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• 2 • Take Chances, Make Mistakes, Get Messy • essay by David Lee Summers
• 4 • Missing Mittens • short fiction by Robert Redwine
• 4 •  Missing Mittens • interior artwork by Tom Kelly
• 10 • Realities • (2009) • short story by Lyn McConchie
• 10 •  Realities • interior artwork by Teresa Tunaley
• 14 • Fisher Brother • poem by Deborah Walker
• 15 • The Dreams of Dragons • poem by Nicolo Santilli
• 16 • The Copperroof War • (2010) • short story by Megan Arkenberg
• 16 •  The Copperroof War • interior artwork by Tom Kelly
• 25 • Let the Fire Decide • poem by Sarah Wright
• 26 • Nativity • short fiction by Frances Silversmith
• 26 •  Nativity • interior artwork by Shoshana Holl
• 27 • The Expanding Universe • poem by John Hayes
• 28 • Survival of the Wolf • short fiction by M. E. Garber
• 28 •  Survival of the Wolf • interior artwork by Tom Kelly
• 33 • Gambling in the Magickian's House • poem by Alicia Cole
• 34 • Dear Cthulhu (Tales from the Talisman, Volume IX, Issue 3) • essay by Patrick Thomas
• 37 • Changeover • poem by Alessio Zanelli
• 37 • Intelligent Illusion • poem by Lauren McBride
• 38 • Breaking Down • short fiction by Edward J. McFadden [as by Edward J. McFadden, III]
• 38 •  Breaking Down • interior artwork by Jag Lall
• 45 • Granpa's 6502 • poem by Karin L. Frank
• 46 • Where'd That Come From • short fiction by David B. Riley
• 46 •  Where'd That Come From • interior artwork by Morland Gonsoulin
• 51 • Marketing Strategy • poem by F. J. Bergmann
• 52 • Cunjerred • short fiction by Sarah M. Lewis
• 52 •  Cunjerred • interior artwork by Shoshana Holl
• 56 • Gentle Push • short fiction by J. C. Conway [as by John C. Conway]
• 56 •  Gentle Push • interior artwork by Laura Givens
• 61 • Millinary Dogma • poem by Deborah Walker
• 62 • The Alien Recruiter • short fiction by Marge Simon
• 62 •  The Alien Recruiter • interior artwork by Teresa Tunaley
• 65 • Never Been Kissed • poem by K. S. Hardy
• 66 • Rocket to the Morgue and the Problem of "Fair Play" in Science Fiction • essay by Robert E. Porter
• 70 • The Bane of Azrael • short fiction by Lee Clark Zumpe
• 70 •  The Bane of Azrael • interior artwork by Lee Clark Zumpe
• 73 • Misery of He Who Is Older Than All Men • poem by Jason Sturner
• 74 • The Breath Thief • short fiction by Karissa B. Sluss
• 74 •  The Breath Thief • interior artwork by Kathy Ferrell
• 81 • Persephone's Dream • poem by Delbert R. Gardner
• 82 • Clean Ricky • short fiction by Steve Mitchell (I)
• 82 •  Clean Ricky • interior artwork by Laura Givens
• 86 • Indefensible • poem by F. J. Bergmann
• 88 • The Catacombs • short story by Derek Muk
• 88 •  The Catacombs • interior artwork by Paul Niemiec
• 95 • Die Alone, the Demon Said • poem by Adele Gardner
• 96 • Thornway Hollow • short story by Simon Bleaken
• 96 •  Thornway Hollow • interior artwork by Jag Lall
• 103 • Abandoned Nursing Home • poem by Greg Schwartz
• 104 •  Cartoon: Munster vs. Predator • interior artwork by Jerry Shippee
• 108 •   Review: About Those Breath Mints by Douglas Empringham • review by David Lee Summers
• 110 • About the Contributors (Tales of the Talisman, Volume IX, Issue 3) • essay by uncredited
• bc •  Tales of the Talisman, Volume IX, Issue 3 • interior artwork by Laura Givens