COVER ART
BOTHER Richard Case

FICTION

 4 CAEL’S CONTINUUM Preston Grassmann
 6 BOTHER Rebecca Gomez Farrell
10 HELL’S LOTTERY Tim Pratt
14 THE COFFEEMAKER’S PASSION Cat Rambo
16 MORTAL PASSAGE Roger Williams
26 ABSINTHE FISH M. David Blake
28 THE MESSENGERS Benjamin Paul
   [TEEN WRITING CONTEST WINNER]

GRAPHIC SHORT

31 THE LONG LIVES OF HEROES
   Jeremy Whitley and Jason Strutz
   PART 1 OF 4

FEATURES

30 FIASCO Jason Morningstar and Steve Segedy ::
   Interview by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn
35 THE QUANTUM THIEF Hannu Rajaniemi :: Interview
   by Preston Grassmann
38 LIFE ON MARS Jonathan Strahan :: Review by Paul
   Kincaid; Interview by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn
43 JOURNAL OF A UFO INVESTIGATOR David
   Halperin :: Review and Interview by Richard Dansky
48 THE SWORN Gail Z. Martin :: Interview by Samuel
   Montgomery-Blinn
58 ATOMIC ANTS Daniel M. Kimmel :: THEM!

DEPARTMENTS

50 THE CLOCKWORK PEN Joseph Giddings :: THE
   BUNTLINE SPECIAL Mike Resnick; THE CURIOUS
   CASE OF THE CLOCKWORK MAN Mark Hodder;
   THE FALLING MACHINE Andrew P. Mayer
52 REVIEWS :: THE CALLED Warren Rochelle by Fred
   Chappell; SACRED SPACE Douglas E. Cowan by
   Paul Kincaid; SONGS OF THE DYING EARTH George
   R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois by Richard Dansky;
   THE LOST GATE Orson Scott Card by Patrick Ward;
   WELCOME TO THE GREENHOUSE Gordon Van
   Gelder by Nick Mamatas; THE WISE MAN’S FEAR
   Patrick Rothfuss by Brian Howe; MONSTROUS
   CREATURES Jeff VanderMeer by John Bowker
60 POETRY :: THE DIRTY VAMPIRE, A RECIPE
   Alexandra Seidel; SNAKE EYES Nathaniel Lee;
   SEEING RED RUSS BAIN; BASILOSAURUS Carol
   Allen; AND NOW THE TIDE RECEDES Kaolin Fire;
   KYRIELLE FOR A CLONED BABY Lisa M. Bradley
62 EDITORIAL :: There’s Something Happening Here

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