The May 2013 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact (Vol. CXXXIII, No. 5) is now on sale. This issue contains:

Serial:
Dark Secret, part II of IV, by Edward M. Lerner

Novelette:
“Not Close Enough” by Martin L. Shoemaker

Short Stories:
“Sentinel Chickens” by David W. Goldman
“Enjoy the Fishing” by Walter F. Cuirle
“Prometheus” by H.G. Stratmann
“Geospermia” by Patty Jansen

Poem:
“If We Are Alone” by Mary A. Turzillo

Science Fact:
“The Golden Age Comes to Seattle: Is Asteroid Mining Really Part of our Near Future?” by Richard A. Lovett

Reader’s Departments:
Guest Editorial: “Victory Lapse” by Edward M. Lerner
In Times to Come
The Alternate View by John G. Cramer
The Reference Library by Don Sakers
Brass Tacks
Upcoming Events by Anthony Lewis

The cover art is by Dominic Harman.