Table of Contents

January/February 2026 Vol. XCVI No. 1 & 2

NOVELETTES

SIN EATERS, Mark W. Tiedemann

THE ORIGAMI MAN, Doug Franklin

MONKEY TRAP, Geoffrey Hart

SHORT STORIES

SALARY MAN, Matt McHugh

YOU WHO SOUGHT THE STARS’ DISTANT LIGHT, Stewart C. Baker

ARTIFICIAL CUPIDITY, Hayden Trenholm

STILL COLD, STILL LOSING AIR, Sean Monaghan

A GOODBYE AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE, Ian Baaske

SILVER HANDS, E.L. Mellor

UNSUNG, Derrick Boden

A FUTURE FULL OF GLACIERS, Peter Medeiros

FLAG LAMP, Jonathan Olfert

RECOGNITION, MEMORY, Benjamin C. Kinney

JACK CADE’S REBELLION, Philip Brian Hall

A CHATBOT’S GUIDE TO SELF-RESPECT, Jo Miles

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON, Theodora Sutcliffe

AND SHE IS CONTENT, Frank Ward

LINKA’S OUT, Rich Larson

IRON STAR SWING, Kate Orman

PROBABILITY ZERO

JIGGITY JOG, Don Mark Baldridge

SCIENCE FACT

NOR ANY DROP TO DRINK, Kevin Walsh

SPECIAL FEATURES

THE WAR, ASTOUNDING, AND CAMPBELL, Edward M. Wysocki

ME-N-YOU-GENICS, Howard V. Hendrix

POETRY

ESCAPE POD, S.L. Johnson

THE BONES THEY LEFT, Shanley Poole

READER’S DEPARTMENTS

EDITORIAL: The State of the Union, Trevor Quachri

IN TIMES TO COME

THE ALTERNATE VIEW, John G. Cramer

IN MEMORIAN: J.T. SHARRAH, Emily Hockaday

IN MEMORIAN: BRUCE BOSTON, Emily Hockaday

UNKNOWNS: TIME LAPSE, Todd McClary, edited by Alec Nevala-Lee

THE REFERENCE LIBRARY, Sean CW Korsgaard

BRASS TACKS

2025 INDEX

ANALYTICAL LABORATORY BALLOT