Drifter / Ed Gorman for Michael Seidman Reflections / Ray Russell Happy family / Melissa Mia Hall and Douglas F. Winter Dew drop inn / D. W. Taylor Refractions / Thomas Millstead Spelling bee / Adobe James Better than one / Paul Dale Anderson Ever, ever, after / Graham Masterton Prometheus' declaration of love for the vulture (poem) / Alan Rogers Long lips / R. Patrick Gates Sinners / Ralph Rainwater, Jr. Sunday breakfast / Jeanette M. Hopper Third rail / Wayne Allen Sallee Coochie-coo / Mark McNease Wulgaru / Bill Ryan Luckiest man in the world / Rex Miller Boneless doll (poem) / Joey Froehlich Skull / Diane Taylor On 42nd Street / William F. Nolan Safe / John Maclay All but the ties eternal / Gary A. Braunbeck Pop is real smart / Mort Castle When the wall cries / Stanley Wiater Return to the mutant rain forest (poem) / Bruce Boston and Robert Frazier The willies / James Kisner Drinking party / K. Marie Ramsland Chosen one / G. Wayne Miller Them bald-headed snays / Joseph A. Citro Motherson / Steve Rasnic Tem Kill for me / John Keefauver Shave and a haircut, two bites / Dan Simmons Orchid nursery (poem) / Amanda Russell Of absence, darkness death: things which are not (poem) / Ray Bradbury The pack / Chet Williamson Children / Kristine Kathryn Rusch Sea gulls / Gahan Wilson Coming of night, the passing of day / Ed Gorman Please don't hurt me / F. Paul Wilson Splatter me an angel / James Kisner Untitled still life with infinity perspective / Rex Miller Pratfall / John Maclay Heart of Helen Day / Graham Masterton Nothing but the best / Brian MeNaughton (sic) Somewhere / Denise Dumars Milestone's face / Gary Brandner Julia's touch / David T. Connolly Savages / Darrell Schweitzer Collapse of civilization / Ray Russell Animal husbandry / Bruce Boston Sounds / Kathryn Ptacek Whispers of the unrepentant (poem) / T. Winter-Damon Obscene phone calls / John Coyne The children never lie / Cameron Nolan Other woman / Lois Tilton Love, hate, and the beautiful junkyard / Mort Castle Sources of the Nile / Rick Hautala Collaborationists / J. N. Williamson My private memoirs of the Hoffer stigmaya pandemic / Dan Simmons The secret / Steve Allen.