In issue 174; Tips from a bestseller, Stay humble, Show or tell, Douglas McPherson shows how a sure fire winner of a short story proved to be anything but, Break into Cosy Crime, plus regular items – Dear Della, Guru, Technophobia, Story and Poetry contests, Flash comp and more.

Technophobia The psychological impact of Information Technology

In his book The Design of Everyday Things, Donald Norman describes how technology enables increasing functionality which in turn increases
complexity. He cites the example of a digital watch having far more functions than a traditional analog watch (stop-watch, alarm,
countdown timer, etc.) and yet being far more complicated to set the time (the original function).