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• 5 • Editorial (F&SF, August-September 2009) • [Editorial (F&SF)] • essay by Gordon Van Gelder
• 6 •  Cartoon: "I Think You Have a case" • interior artwork by Arthur Masear
• 7 • The Art of the Dragon • novelette by Sean McMullen
• 31 •  Cartoon: "They say just before you die a cave painting of your life flashes before your eyes, then the roof falls on you." • interior artwork by J. P. Rini
• 32 • Books to Look For (F&SF, August-September 2009) • [Books to Look for] • essay by Charles de Lint
• 32 •   Review: Ruby's Imagine by Kim Antieau • review by Charles de Lint
• 34 •   Review: Church Of The Old Mermaids by Kim Antieau • review by Charles de Lint
• 35 •   Review: The Land at the End of the Working Day by Peter Crowther • review by Charles de Lint
• 37 •   Review: Blue Diablo by Ann Aguirre • review by Charles de Lint
• 38 •   Review: The Complete Chronicles of Conan by Robert E. Howard • review by Charles de Lint
• 40 • Books (F&SF, August-September 2009) • [Books (F&SF)] • essay by Elizabeth Hand
• 40 •   Review: Cheek by Jowl by Ursula K. Le Guin • review by Elizabeth Hand
• 43 •   Review: The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia by Laura Miller • review by Elizabeth Hand
• 44 •   Review: The Magicians by Lev Grossman • review by Elizabeth Hand
• 50 • You Are Such a One • short story by Nancy Springer
• 60 •  Cartoon: no caption (king and sand castles) • interior artwork by John Jonik
• 61 • A Token of a Better Age • [Richard Oort] • novelette by Melinda M. Snodgrass
• 86 • Obsolete Theories • poem by Sophie M. White
• 87 • Hunchster • short story by Matthew Hughes
• 94 • Introduction: The Goddamned Tooth Fairy • essay by Gordon Van Gelder
• 95 • The Goddamned Tooth Fairy • (2000) • novelette by Tina Kuzminski
• 116 • The Bones of Giants • novelette by Yoon Ha Lee
• 140 • Icarus Saved from the Skies • short story by Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud (trans. of Icare sauvé des cieux 1993)
• 146 • The Others • novelette by Lawrence C. Connolly
• 172 •  Cartoon: "Speculations: We will become a popular subject for alien nature shows" • interior artwork by Bill Long
• 173 • Three Leaves of Aloe • novelette by Rand B. Lee
• 192 •  Cartoon: "What's wrong Helen? I'm your same old Fred. We've been through good times and bad together, but since my brain transplant, you've been acting strangely." • interior artwork by S. Harris
• 193 • The Private Eye • novelette by Albert E. Cowdrey
• 212 •  Cartoon: "But you saved my Grandma first, right?" • interior artwork by Danny Shanahan
• 213 • Films: Swatchmen • [Films (F&SF)] • essay by Lucius Shepard
• 218 •  Cartoon: "Why are you saving the box I came in?" • interior artwork by Tom Cheney
• 219 • The Short, Sad Miracle of Jessie Thompson • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 222 • Snowfall • (1988) • short story by Jessie Thompson
• 227 • Esoteric City • novelette by Bruce Sterling
• 256 • Coming Attractions (F&SF, August-September 2009) • essay by uncredited
• 258 • Curiosities: The Coming Race, by Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1870) • [Curiosities (essays)] • essay by Patricia A. Martinelli
• 258 •   Review: The Coming Race by Edward Bulwer-Lytton • review by Patricia A. Martinelli