Summer 2024 • 74th Year of Publication
NOVELETS
ON MY WAY TO HEAVEN	–	Alberto Chimal
ANOTHER SUCH VICTORY	–	Albert Chu
GROWTH RINGS OF THE EARTH	–	Xinwei Kong
SHORT STORIES
WHAT IT MEANS TO DRIFT	–	Rajeev Prasad
MISTER YELLOW	–	Christina Bauer
WATER BABY	–	Tonya R. Moore
METIS IN THE BELLY OF THE GOD	–	Nina Kiriki Hoffman
SHE’S A RESCUE	–	Marie Vibbert
SNOWDROP	–	Raul Caner Cruz
DOG PEOPLE	–	Esther Friesner
WHAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND	–	Ken Altabef
JACOB STREET	–	L. Marie Wood
RED OCHRE, IVORY BONE	–	Deborah L. Davitt
THE GLASS APPLE	–	Ivy Grimes
SLICKERTHIN	–	Phoenix Alexander
POEMS
IN HER FOOTSTEPS	–	Suzanne J. Willis
I, MAGICIAN	–	Julie Eliopoulos
CITY AS FAIRY TALE	–	Richard Leis
IN A CASTLE FAR FROM EVERY PRINCE	–	Marisca Pichette
DEPARTMENTS
EDITORIAL: PLAYING THE CHANGES	–	Sheree Renée Thomas
BOOKS TO LOOK FOR	–	Charles de Lint
FILMS: REBEL MOOT	–	Karin Lowachee
CHAPTER AND VERSE	–	Alex Jennings
SCIENCE: NEWTON VS. MACH	–	Jerry Oltion
COMPETITION #106	–
CURIOSITIES	–	Rich Horton
CARTOONS
	–	Arthur Masear (62, 232), Nick Downes (115, 194), Sam Hamm (205), Mark Heath (256)
COVER
	–	COVER BY MONDOLITHIC STUDIOS