Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 13 • Introduction (The Best From Fantasy & Science Fiction: The Fiftieth Anniversary Anthology) • essay by Gordon Van Gelder
• 15 • Last Summer at Mars Hill • (1994) • novella by Elizabeth Hand
• 64 • Maneki Neko • (1998) • short story by Bruce Sterling
• 81 • No Planets Strike • (1997) • short story by Gene Wolfe
• 92 • Sins of the Mothers • (1997) • short story by Sharon N. Farber [as by S. N. Dyer]
• 106 • The Finger • (1995) • short story by Ray Vukcevich
• 112 • Lifeboat on a Burning Sea • (1995) • novelette by Bruce Holland Rogers
• 140 • Gone • (1996) • short story by John Crowley
• 154 • First Tuesday • (1996) • short story by Robert Reed
• 172 • The Fool, the Stick, and the Princess • (1998) • short story by Rachel Pollack
• 183 • A Birthday • (1995) • short story by Esther M. Friesner
• 200 • Sensible City • (1994) • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 209 • All the Birds of Hell • (1998) • novelette by Tanith Lee
• 233 • We Love Lydia Love • (1994) • novelette by Bradley Denton
• 258 • Paul and Me • (1997) • short story by Michael Blumlein
• 275 • Have Gun, Will Edit • [Plumage from Pegasus] • (1996) • short story by Paul Di Filippo
• 280 • Forget Luck • [Tony Manetti] • (1996) • short story by Kate Wilhelm
• 294 • Quinn's Way • (1997) • novelette by Dale Bailey
• 326 • Partial People • (1993) • short story by Terry Bisson
• 329 • The Lincoln Train • (1995) • short story by Maureen F. McHugh
• 344 • Another Fine Mess • (1995) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 353 • Solitude • [Hainish] • (1994) • novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin