Contents

Art

Bea Walker-John – Cover

Fiction

Lachesis January – The Arena

Valerie Palmer – The Tender Trap

Jennifer Barker – The Eye of the Heart

Isabel Taylor – Mirage

Tina Rath – The Fate of Miss Stone

D F Lewis – The Loss of Loss

Patrick Thompson – This Year’s Morlock

Margaret Wynn-Davies – Lissera

Melanie Williams-Manton – Hecate’s Embrace

Suzanne Gyseman – The Charm

Poetry

Sean Russell Friend – The Barleyman
Sean Russell Friend – Into the Black

Tina Rath – Born to the Purple
Shot

Articles

Brian Stableford – The Joy of Creativity