In this edition of Schlock! we are celebrating our ninth anniversary. It comes at a time when the real world has adopted a striking resemblance to some of the horrific fiction that has appeared in Schlock's pages over the years, and so the celebrations are naturally a little muted.This month we have more sinister poetry from Harris Coverley, while a tentacular new superhero is born on Picklock Lane. Elsewhere, death is raining from the sky. Donny comes face to face with a deceased relative. A group of ghosts works to defend their manor. A common phrase nags mysteriously. And a diagnostician meets his match. Team Girl accompanies an exotic dancer on a quest into the Jungles of Kled. Kassi's latest adventure reaches its enigmatic end. Meanwhile, the Challenger and his companions encounter sentient slime. And finally Krysia struggles to cope with the results of particularly poor quality control.