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• xi • Introduction: Changes (The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 45th Anniversary Anthology) • essay by Edward L. Ferman
• xv • Introduction (The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 45th Anniversary Anthology) • essay by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• 1 • Kirinyaga • [Kirinyaga • 2] • (1988) • novelette by Mike Resnick
• 21 • Touched • (1993) • short story by Dale Bailey
• 37 • Mom's Little Friends • (1992) • short story by Ray Vukcevich
• 47 • Cast on a Distant Shore • (1989) • novelette by R. Garcia y Robertson
• 77 • Graves • (1992) • short story by Joe Haldeman
• 87 • The Dark • (1991) • short story by Karen Joy Fowler
• 105 • Willie • (1992) • short story by Madeleine E. Robins
• 115 • The Last Feast of Harlequin • [Cthulhu Mythos short fiction] • (1990) • novelette by Thomas Ligotti
• 153 • Coffins • (1992) • short story by Robert Reed
• 165 • The Resurrection of Alonso Quijana • (1992) • short story by Marcos Donnelly
• 183 • Steel Dogs • (1989) • novelette by Ray Aldridge
• 209 • Abe Lincoln in McDonald's • (1989) • short story by James Morrow
• 221 • On Death and the Deuce • [Kevin Grierson] • (1992) • short story by Richard Bowes
• 235 • The Honeycrafters • [The Twenty Planets] • (1991) • novelette by Carolyn Ives Gilman
• 269 • Ma Qui • (1991) • short story by Alan Brennert
• 289 • Next • (1992) • short story by Terry Bisson
• 297 • The Friendship Light • (1989) • short story by Gene Wolfe
• 311 • Susan • (1993) • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 315 • Guide Dog • [Guide Dog] • (1991) • novelette by Mike Conner