CONTENTS Novelettes "Windows" by Ian Watson "Walkaway Clause" by John M. Ford "Dreamwood" by Cherry Wilder Short Stories "The S.O.B. Show" by Elissa Malcohn "Phone Repairs" by Nancy Kress "Stochasm" by John Barnes "Jesse Revenged" by Don Webb "Presents of Mind" by Edward Bryant, Connie Willis, Steve Rasnic Tem, and Dan Simmons "The Pony" by Connie Willis "Vexed to Nightmare by a Rocki CONTENTS Novelettes "Windows" by Ian Watson "Walkaway Clause" by John M. Ford "Dreamwood" by Cherry Wilder Short Stories "The S.O.B. Show" by Elissa Malcohn "Phone Repairs" by Nancy Kress "Stochasm" by John Barnes "Jesse Revenged" by Don Webb "Presents of Mind" by Edward Bryant, Connie Willis, Steve Rasnic Tem, and Dan Simmons "The Pony" by Connie Willis "Vexed to Nightmare by a Rocking Cradle" by Dan Simmons "Buzz" by Steve Rasnic Tem Poetry "Tourist Spots for Time Travelers" by Robert Frazier "On Homo Reptilis" by Bruce Boston "Machines of Loving Grace" by Joe Haldeman Departments "Editorial: The Unicorn" by Isaac Asimov "Letters" "Gaming" by Matthew J. Costello "On Books" by Baird Searles "SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. Strauss Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, December 1986, Vol. 10, No. 12 (Whole No. 111) Gardner R. Dozois, editor Cover art by Terry Lee