Aurealis, the premier Australian magazine of speculative fiction, has been exploring new worlds for almost 25 years. It is published 10 times a year and contains new, provocative fiction and non-fiction in every issue. This month's issue brings on the aliens with Gerry Huntman's 'The Pillar of the Small God', an alien contact story featuring communication problems with an intriguing race, and a translating device that doesn't work perfectly. And Liam Pieper’s 'Prophet' provides the sort of world-within-a-world-within-a-world immersion that you may never disentangle yourself from.