This month’s edition begins with another gripping instalment of A Prequel with the Challenger, followed by our usual round-up of news from the publishing world. Next, a man makes a Faustian pact with God. Fatty Millstone has a heart-to-heart with the reporter Crenshaw. That's followed by a brutal tale of revenge. Cops investigate the paranormal. A thief fights his way through a sorcerer's tower. And a reality TV star meets a gory comeuppance.<br/><br/>A group of people explore a haunted tunnel. A man returns to a house where his brother drowned. Space travellers run into a communications problem. We hear the shocking story of a medieval manuscript. Voices from the past are put up on sale. A farmer directs a girl across a bizarre landscape. Love is unlimited in an android future. And we review Scott Oden's Conan story, The Shadow of Vengeance.