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Stephen Theaker

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Birmingham, The United Kingdom

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Stephen Theaker is the co-editor and publisher of Theaker's Quarterly Fiction. His reviews, articles and interviews have appeared in Interzone, Black Static, Prism and the BFS Journal. His novels are not well-regarded. ...more

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	Theaker's Quarterly Fiction #50 by Stephen Theaker (Goodreads Author), John Greenwood, Rafe McGregor 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Theaker's Quarterly Fiction #34 by Stephen Theaker (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kevin R. Bridges, Mike Phillips 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Theaker's Quarterly Fiction #46 by Stephen Theaker (Goodreads Author) (Editor), John Greenwood (Editor), Douglas J. Ogurek (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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BFS Journal #18, edited by Allen Stroud (The British Fantasy Society) | review by Stephen Theaker

This review originally appeared in TQF64 (March 2019).

The eighteenth issue of the BFS Journal continues its laudable attempt to turn into an academic journal, a process that began when the current editor took over. Unfortunately this issue doesn’t seem to have been copy edited or proofread, which undercuts the lofty aims.

Redundant apostrophes (“the doom of their kingdom’s”), commas

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