Table of Contents

September/October 2026 Vol. 50 Nos. 9 & 10

NOVELETTES

Visiting Skins by Christopher Ruz & Rich Larson

Night Caller from Outer Space by Dale Bailey

Forever and Again by Leah Cypess

The Case of the Lost Busker by David Ira Cleary

The Weight of a Heart by Tegan Moore

The Wages of Saints by Eric Del Carlo

We Shall Be Monsters by Esther M. Friesner

SHORT STORIES

This World is a World of Dew by Andrea Kriz

The Great Game by Lois Metzger

The Invisible Bone by Stephanie Feldman

Embers by Lawrence C. Connolly

POETRY

Curiosities Found on Captain Nemo’s Nightstand by Gretchen Tessmer

Why We Give by Andy Dibble

Roadside Geology of Hell by Jennifer Crow

Every Atom of Your Flesh is as Dear by Marisca Pichette

DEPARTMENTS

Editorial: Fortieth Annual Readers’ Awards’ Results by Emily Hockaday

Reflections: Starting Out by Robert Silverberg

On the Net: I, Chatbot by James Patrick Kelly

Thought Experiment: The Haunting of the Nostromo by Kelly Lagor

On Books by Peter Heck

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