The September–October issue of Britain's longest running science fiction and fantasy magazine contains new long and short stories by Tade Thompson, Georgina Bruce, Ray Cluley, Aliya Whiteley, and Malcolm Devlin. The 2016 cover artist is Vincent Sammy, and interior colour illustrations are by Richard Wagner, Martin Hanford, and Vince Haig. Features: Guest Editorial by Stephen Theaker; 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); Jonathan McCalmont's Future Interrupted (comment); Nina Allan's Time Pieces (comment).

Cover Art:

Heaven Spots by 2016 cover artist Vincent Sammy

Fiction:

The Apologists by Tade Thompson
illustrated by Martin Hanford

Extraterrestrial Folk Metal Fusion by Georgina Bruce
illustrated by Vince Haig

Sideways by Ray Cluley
illustrated by Richard Wagner

Three Love Letters From An Unrepeatable Garden by Aliya Whiteley

The End Of Hope Street by Malcolm Devlin
illustrated by Richard Wagner

Features:

Guest Editorial: Love and Spreadsheets
Stephen Theaker

Future Interrupted: The Animal-Narcotic Complex
Jonathan McCalmont

Time Pieces: Wired in the Weird
Nina Allan

Ansible Link
David Langford

Reviews:

Book Zone
Books (and other media) reviewed include Strange Monsters by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam & Peter Brewer, The Wolf in the Attic by Paul Kearney, Bodies of Water by V.H. Leslie, Revenger by Alastair Reynolds, Summerlong by Peter S. Beagle, Sparrow Falling by Gaie Sebold, The Rise of Io by Wesley Chu, The Root by Na'amen Gobert Tilahun, Decade 1: The Best of Albedo One edited by John Kenny

Mutant Popcorn
Nick Lowe
Cinema releases reviewed include The Girl With All the Gifts, Cell, The Legend of Tarzan, Star Trek Beyond, Ice Age: Collision Course, Suicide Squad, Ghostbusters, Pete's Dragon, The BFG, Nine Lives

Laser Fodder
Tony Lee
DVDs and Blu-rays reviewed include The Brand New Testament, Solaris, Stalker, 11.22.63, Identicals, Terrahawks