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Fortean Times #295 (December 2012)

• Release date: 08 Nov 2012
• Cover price: £4.25
• US Edition is dated January 2013 with a cover price of $11.99 USA (CAN $13.25, AUS $12.95, NZ $17.30)
• Cover: Etienne Gilfillan
  • Cover Model Photographer: Reiner Eisenbeis
  • Cover Model: Madmoiselle Meli
  • Cover Image: Alex Tomlinson
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Contents

• 32 Back to the Future - How Steampunk's Victorian visions have been shaping our retro-future
• 44 In Search of the Hexham Heads - More heads... and more mysteries
• 40 Weird Weather - Surprise hurricanes and glowing snow
• 48 Vincent De Groof, The Flying Man - The life and death of an eccentric aviator
• 74 Night of the Space Chimes - Dennis Hopper's UGO encounters

Features

32 Back to the Future (Cover Story)
In the past two decades, Steampunk has become a pervasive influence on contemporary culture, making its mark on art, design, fashion, film and music. Brian J Robb looks back at the genre's history and speculates on its future.

44 In Search of the Hexham Heads, Part Two
In 1977, Paul Screeton went to the Northumberland town of Hexham to investigate a bizarre case involving stone heads, Celtic scholarship, poltergeist phenomena and werewolves. 40 years on, Stuart Ferrol joined Paul as he retraced his steps. Would the mystery not be solved?

50 Headcase: A Chat With Paul Screeton
Paul Screeton has been writing about forteana for over 40 years. Stuart Ferrol met him in a Northumbrian pub for a look back at his long and varied career.

Reports

34 Blasts from the Past - No 42. The Stone Rains of Indonesia by Theo Paijmans

40 Dictionary of the Damned - No 48. Weird Weather

74 Stories from the Illustrated Police News - No 17. The flying man by Dr Jan Bondeson

Forum

53 The Mane attraction by Neil Arnold

56 Islands of the ABCs by Merrily Harpur

Strange Days

Nazi idol from outer space; Catkin the goat acrobat; Yado the deep sea worm; amazing animal escapes; Vienna's musical tooth theif; Ig Nobel Awards 2012; mother of all pearls; rock art gets older; Belyaev's elite foxes; giant eyeball washes up on Florida beach - and much more.

• 15 2012 Watch
• 16 Science
• 18 Ghostwatch
• 21 Alien Zoo
• 22 Archaeology
• 23 Classical Corner
• 24 Medical Bag
• 25 Konspiracy Korner
• 26 Necrolog
• 27 Strange Deaths
• 28 The UFO Files

Regulars

Editorial

• 02

Subscriptions

• 52

Reviews

• 59

Letters

• 71

It Happened to Me

• 74

Comix

• 79 Phenomenomix

Tales from the Vault

• 80

Reader Info

• 78

Masthead

• Editor - David Sutton
• Founding Editor - Bob Rickard
• Founding Editor - Paul Sieveking
• Art Director - Etienne Gilfillan
• Book Reviews Editor - Val Stevenson
• Resident Cartoonist - Hunt Emerson

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