Table of Contents
THE EDITOR’S WORD by Mike Resnick
PLOP PLOP by Larry Hodges
A FRAGMENT FOR FATHER by Floris M. Kleijne
HEAL THYSELF by Orson Scott Card
AFTERSHOCK by Brian Trent
HELLHOILD by Sean Patrick Hazlett
PETRA AND THE BLUE GOO by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
THE STAR BENEATH THE STAIRCASE by J.W. Alden
YOU WOULD MAKE AN EXCELLENT DICTATOR by J.P. Sullivan
WALKING IN AWINTER WASTELAND by Brennan Harvey
SCAT by Mercedes Lackey
THE STYLIZED UNICORN ESCAPES ITS POSTER IN A SEATTLE TEENAGER’S BEDROOM by Thomas K. Carpenter
THE LADY WHO WOULD NOT DIE by George Nikolopoulos
THE SIN-EATERS by Nick DiChario
SLEEPING DOGS by Joe Haldeman
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS by Jody Lynn Nye and Bill Fawcett
A SCIENTIST’S NOTEBOOK (column) by Gregory Benford
DECOHERENCE (column) by Robert J. Sawyer
THE GALAXY’S EDGE INTERVIEW Joy Ward Interviews Jody Lynn Nye
SERIALIZTION: TOMORROW AND TOMORROW (part 4) Charles Sheffield