The October issue of Jim Baen’s Universe (volume 2, number 3; whole number 9), is now available.
This issue’s contents include:
Science fiction stories:
“Tweak” by Jack McDevitt
“Dreamtime” by Rob Shelsky
“Kether Station” by C.L. Polk
“From the Badlands” by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett
“The Necromancer in Love” by Wil McCarthy
Fantasy stories:
“The Rest of Your Life in a Day” by Elizabeth Bear
“Soul Searching” by Laird Long
“Palm Sunday” by Ian Watson
Classic story:
“The Monster-God of Mamurth” by Edmond Hamilton
NSF Contest Winner:
“A Better Sense of Direction” by Mike Wood
Serials:
“Countdown to Armageddon, Episode One” by Edward M. Lerner
“Fish Story, Episode Nine: Love at First Bite” by Dave Freer, Eric Flint, and Andrew Dennis
Introducing: Stories by new authors:
“The Quiet Man” by David Carrico
“The Waters of Eternity” by Howard A. Jones
Nonfiction articles:
“Why Carol Won’t Sit Next to Me at Science Fiction Movies” by Mike Resnick
“Why Do So Many People Resist the Idea of Global Warming?” by Stephen Euin Cobb
Columns:
“Revealed Falsehoods” by Mike Resnick
“The Economics of Writing” by Eric Flint
“Scattershot” by Barry N. Malzberg