Contents: 4 • Guest Editorial: Personal Choice • essay by Stanley Schmidt 12 • Great Martian Railways • novelette by Hûw Steer 25 • In Praise of Third-Class Worlds • essay by Kevin Walsh 32 • Vouch for Me • novelette by Greg Egan 51 • Panthalassa • poem by Marissa Lingen 52 • The Funeral • short story by Thoraiya Dyer 61 • We Maintain the Moons • short story by Lyndsey Croal 64 • Murderbirds • short story by Harry Turtledove 66 • As Time Goes By • short story by Cam Marsollier 70 • The Book of Ten Thousand Faces • short story by Alice Towey 77 • Pioneers • poem by Holly Day 78 • Mandarins: A New World • short story by Michael F. Flynn 87 • Roundup • short story by Arlan Andrews, Sr. 90 • First Contact • short story by H. A. B. Wilt 92 • The Alternate View: CERN Seeks Magnetic Monopoles • essay by John G. Cramer 95 • The Fulcrum • short story by Frank Ward 100 • Shaker • short story by Paula Dias Garcia 103 • Isabella Chaos • short story by Terry Franklin 110 • Prompt Injection • short story by Tom R. Pike 116 • Terminal City Dogs • short story by Matthew Claxton 126 • The Last Days of Good People • novella by A. T. Sayre 200 • The Reference Library • essay by Rosemary Claire Smith
Contents: 4 • Guest Editorial: Personal Choice • essay by Stanley Schmidt 12 • Great Martian Railways • novelette by Hûw Steer 25 • In Praise of Third-Class Worlds • essay by Kevin Walsh 32 • Vouch for Me • novelette by Greg Egan 51 • Panthalassa • poem by Marissa Lingen 52 • The Funeral • short story by Thoraiya Dyer 61 • We Maintain the Moons • short story by Lyndsey Croal 64 • Murderbirds • short story by Harry Turtledove 66 • As Time Goes By • short story by Cam Marsollier 70 • The Book of Ten Thousand Faces • short story by Alice Towey 77 • Pioneers • poem by Holly Day 78 • Mandarins: A New World • short story by Michael F. Flynn 87 • Roundup • short story by Arlan Andrews, Sr. 90 • First Contact • short story by H. A. B. Wilt 92 • The Alternate View: CERN Seeks Magnetic Monopoles • essay by John G. Cramer 95 • The Fulcrum • short story by Frank Ward 100 • Shaker • short story by Paula Dias Garcia 103 • Isabella Chaos • short story by Terry Franklin 110 • Prompt Injection • short story by Tom R. Pike 116 • Terminal City Dogs • short story by Matthew Claxton 126 • The Last Days of Good People • novella by A. T. Sayre 200 • The Reference Library • essay by Rosemary Claire Smith