Guest Editor’s NotePeter Straub
A Portfolio of Seven Illustrations from The New Wave FabulistsGahan Wilson
The Girlhood of Shakespeare’s HeroinesJohn Crowley
LullKelly Link
Entertaining Angels UnawaresM. John Harrison
Little Red’s TangoPeter Straub
The Wisdom of the SkinJames Morrow
ShiftNalo Hopkinson
The Dystopianist, Thinking of His Rival, Is Interrupted by a Knock on the DoorJonathan Lethem
From GuardianJoe Haldeman
FamiliarChina Miéville
The Big Rock Candy MountainAndy Duncan
From KnightGene Wolfe
The Bearing of LightPatrick O&rsquo and Leary
Simon’s House of LipstickJonathan Carroll
The Invisible EmpireJohn Kessel
The Further Adventures of the Invisible ManKaren Joy Fowler
AbductionPaul Park
The Least TrumpsElizabeth Hand
October in the ChairNeil Gaiman
Malebolge, Or the Ordnance of GenreGary K. Wolfe
Beyond the PaleJohn Clute
Original cover art by Gahan Wilson.
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A volume of innovative cross-genre science fiction, fantasy, and horror, featuring a cover and frontispieces exclusively commissioned from master cartoonist Gahan Wilson.