The January–February 2014 issue of the 2013 British Fantasy Award winning magazine is the milestone issue; 250. It contains new science fiction and fan-tasy stories by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, David Tallerman, C. Allegra Hawksmoor, Rebecca Campbell, Greg Kurzawa, Caroline M. Yoachim, Georgina Bruce. The cover art is by Wayne Haag, and interior colour illustra-tions are by Richard Wagner, Martin Hanford, Ben Baldwin, and Dave Sen-cal. All the usual features are present: the 200th Ansible Link by David Lang-ford (news and obits); Mutant Popcorn by Nick Lowe (film reviews); Laser Fodder by Tony Lee (DVD/Blu-ray reviews); Book Zone: reviews of many lat-est releases including an interview with Libby McGugan and Jonathan McCalmont's Future Interrupted column.
Fiction this issue
The Damaged by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam
Bad Times to be in the Wrong Place by David Tallerman
The Labyrinth of Thorns by C. Allegra Hawksmoor
Beneath the Willow Branches, Beyond the Reach of Time by Caroline M. Yoachim
Predvestniki by Greg Kurzawa
Lilacs and Daffodils by Rebecca Campbell
Wake Up, Phil by Georgina Bruce
Artists this issue
Wayne Haag
Ben Baldwin
Richard Wagner
Dave Senecal
Martin Hanford
Books reviewed this issue
Book Zone, edited by Jim Steel, has The Eidolon by Libby McGugan (with author interview conducted by Paul F. Cockburn), World After by Susan Ee, Benchmarks 1–3 by Algis Budrys, The Rabbit Back Literature Society by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen, Drakenfeld by Mark Charan Newton, On the Steel Breeze by Alastair Reynolds, Parasite by Mira Grant, Dream London by Tony Ballantyne, Shades of Milk & Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal, Libriomancer + Codex Born by Jim C. Hines, Happy Hour in Hell by Tad Williams, Doyle After Death by John Shirley, The Man With the Compound Eyes by Wu Ming-Yi, Wonderbook by Jeff VanderMeer, Johnny Alucard by Kim Newman, plus Jonathan McCalmont's Future Interrupted column
Nick Lowe's movie reviews this issue
Frozen, Carrie, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Gravity, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Walking With Dinosaurs: The Movie, Wolf Children
Tony Lee's TV/DVD reviews this issue
Man of Steel, Big Trouble in Little China, Elysium, Upstream Colour, Riddick, Scavengers, Games of Thrones Season Three
