February, 2010 (Vol. VII: #2)

Editorial

Aaaand Scene!

So long, and thanks for all the...well, everything.

by Stacey Janssen

Interview

Another Kind of Science Fiction

An Interview with Schlock Mercenary's Howard Tayler

Aliens, sequential storytelling, and humility.

by Brent Kellmer

Continuing Adventure in the Frontier

The Starfrontiersman Interview

A tour through role-playing history... and future.

by Dotar Sojat

Feature

Here We Go Again

Signals 29

It's not a sign of the end of times; it's the normal cycle of life.

by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Darkest Hearts

Dead Air 5

What do Halloween and Valentine's Day have in common?

by Nicholas Kaufmann

The End of This Column As We Know It

Gamenivore 3

If you play only one Polish post-apocalyptic boardgame this year...

by Corey Rixle

Essay

How the Future Predicts Science Fiction

The particular ways in which science fiction writers are not futurists.

by David Levine

The History of Matter Transmission

Transmission through time.

by Bill Lengeman

Satoshi Kon Explores the Insanity of Japan

Facing up to the undigested past.

by Michael Andre-Driussi

Secular Winds

Disrupted Natural Revelation & the Journey toward God In Cormac McCarthy's The Road

Is The Road more about spirituality than science fiction?

by Anna Cates

No Bark and No Bite

What Science Fiction Leaves Out of the Future #4

The ages-old cat vs. dog dilemma is very much alive in science fiction.

by Gary Westfahl

Criticism

Haunting Anniversary: A Half-Century of Hill House

Mysteries of the urtext revealed!

by Joe Nazare

Review

Short Fiction, February 2010

A final look at the month's short fiction.

by Lois Tilton

Dark Halls and Dungeons of the Mind

Review of John Langan's House of Windows

Exquisitely skillful and literate blend of Lovecraft and Saul Bellow

by Mark Tiedemann

Fall Harvest

Some Random Selections from the 2009 SF/F Crop

Did you miss these titles, or did you dodge them?

by Cynthia Ward

Final Staff

Editors

Copy Editors

Editors-at-Large

Publicity