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Staff

Managing Editor:
Stacey Janssen

Section Editors

• Reviews: Yoon Ha Lee
• Essays: Marti McKenna
• Features: Corie Ralston
• News: Brent Kellmer

Copy Editors

• Sherry D. Ramsey
• Amanda Reno
• Paula Stiles
• Kylee Peterson
• Rena Saimoto

Publisher: Bluejack

Editorial

Looking Toward the Future

IROSF moves forward.

by Stacey Janssen

Obituary

Algis Budrys: Teacher

Looking back in a personal way.

by Bridget McKenna

Interview

An Interview with Jack Skillingstead

Comic books, space travel and getting started—Skillingstead shares what he's learned.

by Arun Jiwa

The Ones to Watch, Part II

And Then There Were Only Four

The long-awaited follow up!

by Dotar Sojat

Feature

Japanese Science Fiction

A look at fiction from the country that lives in the future.

by Aidan Doyle

Lost-World Casting

Genre Forms and the Craft of Story

In a genre born from experimentation, are we turning our backs on it now?

by Ruth Nestvold & Jay Lake

Essay

Science Fiction Rock (1969-1979): David Bowie and Gary Numan

Hits inspired by Clarke, Orwell, Dick, and a bit of stardust....

by Michael Andre-Driussi

Inkling Charles Williams: An Advertisement

Why you don't—but should—know this member of the writing group of the gods.

by Ryder W. Miller

Review

The New Weird

A Review of the Anthology

Chilling&mdashperfect for those hot summer nights.

by Ursula Pflug

Review of Flood by Stephen Baxter

You'll get swept away by this insightful novel.

by Niall Harrison

May-June Short Fiction Review

Your summer reading list for the lake, the park, or inside by the AC.

by Lois Tilton

Review of Black Magic Woman, by Justin Gustainis

A great series-starter from an up-and-comer.

by Flynn Gallagher