The December 2013 issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction (Volume 37, Number 12; Whole Number 455) goes on sale on 1 October. Contents of this issue will include:

Novelettes:
“Pearl Rehabilitative Colony for Ungrateful Daughters” by Henry Lien
“Vox ex Machina” by William Preston
“Entangled” by Ian R. MacLeod

Short Stories:
“Dignity” by Jay O’Connell
“The Fitter” by Timons Esaias
“Bloom” by Gregory Norman Bossert
“Grainers” by R. Neube
“Frog Watch” by Nancy Kress

Poetry:
“Catalogue Note by the Artist” by Ian Watson

Departments:
Editorial: “Living in a Science Fictional Universe” by Sheila Williams
Reflections: “The Plurality of Worlds” by Robert Silverberg
Next Issue
On Books by Peter Heck
The SF Conventional Calendar by Erwin S. Strauss

The cover art, by Alexandra Mankyan, illustrates “Pearl Rehabilitative Colony for Ungrateful Daughters.”