• Publication: The Leading Edge: The Magazine of Science Fiction & Fantasy, #6Publication Record # 555787 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
• Editor: David Doering
• Date: 1984-01-00
• Pages: 112
• Format:
  tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
• Type: MAGAZINE
• Cover: The Leading Edge: The Magazine of Science Fiction & Fantasy, #6 by James C. Christensen [as by James Christensen]
• Notes: Cover art per copyright column on page 3, artwork also signed "Christensen 83" at lower right No pub date given, year and month from editor, spoke to in person. The illustration, "Truth or Consequences", on p.6 is credited on p.7 to James Watson but is signed "Joe Flores 84" The illustration, "Eye Hath Not Seen" on p.14 is credited on p.15 to Joe Flores but is signed "Laurelle" and does not match Joe Flores' style "A Witch's Christmas" is credited as "Michael Shayne Bell" in the story byline, but "M. Shayne Bell" in the contents

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 2 • Driven to the Edge: Editor's Page (The Leading Edge: The Magazine of Science Fiction & Fantasy, #6) • essay by David Doering
• 5 • Midnight Mandate • poem by Burdean R. Wirtz
• 6 • Truth or Consequences • short story by Barbara R. Hume
• 6 •  Truth or Consequences • interior artwork by Joe Flores
• 10 • Approaching the Edge: Kindly in the Mirror: An Interview with Dean Ing • interview of Dean Ing • interview by Amy Parker
• 14 • Eye Hath Not Seen • short story by Carolyn Nicita
• 14 •  Eye Hath Not Seen • interior artwork by Laurelle
• 22 • A Witch's Christmas • short story by M. Shayne Bell [as by Michael Shayne Bell]
• 22 •  A Witch's Christmas • interior artwork by Steven Keele
• 28 •  A Witch's Christmas [2] • interior artwork by Steven Keele
• 29 • Changeling Soul • poem by Virginia Baker [as by Virginia E. Baker]
• 30 • Loyalty • short story by Nancy Lynn Hayes
• 30 •  Loyalty • interior artwork by Leslie Pardew [as by Leslie Perdew]
• 39 •  Loyalty [2] • interior artwork by Leslie Pardew [as by Leslie Perdew]
• 40 •  Visions of the Edge: Painting That Crazy Stuff: An Interview with James Christensen • interior artwork by James C. Christensen [as by James Christensen]
• 41 • Visions of the Edge: Painting That Crazy Stuff: An Interview with James Christensen • interview of James C. Christensen • interview by David Doering
• 45 •  James Christensen Portfolio • interior artwork by James C. Christensen [as by James Christensen]
• 52 • Arrow's Song • short story by Melva Gifford [as by Mel L. Gifford]
• 52 •  Arrow's Song • interior artwork by Steven Keele
• 57 •  James Christensen Portfolio [2] • interior artwork by James C. Christensen [as by James Christensen]
• 58 • Sunfinder • short story by Lareena Smith
• 58 •  Sunfinder • interior artwork by James Watson
• 64 • Wizard's Wine • short story by Dan L. Burke
• 64 •  Wizard's Wine • interior artwork by James Watson
• 72 • View from the Edge: A Strange New Speech: Two Gorillas and Language • essay by M. Shayne Bell
• 84 • The Screw-up Letters or Snodgrass, Why Weepest Thou? • short story by David Michael Bastian (variant of The Screw-up Letters)
• 84 •  The Screw-up Letters or Snodgrass, Why Weepest Thou? • interior artwork by David Bastian
• 96 • A Distant Legacy • short story by Diann Thornley
• 96 •  A Distant Legacy • interior artwork by David Bastian
• 108 •   Review: The Alliance by Gerald N. Lund • review by Barbara R. Hume and Bill Schuler