In this October edition we continue our Challenger prequel with strange and monstrous goings on from the floating island. That's followed by the usual round up from the horror publishing world, and then the latest instalment in the transhuman alien saga of The Lake Erie Lights. Down Picklock Lane we meet ample Sara Pickford. On a Scottish farm, someone's stealing turnips. Buzzards Bay's got big problems. And a woman wronged gains a gory vengeance. Clara comes of age in a down-home Cthulhu cult. A Pagan is haunted by ghosts of Christians past. Humans fight lizards to the death on an alien world. An alien man proves to come from an unexpected location. A man keeps up standards as civilisation collapses. A robot cleaner besieges the fridge. A scholar finds a fabulous library. Billy Death gets his own back, from beyond the grave. A cyberpunk questions his own humanity. And we review a controversial sword and sorcery anthology.