Stephen Theaker

Theaker's Quarterly Fiction #48 (Volume 48) Stephen Theaker

Theaker's Quarterly Fiction #48 features six stories and twenty-two reviews. The fiction includes epic punk fantasy ("A Thousand Eyes See All I Do" by Charles Wilkinson), Oulippean island adventure ("Beatrice et Veronique: Into the Island" by Antonella Coriander), meetings with the nearly-dead ("The Collection Agent" by John Greenwood and "Contractual Obligations" by Howard Watts), self-published silliness ("I Couldn?t See Past the Spider" by Stephen Theaker) and even some genuine wisdom ("The Riches" by Tim Jeffreys). Books by Charlie Human, Carrie Patel, Eviatar Zerubavel, Matthew Hughes, Ian McDonald, Katherine Addison, Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa, Joe Schreiber and Henri Vernes are reviewed, and there are also reviews of comics (A. B. C. Warriors, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Luther Strode), films (Edge of Tomorrow, Ernest et Célestine, Godzilla, Maleficent), and television programmes (From Dusk Till Dawn, Game of Thrones, The Tripods, True Detective). Plus a game (Injustice: Gods Among Us) and an album (Indie Cindy by the Pixies).