The December 2012 issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction (Volume 36, Number 12; Whole Number 443) goes on sale next week. Contents of this issue will include:

Novella:
“Sudden, Broken, and Unexpected” by Steven Popkes

Novelette:
“The Waves” by Ken Liu

Short Stories:
“The Caramel Forest” by Chris Beckett
“The Wizard of West 34th Street” by Mike Resnick
“The Black Feminist’s Guide to Science Fiction Film Editing” by Sandra McDonald
“The Pipes of Pan” by Robert Reed

Poetry:
“Golden People” by Bruce Boston
“Flower Power” by Karin L. Frank
“Your Clone Returns Home” by Robert Frazier

Departments:
Editorial: “Merry Armageddon” by Sheila Williams
Reflections: “Libraries” by Robert Silverberg
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On Books by Peter Heck
The SF Conventional Calendar by Erwin S. Strauss

The cover art, by Laura Diehl, illustrates “The Caramel Forest”.