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• 5 • From the Editor's Desk: Back Once Again • essay by Dean Wesley Smith
• 7 • Editorial; The Almost Unimaginable Happy Accidents That Led to This • essay by Mark Leslie
• 11 • Paintings of Cats by Mice • short story by Annie Reed
• 23 • Flat Bernie Saves Stanley • short story by Johanna Rothman
• 29 • The Conjurer of the Canvas • short story by Phillip McCollum
• 33 • Custard: A Romeo & Juliet Story (Sort of) • short story by Dayle A. Dermatis
• 41 • Sometimes Grandma's Gotta Cut a Bitch • short story by Leah Cutter [as by Leah R. Cutter]
• 51 • Blind Eclipse • short story by Rob Vagle
• 57 • Would Sir Prefer the 1918 Influenza? • short story by Robert T. Jeschonek [as by Robert Jeschonek]
• 71 • The Developmental Adventures of Phil • short story by Jason A. Adams
• 75 • Visage • short story by Lisa Silverthorne
• 87 • Used to Be Your Victim • short story by Stephen Couch
• 93 • The Artist, the Engineer, and the Sleeping Dog • short story by Robert J. McCarter
• 103 • Drumbeats • (1994) • short story by Kevin J. Anderson and Neil Peart
• 117 • Just Write! • short story by James Gotaas
• 123 • Role of a Lifetime • short story by David H. Hendrickson
• 135 • Sergei's Swan Song • short story by C. A. Rowland
• 143 • Vamp Until Doomsday • short story by Stefon Mears
• 153 •  Minions at Work 2.0: Head Case (comic strip) • interior artwork by J. Steven York