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SFX is the world's leading sci-fi, horror and fantasy magazine. Covering all areas of the genre across TV, movies, books, games, collectables and comics, every month SFX delivers news, features, exclusive Q&As, behind-the-scenes stories, star profiles and TV episode guides. Recently redesigned to reflect the growing mainstream popularity of sci-fi, now you can read our Hollywood news, TV celebrity interviews and top columnists on your computer or mobile device, thanks to Zinio.

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SFX • JANUARY 2024 | Issue 374

Rants & Raves • Inside the SFX hive mind

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What Lurks Beneath • Why Night Swim is not just an “evil swimming pool movie”

American Horror Story • Si Spurrier and Aaron Campbell are taking John Constantine on the road as they return to Hellblazer

NEWS WARP • HIGH-SPEED INFORMATION

Trident Trio • Author Rick Riordan on how he ensured the Percy Jackson series got his stories right

Lunar Cycle • The Immortal Moon Knight and the new Power Man duke it out in this year’s Timeless

NEWS WARP • HIGH-SPEED INFORMATION

Nuclear Family • Louise Simonson and June Brigman celebrate Power Pack’s 40th anniversary

Back To Life • Al Ewing on bringing back the X-Men’s villain-turned-hero in Resurrection Of Magneto

SPACE AND TIME NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF DOCTOR WHO

Hell’s Bells! • Former YouTuber turns homegrown pilot into adult animated series Hazbin Hotel

Endgame • Chip Zdarsky asks what if Earth’s Mightiest Heroes were no more in Avengers: Twilight

GEORGIA SUMMERS • MEET THE FORMER TOR EDITOR BEHIND FANTASY NOVEL THE CITY OF STARDUST

ROBERT BUTLER 1927-2023 • The first director onboard the Enterprise

TIME TEAM • NCUTI GATWA AND MILLIE GIBSON BEGIN THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME IN DOCTOR WHO

INSIDE THE SPACESHIP • PRODUCTION DESIGNER PHIL SIMS WELCOMES SFX TO THE TARDIS

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY • PHIL SIMS TALKS HOW THE DOCTOR WHO TEAM BROUGHT THE MEEP AND WRARTH TO LIFE

A BUG’S LIFE • ROBERT STRANGE TALKS ABOUT BRINGING THE WRARTH TO LIFE

TOYROOM TREASURES • BOYS AND GIRLS COME OUT TO PLAY… ONCE DOCTOR WHO HAS SAVED THE DAY!

A GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS • HOW THE TERRIFYING MUMMY IN LOT NO 249 WAS BROUGHT (BACK) TO LIFE

INTO THE BUFFYVERSE • BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE WITH NEW AUDIO DRAMA SLAYERS, FEATURING ORIGINAL CAST MEMBERS

INSIDE NUMBER NINESTEIN • EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED! AS TERRAHAWKS HITS 40, JAMIE ANDERSON SHARES THE SECRETS OF HIS FATHER’S QUIRKIEST CREATION

RETURN FLIGHT • What’s happened to the reboot?

THE A-Z OF THE EXORCIST • WE CELEBRATE WILLIAM FRIEDKIN AND WILLIAM PETER BLATTY’S CLASSIC TALE OF POSSESSION, WHICH MARKED ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY ON 26 DECEMBER

KILLING JOKE • AS KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE TURNS 35, DIRECTOR STEPHEN CHIODO AND STAR GRANT CRAMER RETURN TO THE FUNHOUSE TO SHARE STORIES ABOUT A SCHLOCKY CULT CLASSIC

SHOUT OUT TO MY X • JIGSAW IS STILL PLAYING GAMES TWO DECADES LATER – THE SAW TEAM LOOK BACK

NED BEAUMAN • Across the great divide: how a literary novelist won the Clarke Award

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Reviews

WONKA • Just the (golden) ticket

SWEET DREAMS • More fantastical confectionery

THE BOY AND THE HERON • A Miyazaki masterclass

POOR THINGS • The Stone Rises

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