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• 1 •  SPWAO Showcase #6, 1986 • interior artwork by Barry R. Hoffman
• 2 • Editorial (SPWAO Showcase #6, 1986) • essay by Dennis E. Smirl
• 2 • Rope • poem by Jon Vertho
• 2 • Four Tankas • poem by Tom Rentz [as by Thomas A. Rentz]
• 2 • Poetic Justice • poem by Jon Vertho
• 3 • A Weapon for an Assassin • short story by Kevin J. Anderson
• 6 • Vampire Season • poem by Pamela J. Jessen
• 7 • The Night She Died • short story by David Friese
• 9 • In Quest • poem by D. M. Vosk
• 9 • Veil • poem by D. Skov
• 10 •  SPWAO Showcase #6, 1986 • interior artwork by Marge Simon [as by M. Simon]
• 12 • Maybe Tomorrow • short fiction by Sandra Black
• 12 • Just Another Little Global • poem by Marge Simon
• 13 • Buried Almost Alive • short story by Norris D. Hertzog
• 15 • We Who Are About to • poem by D. M. Vosk
• 15 • Prayer to the Field God • poem by David Starkey
• 16 • Vameleon • (1985) • short story by Mike Hurley
• 18 • Predatory Love • poem by Sue Marra
• 19 • Every Step of the Way • short story by G. Wayne Miller
• 22 • Retribution • short story by William C. Rasmussen
• 24 •  SPWAO Showcase #6, 1986 • interior artwork by Jim Garrison
• 25 •  SPWAO Showcase #6, 1986 [2] • interior artwork by Jim Garrison
• 26 • Letter to a Stranger • short story by John C. Broaddus
• 29 • An Amusing Little Ride Named Life • poem by H. R. Felgenhauer
• 30 •  SPWAO Showcase #6, 1986 • interior artwork by Cheryl S. Mandus
• 31 •  SPWAO Showcase #6, 1986 [2] • interior artwork by Cheryl S. Mandus
• 32 • The Quests of the Keys or Life Is Like That • short story by Dan Crawford
• 34 • Minushka • short story by James S. Dorr
• 35 • Murder Me • (1985) • short story by Charmaine Parsons
• 37 • The Efficiency Expert • poem by Kathleen Jurgens [as by Kathleen E. Jurgens]
• 37 • Escapee from Faery • poem by Janet P. Reedman
• 38 •  SPWAO Showcase #6, 1986 [2] • interior artwork by Barry R. Hoffman
• 39 •  SPWAO Showcase #6, 1986 [3] • interior artwork by Barry R. Hoffman
• 40 • Cover Up • short fiction by Gary R. Evans
• 40 • The Morning Star • poem by John Phillips Palmer
• 40 • I Know All the Evil in the World • poem by Joey Froehlich
• 41 • A Plague of Quarks • short story by Diane de Avalle-Arce
• 43 • Revenge of the Suns and Rums • short story by H. R. Felgenhauer
• 44 • I Came Back to Earth in a Cradle of Flame • poem by H. R. Felgenhauer
• 44 • Vlad the Impaler Comes to Chicago for Christmas 1990 • poem by H. R. Felgenhauer
• 44 • Don't Tell Me • poem by H. R. Felgenhauer
• 45 • Longings • short story by David Starkey
• 47 • Insomnia • poem by Kevin J. Anderson
• 47 • Like Haunting Ghosts • poem by Bob Warner
• 47 • 2 A.M. (Radio Astronomy) • poem by H. J. Cording
• 48 •  SPWAO Showcase #6, 1986 • interior artwork by Alan Jude Summa
• 49 •  SPWAO Showcase #6, 1986 • interior artwork by Alan Jude Summa
• 50 • Method in Madness • short story by Shirley Winston
• 53 • Gameday Vision • poem by H. R. Felgenhauer
• 54 • Incident at the Rosemont Burger King • short fiction by Dan Persons
• 55 • The Living Donor • short story by Marthayn Pelegrimas
• 56 • The Crater Beast Returns • short story by Joey Froehlich
• 57 • The Silence • poem by Bobby G. Warner
• 57 • Children of the Time Before the Bomb • poem by Bob Warner
• 58 • Darleem • short story by Jeff Johnston (1980s)
• 60 • Robotics II • poem by Lisa Lepovetsky
• 60 • Alpha Man • poem by Lisa Lepovetsky
• 60 • At the Matter-Transmitter • poem by Mark Rich
• 61 • Unknown Soldiers • poem by H. R. Felgenhauer
• 61 • The Old Woman • poem by Jon Vertho
• 61 • Dragonsbane • poem by Thomas M. Egan
• 61 • Starbeam Dancer's Song III • poem by Susan Hanniford Crowley
• 61 • Satrbright's Child • poem by Susan Hanniford Crowley
• 61 •  Starbright's Child • interior artwork by Susan Hanniford Crowley
• 62 • Excerpts from Poems: War with the Blues • poem by Mort Castle
• bep •  Warhol (SPWAO Showcase #6, 1986) • interior artwork by Mark Bell
• bc •  Mistress of a Bowl-Shaped World • interior artwork by John S. Postovit [as by John Postovit]