The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, founded in 1949, is the award-winning SF magazine and original publisher of SF classics such as Stephen King's "Dark Tower," Daniel Keyes's "Flowers for Algernon," and Walter M. Miller's "A Canticle for Leibowitz." Each issue contains the science fiction field's most respected and outspoken opinions on literature, film, and science, along with compelling short stories and novellas by writers such as Ray Bradbury, Ben Bova, Ursula K. Le Guin, Mike Resnick, Terry Bisson, and many others.

NOVELLA
ORFY by Richard Chwedyk

NOVELETS
EATING AT THE END-OF-THE-WORLD CAFé by Dale Bailey
THE DOOR IN THE EARTH by Alexandra Duncan
THE LITEROMANCER by Ken Liu
UNCLE MOON IN RAINTREE HILLS by Fred Chappell

SHORT STORIES
THE WINDOW OF TIME by Richard Matheson
HOW SEOSIRIS LOST THE FAVOR OF THE KING by James L. Cambias
BLIND SPOT by Rick Wilber and Nick DiChario
STEADFAST CASTLE by Michael Swanwick
F&SF MAILBAG by David Gerrold
ABOUT IT by Terry Bisson

DEPARTMENTS
BOOKS TO LOOK FOR by Charles de Lint
BOOKS by Chris Moriarty
FILMS: NEITHER FISH NOR FOWL--NOR FULLY HUMAN? by Kathi Maio
COMING ATTRACTIONS
CURIOSITIES by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre

Cartoons: Arthur Masear, Joseph Farris, Mark Heath

COVER BY BRYN BARNARD FOR "ORFY"