- Dated Winter 2008, ISSN 0144-560X.
- No cover price.
- Cover art is repeated on page 3.
- Page 20 also has the uncredited news item 'Short Story Competition Winner Announced at BSFA Party'.
| Page | Type | Kind | Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13|10 | Essay | Non Fiction | Beware of the Infodump | Gillian Rooke |
| 15|11 | Poem | Fiction | Where to Begin | Adrienne J. Odasso |
| 16|12 | Essay | Non Fiction | Knee Deep in the Slush - Experiences of a First Time Editor | Martin McGrath |
| 17|13 | Poem | Fiction | Night Riding | Adrienne J. Odasso |
| 18|14 | Essay | Non Fiction | Conventional Wisdom: The Case for Attending SF Cons | Jetse de Vries |
| 19|15 | Poem | Fiction | Iconoclast | Adrienne J. Odasso |
| 20|16 | Poem | Fiction | Push | Adrienne J. Odasso |
| 3|2 | Essay | Non Fiction | What Do You Call a Writer That Doesn't Write? | Martin McGrath |
| 4|3 | Essay | Non Fiction | The Lies We Tell to See the Truth | Dev Agarwal |
| 5|4 | Poem | Fiction | Bradbury on Writing | Adrienne J. Odasso |
| 6|6 | Essay | Non Fiction | Nota Bene: The Essential Writer's Companion | Nina Allan |
| 7|7 | Poem | Fiction | Death Would Like to Say | Adrienne J. Odasso |
| 9|9 | Essay | Non Fiction | Masterclass No. 4: Description | Christopher Priest |
| Page | Type | Kind | Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Editor | Non Fiction | Focus - 2008 | Martin McGrath | |
| Cover Art | Non Fiction | Focus, #53 | Spooky2006 | |
| 12|9 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | Cartoon: "I'm so depressed ..." | nearingzero.net |
| 20|17 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | Cartoon: "The guy at the door wants to know if we've all been saved?" | nearingzero.net |
| 2|1 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | Cartoon: "You have just pissed off a major world superpower... Continue? Y/N" | nearingzero.net |
| 4|5 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | Cartoon: "The Elders, or Fraás, guarded the farmlings ..." | xkcd.com |
| 8|8 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | Cartoon: "She threw me out yelling, "You don't say those words." | xkcd.com |