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• 3 • Making Plausible Worlds • essay by Martin McGrath
• 3 • Thank You, Mr Priest • essay by Martin McGrath
• 4 • All the Science You Don't Need to Know • essay by Alastair Reynolds
• 8 • Fighting for Words • essay by Dev Agarwal
• 11 • News from Orbit (Focus 58) • [News from Orbit] • essay by Terry Jackman
• 12 • Becoming a Better Writer ... No. 1: Characters • [Becoming a Better Writer ... in Just Fifteen Minutes! • 1] • essay by Martin McGrath
• 13 • Masterclass No. 9: What I Know • [Masterclass • 9] • essay by Christopher Priest
• 17 • One Vial or Two? • essay by C. John Arthur
• 18 • Writing the Other • essay by Lauren Beukes
• 19 •  Cartoon: "Hey Sophie! Why did the chicken cross the road? ..." • interior artwork by nearingzero.net
• 20 • Over the Wall • essay by Gary Budgen
• 21 •  Cartoon: "So what you're saying here, Bob, ..." • interior artwork by nearingzero.net
• 22 • To Plug, or Not to Plug ... • essay by Juliet E. McKenna
• 22 •  Cartoon: "Thin is in" • interior artwork by geek and poke
• 24 • Learning to Love Learning • essay by Paul Graham Raven
• 25 •  Cartoon: "New Zealand Ratites" • interior artwork by nearingzero.net
• 26 • Poetry in an SF Magazine? • essay by Charles Christian
• 27 • Something About Love • poem by Jennifer A. McGowan
• 27 • Dating a Needy Nerd • poem by Nancy Paula Millstone-Jennings
• 27 • Advice from a Clone Technician • poem by Andrea Porter
• 27 • Woodwo • poem by Beverly Ellis
• 27 • Free Will • poem by Ben Gribbin
• 27 • Mannequins • poem by Daniel Klawitter
• 28 • "Burly Detective" Syndrome • [Tales from Turkey City] • short story by Martin McGrath
• 28 •  Cartoon: "Astrophysics made simple" • interior artwork by nearingzero.net