Interzone #258 (may – jun 2015)

May-June 2015?s Interzone, # 258, has new science fiction and fantasy by T.R. Napper, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, Julie C. Day, Christien Gholson, and Malcolm Devlin, with colour illustrations by Jim Burns, Warwick Fraser-Coombe, Vince Haig, and Richard Wagner. The cover art is Dorian Gray, the latest in the 2015 series by Martin Hanford. The issue contains the regular columns by David Langford, Nina Allan, Jonathan McCalmont, Nick Lowe, Tony Lee, and in Book Zone Maureen Kincaid Speller interviews E.J. Swift about the Osiris Project. Guest editorial is Freak Zone by Christopher Fowler. Martin McGrath presents the reader poll results and lists the stories they voted as favourites of 2014.Interzone is essentially a fiction magazine containing short science fiction and fantasy stories. But it covers other aspects of the genre via comment, news, reviews of books, movies, DVDs and TV.Fiction this issuea shout is a prayer / for the waiting centuries by T.R. NapperThe Reem Song by Julie C. DayDoors by Bonnie Jo StufflebeamAngel Fire by Christien GholsonHer First Harvest by Malcolm DevlinAuthors this issueT.R. NapperJulie C. DayBonnie Jo StufflebeamChristien GholsonMalcolm DevlinArtists this issueMartin HanfordWarwick Fraser-CoombeJim BurnsRichard WagnerVince HaigBooks reviewed this issueBook Zone, edited by Jim Steel, has Tamaruq (and the Osiris Project) by E.J. Swift, plus an author interview conducted by Maureen Kincaid Speller, Touch by Claire North, The Silence by Tim Lebbon, The Galaxy Game by Karen Lord, Those Above by Daniel Polansky, The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic 2 edited by Jan Edwards & Jenny Barber, Where by Kit Reed, Impulse by Dave Bara, The Whispering Swarm by Michael MoorcockNick Lowes Mutant Popcorn movie reviews this issue include: Avengers: Age of Ultron, Chappie, Robot Overlords, Home, Cinderella, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, Seventh Son, Insurgent, Hot Tub Time Machine 2Tony Lees Laser Fodder, TV/DVD, reviews this issue include: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, Paddington, Rollerball, Interstellar, Frequencies, Mankinds Last Stand, Fellini Satyricon, Harlock Space Pirate, The House at the End of Time, Northmen, Moondial, The Last Survivors, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Exodus, RZ-9Other non-fiction this issueDavid Langford - Ansible LinkNina Allan - Time Pieces column Election Special: the Hugos, the Puppies, and the Big Pile of PooJonathan McCalmont - Future Interrupted column Yesterdays Plays For TodayReaders Poll - Results Martin McGrath, The stories you voted as your favourites of 2014.Freak Zone by Christopher FowlerAuthor interview ? E.J. Swift interviewed by Maureen Kincaid Speller