Issue #8 of Holdfast Magazine has been published today. It includes a short story by me, and an essay on non-heteronormative characters by Jo Hall. So Jo and I are sort of doing a role-reversal thing here. Her essay is great. My story, well, you’ll have to judge for yourselves.

Anyway, “Experimental Subjects” is a tale about two young people from Bristol who get kidnapped by aliens. The fact that the issue is billed as a “Love, Sex and Romance” special might give you a bit of a clue to the plot. I love the illustration they did for it.

There’s lot of other good stuff in the issue too, including an interview with Aliette de Bodard (graced by her fabulous new author photo by Lou Abercrombie).