The December 2009 issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction (Volume 33, Number 12; Whole Number 407) goes on sale today, 6 October. Contents of this issue will be:
Novelettes:
“A Large Bucket, and Accidental Godlike Mastery of Spacetime” by Benjamin Crowell
“Some Like It Hot” by Brian Stableford
Short Stories:
“A Lovely Little Christmas Fire” by Jeff Carlson
“As Women Fight” by Sara Genge
“Animus Rights” by John Shirley
“Angie’s Errand” by Nick Wolven
“Leaving the Station” by Jim Aikin
“The Bride of Frankenstein” by Mike Resnick
Poetry:
“The Anti-World” by Andrew Gudgel
“The World’s Ending Again in 2012” by Darrell Schweitzer
“Shiner” by G.O. Clark
Departments:
Editorial: “All Around the Town” by Sheila Williams
Reflections: “Building Worlds: Part III” by Robert Silverberg
Next Issue
On Books by Peter Heck
The SF Conventional Calendar by Erwin S. Strauss
The cover art is by Duncan Long.
It’s old home days at Asimov’s with this issue: Shirley’s story is his first in the magazine in 21 years, while Aikin’s last appearance was 23 years ago.