The January–February issue of Britain's longest running sf magazine magazine contains new stories by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, T.R. Napper, Pandora Hope, Christien Gholson, Neil Williamson. The 2015 cover artist is Martin Hanford and his first of six connected images is 'Berenice'. Interior colour illustrations are by Richard Wagner, Warwick Fraser-Coombe, Ben Baldwin and others. All the usual features are present: Ansible Link by David Langford (news and obits); Mutant Popcorn by Nick Lowe (film reviews including Interstellar, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, Horns, The Remaining, Ouija, What We Do in the Shadows); Laser Fodder by Tony Lee (DVD/Blu-ray/VoD reviews including X-Men: Days of Future Past, Out of This World: Little Lost Robot, Spirited Away, The Congress, Patema Inverted, Left Behind, Before I Go to Sleep, The Giver, Beyond, Ejecta); Book Zone (book reviews including Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie, Shadowboxer by Tricia Sullivan, Willfull Child by Steven Erikson, Retribution by Mark Charan Newton, Sibilant Fricative by Adam Roberts, Irregularity edited by Jared Shurin; Solaris Rising 3 edited by Ian Whates, and many others); Jonathan McCalmont's Future Interrupted (comment) and Nina Allan's Time Pieces (comment). Elaine Gallagher interviews award-winning author Ann Leckie, and Steven J. Dines interviews film and TV concept artist Wayne Haag.
