Issue forty-three of Theaker's Quarterly Fiction features five stories: Diving Bird by Madeleine Beresford, Through the Ages by Gary Budgen, Quasar Rise by Douglas Thompson, Dodge Sidestep’s Dastardly Plan by Howard Watts, and Flight by Mitchell Edgeworth, together with two dozen reviews from Stephen Theaker, Jacob Edwards, Douglas R. Ogurek, Howard Watts, John Greenwood and Harsh Grewal. The cover is by Howard Watts, illustrating his own contribution! Reviews in this issue: Counter-Measures, Series 1, Adam Robots, Celebrant, A Coming of Age, A Conspiracy of Alchemists, Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks, The Dog Stars, Moscow But Dreaming, 9 Tales of Henghis Hapthorn, The Gist Hunter, Randalls Round, A Red Sun Also Rises, A Town Called Pandemonium, Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 2: Knightquest, Doctor Who: The Crimson Hand, Dreadstar Omnibus, Vol. 1, Aliens: Colonial Marines, Borderlands 2, Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome, Cloud Atlas, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Rise of the Guardians / Hotel Transylvania, Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 and Warm Bodies.