The February 2014 issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction (Volume 38, Number 2; Whole Number 457) goes on sale on 17 December. Contents of this issue will include:

Novelettes:
“Schools of Clay” by Derek Kunsken
“The Long Happy Death of Oxford Brown” by Jason K. Chapman
“Steppin’ Razor” by Maurice Broaddus

Short Stories:
“Ball and Chain” by Maggie Shen King
“Last Day at the Ice Man Cafe” by M. Bennardo
“The Transdimensional Horsemaster Rabbis of Mpumalanga Province” by Sarah Pinsker
“Ask Citizen Etiquette” by Marissa Lingen

Poetry:
“Watching the Orionids Meteor Shower” by Robert Frazier
“Cloud Vortex” by G.O. Clark
“An Answer, At Last” by Greg Beatty
“She Says: ‘Terrible Things Happen to Guys on Valentine’s Day'” by Roger Dutcher
“Gold Ring” by Ruth Berman

Departments:
Editorial: “Remembering Frederik Pohl” by Sheila Williams
Reflections: “Rereading Philip Jose Farmer” by Robert Silverberg
Next Issue
On Books by Peter Heck
The Sf Conventional Calendar by Erwin S. Strauss

The cover art is by Jim Burns.