Table of Contents
Cicada queen / Bruce Sterling -- Beyond the dead reef / James Tiptree, Jr. -- Slow birds / Ian Watson -- Vulcan's forge / Poul Anderson -- Man-mountain gentian / Howard Waldrop -- Hardfought / Greg Bear -- Manifest destiny / Joe Haldeman -- Full chicken richness / Avram Davidson -- Multiples / Robert Silverberg -- Cryptic / Jack McDevitt -- The sidon in the mirror / Connie Willis -- Golden Gate / R. A. Lafferty -- Blind shemmy / Jack Dann -- In the islands / Pat Murphy -- Nunc dimittis / Tanith Lee -- Blood music / Greg Bear -- Her furry face / Leigh Kennedy -- Knight of shallows / Rand B. Lee -- The cat / Gene Wolfe -- The monkey treatment / George R. R. Martin -- Nearly departed / Pat Cadigan -- Hearts do not in eyes shine / John Kessel -- Carrion comfort / Dan Simmons -- Gemstone / Vernor Vinge -- Black air / Kim Stanley Robinson.