Description

Peter’s monthly magazine featuring a blend of science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction, with non-fiction articles about writing and publishing.

Issue 1

• Two ex-lovers with a bloody, magical secret who reunite in On Meeting An Ex-Girlfriend For Drinks At The Bar Of The Hotel Trio.
• Young hooligans in trouble with the law get sent to faerie to lie low in Four Mohocks, Sent Abroad.
• Two travellers trapped in a deadly quarantine in Sweltering Fruit.
• A reluctant photographer who shoots the subject’s soul, instead of their face, in Box Brownie Blues.
• The debut of The Shackleton Job, an ongoing serial about the professional thief Talulah Wyndham-Pryce and the otherworldly entities who contract her services, in Her Master’s Voice.
• The original writing essay On Heinlein’s Habits & The Rise Of The New Pulp Era.

Issue 2

• The realities of high density living prove difficult for the sensitive ears of a troll in The Bridge Troll’s Upstairs Neighbours.
• A time travel agent’s night off turns violent when marauding Vikings invade On The Corner of Caxton and Petrie, 12:04 AM.
• A young martial artist questions her very humanity after she’s rebuilt following a deadly accident in The Fighter.
• Cows, heavy metal, and karaoke unleash chaos in Captain Moo-Vell Takes The Mic.
• Professional thief Talulah Wyndham-Pryce secure the aid of a vampire in The Shackleton Job Part 2: An Old Fashioned Exchange.
• An original essay about the evolution of publishing scams alongside the internet in Here Be Dragons: Vanity Presses, Scams, and Publishing in the Digital Era.

Issue 3

• A glimpse into the secrets held by six cats who gather around a magical campfire in Six Cats Go Camping.
• A dedicated cosplayer who finds new purpose when alien’s invade in The Chap Who Wanted To Be Captain Flagg.
• A mad scientist with dangerous ideas and the cowboy sent to stop him in One Last Job, Then Sleep.
• The existential crisis felt by those at the heart of the zomie apocalypse in Our Survival and Other Mysteries.
• Professional thief Talulah Wyndham-Pryce looks for answers in a den of inequity in part three of The Shackleton Job serial, Showdown At The Black Cherry.
• Advice on managing writing the complex web of obligations that plague aspiring or part-time writers (equally useful if you’re a non-writer with too much on) in Working Around the Ampersands: Tips for Managing Complex and Conflicting Priorities.

Issue 4

• Teenage friendships tested amid mecha racing on a frost-covered planet in The Last Season.
• Lethal and disturbing magic girls defending humanity against an alien invasion in The Bridesmaids.
• An unlikely partnership between a desperate detective and hyper-intelligent baby partner foisted upon him in Warm Milk & Whisky.
• Racing across a post-apocalyptic landscape filled with cyborg dinosaurs and cannibalistic gangs in This Is How You Step Up: A Dust Runner’s Tale.
• Professional thief Talulah Wyndham-Pryce searches for an illusive chronomancer and evades angry thugs in part four of The Shackleton Job serial, On The Street, With Teeth.
• A short non-fiction piece on stress, writing, and caffeine in Cortisol, Coffee, and the Anxious Writer.