Issue sixty-one of Theaker's Quarterly Fiction contains two stories from old friends – Allen Ashley ("Bound for Glory") and Douglas Thompson ("Yttrium: Part 2") – plus four stories from first-time contributors – S.J. Hosking ("The Guidance Counsellor"), A. Katherine Black ("Tether"), Tim Major ("To Ashes, Dust") and Libby Heily ("Regression") – plus "Frakking Toasters", a non-fiction article on the language of Battlestar Galactica from Jessy Randall, and nine reviews from the usual team of Douglas J. Ogurek, Rafe McGregor, Jacob Edwards and Stephen Theaker: the BBC Radio John Wyndham Collection, Pawn by Timothy Zahn, Annabelle: Creation, Blade Runner 2049, Geostorm, It, Justice League, Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Thor: Ragnarok. The cover is by Howard Watts.