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• 3 • From the Editor's Desk (Pirate Writings #16, 1998) • essay by Edward J. McFadden
• 4 •  Letters (Pirate Writings #16, 1999) • essay by various
• 6 • Yesterday and the Day Before • short story by Ed Gorman
• 7 •  Yesterday and the Day Before • interior artwork by Lee Seed
• 11 • Interview with Andre Norton • interview of Andre Norton • interview by S. F. Willems
• 14 • Fall of the House of Value • short story by Eric Sonstroem
• 15 •  Fall of the House of Value • interior artwork by Lee Seed
• 19 • Coign of Vantage • poem by William Dauenhauer
• 20 • The Exoneration Gambit • short story by Ashley Craft
• 23 •  The Exoneration Gambit • interior artwork by Lee Seed
• 28 • In the Garden on the Far Shore of the Styx • short story by Christopher Stires
• 31 •  In the Garden on the Far Shore of the Styx • interior artwork by Lee Seed
• 36 • Reverse Speech • [Surreal World] • essay by Kevin M. Carr
• 39 • Snow Job • short story by G. William Cromer
• 40 •  Snow Job • interior artwork by Lee Seed
• 42 •  Cartoon: Count Dreck (Pirate Writings #16, 1998) • interior artwork by Joe Mayhew
• 44 • Be Careful What You Wish For • short story by Alfred A. Blanchard
• 46 • Luck • short story by Denise Taylor
• 47 • Slush • short fiction by Mary Soon Lee
• 47 • Enigmus Rex • poem by Mike Allen
• 48 • Evolution • short story by Tom Sweeney
• 48 • But the Song Is Gone • poem by Nancy Nortensen
• 50 • Tooth or Consequences • short story by David Bischoff
• 50 •  Tooth or Consequences • interior artwork by Lee Seed
• 55 • all the male poets have been castrated by lyn lifshin • poem by Bob Cook [as by Rob Cook]
• 56 • Beyond the Sea • short story by Steve Petrella
• 58 •  Beyond the Sea • interior artwork by Lee Seed
• 60 • A Smorgasboard for Young Readers • essay by Diana Jackson
• 60 •   Review: Curses, Inc. and Other Stories by Vivian Vande Velde • review by Diana Jackson
• 60 •   Review: A Nightmare's Dozen: Stories from the Dark by Michael Stearns • review by Diana Jackson
• 60 •   Review: Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith • review by Diana Jackson
• 60 •   Review: Knight's Wyrd by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald • review by Diana Jackson
• 61 •   Review: Groogleman by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald • review by Diana Jackson
• 61 •   Review: A Sending of Dragons by Jane Yolen • review by Diana Jackson
• 61 •   Review: Are All the Giants Dead? by Mary Norton • review by Diana Jackson
• 61 •   Review: The Magic Cornfield by Nancy Willard • review by Diana Jackson
• 62 • Reviews (Pirate Writings #16, 1998) • essay by Tom Piccirilli
• 62 •   Review: Eye of the Beholder and Other Stories by Ed Gorman • review by Tom Piccirilli
• 62 •   Review: Nebula Awards 31 by Pamela Sargent • review by Diana Jackson
• 63 •   Review: The Gothic Rainbow: Beginning Volume of the Vampire by Eric Muss-Barnes • review by Diana Jackson
• 63 •   Review: Hungry Eyes by Barry Hoffman • review by Michael Laimo
• 63 • Review of the non-genre novel "Fury's Children" by Seymour Shubin • essay by Michael Laimo
• 64 • Review of the non-genre novel "The Enemy Unknown" by Chris Thorne • essay by Michael Laimo
• 64 •   Review: Feeding the Glamour Hogs by Mark McLaughlin • review by Michael Laimo