton, Duncan Lunan, Ian Hunter, Elaine Gallagher, Stephen Theaker, Ian Sales
Books reviewed include Autonomous by Annalee Newitz, Moonrise: The Golden Age of Lunar Adventures edited By Mike Ashley, Lost Mars: The Golden Age of The Red Planet edited By Mike Ashley, Quietus by Tristan Palmgren, The Oddling Prince by Nancy Springer, Sisyphean by Dempow Torishima, Dreams Must Explain Themselves by Ursula K. Le Guin, The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar, The Gloaming by Kirsty Logan, Fifty-One by Chris Barnham, The Great Chain of Unbeing by Andrew Crumey, Dreams of the Technarion by Sean McMullen
Mutant Popcorn
Nick Lowe
Films reviewed include Avengers: Infinity War, Ready Player One, I Kill Giants, Anon, Rampage, Pacific Rim: Uprising, Bigfish and Begonia, Mary and the Witch's Flower, A Wrinkle in Time, Every Day, Wildling, A Quiet Place, Isle of Dogs, The Titan, Native
