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• 4 • Mutant Seaweed Engulfs the Mediterranean • [Reflections] • essay by Robert Silverberg
• 8 • The 1998 Isaac Asimov Award • [Isaac Asimov Awards] • essay by Sheila Williams
• 10 •  Letters (Asimov's, July 1998) • essay by The Editor
• 14 • Nevermore • (1997) • novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
• 14 •  Nevermore • interior artwork by Mark Evans
• 33 • The Past • poem by Alice Laurance [as by Laura W. Haywood]
• 34 • Echea • novelette by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• 34 •  Echea • interior artwork by Darryl Elliott
• 62 • egg horror poem • poem by Laurel Winter
• 64 • The Literary Agent • [The Company short fiction] • short story by Kage Baker
• 64 •  The Literary Agent • interior artwork by Shirley Chan
• 77 • Next Issue (Asimov's, July 1998) • essay by uncredited
• 78 • Vergil Magus: King Without Country • [Vergil Magus] • novelette by Avram Davidson and Michael Swanwick
• 78 •  Vergil Magus: King Without Country • interior artwork by Steve Cavallo
• 100 • Say Woof • short story by Leslie What
• 106 • Starfall • novelette by R. Garcia y Robertson
• 106 •  Starfall • interior artwork by Alan Giana
• 137 •   Review: Ports of Call by Jack Vance • review by Peter Heck
• 137 • On Books (Asimov's, July 1998) • [On Books] • essay by Peter Heck
• 139 •   Review: Vance Space by Michael Andre-Driussi • review by Peter Heck
• 140 •   Review: Mind Matters: Exploring the World of Artificial Intelligence by James P. Hogan • review by Peter Heck
• 141 •  Cartoon: "Uh, thanks ... I'll take the next car." • interior artwork by Parker
• 144 • SF Conventional Calendar (Asimov's, July 1998) • essay by Erwin S. Strauss