Contents

Editorial

Fiction

The Trial and Consummation from the Prosaics by Steve Sneyd   photoart by JThiel

   It wasn't difficult to see the outcome, but it was difficult to see the trial

The Cryogenic Time Capsule by David Zeldis    art by Peter Zenger

   This thing enabled the operator to enter the future

A Virtual Affair by Lawrence Dagstine            art by Trendein-Trendantae

     Does it hold up very well, if the facts be known?

Nobody's Home  by   Jamie Meyers                    art by David Heath

     Who's in charge when there's a charge?

The Brides of Cthulhu  by   Herbert Jerry Baker        photoart by JThiel

     Don't accept an invitation to the wedding, or loiter about

Echo in My Tomb  by  Gerald F. Heyder              art by Ramos Fumes

   The future is a serious matter

The Announcement  by  Rose Gordy                 art by Peter Zenger

     This announcement came from Bems, for all intents and purposes

World of mystery  by   Bob Bolin          art by Joanne Tolson

       The time-distortion problem was its strangest aspect

The Medusa Project  by   Joanne Tolson   art by JThiel
       It was man against nature, and nature against man.

The FesK invasion  by  Albert J. Manachino  art by Kevin Duncan
       Truly the most abominable invasion there has ever been.

Articles

Dark Forces in America by  John Thiel

Edgar Allan Poe:  Genius of Midnight  by    James Kelly

Features

The Goldfish Bowl:  A Gratuitous Star Trek Episode

     A lampoon approach to the original series

A Profile of Piers Anthony  by  Anne M. Valley

Mankind: A Debate   Bobo the Robot and Yahres Moulty contend

The Doll and Some Others   Photofeature

Columns

A Galactic View by  Paul Truttman

The Computer Corner

The Spaced-Out Library  reviews by   Elmwood Kraemer

Authors and Artists On View

Printout   e-mail from readers

Poetry

Frenzy  by  Karl

Troll Dance  by   Karl

All of Eternity  by  Joanne Tolson

Buckets of Water from the Multiverses  by  Joanne Tolson

Ex Machina, Deus Style   by   James Poevis

Cosmic Amusement  by  Paul Truttman

Perpetual Fiction  by   Paul Truttman

Islands In the Midst of the Universe by  Joanne Tolson

White Sands Bride  by   Gary Every

The Thing's A Play  by  John Thiel

Man Makes A Gauche Entrance Into the Universe by  Charlie Phillips

The Beat of the Universe by  Joanne Tolson

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