Table of Contents

November/December 2026 Vol. XCVI No. 9 & 10

NOVELETTES

MURDER, Nick Wolven

DERAILED, Hûw Steer

HUNDRED-HANDED, John Markley

ELDER, James Dick

 

SHORT STORIES

XMAS IN DERBTOWN, M.T. Reiten

BUILT TO LAST, Clancy Weeks

A GROVE OF BINDING, Tom R. Pike

WHEN IT CAME TIME TO DISBAND THE DRAGON CORPS, Eric Del Carlo

ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE, Jerry Oltion

THE DAY BEFORE, Shane Tourtellotte

BLUE DOT AND THE UNMOVING RED OVAL, Jeff Dasteel

A QUESTION OF FOCUS, Craig Kenworthy

DO NOT SHIP, Ted Kosmatka

A EULOGY FOR PANDORA, Donald Raymond

JUMAL’S DRIFT, Hayden Trenholm

FATHER OF THE YEAR, Brandon Keaton

FLASH FICTION

WHAT’S A DOUGLAS FIR?, James Van Pelt

SPECIAL FEATURE

WORMHOLES, WARP DRIVES, UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA,
AND CONGRESS, Tony Rothman

SCIENCE FACT

BEYOND THE SONIC SCREWDRIVER, PART I, Richard A. Lovett

POETRY

TRANSMISSION TO AN ALIEN WORLD, Mary Soon Lee

ENTHALPY AT THE END, Marisca Pichette

READER’S DEPARTMENTS

EDITORIAL: REWRITING THE INEVITABLE, David Ebenbach

IN TIMES TO COME

ALTERNATE VIEW, John G. Cramer

UNKNOWNS: DAVE’S FINAL MESSAGE, Alec Nevala-Lee

THE REFERENCE LIBRARY, Rosemary Claire Smith