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I’m reliably informed by a number of sources, that episode 1 is very, very good. So, that’s beaten all of Season 1 already, then!  \nNot much of an editorial this week, I know, but it’s late and my bed is crying out to me.  \n(Note to self: never again buy a piece of furniture with built-in voice synthesis – it may be SF, but it’s damn annoying!)  \nThe Date on the Tin  \nHub comes out on a Saturday. Usually. Sometimes we miss by a day or two, but usually we’re on time (and for a weekly publication that’s never missed an issue, that’s some achievement!) . Sometimes, when we come out on a Saturday, you might not receive it until the next day (or even the Monday) . This is due to the large number of subscribers we have, and delivery of the magazine is sometimes staggered. So now you know. Interesting, huh?  \nPlease yourself…  \nLee Harris  \nAbout Hub  \nEvery week we publish a piece of short fiction, along with at least one review and sometimes a feature or interview. We can afford to do this largely due to the generosity of our sponsors over at Orbit. If you like what you read here, please consider making a donation over [at](at www.hub-mag.co.uk. We pay our writers)[ ](at www.hub-mag.co.uk. We pay our writers)[www.hub-mag.co.uk](at www.hub-mag.co.uk. We pay our writers)[. We pay our writers](at www.hub-mag.co.uk. We pay our writers), and anything you donate helps us to continue to attract high quality fiction and non-fiction.  \nOn The Wheel By Richard Parks  \n\"The problem with the rat race: even if you win, you're still just a rat.\"  \nRobert Matthews knew that clichéd metaphor as well as anyone. What he did not know was who had called the metaphor down on their heads because, at precisely 9AM, everyone in the old established advertising firm of Hathcock and Dunn turned into a rat.  \nSpecifically, a rat in some variation of a track suit, with numbers sewn on. Probably the only reason they weren't literally running a race was that the\"race\" element was recognized as figurative within the greater context of the metaphor. Recognized, Robert knew, by the self-aware metaphor itself. Still, this much of the metaphor had manifested literally—they were rats.  \nWithout, it appeared, the loss of identify. Male or female as before, large or small as before, but arat. Black rats, brown rats, white rats, piebald rats. Rats with bright eyes and a mischievous twist to the hips as they scurried, rats of dignified girth and ponderous squeaks, or rats like Robert himself: six feet from the tip of his whiskered nose to the base of his fine bald tail, which would have added another three feet to his overall length if he wasn't still walking upright. Annoyed as he was with the transformation, Robert regarded his reflection in the third floor men's room mirror and conceded that, as rats went, he was still a handsome devil.  \nBud Jenkins came in. Robert knew it was Jenkins by his short stature and the thinning fur on his head.  \n\"I guess it could have been worse,\" Bud said, examining his own whiskers in the mirror before heading toward the stalls. \"Who's the idiot?\"  \n\"Don't know yet,\" Robert said. \"You get the Hialeah campaign done?\" Rats or no rats, there were deadlines to meet.  \n\"Yeah, just in time.\" Jenkins disappeared into a cubicle and Robert heard running water followed by a flush. Jenkins emerged and paused to muss with what was left of the fur on his head. He hadn't washed his hands, but then he never washed his hands after using the john even before he was a rat.  \nRobert studied his own reflection in the mirror again and Jenkins shook his head. \"Man, if I had your looks I'd be humping","cbCaiiUAXAcgDC9t","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiUAXAcgDC9t","pdf",219047,"English","# Contents\n## Fiction: On The Wheel by Richard Parks\n## Reviews: Stoneheart, Old Devil Moon\n## Torchwood, Season 2\n## About Hub\n## The Date on the Tin\n## On The Wheel By Richard Parks","[{\"question\":\"What is featured in Hub Issue 41?\",\"answer\":\"The issue includes short fiction “On The Wheel” by Richard Parks, reviews of Stoneheart and Old Devil Moon, and a Torchwood, Season 2 section.\"},{\"question\":\"When does Hub usually come out and why can delivery be delayed?\",\"answer\":\"Hub comes out on a Saturday, but delivery may arrive the next day (or Monday) due to staggered delivery and subscriber volume.\"},{\"question\":\"What happens to the advertising firm in “On The Wheel”?\",\"answer\":\"At precisely 9AM the entire firm turns into rats, as if a clichéd metaphor has manifested literally through a transformation.\"}]","Hub - Issue 41 - Fiction & Reviews - 12th January 2008 | PDF",1789972035]