• Zine to share and news of a writing competition
• Probe Writing Competition launched.

Good day,

We have just opened our 2023 Nova competition and would appreciate it if you could pass on the attached information to any aspiring writers you think might be interested

Please find attached information about our 2023 Science Fiction and Fantasy short story competition which closes on the 30th of September 2023. Winning stories will receive cash prizes and be published in our Clubzine PROBE .

For more information please see our website www.sffsa.org.za

Thank you

Gail and Ian Jamieson

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Table of Contents
Art
Front Cover … Visitor by Jose Sanchez
Back Cover … Boat to Golden Island by Tiffanie Gray
4 … N3F Laureate Awards Nominations
6 … Letter of Comment
Comics
6 … Asterix and the Chieftain’s Daughter … Review by Chris Nuttall
7 … Action Comics #1052 … Review by Heath Row
Con Report
8 … Anime Detour 2023 … Review by Jessi Silver
Films
11 … Paramount’s Scream … Review by Jim McCoy
12 … Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde … Review by Heath Row
12 … Black Panther: Wakanda Forever … Review by Perry Middlemiss
13 … The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant (1971) … Review by Heath Row
Novels
13 … Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner … Review by Perry Middlemiss
Prozine Review
14 … Realms of Fantasy … Review by Heath Row
SerCon
15 … Robert Sheckley Bio-Bibliography by Jon D. Swartz, Ph.D.
Short Stories
17 … From the Reading Pile: Short Stories … Review by Heath Row
17 … Orbit 3 edited by Damon Knight … Review by Perry Middlemiss
Food of Famous Writers
18 … Eat This While You Read That: G. Scott Huggins … Cooking by Cedar Sanderson