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• 1 • Foreword (Unidentified Funny Objects) • [Foreword (Unidentified Funny Objects)] • essay by Alex Shvartsman
• 7 • Timber! • short story by Scott Almes
• 23 • The Alien Invasion As Seen in the Twitter Stream of @dweebless • short story by Jake Kerr
• 31 • Dreaming Harry • short story by Stephanie Burgis
• 47 • Fight Finale from the Near Future • short story by James Beamon
• 53 • Temporal Shimmies • short story by Jennifer Pelland
• 67 • The Day They Repossessed My Zombies • short story by K. G. Jewell
• 78 •  Thank you for getting here so quickly, Doctor. • interior artwork by Phil Selby
• 79 • Moon Landing • short story by Lavie Tidhar
• 87 • The Last Dragon Slayer • short story by Chuck Rothman
• 101 • Love Thy Neighbors • short story by Ken Liu
• 106 •  Escape from this room is quite impossible! • interior artwork by Phil Selby
• 107 • The Venus of Willendorf • short story by Deborah Walker
• 113 • The Alchemist's Children • short fiction by Nathaniel Lee
• 129 • The Fifty-One Suitors of Princess Jamatpie • short story by Leah Cypess
• 135 • If You Act Now • short story by
  Сергей Лукьяненко^?Sergei Lukyanenko
  (trans. of
  Если вы свяжетесь прямо сейчас...^?Esli vy svyazhetes' pryamo seychas...
  2002) [as by Sergey Lukyanenko]
• 146 •  Sure, I cn make you the world's greatest guitarist... • interior artwork by Phil Selby
• 147 • No Silver Lining • short story by Zach Shephard
• 151 • Go Karts for God • short story by Michael Kurland
• 157 • My Kingdom for a Horse • short story by Stephen D. Rogers
• 160 •  C'mon, man! You should try this! • interior artwork by Phil Selby
• 161 • Cake from Mars • short story by Marko Kloos
• 175 • An Unchanted Sword • short story by Jeff Stehman
• 179 • The Real Thing • short story by Don Sakers
• 184 •  Hall of Mirrors • interior artwork by Phil Selby
• 185 • 2001 Revisited via 1969 • short story by Bruce Golden
• 189 • First Date • short story by Jamie Lackey
• 201 • One-Hand Tantra • short story by Ferrett Steinmetz
• 212 •  Ladies and Gentlemen • interior artwork by Mike Jacobsen
• 213 • Of Mat and Math • short story by Anatoly Belilovsky
• 229 • All I Want for Christmas • short story by Siobhan Gallagher
• 232 •  I Want to Believe • interior artwork by Mike Jacobsen
• 233 • The Velveteen Golem • short story by David Sklar
• 239 • The Working Stiff • short story by Matt Mikalatos
• 253 • Worm's Eye View • novelette by Jody Lynn Nye
• 276 •  Ok, so how do I get her courage? • interior artwork by Mike Jacobsen
• 277 • The Secret Life of Sleeping Beauty • short story by Charity Tahmaseb
• 281 • El and Al vs. Himmler's Horrendous Horde from Hell • novelette by Mike Resnick
• 319 •  Winter Is Coming • interior artwork by Mike Jacobsen