Assistant Editor Douglas Cohen has announced the fiction contents of the October 2009 issue of Realms of Fantasy, which is the 15th anniversary issue:
“Bob and the Mermaid” by William R. Eakin, illustrated by Zak Pullen
“Tio Gilberto and the Twenty-Seven Ghosts” by Ben Francisco, illustrated by John Kaiine
“Red Dirt Kingdom” by Jay Lake, illustrated by James A. Owen
“Flower Fairies” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, illustrated by Michael Hague
“Nell and the Devil” by S.E. Ward, illustrated by Lori Kofed
The cover art is by Antonis Papatoniou.
Eakin’s is his 15th or 16th “Redgunk” story, and perhaps his eighth in the magazine.
Cohen offers some discussion of the thinking process behind the art and the layout of the magazine in this blog post.