THE MAGAZINE OF
FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION
November/December • 72nd Year of Publication

NOVELETS

THE BAHRAIN UNDERGROUND BAZAAR -6- Nadia Afifi
LA REGINA RATTO- 26- Nick DiChario
HOW TO BURN DOWN THE HINTERLANDS -54- Lyndsie Manusos
THE GLOOMS -97- Matthew Hughes
A TALE OF TWO WITCHES -194- Albert E. Cowdrey
A CIVILIZED AND ORDERLY ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE PER SCHOOL REGULATIONS -217- Sarina Dorie

SHORT STORIES

THE HOMESTAKE PROJECT -136- Cylin Busby
ON VAPOR, WHICH THE NIGHT CONDENSES -148- Gregor Hartmann
THE SILENT PARTNER -166- Theodore McCombs
SKIPPING STONES IN THE DARK -241- Amman Sabet

POEMS

LEAST WEIRD THING OF ALL -147- Beth Cato
MENDED -185- Mary Soon Lee
SPACE ISN’T LIKE THE VIDS -193- Beth Cato

DEPARTMENTS

BOOKS TO LOOK FOR -80- Charles de Lint
MUSING ON BOOKS -89- Michelle West
FILMS: THREE DEGREES OF SHIRLEY JACKSON -180- David J. Skal
SCIENCE: IS MATH REAL? -186- Jerry Oltion
COMPETITION #100 -191-
COMING ATTRACTIONS -254-
INDEX TO VOLUMES 138 & 139 -256-
CURIOSITIES -258- Paul Di Filippo

Cartoons: Mark Heath (88), Kendra Allenby (96), Bill Long (135).

COVER BY DAVID A. HARDY FOR “SKIPPING STONES IN THE DARK”