The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2018 (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Book 135)

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2018 (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Book 135)

THE MAGAZINE OF

FANTASY SCIENCE FICTION

November/December • 72nd Year of Publication

NOVELETS

THE BAHRAIN UNDERGROUND BAZAAR -6- Nadia Afifi

LA REGINA RATTO- 26- Nick DiChario

HOW TO BURN DOWN THE HINTERLANDS -54- Lyndsie Manusos

THE GLOOMS -97- Matthew Hughes

A TALE OF TWO WITCHES -194- Albert E. Cowdrey

A CIVILIZED AND ORDERLY ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE PER SCHOOL REGULATIONS -217- Sarina Dorie

SHORT STORIES

THE HOMESTAKE PROJECT -136- Cylin Busby

ON VAPOR, WHICH THE NIGHT CONDENSES -148- Gregor Hartmann

THE SILENT PARTNER -166- Theodore McCombs

SKIPPING STONES IN THE DARK -241- Amman Sabet

POEMS

LEAST WEIRD THING OF ALL -147- Beth Cato

MENDED -185- Mary Soon Lee

SPACE ISN’T LIKE THE VIDS -193- Beth Cato

DEPARTMENTS

BOOKS TO LOOK FOR -80- Charles de Lint

MUSING ON BOOKS -89- Michelle West

FILMS: THREE DEGREES OF SHIRLEY JACKSON -180- David J. Skal

SCIENCE: IS MATH REAL? -186- Jerry Oltion

COMPETITION #100 -191-

COMING ATTRACTIONS -254-

INDEX TO VOLUMES 138 139 -256-

CURIOSITIES -258- Paul Di Filippo

Cartoons: Mark Heath (88), Kendra Allenby (96), Bill Long (135).

COVER BY DAVID A. HARDY FOR “SKIPPING STONES IN THE DARK”