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• ix • Introduction (Space Opera) • (1996) • essay by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
• 13 • Bluesberry Jam • (1996) • novelette by Gene Wolfe
• 41 • To Drive the Cold Winter Away • [Lythande] • (1996) • short story by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• 54 • The Last Song of Sirit Byar • [World of The Innkeeper's Song] • (1996) • novelette by Peter S. Beagle
• 96 • Roundelay • (1996) • short story by Mary C. Pangborn
• 106 • Space Station Annie • (1996) • short story by Cynthia McQuillin
• 126 • Swan Song • (1996) • short story by Lyn McConchie
• 144 • Heavenside Song • (1996) • short story by Warren Norwood [as by Warren C. Norwood]
• 157 • Drift • (1996) • novelette by Steven Brust
• 178 • A Hole in the Sky • (1996) • short story by Margaret Ball
• 193 • The Impossible Place • (1996) • short story by Alan Dean Foster
• 207 • Ever After • (1996) • short story by Paula Lalish
• 225 • Soulfedge Rock • (1996) • short story by Suzette Haden Elgin
• 238 • Scarborough Fair • (1996) • novelette by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
• 263 • Thunderbird Road • (1996) • novelette by Leslie Fish
• 294 • Our Father's Gold • (1996) • novelette by Elisabeth Waters
• 317 • A Song of Strange Revenge • (1996) • short story by Josepha Sherman
• 323 • Songchild • (1996) • short story by Robin Wayne Bailey
• 338 • Saskia • [Newford] • (1996) • novelette by Charles de Lint
• 369 • Calling Them Home • (1996) • short story by Jody Lynn Nye
• 385 • Bird in the Hand • (1996) • short story by Anne McCaffrey