Table of Contents - Christmas 2006:
Fiction: Bubba Pritchett and the Space Aliens by Bud Webster * Old Gods by James Targett * Connected by Alasdair Stuart * A Frailty of Moths by James Cooper * Angel Paper by Ellen Phillips * Holiday by Liam Rands * The Frog Pond by James S. Dorr * Adam's Lawyer by Martin Owton and Gaie Sebold * Santa and Mr. Worm by John B. Rosenman * Wanting to Want by Eugie Foster
Non-Fiction: Interview: Keith Brooke * Writers Who Blog by Christopher Brosnahan * Inside Felix Castor * Vintage * Eragon – a Bluffer's Guide * Brave New World: Invisibility in the Real World by Alasdair Stuart * Reviews * Competition * Radio Days by Neil Gardner * The Funny Pages by James Bacon

The best story is "Wanting to Want" by Eugie Foster. It introduces us to Bitty a pathetic crack whore on the streets of San Francisco. She finds a way to cure her addiction but at a terrible price. She must make a decision on what to do and that makes for an unforgettable character.

The rest of the stories mostly get a Very Good from me. "Bubba Pritchett and the Space Aliens" by Bud Webster is a funny story featuring a character who is certainly not a redneck and some "sufficiently advanced technology" that Arthur C. Clarke talked about. "Old Gods" by James Targett is a pretty good story about a man challenging what turns out to be three gods of Norse Mythology to contests. Unfortunately, this one is marred by that misprinted column. Alasdair Stuart's "Connected" is the story of a woman who pays dearly for misusing her cell phone.

In "A Fraility of Moths" by James Cooper we get an okay story about waiting on line and unusual things happening. This is the one story that did not quite work for me. "Angel Paper" by Ellen Phillips is a fanciful little tale of a woman and her son capturing an angel. Liam Rands' "Holiday" is a funny little story about a man making traveling arrangements with a good little twist ending. James S. Dorr gives us a nice little story in "The Frog Pond" about a man landing on another planet and finding out what the humans there are doing. "Adam's Lawyer" by Martin Owton and Gaie Sebold is a good, if unsurprising, story about a lawyer seeing an heir gets justice from a will. Last, "Santa and Mr. Worm" by John B. Rosenman is the story of a man whose childhood abuse has led him to be a torturer. This one had a great ending.

I recommend this magazine but hope they fix their minor production problems a bit. The quality of the stories and contributors is high. It also has some nice articles.