CONTENTS Novellas "Protection" by Maureen F. McHugh "Cleon the Emperor" by Isaac Asimov Novelettes "Faces" by Tony Daniel "Letting Go of Waverley" by Rand B. Lee "Kayla, Lost" by Gene Van Troyer "The Abduction of Bunny Steiner, or a Shameless Lie" by Thomas M. Disch "A Father's Gift" by W. M. Shockley Short Stories "Even the Queen" by Connie Willis "The Mountain to Mohammed" by Nancy CONTENTS Novellas "Protection" by Maureen F. McHugh "Cleon the Emperor" by Isaac Asimov Novelettes "Faces" by Tony Daniel "Letting Go of Waverley" by Rand B. Lee "Kayla, Lost" by Gene Van Troyer "The Abduction of Bunny Steiner, or a Shameless Lie" by Thomas M. Disch "A Father's Gift" by W. M. Shockley Short Stories "Even the Queen" by Connie Willis "The Mountain to Mohammed" by Nancy Kress "Fifty Ways to Improve Your Orgasm" by Pat Cadigan "The Arbitrary Placement of Walls" by Martha Soukup Poetry "Great Cars of the Mayans" by Roger Dutcher and Robert Frazier "Life in the Belt" by Roger Dutcher "The Pipe" by David Lunde "Post Coitum Tristesse" by David Lunde "Human Composition" by David Lunde "In Praise of Timelessness" by Bruce Boston Departments "Editorial: Foundation" by Isaac Asimov "Letters" "On Books: Mid-List Heroes" by Norman Spinrad "SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. Strauss Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1992, Vol. 16, Nos. 4-5 (Whole Nos. 184-185) Gardner R. Dozois, editor Cover art by Gary Freeman