Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Mid-December 1989

CONTENTSNovelettes"The Tarot Dice" by Mary R. Gentle"Pillar of Cloud, Pillar of Fire" by Harry TurtledoveShort Stories"Too Bad!" by Isaac Asimov"Dilemma" by Connie Willis"The Energies of Love" by Kathe Koja"Renaissance" by Nancy Kress"Lunar Triptych: Embracing the Night" by Richard Paul Russo"Three Evocations of the Mutant Rain Forest" by Bruce Boston"The Color of Grass, the Color of Blood" by R. V. Branham"The Better Half" by Melanie TemPoetry"Afterlife" by James Patrick Kelly"Untitled" by William John Watkins"First Contact" by Roger Dutcher"Report" by Mary A. Turzillo"When I See Rigel's Light Sleeting Through the Side of Heinlein Station" by Lawrence Watt-EvansDepartments"Editorial: Metaphor" by Isaac Asimov"Letters""Neat Stuff" by Matthew J. Costello"On Books" by Baird Searles"SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. StraussIsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Mid-December 1989, Vol. 13, No. 13 (Whole No. 151)Gardner R. Dozois, editorCover art by Gary Freeman