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• 4 •  A Nest of Flames • interior artwork by Tom Kelly
• 4 • A Nest of Flames • short story by Keith P. Graham
• 13 • The Monk Who Bottled Electric Weathers • poem by David R. Sullivan
• 13 • The First Aura • poem by Marsheila Rockwell
• 14 • Incantati Sunt • short story by Tyree Campbell
• 14 •  Incantati Sunt • interior artwork by John Peters
• 24 • When the Traveling Players Move On • poem by Todd French
• 25 • Deadbeat • short story by Aurelio Rico Lopez, III
• 25 •  Deadbeat • interior artwork by April Martinez
• 25 • A Skeleton, My Very First Date • poem by Neal Wilgus
• 26 • A Question of Semantics • short story by Edward M. Turner
• 26 •  A Question of Semantics • interior artwork by Russell Morgan
• 30 • I Miss Telemarketers • short story by Joseph DeRepentigny
• 30 •  I Miss Telemarketers • interior artwork by Laura Givens
• 31 • Yeti yet? • poem by Michael D. Turner
• 32 • Top of the Mountains • short story by Katherine Woodbury
• 32 •  Top of the Mountains • interior artwork by Noah Van Sciver
• 41 • Multi-verse Man • poem by David Vincent Mills
• 41 • The Gods Hate Kansas • poem by Scott E. Green
• 42 • History Lesson • short story by Robert Collins
• 42 •  History Lesson • interior artwork by Neil T. Foster
• 46 • When Loki Winks • poem by Jim Dunlap
• 47 • Georgia O' Keefe • poem by Lyn Lifshin
• 47 • Dead Girls, Dying Girls • poem by Lyn Lifshin
• 47 • Cinderella Goes to Tyson's Corners • poem by Lyn Lifshin
• 48 • Maury's Birthday • short story by Anna Paradox
• 48 •  Maury's Birthday • interior artwork by Joe Oliver
• 51 •  To the Stars! • interior artwork by Laura Givens
• 51 • To the Stars! • short story by Anthony Bernstein
• 52 • How to Thwart a Dictator • short story by Rick Novy
• 52 •  How to Thwart a Dictator • interior artwork by Paul Niemiec
• 55 • Katagenesis • poem by Mike Allen and Ian Watson
• 56 • Ice Crux • short story by Sheri Fresonke Harper
• 56 •  Ice Crux • interior artwork by Laura Givens
• 61 • Sourdough Space Aliens • poem by Gary Every
• 62 • Chain Mail • short story by Tim Scott
• 62 •  Chain Mail • interior artwork by Tracy E. Flynn [as by Tracy Flynn]
• 66 • The Sword of Power • (2005) • short story by Carol Hightshoe
• 66 •  The Sword of Power • interior artwork by Laura Givens
• 71 • Merlin: Wizard Apprentice • poem by Aurelio Rico Lopez, III
• 72 • In Need of Storage • short story by Lindsey Duncan
• 72 •  In Need of Storage • interior artwork by Jim Collins
• 73 • Becoming Fictional • poem by Jen Valencia
• 74 • On Hold • short story by Elyse Salpeter
• 74 •  On Hold • interior artwork by Erika McGinnis
• 81 • Diogenes • poem by Robert E. Porter
• 82 • Satan's Gate • short story by Janett L. Grady
• 82 •  Satan's Gate • interior artwork by Jag Lall
• 87 • (You Are Here) Inside Back Out • poem by Gene Van Troyer
• 87 • The Shiver Gates • poem by Janie Hoffman
• 88 • Abandoned Ships • (1992) • short story by James S. Dorr
• 88 •  Abandoned Ships • interior artwork by Lonnie Allen
• 92 • Book Reviews (Tales of the Talisman, Volume 4 Issue 2) • essay by Christine Norris and Shawn Oetzel
• 96 • About the Contributors (Tales of the Talisman, Volume 4 Issue 2) • essay by uncredited