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The October 2022 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Sarah Gailey and Peng Shepherd and a spotlight on Craig Laurance Gidney. Peter Straub (1943 – 2022) is remembered with an obituary and appreciations from Stephen King, Gary K. Wolfe, Elizabeth Hand, and others. Chicon 8 is covered with an extensive report and photos, the complete Hugo voting breakdown, and a WSFS business meeting report. Awards season news includes the Hugo, Nommo, Lodestar, Astounding, British Fantasy, Ignyte, Seiun, Sidewise, and Dragon winners, and many others. News covers the Baker & Taylor ransomware attack, Nora Roberts’s efforts on behalf of the Patmos Library, the reopening of Uncle Hugo’s, the B&N ordering controversy, and more. Ahrvid Engholm reports on Swecon. Other obituaries remember Bruce Taylor, Maureen Kincaid Speller, and J.G. “Huck” Huckenpöhler. Reviews cover new titles by N.K. Jemisin, Ray Nayler, Eileen Gunn, M. Rickert, Grace Chan, Hiron Ennes, Frances Hardinge, Mur Lafferty, Alex Pheby, Massoud Hayoun, Bradford Morrow (ed.), Michael J. Seidlinger, Tim Lebbon, Nat Cassidy, Alex Jennings, Adalyn Grace, Adam Hamdy, Paul Kincaid, Bev Vincent, Aislinn Brophy, Eugen Bacon, Alastair Reynolds, and others.