The December 2013 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact (Vol. CXXXIII, No. 12) is scheduled to go on sale on 1 October. This issue will contain:

Serial:
Lockstep, part I of IV, by Karl Schroeder

Novelettes:
“The Chorus Line” by Daniel Hatch
“Ian, George, and George” by Paul Levinson

Short Stories:
“The Deer Girl Hitches a Ride” by Sarah Frost
“Fear Response” by Lesley L. Smith
“Oedipus at the Sperm Bank” by Joel Richards

Science Fact:
“Homesteading to the Stars: Colony vs. Crew” by Arlan Andrews, Sr.

Probability Zero:
“Abridge Too Far” by Carl Frederick

Poem:
“A Conversation Between a Time Traveler and His Apprentice” by David Livingstone Clink

Reader’s Departments:
Guest Editorial: “Hacked Off” 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 Mark Evans.