There's lots of great stuff in this issue, and it's all divided up into neat little sections so you can head straight for the stuff that interests you most!

First there's a dash of horror, to reflect the fact that it's a Halloween special: Pumpkin Jack, by Laura Bickle, and The Walled Garden by Wayne Summers.

Then there's lots and lots of fantasy: Rural Legend by Eric R Lowther, The Iron Mercenary: A Tale of Tiana, by Richard K Lyon & Andrew J Offutt, When the Sun and the Moon Did Not Shine, by Sam Leng, The Remarkable Life of Yren Higbe by Bruce Hesselbach, and the fifth instalment of After All, by Michael Wyndham Thomas.

Then we have a bit of science fiction: The Broadest Divide by David McGillveray, and Newton Braddell: a Detour by John Greenwood.

And though it didn't fit anywhere else, there's also a bit of bizarro from Dan Kopcow, Who Picked the Pope's Nose?

Finally there's a review of Zencore!, or as much of one as I could do, having lost the book a couple of weeks ago.

Another great issue of TQF! Read yourself some Theaker's Quarterly Fiction 19!

This was one heck of a tough one to get finished, so expect the next issue to be half the size! I think I definitely bit off more than I could chew with this issue, but I think it was worth it, because this is one of our most varied and readable issues yet.