The March–April 2016 issue of Britain's longest running science fiction and fantasy magazine contains new novelettes and stories by Alexander Marsh Freed, Christopher Fowler, Michelle Ann King, Jeffrey Thomas, Rich Larson, and E. Catherine Tobler. The cover artist is Vincent Sammy, and Jim Burns, Richard Wagner, and Martin Hanford provide interior colour illustrations. Features: Comment from Jonathan McCalmont, Future Interrupted, and Nina Allan, Time Pieces; Ansible Link by David Langford (news and obits); Mutant Popcorn by Nick Lowe (film reviews); Laser Fodder by Tony Lee (DVD/Blu-ray reviews); Book Zone (book reviews); Shattering Illusions in SFF by Juliet E. McKenna.

Fiction this issue
'Ten Confessions of Blue Mercury Addicts, by Anna Spencer' by Alexander Marsh Freed
'Spine' by Christopher Fowler
'Not Recommended For Guests Of A Philosophically Uncertain Disposition' by Michelle Ann King
'Motherboard' by Jeffrey Thomas
'Lotto' by Rich Larson
'Andromeda of the Skies' by E. Catherine Tobler

Artists this issue
Vincent Sammy
Jim Burns
Martin Hanford
Richard Wagner

Books reviewed this issue
Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente, The Guns of Ivrea by Clifford Beal, Sockpuppet by Matthew Blakstad, The Thing Itself by Adam Roberts, Afro SF Volume 2 edited by Ivor W. Hartmann, Down Station by Simon Morden, Maresi by Maria Turschaninoff, All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders, The Stars Seem So Far Away by Margrét Helgadóttir

Nick Lowe's Mutant Popcorn movie reviews this issue include:
Deadpool, Lazer Team, One and Two, The 5th Wave, Goosebumps, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Capture the Flag, The Survivalist, The Mermaid

Tony Lee's Laser Fodder, TV/DVD, reviews this issue include:
Air, Lost Girl Season Five, A Touch of Zen, Falling Skies Season Five, Pan, The Scopia Effect, Frankenstein, Last Stop, The Last Witch Hunter, The City of Lost Children, Game of Thrones Season Five, Doomwatch, From Other Worlds, Alienate, The Visit: An Alien Encounter

Other non-fiction this issue
Juliet E. McKenna – Editorial - Shattering Illusions in SFF
Nina Allan - Time Pieces column - Setting Off For The Mountains
Jonathan McCalmont - Future Interrupted column - The Hospitality of Bafflement
David Langford - Ansible Link
Book Reviewers - Jo Lindsay Walton, Duncan Lunan, Shaun Green, Ian Hunter, Jim Steel, Juliet E. McKenna, Maureen Kincaid Speller, Barbara Melville