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• 1 • Introduction (The Trouble With Heroes) • (2009) • essay by Denise Little
• 3 • Geeks Bearing Gifts • (2009) • novelette by Kristine Kathryn Rusch [as by Kristine Grayson]
• 31 • The Horror in the Living Room • (2009) • short fiction by Adrian Nikolas Phoenix
• 40 • Take My Word for It: Bad Idea • (2009) • short fiction by Mike Shepherd [as by Mike Moscoe]
• 64 • Merry Maid • (2009) • short fiction by Jean Rabe
• 85 • The Problem with Dating Shapeshifters • (2009) • short fiction by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
• 96 • Reclaiming His Inner Ape • (2009) • short fiction by Terry Hayman
• 109 • For a Few Lattes More • (2009) • short fiction by Annie Reed
• 124 • Beloved • (2009) • short fiction by David H. Hendrickson
• 133 • Inspiration • (2009) • short story by Phaedra Weldon [as by Phaedra M. Weldon]
• 146 • Honey, I'm Home • (2009) • short fiction by Pauline J. Alama
• 153 • Ballad of the Groupie Everlasting • (2009) • short fiction by Robert T. Jeschonek
• 167 • The Quin Quart • (2009) • short fiction by Laura Resnick
• 185 • How Jack Got His Self a Wife • (2009) • short fiction by John A. Pitts [as by John Alvin Pitts]
• 196 • If the Shoe Fits • (2009) • short fiction by Dayle A. Dermatis
• 204 • Big Man's Little Woman • (2009) • short fiction by Dory Crowe
• 212 • Boldly Reimagined • (2009) • short fiction by J. Steven York
• 228 • Roxane • (2009) • short fiction by Peter Orullian
• 240 • A Long Night in Jabbok (or, Who, Exactly, Is in Charge Here?) • (2009) • short fiction by Janna Silverstein
• 253 • Love in the Time of Car Alarms • (2009) • short fiction by Ken Scholes
• 263 • The Problem with Metaphors • (2009) • short fiction by Steven Mohan, Jr.
• 275 • If I Did It • (2009) • short fiction by Allan Rousselle
• 283 • Clay Feet • (2009) • short fiction by Kristine Kathryn Rusch