Contents:

• Angel by Pat Cadigan
• Cryptic by Jack McDevitt
• The Bishop’s Decision by Phillip C. Jennings
• Iridescence by Dean Whitlock
• The Alien in the Lake by Andrew Weiner
• A Midwinter’s Tale Michael Swanwick
• Dinosaurs by Walter Jon Williams
• True Colors by Kathe Koja
• Trading Post by Neal Barrett, Jr.
• People Like Us by Nancy Kress
• The Rose Garden by Steven Popkes
• Of Space-Time and the River by Gregory Benford